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The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16
BOWSER,S FARM.
It Vanished When Mrs. Bowser Be-
gan to Make Figures.

gan to Make Figures.
I've got TO go down to the seed store
for little while" said Mr.. BoKser, af-
ter he had finished his dinner Ehe other
evening, and perhaps you would like
to go along2"
Are you going to buy seeds?" ask
ed Mrs. Bowser.
But what forq You aren't going to
dig up the back yard again this spring,
are you p
Not at all It's quite a different
matter. I've been thinking things over
got to have plenty of exercise 1 might
as we'll have the exercise and cash
profit at the same time
DO you mean that you are going TO
carry out ashes or shovel coal?''
IN o, ma am, don't. mean that am
going to do little farming this year.
I shall get my exercise in planting and
hoeing, and the profit will come IN as
the various crops ripen. The doctors
tell me that it is the best thing in the
world for my rheumatism, and have
figured that I can make a clear 500
profit. Yes. I shall become farmer Bow
ser next week
And where is your farm2''
Tomorrow / am going to see the
owner of some vacant lots down the
street and hire four of them for a year
/ They are only a quarter OF mile away
I shall get up every morning and work
4 from IlXG TO StNEtlr anu ) N<1A4 VIII Cf-
cry evening from six to eight III bet
gain thirty pounds this summer, and
our table will be constantly supplied
with lettuce, onions, beets. potatoes, Gu
cunbers, tomatoes and so forth
shall also arrange to supply two gro
ceries. Get on your things If you want
to go with me. .,-o,,
"Don't you want to figure little2'
oueried Mrs. Bowser, as she got pen
ell and paper and sat down.
- &f-a T0HTe0
ont two or three times over. and know
all about it to a cent.
I'm the first place you hire four Va
cant lots. How much will you nave
4 i'''s expect to get 'em for IS apiece.
It will be useless for you to try to
discourage me. for my mind IS made
I shan't try to. You pay $40 for
ground rent to start with. Then the
1 lots must be fenced in How much
will the fencing cost.
4 hadn't figured on that" replied
Mr.. Bowser, as his face fell. but It
/ shouldn't be over $50
The ground must be plowed and drag
eed. you know. How much for that? 8?
.sT4ow-now much2 I hadn't figured
on that either, but $40 ought to pe
+ enough don't see why you want 70
meddle with this matter
s.Tn not raeddling. I'm just making
a few figures. You are going to raise
corn. potatoes and all kinds of garden
IT am. IN have the neatest little
farm you ever set eyes on
wen, you'll have to buy spade
A rake hoe and a shovel for tools.
Then you'll have to buy seed corn, seed
potatoes. seed onions and all other
Seeds what sum have you allowed for
them 2''
Mr.. Bowser hadn't allowed any sum.
In his agricultural enthusiasm he had
entirely overlooked the cost of seeds.
I think if YOU get tools and SEEDS
for s15 you will be doing well.'' said
Mrs Bowser, as she put down the fig
.swhy don't you make it s1oo?" he
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16
WAS 1T LOVE.

Dick Fraser had always been a great
trouble to himself He was so uncom-
fortably liberal in his views.
He possessed the fatal gift of being
able to see both sides of a question with
equal clearness. and the consequence
was that he could never make up his
mind a to which was the right side
DICKS political perSnaSIOnS were char
acterized by such breadth of view that
neither he nor his friends had ever
been able to determine whether he was
a liberal or conservative or even a
liDeral-c conservative. and he had never
been heard to ex0ress definite pro or
con in any discussion concerning re-
ligion. sociology or any other problem
of the da2s
Dick himself was the first to admit
that it was irritating and uninterestine
to have no fervid convictions of any
kind. but he was too conscientious to
save himself trouble-as men have been
known to do-by feigning opinions he
did not possess.
There is so much to be said on botn
sides, he would declare, uneaslly, and
the unfortunate thing was that with
Dick this was no mere phrase of a lazy
man who has no wish to argue. Dick
If called uuon to do So could advance
torcible arguments in plenty to prove
his contention
Then one day Dick made the ac4
Quaintance OF Nora A1aclean. and soon
afterward he discovered. to his own in
tense establishment that there was at
least cne question to which he was pre- B.
pared to give a definite answer.
His attitude toward matrimony had
hitherto been a consistent part Of his
general non-committal policy.
Had he been called upon to make de-
lberate choice between a wife and
single blessedness he would have been
placed in no small dilemma. since he
agreed with his married friends that
there was much to be said in favor Of
bachelorhood. but was equally ready to
admit the charms of married life as de-
scribed by the bachelors of his ac-
cuaintance.
Tt is conceivab BILE that had he been re-
quired to plunge either into bachelor
hood or mauimOny from some neutral
plane. Dick would have ben entirely at
q loss. The respective advantages and
disadvantages of either state would
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

by gum, womanl" shouted Mr. Bow
ser, but do you pretend that you can
teach me how to farm?"
Perhaps not; but four or five seec
potatoes are plenty for a hill and as for
pumpkins and scuasheS. you shouldn't
put in over six or seven seeds Will you
make your own beds for radishea.
onions and so forth, or hire it done2"
None O. your business. You can lei
go Of this thing right here and now.
and don't let me hear another word
from you. shall have a little farm.
shall raise crops. I shall get the exer-
else, and I'll be hanged if you get .
single onion of the whole dozen bushels
I am now going down TO buy seeds, ano
am going alone"
He left the house for the seed store,
but on his way he stopped in at his fam
ily grocer's and asked how many ker-
nels of corn a farmer planted in a hill.
Five or six" was the reply.
And how many seed potatoes2'
Not more than that"
The druggist told him the same. and
so did the butcher, but he was not sat
isfied. A farmer who was making ready
to return home after selling load of
produce was appealed to.
do you think of farming" he in
quired. after looking Mr.. Bowser over.
Yes
And you don't know any better than
to plant a pint of seed corn in q hill?"
Il contend that pint is the proper
proportion
wall. II was goia' to raise Jackass
fodder I'd plant a pint to a hill I'll bet
your wife has a burned hard time
livin' with you, and that she knows
more in minute than you do in
week"
A policeman happened along just in
time to get between them and prevent
row and Mr. BOwser slowly walked
/ back home
4 forgot to ask you about clothes
/ pins . said Mrs. Bowser, as he entered.
] How many do you plant to hill2"
! But he glared and gritted his teeth
and went down cellar to sit on an empty
barrel to sulk over it in the darkness.
and When the cat came down to cheer
him up he threw the whole coal bin at
Copyright, 1903. by c. B. Lewis.)
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

have been sure to confront him with
equal force. and he would not have
known which to elect.
The fact that he had been born a
bachelor simplif1ed matters. It seemed
to lessen his responsibility. as it were.
So long as he continued in his original
state he could hardly be said to have
made any choice at all.
And so it happened that Dick Fraser
had attained the ripe old age of twenty
seven without committing himself to
matrimOny.
AS an eligible and good looking male.
he had met several women who had
tried to please him. They had succeed
ed, up to a certain point. but not one
of them had been able to alter his OUT
look upon life.
That was before the advent of Nora
Maclean, of course.
Nora changed all that She was a
charming girl, made to be loved, and
she captured Dicks heart without an
effort.
Before Dick had known Nora a week
he admitted joyfully to himself that he
was head over heels in love- and that
matrimony was the only desira bic state
of man.
For the first time in his life Dick felt
no hesitation in expressing an opinion,
and he realized this fact with some
thing very like triumph
Undoubtedly Dick would have pro-
posed TO Nora, and probably he would
tunate accident.
The accident was the existence of
Nora s. cousin Kate
Exactly two weeks after he. had first
met Nora Dick was introduced to Kate.
From that moment his doom was
sealed.
Kate was not half so pretty as her
cousin yet Dick felt her fascination the
moment he set eyes upon the girl.
He thrilled at the touch of her hand
he listened, enthralled, to the sound OF
her voice. Her dark, wistful eyes cast
a strange spell upon him
This is the woman I love-" he told
himself rapturously, and for one brief
moment Nora's image faded from his
mind.
For one brief moment only. Then
well-then Nora happened to enter The
room, and Dick became a prey to such
a conflict of emotions as most men il
is to be hoped, are mercifully spared.
With sudden shock Dick realized
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

that solve the diicuI1y It has been
known to do 80 Il similar cases.
~ Never IN case lElsa mine cried Dick
are plenty Of men Who are mildly attract
ed oy any number of women and who go
my case is different. You forget that,
adore where they only admire It would be
impossible for me to marry one, Tor
the other.
.of course. = remarked Charlie thought
neither of them caring for you
1e-ess replied Dick.
Charlie detected the obvious ins1ncerity;
always thought you were q man OF
What do you meang's asked Dick IN
Unless I very much mistake you are
TlakIng love TO two women
That's not true. Nothing could be more
-rnore-er--e -earcumspeet than my behav-
Nonsense. You may natter yourself
ing you're ii love and. 10 a certain ex-
tent you're bound to give yourself away
each Of them is sure to imagine she Is the
only one. If she cares for you, you are
raising hopes which you may never be able
TO fulfill As man OF honor and gen
uenaI there is only one course open to
And what is 4hat2.
Y ou must go away. You must not at
tempt to see either Of these girls again
until you have definitely decided which OF
1iisle ii ~ ~anL 70 lllaA5 tI, ~, tt e,+
guiItier than he cared to confess, lost no
time IN taking his friends s advice.
Ny belief is. said Charlie to himself.
Dicks not a bit different from other men.
It's all Imagination. He's not in love at
all. When a mans really in love there's 5
only one woman in the world for him
When Dick meets the woman he'll find
out his mistake Time will show"
But time. strangely enough, has done
nothing of the kind.
Though Nora and Kate Maclean were led
to the altar years ago. Dick Fraser is a
bachelor still. In his heart of hearts he is
conv that there will always be two
women in the world for him.-Press-
Knickerbocker Express.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
Of the Worlds Commerce.
lZnovIedwe Of what Is Best More Em-
portans Than Wealth with
omt 1t.

II must be apparent to every one that
qualities OF the highest order are neces-
sary to enable the best OF the products of
modern commerce to attain permanently
20 universal acceptance However loudly
heralded, they may not hope for world d-wide
preeminenee unless they meet with the
general approval not of individuals only.
but of the many who have the happy
faculty of selecting. enjoying and learn
ing the real worth of the choicest prod
ucts. Their commendation. consequently.
becomes important to others, since to
meet the requirements Of the well in
formed Of all countries the method OF
manufacture must be of the most per-
feet order and the combination the most
excellent OF It's kind. The above is true
not OF food products only. but IS espe-
cially applicable to medicinal agents and
after nearly quarter OF a century OF
growth and general use the excellent
remedy Syrup Of Figs. is everywhere
accepted, throughout the world. as the
best OF family laxatives. Its quality IS
due not only to the excellence of the
combination Of the laxative and carmin-
atlve principles OF plants known to act
most benefcially on the system and pre-
scented In the form of a pleasant and re-
dreshing liquid. but also to the method
OF manufacture Of the California Fig
Syrup Co.. which ensures that uniformi-
~ and purity essential in a remedy IN
clan who is well informed and he will
answer at once that it Is an excellent
laxative. II at all eminent in his pro
fession and has made a special study OF
laxatives and their effects upon the sys-
tenn he will tell you that 1t Is the best
Of family laxatives, because it is sim
pie and wholesome and cIeanses and
EWeetens the system efectually, when
@ laxative is needed. without any un-
pleasant after-ehects. Every well-in-
Eormed 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
4le, because it gives general satisfac-
4ion, but one should remember that in
order to get the beneficial effects of
Syrup Of Figs It 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.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

But here are your own figures. my
dear. You are going to plant corn. How
many kernels do you drop into a hilI?"
A pint of course .
eAnd how many seed potatoes?"
a dozen or SO. What are you trying
to get at now2
of farming
my system is all right. and you
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

.'Of course
How many seeds in hilI?''
About fifty, I suppose I've got TO
make allowance for those that won /
sprout. Are you satisfied now2'
Yes. I'm satisfied that people will
come ten miles TO view your little farm
as curiosity Don't you know that a
farmer never drops over six kernels of
corn to a hill?"
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

growled. II see your little game. but
don't think it viii work with me. I
can't be diseoura aged.
.tOf course not, but you might as well
know what you are doing Let's see
Your little farm will cost you $40 by the
time you are ready to begin planting
I deny 5t,''
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16
DISFIGURED
WITH ECZEMA
Under Physicians Five Months. Went from
Badto Worse. Could Not Go Out. Cured
in One Month by Cuticura Remedies.

I was troubled with eczema on the
face for i've months, during which time
[ was in care of physicians. My face
was in such a condition that I could not
20 out. 1t was going from bad to
worse and gave up all hope, when q
friend highly recommended CUTIcURA
RRMEDIEs. The first night after
washed my face with Cutteura Soap and
used Cuticura Ointment aud Cuticura
ResOlvent it changed wonderfully, and
continuing the treatment 1t removed all
scales and scabs. From that day I was
able TO go ont, and In month my face
was as clean as ever.
THOMAS J. SOrH,
3l7 Stagg ST., Brooklyn, N. 7.
The above letter was received in 1898
and he again writes US, Feb. 10, 1908,
20 have not been troubled with eczema
since.
CUTICuRA REMEDIES are sold throughout
Soc. per bottle On the form Of Chocolate Coated
Send for the great work, Humours Of the Bloc
pots 2l-2s, Charterhouse So, London, T.. G. p
Depot B. Towns Co., Sydney. Potter Drug n
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

needn't worry over it. might have
known you'd oppose me in this. 1 should
have gone right on and said nothing o
you about it,
viii you have pumpkins and
sauashes?" asked Mrs. Bowser, as she
looked down to see a grin on the cats
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

The agonizing itching and burning of
the skin as in eczema; the frightful
scaling, as 10 psoriasis; the loss of hair
and crusting of the scalp, as in SCALED
head; the facial Disagreement, as in
pimples and ringworm; the awful suf-
fering of infants, and anxiety of worn
out parents, as in milk crust, letter and
salt rheum, all demand q remedy OF
almost superhuman virtues to success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Resolvenb are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. No
statement is made regarding them that
is not justified by the strongest evi-
dence. The purity and sweetness, the
power to afford immediate relief, the
certainty OF speedy aud permanent cure,
the absolute safety and great economy
have made them the standard skin cures
Of the civilized world.
ie civilized world. PRICES Cuacurs Resolvsut
llls, Csc per vial OF a0l. Ointment Soc SOAP 2Sc
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16
MARRIED WOMEN ss:s.s re s.as. ssss s:s:. ss:y OF

Illustrate ~ receipt stamp ns
expense # nI IS Q M hd common sense
~ r III
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16

be civilized world. PRICES: Cu4icura Resolvsus
ills, Csc per vial OF e0l. Ointment Soc Soap 26c
/, Skin and Scalp. and How to Care Thsmss De-
snch Depot Rue De "a PaiE. Pazia Australian
d Chemical oorpczaii0us eola FFanzisaasa. Hoasrn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
A FEW GOLD FIND
Can not compare with the bread made
Of Swans Down -four.
Sold by NJ. J. Bailey Co.
A Remarkable Record.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has a
remarkable record. 1t has been in use
for over thirty years, during which time
many million bottles have been sold and
used. 1t has long been the standard
and main reliance in the treatment Of
Group in thousands of homes, yet during
all this time no case has ever been re-
ported to the manufacturers in which it
failed to effect a cure. When given as
soon as the child becomes hoarse or even
as soon as the eroupy cough appears, it
will prevent the attack. 1t is pleasant
to take, many children like it. 1t con-
tains no opium or other harmful sub
stance and may be given as confidently
to a baby as to an adult. For sale by all
druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
M. r.. Conferenoe.

The annual conference Of the NJ. f.
church, of the Black Hills, convened ut
Deadwood last Thursday. The session is
being presided over by Bishop f. G.
Andrews of New York. Following is the
for today and tomorrow.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5.
$50. Devotional Services, led by Rev.
John Hail.
900. Couferencs Business.
800. Missionary Sermon, Rev. Robt.
Titmarsh-
400. Pentecostal Services, conducted by
Rev. J. w. Morris, Phi. d.
500. Epworth League Anniversary, j.
p. Hymer, presiding.
Address by Rev. ]. w. Robinson,
d. ID.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6.
1000. Love Feast, led by Rev. Joel A.
Smith.
100. Sermon, Bishop Z. q. Andrews.
800. Dedication of Deadwood Trinity
M. E. Church, First Ward by Bis
Andrews.
Sermon by Rev. w. s. Lewis, d. d.
500. Sermon, Rev. ]. w. Morris, Phi. ID.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
S. E. Hare grocery store.
Personal Mention.

F. NJ. Peterson was a late arrival from
Chicago.
L. B. Fowler arrived from Chicago on
the Goth.
H. L. Wood arrived from Sioux City
last week.
Mr.. C. F. Lind was q Sunday arrival
from Chicago.
j. w. Westover came up from his
ranch on Friday.
W.. N. Blee from New York isstopping
at the Kleemann.
w. w. Beach was a visitor from Sioux
City on Aug. 18th.
L. E. Lesh from Omaha paid Custer a
visit Saturday last.
Geo. Write came up from Omaha the
forepart of the week.
w. Wilson was a visitor from Denver
Saturday of last week.
DIR. R. w. Calkins spent Wednesday
in the northern Hills.
j. Hagerty arrived from Denver the
latter part of last week.
p. B. Drake was a Denver guest at the
Kleemann on Monday.
L. w. Hull of Hot Springs came up on
business On Friday last.
Geo. Gabers came up from Omaha the
latter part Of last week.
l.. J. Bates, of the Della Pringle Co.,
was in town August Goth.
G. L. Mutzig from Hermosa paid Gus
ter a visit last Wednesday.
W. +. Brigham and wife arrived from
Shelby, Neb., on Sunday last.
T. Gallusch from Milwaukee register
ed at the Kleemann on the 3lst.
John O. Holmes, a resident Of Key
stone visited Custer on Tuesday.
T. F. Byron, a traveller from Omaha
was in Custer on September End.
w. J. Doran and Geo. Palmer were
visitors from Keystone on the LIST.
G. G. White, a business man from st.
Louis wal an arrival on Thursday.
J. ii. Jennings and wife from Lincoln
arrived the latter part of last week.
Mrs. H. PEBBLES and daughter arrived
in Custer from Chicago on the S0th.
J. W. Boyd came down on the even
ing train from Lead on Tuesday last.
Harry r. Wood arrived from Sheridan,
Wyoming, the forepart Of the week.
f. NJ. Ramsdale was a guest at the
Kleemann from Omaha on Tuesday.
Frank Bender, of Squaw creek, was
transacting business in the city Monday
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05

L. D. Green wa. here during the fore
part of the week. He halls from Dem
yer.
T. f. D~everoux from Fl. Dodge. was
stopping at the Kleemann on Tuesday
last.
C.. f. Smith returned Saturday evening
from q two weeks visit in Iowa and Ne
braska.
+. NJ. Miles and wife from Lafe City,
Iowa, were guests at the Kleemann on
the 2nd.
Judge Feay returned Thursday even
ing from a few days business visit in the
northern Hills.
Rev. W. r. Jeffrey, Jr., is in Deadwood
attending the annual session Of the Black
Hills Mission conference.
f. r. Buckley and wife from Rolla,
Mo-, arrived in Custer or Thursday and
are stopping at the Kleemann.
Otto P. Grantz was down from Dead
wood and drove ont to the Roosevelt
mine the forepart Of the week.
Co. Commissioner III. L. Maxson was
up from Buffalo Gap the forepart of the
| week attending a session of the board.
George B. Mansfield and family have
returned to their home at Rapid City
after a weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs
w. +. Hanley.
Drs. II. +. Rate and d. Miller came
over from Keystone on Wednesday II
attend to the injuries of frankie Kubler
They returned in the evening.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
The Fspper Group.

Last Monday, in company with MIR.
John Collins of Custer, we took a drive
out i'm the country adjacent to the town
on the east. Here we found a group of
mining claims which are deserving OF
more than passing attention, partly on
account of the variety of mineral veins
exposed, and more particularly on nc
count of the immense veins Of gold ore
which traverse the claims. This is call
ed the Pepper" group, and consists of
4 claims 900 by 1900 feet each and n n
ming nearly north and south. There
are 20 veins OF mineral in this belt, most
of which crop out for long distances and
can be easily traced. The country rock
is slate of the old micacious variety, and
the veins for the most part run in con-
formity with the grain ofthe slate. Some
Of these veins have walls Of slate on both
sides, and others are contact veins and
have a wall of granite on n side and
slate or quartzite on the other. These
veins of quartz and quartzite are accom-
panied with small dikes of granite and
albite, which have a strike nearly due
north and south. These veins are all
vertical and descend into the earth near
ly perpendicular, but with a slight dip
to the west, and all have clearly defined
walls. The quartz and quartzite veins
in the slate all carry gold and silver,
with assays ranging from $500 to $685.
in gold. The small dikes of granite and
albite are also mineralized, some are
rich in cassiterite or black tin, and others
produce M excellent quality of mica in
sheets sufficiently large for stove and
electrical purposes. The development
consists of many open cuts and FIVE shafts
varying in depth from 10 to 80 feet, all
of which disclose veins of ore which has
the appearance of being good pay min
eral. The browning feature, however,
and by far the most attractive to the
miner, is a large reef of quartzite which
has a central core of about Is feet in
width thoroughly mineralized and
mingled with oxide of iron. This vein
in the quartzite has thus far proven to
be the richest in gold, and from the mag
nitude of the ore body should alone make
it a very valuable property. There are
four claims in the group. and all things
considered they should prove with fur
Their development an acquisition Of grea1
value to the owners and to our district
The property belongs to John Collins
Chas. Harbach, VIM. Tarrant and VIM
Peterson, all of whom reside in Custer.