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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
UNCLE SANS NEW RIFLE.
Old kras Being Put Away to Make
Room for the New Springfield.

The work Of replacing the old black
powder Springfield rifle in the National
Guard with the Krag-Jorgensen is only
now fairly under way and already the
Krag is obsolete and is to be superseded
by a new Springfield. This Weapon,
which is now undergoing its service
tests, is officially described in the cur
rent number of the Journal Of the Mill
tary Service Institution.
1t is q magazine rifle, centrally fed by
clips.
1t has a rod bayonet which may be
used also as a cleaning rod.
It's caliber Is 80.
1t fires a 220 grain bullet-say half
an ounce-with 1873 grains of smokeless
powder.
The bullet starts off at a velocity of
1900 feet per second, and is still going
at the rate of 95S feet per second when
it has travelled 1000 yards, at which
point II has left q striking energy Of
AZ. 9-foot pounds. The energy at the
muzzle is 1851 .6-foot pounds, and the
bullet will penetrate over -four and a
half feet Of white pine at a distance of
ifty-three feet.
The new rifle is made of eighty-two
Jieces.
1t is to be provided with riot
cartridges, each containing W round
balls made of lead and tin in the pro-
portion Of 10 to Luminous ratio-and
propelled by "a grains of smokeless
powder. These bullets will have an eff
fective range OF 200 yards.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
Cult of the Simple Life.

London Chronicle: We are apt to think
that the cult of the Simple Life Is a mod
IN affair, dating perhaps, from DR.. Aoer-
uethy's adVice-"Iive on siXpence a day
md earn it," So IL is hard to believe that
The following remarks. taken at random
from an old treatise on the ~upbringinG OF
, hildren. really belong to the seventeenth
century; they will interest the children
.;ho look forward to holidays: lhe
,lorning is generally designed for STUDY
20 which a full stomach is but an Ill pre-
paration. > > | should think that q
food piece of well-made and well-baked
brown bread, sometimes with and some
lines without butter or cheese, would be
tften the best breakfast for my young
master. " : " If he at any time calls Tor
victuals between meals, use hinl.to notn-
ing but dry bread. If he be hungry more
than wanton, bread alone will Town, ana
q he be not hungry 1t is not fit he shouid
cat" There is, however, a seventeenth
century touch in the advice, his orlhh
should be only small beer"
Plain food, "wlthou any sauce but num-
Cer," is recommended throughout, and
this very sparingly seasoned with sugar,
md without much mixture Fruit
t'makes one of the most difficult chapters
.n the government of health. Our first
PARENTS ventured Paradise for IT., and 1t
|, no wonder our children cannot stand
Inc temptation. " i should not be
iltogether so strict in this point as some
iarents are to their children, who, when
(ver they can get loose, eat TO a sur
ieit." Quaintest of all, however, is the
! following remark: "Sweetmeats of all
kinds are to be avoided, which, whether
they do more harm TO the maker or eater.
is not easy to tell. This. / am sure, is
one of the most inconvenient ways of ex-
pensc that vanity hath yet found out;
and so | leave them to the ladies'"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
Gratitude Well Expressed.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Feb. Sth.-
Mr.. C. l.. Smith, painter and decorator
whose home is at 800 Anne street, TINS
city, makes the following statement
II was laid up with some KIND OF
pains. Some said it was Lumbago, 9TH
ers Sciatica, and other again
,ism. \ few of my friends suggested
that it was lead poison, but whatever
it was it gave me Il great deal or PAM
in fact, almost completely crippled me.
| had to use two to walk o
and even then it was a very palntui
task.
"A friend advised me to try Dodd s
Kidney Pills and l began the treat
ment. After / had used the first box
i was able to throw away one OF the
canes and was considerably improved.
Thc second box Strengthened me up so
that | could go about free from pain
without any assistance and very soon
after | was completely cured, well ana
nappy. without n pain or an acne.
! Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed to go right
20 the spot in my case and they VIII
always have my greatest praise
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
BULLET IN HIS BRAIN.
w. S. WeIIiver of Sioux Falls Commit,
Suicide With Little Apparent
Motiue.

Sioux Falls. S. D., Feb. CIV. S. We'll
liver, for fifteen years n well known
real estate man here, killed himself by
shooting with a revolver, about L
o'clock today, in his office. 1t Is be-
lieved he was temporarily insane. "A
letter left for his wife said that he was
driven to 1t by a strange feeling In his
head Of late.
WeIliver came down town this morn
ing and was at work in his office when
his partner, G.. w. Sexton, went out to
lunch. When SeXton came back, abou
1870, he did not see his partner, but
smelled burned powder. Opening a
small closet off the office room he found
the dead body, a bullet in the head, n
a revolver on the floor, which told the
story.
II is not known that Mr.. Welliver had
had any hard luck or especial reason
FOR the act, save he has complained
considerably Of the trouble In his head.
Scott Welliver came here from Lee
Mars, where he was for a long term of
years clerk of the Plymouth county
courts. He leave n wife and son
Ralph, now in a st. Paul railroad office.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13

New York Press. Don't throw away
Did. worn-out typewriter ribbons. Tbs
Is the advice of q veteran stenograPheE
i'm s. downtown office.
.'Old ribbons make the best ink In
the world" he said. After n has
been SO badly worn that the keys make
but a faint impression on the paper the
cloth still contains enough col0rfng
matter to make a pint of high-grade
ink. Take the ribbon and put 1t In e
lar containing about a pint or cold wa
ter. Let II stand there for three days,
stirring 1t around once In a while. Inc
result will be better ink than you can
buy for IS cents q pint.
1.-The best of ink is used on typewriter
ribbons. 1t practically Is indelioie
when Used with the pen. Moreover,
khere is no sediment in 1t. Most INKS
are not solutions. as many persons
think. The coloring matter is simply
held in suspension. In good IN THIS
matter stays evenly distributed
throughout III liquid. In the poo INKS
1t links 20 the bottom, and you have a
gummy deposit at the bottom or the
we'll. Black ribbons are always the
most available for making ink In THIS
fashion, as most persons object to using
hlue end purple inks
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
ASKED SHERIFF TO PULL ROPE
Story Told of Senator Joe B~lackburn's
Early Experience.

When Senator Joe Blackburn was a
struggling young lawyer, as all really
great statesmen must have been at some
stage in their career, he was called upon
to defend q negro charged with murder.
Mr.. Blackburn aid the best he could
made ar impassioned address to the jury
| and all that sort of thing-but the defend
ant was sentenced TO pay the extreme
penalty.
Mr.. Blackburn was then taking his first
DIP into politics, running for some small
local office. He had a hard time getting
| people to attend the meetings. at which he
was advertised to speak, and luck gen.
orally appeared to be against him. Well.
hanging day came and the doomed man
was told that he would have fifteen min
utes in which to say his last words. Mr..
| Blackburn accompanied the man TO the
| ycaffold, and as his eyes wandered over
he several hundred of his fellow citizens
] who had come to witness the spectacle
| more than he could ever hope to attract
by his own eloquence-his brain was lit
up by a flash of genius. He had a few
hurried words with his client, in which
he painted the waste of words 1t would
De for the unfortunate man to talk at
such a time and impressed upon him h
a. godsend the opportunity to make a
speech would be to him, Blackburn. The
negro somewhat reluctantly agreed to let
him go ahead. Thereupon, much to the
surprise of the auditors, Mr.. Blackburn
launched into an effort on the issues or
The hour. He was proceeding to his w
entire satisfaction when he felt a tugging
at his coat tails. CHANGING around he en-
~countered the panied expression OF tho
negro.
Say, Massa joe he whispered, "dat
speech wot yuh mad tub de jury was
bad huff to hang me. but dis yuh one
shaking his head sadly-"Mistuh Shelf,
please pull dat rope"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
The Averted Traqedy,

''When my husband and l were travel
ing in Italy last summer said the lady
In blue, whose suit case was covered with
foreign labels. II had an experience,
while it seems l~aughab!e now, nothing
on earth would induce me TO repeat.
my husband put me into an empty
compartment in one of those horrid con-
tinental trains, and went off 10 look for
our baggage. In some manner, while hur-
rying back, he got into the wrong COM
partment himself, the train pulled out,
and so he could not join me until the next
stop.
Just as the train started and was in
a fever of worry as TO what had become
OF Harold, a most villainous looking fell
low got into my compartment. He seemed
all hair and flashing eyes. l felt uneasy
right away, and was not relieved by the
way he kept glaring at me in a highly
suspicious manner
AL af a sudden he took out a clasp
knife, opened it. and began to cut all the
curtain cords and TO knot them IN one
piece. l was almost frightened out of
senses. Ali the horrible stories l had
ever read or heard about m:sadventures
with criminals in those nasty compart-
ment trains flashed into my head. l eX-
pected nothing better than to be stran-
gled on the spot, and began to beg the
prigand-for / felt sure that he must be
one-to spare my life. He only laughed
a horrible, brutal l~augh-and jabbered
something in Italian, of which 1 did not
understand a word.
when he threw off his coat and waist
coat / grew nearly rantic with fear, and
was almost ready to jump out of the win
dow, but just in time to save me from
doing something rash he quietly took hold
of his broken suspenders and began to
mend them with the cord. Then he put
on his coat and vest again and sat down
in the corner and quietly went to sleep.
When my husband got IN at the next sta
ton. which was no great distance away,
he had his hands full to keep me from
going into a ut of Mysteries. After that
when he had baggage to check l went
along with him."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
TWO CRIMINALS
ARE SENTENCED
Joseph Coleman, Murderer,
Will Finish Rest Of His
Life in Penitentiary.
IS CANDlDATI
Win Announce at State Convention
That He Would Like to Be a Ma
tionaI Democratic Delegate
Other South Dakota News.

Pierre, s. d., Feb. 6.-The fate OF two
noted criminals was decided by the SUI
2reme court. The first was the case on
etate VS.. Joseph p. Coleman from
Faux county. Coleman was last talt
convicted Of the murder OF his brother,
Edward Ii. Coleman and sentenced TO q
life term in the penitentiary. HIS con-
yiction was secured upon evidence
somewhat circumstantial in character
md some of the best legal talent in the
itate nave fought every step OF ms
Quincy to the penitentiary, but Win
,ut avail. The theory advanced by the
prosecution was that he had killed ms
brother in order to secure $4,000 insur-
tnce on his brothers life, which was
aiken out in his favor. The defense
claimed ne shot himself, having become
respondent over heavy losses of cattle.
The state proved, however, that the ball
uttered his body from the rear at such
IN angle as tc make ii practically I'M
possible to have been fired by his w
lands. The circuit court found him
guilty of murder and sentenced him 10
fife imprisonment. In a very exhaustive
opinion the supreme court today al
irmed the decision of the lower court
md Coleman must serve his time.
The secon case, n a of state VS.. w:
=. Phillips, ia a noted horse rustling
case. The defendant was convicted of
stealing a young horse from the range
md sentenced TO a term in the state
~penitentiary. His counsel appealed the
rase on the ground that the court erred
in denying an application for a continu-
hnce. The supreme court today af-
hrmed the decision OF the lower court,
and horse rustling is becoming mighty
unpopular in this vicinity.
: Other cases handed down by the SUI
preme court were: BY Corson, presiding
Judge:
Sarah Richardson, appellant, VS..
Thor Dybedahl, James Blow and Ole
Berdahl, appeal from Minnehaha
county; affirmed.
, william Bernardy. respondent, vs..
Colonial and United States Mortgage
company, limited, appellant, appeal
from K~ingsbury county; reversed.
Meade County bank, a corporation,
respondent, VS.. Lewis Decker, appellant,
appeal from Meade county, motion to
dismiss denied.
BY Fuller, Judge:
The city OF Huron, respondent, VS..
Fred NJ. Wilcox, appellant, appeal from
Beadle county; affirmed.
The our admitted Kelsey s.. Chase
of Faribault, Mimi, to practice in all
the courts of the state, upon his pre-
senting a certificate OF admission from
Minnesota.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
GUESTS OF j. j.. HILL.
Canton Editor Is Honored and Viii
View Christening of Dakota"

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. Arthur
Linn, editor of Canton Farmers Lead
or, has been honored by receipt of a
personal invitation from Mr.. James j.
Hill, head of the Great Northern road,
to be his personal guest On a trip from
st. Paul to New London, Conn, where
Saturday will be launched the NAM
moth new steamship Dakota. The Da-
Iota will be when launched the largest
ship in the world, having a tonnage Of
so, 900 tons and will enter the China
trade from Seattle.
The launching will be attended by a
delegation from North and South Da-
lota and Minnesota, all of whom will
be MI. Hills guests for the entire trip.
The launching Ceremonies will take
place at New London with Miss Mary
Bell Pennington Of Glendale. N. D.,
as godmother.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
MlrcHsLL's CONVENTIONS.
Poultry and Live Stock Associations to
Gather With Buttermakers.

Mitchell, s. d., Feb. 5.-Last evening
the South Dakota State Poultry Show
opened it's doors in this city n IT
promises to be one OF the most success
full ever held In the state. Secretary
Scallin reports over 700 entries. A large
number of exhibitors from outside the
state are present with their best birds.
The show is being held in the large
formerly occupied by John
Colvin. Large as II Is, the building IL
far toe small to meet requirements.
Last evening the first business ses7
zion OF the Live Stock association was
held at the court house. An address
Of welcome was delivered by Mayor
Silsby and was responded to by Ed
ward Squirting OF Bookings on behalf
OF the association. President Erion de-
liyered his annual address. Two papers
were read: Advantages in South Da-
kota for Raising Pure Bred Horses"
by ]. A. Davy OF Roy, and 1.-The Horse
for the Farm" by j. M. Dunmire OF
Scotland. Colonel j. III. Brigham of
washington. assistant secretary OF ag-
riculture, will arrive today and deliver
In address.
In sheds are some OF the finest cattle
in the state, which are to be disposed
Of at auction. Also a fine lot Of regis
tered swine. A number OF prominent
men from ~neighboring states are mere
to invest and there is no question u
that the offerings will bring handsome
prices.
At 1870 this afternoon the first auction
sale will take place. and will be devoted
to registered swine.
The b~uttermakers are also with us.
Their sessions commencing tomorrow
evening, will be held in the Mitchell
club rooms. The program as now OUT,
lined Is as follows: Presidents annual
address; appointment OF committees;
The Advantages of Dairy Schooling
from the Students Standpoint" r. ii.
Baldwin; Should a Buttermaker Leave
off His Studies When He caves the
Dairy Schools?" Albert Anderson;
practical Hints for the Buttermak-
err" Sam H~oughdahl; How a We
Get the Best Results from Weak, Old
Cream" ]. II. Brockway; care or
Creamery Machinery" f. l.. TenEyck;
us a Pepette Sufficiently Accurate for
Testing Cream?" A. l.. Bull; report or
butter Judge and announcement or
scores; stock Raising from the Dairy
mans Point of View" Professor Jas
w. Wilson; Problems Which the But
termaker Who Receives Both Milk and
Cream Has to Solve" Professor A. w.
Wheaton,; Needed Dairy Legislation
and How to obtain It," Secretary Sher-
wood: reports of Committees; election
Of officers. The afternoon session:
.'The Uses and Abuses Of Dairy Con-
yentions," Charles f.. Bair; Right and
Wrong Methods Used by the Secre-
tary," ]. II. Hubbard; question box on
the following subjects: What Can We
DO to Build up the Dairy Industry
'Bookkeeping,' Management" Cut
ting Down Expenses" Swimming sta
lions" What Shall We Do with the
surplus?"
Last but not least, are the horsemen
of South Dakota, who meet here today
to range a racing circuit for the com
ing summer. The indications are that
a large number will be present, and
that most OF h larger towns Will nave
representatives here to look after theif
interests.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
JOHN A. STEAMSHIPS CANDIDACY
Wants to Be National Delegate From
Third District.

Chamberlain, S. D., Feb. 6.-TOday's
Pukwana Press-Reporter contains an
announcement h a Hon. John A.
Stransky of that place will be a candi-
late for national delegate from this dis
trict at the democratic state convention
his spring. Mr.. ~Stransky, who is a
former member of the Legislature, Is
one of the ablest men In the state and
a power in the democratic party. His
friends in this county are enthusiastic
in their support and expect to win out
at the state convention. Inasmuch as
Brule county is the banner democratic
county of the state, and that n OF
the party has received the honor of rep
~resenting it as national delegate in a
national convention. Mr.. ~Stransky's
friends will go before the convention
with this fact and expect to win out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
Accused Policeman Discharged.

Huron, S. D., Feb. 4.-The attention
Of Justice Van Dalsem was occupied
most of Monday in hearing the case or
The state Of South Dakota against r. ID.
Whorton, chief of police OF this city.
Mr.. Whorton was accused Of having
received money from keepers of houses
Of i'll fame with the understanding that
they would be protected. The com
olaint was made by the pastor Of a
local church, and he and a large num-
Der Of other witnesses were examined,
hut the evidence was deemed by the
court to be insufficient TO establish the
charge. and Mr.. Whorton was dis
charged from custody.
George e. McEathron Of this city, the
we'll known breeder Of Hereford cat
de, has perfected his arrangements for
a sale Of stock at the auditorium In
stony Falls on the 10th of March. The
stock TO be shown and offered for sale
is of the best and includes some ex-
reptionally fine specimens.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
WELL POSTED.
A California Doctor with 40 Years.
Experience.

A California Doctor with 40 Years.
Experience.
"In my 40 years experience as a
teacher and practitioner along hygienic
lines" says a Los Angeles physician,
81 have never found a food to compare
with Grape-Nuts for the benefit of the
general health Of all classes Of people.
have recommended Grape-Nuts for a
number Of years to patients with the
greatest success, and every years ex-
| perience makes me more enthusiastic
regarding it's use.
81 make it a rule to always recon-
mend Grape-Nuts and Postum Food
Coffee in place of coffee when giving
my patients instructions as to diet, for
1 know both Grape-Nuts and Postum
can be digested by any one.
GAS for myself, when engaged in
much mental work my diet twice a
day consists Of Grape-Nuts and rich
cream. / find it just the thing to build
up gray matter and keep the brain in
good working order.
"In addition to it's wonderful effects
as a brain and nerve food Grape-Nuts
always keeps the digestive organs IN
perfect, healthy tone. l carry it with
me when 1 travel, otherwise 1 an al
most certain to have trouble with my
stomach" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Strong Endorsements like the above
! from physicians all over the countrgs
have stamped Grape-Nuts the mosl
scientific food in the world.
There's q reason.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. "ghe Road to MELVILLE"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
Newspaper Again Sold.

Chamberlain, S. D., Feb. At devel-
oped last evening, when the transfer OF
the Journal plant to Jay ackso or the
Frankfort, S. D., was
s-nnnosed to occur, that before leaving
the city last Saturday morning he
bod sold 1t to Editors Burkholder and
Jawless of the Democrat and Register
# appears that Jackson became salts
eed upon looking over the field quite
here last Thursday, that
there was not room for three papers In
the city, so he sold put. The Journal
will appear for the last time next
THURSDAY. after ten years publication.
II was founded by w. r. LaFollette, the
present owner of the Mitchell Gazette,
in March, 1894.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
New Deadwood BUILDING.

Deadwood, S. d., Feb. 6.-The con.
tract for building the new three-story
structure for the Black Hills Trust and
Savings bank has been. awarded to
Mullen g. Mum for a little I've $780,
900. The plans call for a handsome
structure, to be of modern architecture,
three stories high with a basement.
IIt will be 80 by 95 feet. the basement
of white sandstone and the super
structure of brick with cut stone trim
mings.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13

The largest gold coin in existence, II
may be mentioned, Is the Annamese
loot" 1t is worth about 1915, and It's
value Is written across the face Of 1T
IN Indian ink. Notwithstanding this
orecaution, however, they are not
looked kindly upon by Europeans. for
the natives have a habit Of saving the
huge coins in two and scooping out the
Interior gold.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
His Tide OF Fortune.

San Francisco Wasp: There is a
tide in the affairs of men," said the
man who habitually quotes Shakes
peare, which. taken at its flood, leads
on to fortune"
yes" replied the man who had mar
ried an heiress; II remember the tide
that led to my fortune WELL"
what tide was that?"
'It was eventide. and we were sitting
On tina arden
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13

+, The English tailors have the credit
Tor being the first to offer organized
resistance to industrial oppression, and
hence were the pioneers Of modern
trade unionism. AS early as 1921, In
The days of the handicrafts, there was
/ union OF tailors in London numbering
$4,000. and they went on strike for bet
Ter conditions Of employment, notwith-
standing the acts of Parliament that
.utlawed such combinations, made
strikes n criminal act and limited
wages hv law
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13

The value OF the merchandise
brought into the country during the
year from stands which have recently
come under the American flag was:
Porto Rico, s11,051,195; Philippines,
tl1.372.584: Hawaii. s26, 242, sea total
Of s48, 666, 64S, against S20,252,563 In
1897. The shipments of merchandise
20 those islands during the yea were:
Philippines, S4,03S, 909; Hawaii, $780,
s40.472: Porto Rico, $12, 246, 225-a total
IF 27.125,6 SOC, against s6,773,56O in
1907
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-13
Death Of Jeremiah Gully.

Of jeremiah ]. Gully, one Of the oldest
and best known Milwaukee railroad
men Of Aberdeen occurred yesterday
from pneumonia, after an illness last
ing several weeks. The deceased was
an old resident of h city. He leaves
A wife and eight children, n daugh-
ter being Miss Margaret Gully, who
vas queen of the carnival last fall.