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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
CHAPTER XIV.
PROVE A RAD SENTINEL,

II
i watched him with a kind of fasci-
nation until he disappeared through the
door of the cabin. / could guess what
Il had cost him TO drag himself from
his bed, what agony of apprehension
must have been upon him To make him
take the risk. The Jourdans puzzled
~ my not returning, unable to keen
silence, suspecting, perhaps. some plot
against themselves, had doubtless gone
TO the hospital and told him OF nv an
pearance-there had been no way for
nae to guard against that. He had
easily guessed at the rest He had
only TO consult the passenger list m
assure himself that Mr.. Royce ana 7
were aboard. And he was following MS
hoping-what? What could a man IN
MS position hope to accomplish? What
heeu was there for us 10 fear him +?
Ana yet there was something about
him-something in the atmosphere OF
the man-that almost terrified me.
came back to earth TO find that
Royce and Mrs. Kemball had drifted
away together, and that my companion
was regarding me from under half
closed lids with little smile of amuse-
ment.
so you're awake again, Mr.. Lester"
she asked. do you often suffer attacks
of that sort?"
Pardon me-" / stammered. THE fact
is II
You looked quite dismayed," she
continued, relent,essly. You seemed
positively horror-stricken. / saw moth
ing formidable about him."
No; you don't know hint" | re-
torted. and stopped lest | should say
too much
She was smiling broadly, now; an
adorable smile that wrinkled up the
corners of her eyes, and gave me a
glimpse of little white teeth.
II think we'd better sit down." she
said. Your knees seem to be still
somewhat shaky. Mother and Mr.
Royce have deserted us"
so we sought seat near the stern,
where we could watch the city sink
gradually away in the distance, as the
great boat glided smoothly out into the
bay, her engines starting on the
rhythm which was TO continue cease
iessly until the voyage is ended. / con-
TESS frankly l was worried. / had not
thought for moment that Martigny
would have the temerity To- board the
same boat with us-yet II was not so
wonderful after all, siEce he could not
guess that suspected him, that knew
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
IMpRIS0N WOMEN
WHO WIN PRIZES
And Those Who Play Cardf
and Try to Win but
Don't.
ORDINANCE Is STRlNGeN !
Town of MelIette Passes Anti -Gamo
iina Measure Which viii Put the
"I. Setchuh" Club to the
Very Bad.

Mellette 5. D., Apri! 20.-Pl&ying
cards for prizes In the privacy or one
own home has been made criminal
offensc by the passage Of a new ana
stringent anti-gambling ordinance mere
Fines OF from s25 TO 500 and imprlsoh-
ment in Jail for thirty days are the
graduated penalties
In commenting upon the provisions
of the new ordinance, man VINO
doubtless wished to frighten the WON
en- said
"To send the members Of progres,
sive eucher party, If they played Tor
a prize to jail for thirty days with the
order that the prisoners be employed AT
labor on the streets of Mellette, for al
least ten hours a day during incar-
ceration IN the town Jail, as the ordi-
nance specifies, would be so rash pro
ceedng that IL will not be attempted
imagine Mrs. Brown and the Misses
Jones following up a garbage wagon
with shovels on their dainty shoulders
just because they did not have hun
dred a piece to pay as a penalty for
raising funds for the church in game
OF chance. And yet the town marshal
is fined and forfeits his Office If he dis
regards the provisions OF the ordi-
nance
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

How dirty your neighbor's alley
looks
IL anyone ever has a good time at
a party il is a woman.
Conversation is like medicine: More
popular when sugar coated.
What good care dog owners take or
their dogs after there has been
poisoning.
How long will gossip live? We heard
a story yesterday on woman, and
IL was forty nine years old.
In a country where liberty abounds
q really useful and worthy man is Of
ten abused, and a worthless and vici-
Gus man often praised
An Atchison man lately joined the
Episcopal church. II don't know one
from the other" he said, but l in
tend TO be high church
we can always tell this about a
woman's new hat before she has
picked it out: 1t will be just the re-
verse of the style her husband would
like her to get.
When father gets cross, the chill
dren. instead OF sympathizing with
him. are more than ever convinced
that mother must have been crazy
when she married.
When a country woman leaves her
husband there is great excitement.
And as a rule look into the hus-
bands record Will show that there
has been something doing
New York World authority says
that to use borrowed palms at a re-
cepuon is as bad as 10 wear a bor-
rowed hat. 1t seems to us this is
carrying propriety'' too far.
We suppose that when a dog gets
home from down town and his owner
takes his muzzle off, he must feel as
comfortable as a woman feels when
she gets her corset off at night.
They tell of an Atchison milliner so
clever in convincing her elderly pat
rons they are young enough to wear
girls styles that recently "a woman of
20 walked out OF her establishment,
wearing. perched on her white hair, a
baby's bonnet
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

If girls would just follow out the
precepts of their brothers they would
never need fear doing anything for
which they might be criticised, but
generally it is so much more interest
ing to follow the advice of somebody
else's brother.
Other peoples brothers however ars
not apt to give such sound advice.
man will often invite a girl to go some
place where he would not allow his
own sisters to be seen, and will urge
her to do the very thing that he par
ticuiarly warns his sister against.
No matter what a brothers OWE
principals may be he has an entirely
different standard for his sister She
is supposed to be a model of perfection
even though he is far from one and
while she may not be able to depend
upon him in any other respect she can
have perfect confidence in his advice
as far as she is concerned
The girl who has a brother Is more
than fortunate on this account as well
as for the numerous other advantages
they offer. She need never have to
ask advice of those who do not know
Even brothers do not have 10 be asked
They dole out opinions and lay down
laws many times when they are not
wanted SO particular are they that
they make themselves a little tire
some at times, sisters who under
estimate them generally are apt to
think.
But brothers know. They have op-
portunites to hear what men say about
the girls of their acquaintance and
often the opinions they express in no
way correspond with what they tell
the girls when they are around. Mems
standards for the women for whom
they care are all about alike and they
are pretty high, and women who appre-
ciate this and listen to the words OF
their brothers are much more apt TO
be popular with the brothers of other
girls
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
IIndiuined Advice

A New Orleans man said regretfully OF
the late Harold Van Buren, the American
consul at Nice.
Every American traveller will be sad
TO hear Of the death OF this distinguished
man He was an ideal consul, entertain
ing beautifully the rich visitors to the
Riviera ard very charitable, very help
full 10 such poor folk as found themselves
In difficulties in American consul to Nice:
Tall, slender, quiet, / can see him yet.
One day | asked him If In his many char
!tes he was never deceived.
on. yes, he answered. Not often
though. And when I am deceived, L judge,
my man kindly. ] am not like the jurist
whom Alpnouse karr, who lived here,
USED TO tell about. Kari used TO say that.
there was venerable Judge who, when
the moment for passing sentence on a.
prisoner came would consult the colleague.
en- either side OF him as TO the proper
penalty.
What ought we to give this rascal,
nrother?' he would say bending to the,
right
Three years sir, ! should think
Then, bending to the left, What is
your opinion brother?'
I should say about four years, sir
''Thea the Judge, glancing at the prison.
er beuevolently, begins:
Prisoner at The bar, left to my own.
resources. l should have given you a se-t
we're sentence; but l have consulted my
colleagues, charitable men, and shall take,
their advice Prisoner, you are hereby
sentenced to seven years"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
onlv seratoklna Matohes.

Little PAU was years old when the
western city in which he lived was swept
one night By terrible storm. Wind
thunder and lightning played havoc, and,
while other members of the family were
huddled I'm dark corners, Paul watched
the illumination of the sky with great
delight. The next morning at breakfast
he asked HIS father what caused tho
streaks Of fire across the sky, and his
father, with great pains, assayed to ex-
plain Paul listened attenuvely and ap-
parently accepted what was told him, but,
when he found attention diverted from
himself. he leaned over TO his aunt who
sst beside him and whispered:
TT wasn't that aunties 1t was God
scratching matches on the sky"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
LEFT NOTE TELLING WHERE
BODY COULD BE EOUNC

Spearfish. S. D.. April 20.-Friends Of
John Russ, Of this city. are fearful lest
he has committed suicide. He disap-
peared from the house where he has
been rooming a few days ago, leaving
behind him q note TO the effect that he
no longer cared to live and that his
body would be found on his claim on
Spearflsh mountain. He also gave di-
rections as to the disposal OF few
trlnkets which he possessed. and also
willed a share in thirteen mining claims
to w. F. Todd, editor Of the Enter
prise
Mr.. Russ was respondent over money
affairs. An extensive search has been
made but so far the body has not been
found.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
APPENDICITIS. A
Not at All Necessary to Operate in
Many Cases.

Many cases.
Automobiles and Appendicitis scare
come people before they are hit.
Appendicitis is often caused by too
much starch In the bowels Starch Is
hard to digest and clogs up the digest
i've machinery-also tends to form,
cakes in the cecum. CHATS the blind
pouch at entrance to the appendix.)
A \. IL. girl had appendicitis, but
lived on milk for whi,e-then Grape
Nuts and got well without an opera
tion.
She says Five years ago while at
school | suffered terribly with constipa.
tion and Indigestion" (Too much
starch white bread potatoes, etc..
which she did not digest.)
soon after | lefr school had an
attack Of appendicitis and for thirteen
weeks lived ON milk ana water. When
! recovered enough to eat solid food
there was nothing that would agree
with me, until a friend recommended
Grape-Nuts.
when began to eat GrapeNuts |
weighed 9S lbs, but | soon grew to 1l5
lbs. The distress after eating left me
entirely and now | am like new per-
son.
CA little Grape-Nuts dissolved in hot
water or milk would have been much
better for this case than milk alone, for
the starcly part of the wheat and bar
ley is changed into form Of digest
ible sugar in making Grape Nuts. y
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little book, THE
Road to wellvllle,' in pkgs. There's
q Reason
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
ARE INDIAN FUNDS
UNDER COURT ORDER?
Unites States Attorney Says
No; But Judge Mccoy
Says Yes.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. April 22.-Argu
ments have just been concluded befor
the state supreme court i'm an import
ant case which involves the right OF "A
creditor to attach money derived from
the sale Of inherited Indian land, and
was apDeales from the state circuit
court OF Roberts county. The case is
untitled j. l.. Minder, as sheriff of Rob
erts county. vs. the First National
bank of Sisseton. the United States
appearing bv suggestion.
j. A. McKeever, of Roberts county,
on May 20, 1905, recovered a judgment
In the circuit court of Roberts county
against an Indian named Titus White.
who is "a member of the Sisseton tribe
OF Sioux Indians. On June 20, 1905,
an execution was issued upon the
Judgment, and j. l.. Minder. as sheriff,
levied upon a certificate of deposit
dated August Il, 1904 which was is
sued by the Citizens National bank, of
Sisseton and at the date Of the levy
was In possession of the First Ma
tional fank, of Sisseton.
The oank is United States deposit
tory and declined to pay the sheriff
Judge j. H. Mccoy of the state court,
December IS, 1905, gave judgment for
the sum of Si,07S30, which he held
should be recovered from the First Ma
tional bank. of Sisseton. Judge Mccoy
denied the motion OF the United States
that the case be dismissed. and held
that the United States of America has
no interest in the subject matter of this
action"
NOTWITHSTANDING that the deceased
Indian from the sale of whose land the
money covered by the certificate of de-
pcsit was derived became a citizen, the
title 10 the land given him as an alot-
ment is held in trust by the United
States. and ii is contended by the
United States that during that period
II holds the land or it's proceeds in
trust for the sole benefit of the Indian
to whom the land is allotted or his
heirs
The question Is of considerable i'm
portance, and If the state supreme
court affirms the decision OF Judge Nc
Coy II may affect similar funds In 9TH
err banks elsewhere in the state, which
creditors OF deceased Indians might en-
deaVor to attach.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
RRITAlN'S EXPENSES.
'O7-'08: S703, 735, 900

London. April 20.-No budget state
ment IN recent years has been awaited
with so much interest as that of the
chancellor OF the exchequer, Mr.. AS
quith, today The house of commons
was thronged and the public galleries
densely crowded. Asquith estimated
the expenditures for l907-0S at S703
185,000.
The revenue on the existing basis of
taxation Is estimated to be $720 $50, 600.
The permanent reduction of the nation,
al debt for l906-07 will be SOS, ,7S0. 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
GETTING DRY IN SOUTH
DAKOTA; UNSEASONARLY COLD.

Huron. s. D., April 2O.-The South
Dakota weather and crop bureaus bull
letin says:
The weather was cool and windy and
generally dry. There was about the
normal amount of sunshine. High
winds prevailed on several days. The
precipitation was considerably below
the normal, was generally very light
and mostly occurred on the 9th, 10th
or 11th; some Of ii was in the form
OF snow.
The mean temperature was consid-
erably below normal except In the
Black Hills district, where it was
about normal.
The previously wet low lands are
rapidly drying out The cold nights and
windy weather were rather unfavorable
for outdoor work
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
DENVER GETS RATES TO
BLACK HILLS REDUCED

Deadwood, S. D., April 20.-The Bur
lington railroad has reduced it's freight
rates between the Black Hills and Den
yer. The new rates will go into effect
the 10th of May and will include FIVE
classes. The first four are for less than
car lots, while number five is for car
lots only This is the result of the
Denver jobbers and other shippers
making a strenuous appeal for better
rates to the Black Hills. They pointed
out that after the completion OF the
line from Alliance TO Denver. il was
only t55 miles from Deadwood to Den
yer, while It was 6s3 miles to Omaha
from the Black Hills. II is thought
that this will be followed up by a re-
duction In rates from Omaha to the
Black Hills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
UTES ARE TO HAVE
FOUR DAKOTA TOWNSHIPS

Pierre. S. D., April 22.--Four town
ships In the northwest corner of the
Cheyenne River Indian reservation will
be leased to the renegade Ute Indians.
according To vote taken at the res
ervatioh council at the agency yester-
day. The Utes refused to go back to
their own lands. and the government
has been looking for a place for them,
This action disposes of their case for a
year from the date when the leases are
.ivned
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
WELL KNOWN CONDUCTOR
KILLED AT SIOUX FALLS

Sioux Falls S. D., April 20.-Death
this forenoon relieved the sufferings OF
James HaCkett conductor on the
Great Northern railroad, who had his
leg crushed yesterday afternoon in the
local yards Of the company.
An operation was performed, but the
unfortunate man did not have sufii-
cient strength to withstand the shock
James HaCkett was one Of the best
known conductors on the Great North
ern railroad He was assisting In
making up an accommodation train
at the time Of the accident. The home
OF himself and family at present is at
Yankton. The unfortunate man for
merly resided at Sioux City.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

Six years. $40 yards OF duchess silk
lace, 400 yards OF silk thread, and ar
infinite amount of patience were con-
sumed by Miss Amelia NJ Rede OF
Marshalltown, Ia, i'm making a black
lace dress she is showing to friends in
Chicago. Miss Rede conceived the idea
of a handmade lace dress six years
ago, and Immediately set TO work tc
carry out that idea, Last week she
finished her task. The waist and skirt
each are in one piece. The design was
worked out over foundation of cam
brit
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
SOLDIERS ON The SPIT
FOR DISGRACEFuL ACT
Col. Ward Investigating Army
Men for Scandalous Orgie
With Young Girls.

Slsseton, :. ID. April % Colonel Ward
lof the United States army Is here IN
vestigating the recent sCandalous oc-
currence in connection with Company
l. On the night Of the militia ball two
officers were arrested by night watch
man who found them in company with
two girls OF the town all Of them drunk
and the girls in a nude condition. one
of the girls is scarcely Is years OF age,
There was n disposition on the part Of
The authorities to cover up the affair
but il was reported by one OF the local
ministers. hence the present investiga'
fiOfs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

The sixty or seventy babies fed on
sterilized milk supplied by the Lam
beth municipal depot during the last
seven and a half months have cost the
taxpayers SIS each The medical Off
Ger states that the death rate OF depot
fed infants is $3.50 per 1000 only. where
as the rate for the infants throughout
the whole OF the borough is 1874 per 1000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
STROhu ELkS LODGE
FORMED AT ABERDEEN

Aberdeen, ;. D., Apply 22.--Aberdeen has
instituted lodge of Elks. The new lodge
is known as Aberdeen lodge No. l,046 and
starts off with about 300 members There
were about 2e0 on the charter. and dur
ing the work last night about 100 more
were put through the mysteries. The
Huron and Redfield Elks came up on a
special train. They brought the Redneld
band
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
CURE FOR OANDRUFF.

Shampoo the hair first with egg to
which has been added an ounce or
two Of rain water. rubbing the mix
ture well into the scalp, rinse thor
oughly in several waters. After the
hair is dry apply tonic made OF ten
ounces of bay rum, twenty grains of
resorcin and five drains of cantharides.
Massage the scalp for at least five min
utes. Apply the tonic and keep up the
massage regularly every night for two
weeks at the end of which time the
dandruff will have almost If not en-
tirely disappeared.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

The Han library" at Pekin, con-
tains the works of several thousand
authors on philosophy; OF several
thousand on mathematics; OF many
hundreds on war. of hundreds on medi-
cine; of more than 1000 poets The
library was founded some 1000 years
ago
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
CHIEF OF POLICE QUITS
OFFICE TO GO ON RANCH

Pierre, S. D.. April 20.-W. d. Old
field who has been acting as chief OF
police for the past year, thinks that
ranching will suit him better and has
resigned to move to a ranch and han
die horses. His resignation went into
effect yesterday, and Frank Core, his
assistant, has been advanced and
Frank Whaley has been selected TO
take the place which Core has filed
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

An eminent Spanish scientist has
made the recent discovery that the
sunf1ower yields a splendid febrifuge
that can be used as a substitute for
quinine. Accordingly, the sunfower
should not only, by it's growing, exert
great fever dispelling effect but also
yield product which is used advan-
tageously in all feyers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
INSANE CIR WILL BE
DEPORTED TO DENMARK

Yankton, s. D., April 22.-Elsie Chris
tine Peterson. aged 81, has been ad-
judged insane here, and will be de-
ported to Denmark. not having secured
a residence in this country in her years
stay. the new immigration law requir-
ing two years in such cases.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

A translation of the whole bible. in
cluding the Deutero-canonical books,
has been made for the use of French
speaking Roman Catholics. IL Is made,
not from the Vulgate. but from the
original Hebrew and Greek. II Is made
by a canon of Amiens, who did not live
to complete the enormous undertaking,
but left it TO be revised and finished by
Jesuit fathers and professors. and IL is
issued by pcatlficial publishers. Ii has
not yet, apparently, received the ap-
probation and benedietion of the Ro-
man
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

A telegram from Winnipeg states
that the demand for -four from China
continues, $4,000 sacks having been
sold by one company alone. Further
kilograms contain an inquiry for all the
product OF certain grades OF -four that
can be spared. During April and May
all the surplus American flour on the
Pacific coast viii have been purchased
for the Orient. and the demand for
China is so great that the buyers are
willing TO pay extra railway freight
rates from Winnipeg TO the Pacific
coast
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
DAkOTAN DIES IN cuaA

Sioux Falls, S. D.. April 20.-News
has been received here OF the death at
Camaguey, Cuba, OF II. ]. Whipple.
for more than twenty-five years a resi-
dent OF Sioux Falls. Death resulted
from being overcome by the heat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
REVISED LIST OF
DAKOTA TOWNS AND
THE LICENSE VOTE.

For License-S.oux Falls, Nit
chell, Flandreau, Beresford, Cen
teryille. Lead, Deadwood Hot
Springs. RAPID City. Salem, Hurley,
Milbank. Plankinton, Dell Rapids,
Parkston, Aberdeen, Eureka, Volga,
Webster, Platte, Geddes
Against License-Alexandrla, Mil
Ter. Vermillion, Parker, Canton,
White Lake. Groton, Arlington,
Lake Preston, DeSmet. Heuand,
Bridgewater. Sisseton Faulkton.
4 = - o b l. 4 b b B. q = q = 4 b 4 4 q d 3 % b d
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

The greater part of the tube railways,
the construction of which has been
undertaken by the underground electric
railways of London--about twenty
two miles in all--are expected to be
iopen for operation before July l.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27

Japanese real estate has gone up
Immensely In some instances at Kun
;ochi, Fukiai. Kasugano and Mirume,
TO two and four times the former price
and at other points to seven or eight
times the previous values.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-27
ROBBERS CRACK A BANK

Tulsa, i. T., April 22.-Robbers early
today dynamited the safe of the Farm
ers and Merchants bank in Bixby,
twenty miles south OF here and Sc
cured several thousand dollars.