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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
The Most Useful Tree.

From the Dundee Advertiser.
Probably the most useful tree In the
world is the cocoauut palm, every por-
tion OF which is put TO good use The
trunk is used for building houses. for
making furniture and farm Implements
and countless other articles, followed
out il makes a canoe. It's leaves are
used for matching, the leaf stalks for
paddles and fishing lines The blossom
I'm bud makes preserves and pickles
besides serving as a staple vegetable
From the pith Of the trunk is derived Il
kind OF sago, and from the flowers
sugar, vinegar and tOddy, which, az
ter fermentation, becomes arraCk. The
ripe cocoauut Is a valuable articles Of
diet The white kernel produces a de-
liciOus cream, a good substitute for
cows milk, while the oil is used as a
lubricant, for soap and candle making
IT is also applied TO cOunteract the
stings of scorpions. The refuse Of the
oil, or oil cake. is valuable as food for
animals and poultry. and AS manure
for the soil From the shell drinking
cups, spoons. lamps, bottles hrewood
and even tooth powder are obtained
The husk supplies fibre for mattresses
and cushions, brushes and mats, ropes
cables, nets and even the harness for
bullOCks The webb sustaining the foot
stalks Is made into straiucrs and torch
es. The tree acts as a conductor in
protecting houses from lightning.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
AlANe OF NEW GUINEA.
Grass That Makes Fierce Warfare Co
All Other Kinds of Vegetation.

From the New York Sun
DR. Poch the Austrian, anthropoi1gsst,
who has spent long time in New Guinea
studying its natives and is geography
tells Of a remarkable variety OF grass that
makes fierce warfare upon other kinds OF
vegetation so that practically nothing else
grows where 1t gets a foothold.
The natives call X alang. II has q tar,
thick and tough stalk, but its greatest
pecullarity is It's roots, which spread out
through every particle OF earth they reach
and give 4 a matted texture something
like felt. There is really no room left
for the roots of any other kind OF vegeta~
ton.
Fields Of alang cannot exist In forest
because the plant does not thrive IN th.
shade. Neither can any kind OF tree make
headway In a patch of alang.
The two kinds of vegetation are anfaguu-
isdc. One VIII not grow where the either
exists Large patches OF clang are found
surrounded by timber and remain there
like islands, for no tress VIII grow in ihsSu-
Between the alang and the forest IS a sorf
of neutral zone for the shade OF the bigh
trees prevents the development of tbs,
grass
the area covered by this grass. Each year
they make Il new clearing In the forest
for their little plantations. As soon as
these are abandoned the alang takes frIu
lodgment there. 1t has won just so rntss.Is
territory from the forest and II yields te
no comers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
AMERICAN LAWNS.

In every human production there is .
touch of Individuality peculiar 10 tns
worker and so it is with the American
garden. The smooth lawns with only z
few gorgeous flowers beds or borders anC
well-kcpJ trees arc the universal and prac
tically only style OF garden in America
IT,, bmh bmh bmh bmh bmh bmh bml
a JaPaCeRc newcomer 70 this country
writes that seeing these plain green from
grounds Tor the first time. she was undeJ
the impression tha; the real garden ex
sted IN the rear Now. knowing that thi
is not the case the striking display of ma
tional characteristic appeals 20 her. anC
she expresses herself thus. "The exposure
Of a private garden to the public enjoy
nt-CultlVa ting ii In front Of the house
along the street, with no barriers to Sc
clude it-secms to reveal a spirit of CO.
operation and Open-hear ;eduess. What q
boundlees benefit it is for the public tc
have the roadside thus frightened anc
hcautifei with various flowers and greens
which man adOres by nature A wIetched
beggar may enjoy the smile Of spring as
much as the owner Of a garden. poor tene-
mcut house children may be as familiar
with nature as any favorites Of fortune.
Here continental maSnmimity is exhibit
cd, in decided contrast to our sef-seeking
seclusion natural 10 an islanders
l}u, / have a slight discor'ent IN this
fun decoration Of front grounds for, be-
sides iEz lack Of artistic design ] see IN IL
perhaps because of prejudics-the same
motive displayed as iu making an array
Of dishes on dining room walls. or in hav-
ing an OF ones beautiful pictures I'm sight
a. one time. The exhibition OF all one s
choicest posse sions, which does not ac-
cord with the japanese idea Of liking to
use silk lining Tor cotton clothes
But she must and does admit that none
but such form Of garden could keep har-
Tony with the commanding American
houses ard their prac,icol Inhabitants. II
one We're to settle miniature rock noun
tains and artificial ponds. with log bridges
and antique stone lanterns upon The sunny
open grounds before enormous colored
buildings, the result would be ircongruous.
not to say ridiculous. No more would an
up TO date American woman prove to be a
fitting figure in the quiet colored shady
scenes Of 81 Japanese garden.
The imaginative gardens OF Japan. to-
gether with their loWiy matched cottages,
may furnish some pleasure ground sug-
gestlcas for this country while It is like
ly ,har the practical gardens of America
viii be more frequently adopted by the
japanese.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
Bad symptoms.

The woman who has periodical head
aches, backache, sees imaginary dark
spots or Specks floating or dancing before
her eyes, haS~gnawing distress or heavy
full feeling VI stomach, faint spells, drag.
ging- -down/ts /tseling in lower abdominal or
pelvic region, easily startled or excited,
irreguI6r or painful periods. with or with
out Ielvic catSSrh, is suffering from
weakntsseS andderangements that should
have eayly aycntion. Not all OF above
symptoms Ge likely 10 be present in any
case at one fine.
Neglected or badly treated and such
cases Sf<n run into maladies which de-
manf tSe surgeons knife II they do not
res, aAfatally.
No medicine extant has such q long
ana nlIns,L1IIs. leGQrd Of Icl1IeSss non
c2SeS as Dr. -Plerce-S aYQGLte-RIeScIlQ-
tQnA-.. No medlcine has such Q strong
prntesSian ln,lQE2. .nlEll-QI 2cLl-AL-lls
AeIaILlgIed lel1tS-Mnrth -nlnre 1hanany
Qnmlhoer q. i.-ordln2LX-1ol,urQllaSys iet.SS-
fiT0plals. The very best ingredients
known 70 medical science for the cure of
womsn's peculiar ailments enter into its
composition. No alcohol, harmful, or
forming drug is to be found in the
list Of its ingredients printed on each
bottle wrapper and attested under oath.
In any condition Of the female system,
Or. Pierce's Favoritc Prescription can do
only good-never harm. Its whole effect
Is 10 strengthen, invigoratc and regulate
the whole female system and especially
the pelvic organs. When these are de-
ranged in function or affected by disease,
the stomach and other organs of digestion
become sympathetically deranged, the
nerves are weakened, and q long list of
bad, unpleasant symptoms follow. Too
much must not b. expected Of this va
rorite Prescription 1t will not perform
miracles; will not cure tumors-no med
icine will 1t SI1ll often prevent them. If
taken In time, and thus the operating
table and the surgeons knife may be
avoided.
Women suffering from diseases OF long
standing, are invited To consult Doctor
Pierce by letter, fr'c. All correspondence
is held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address DIR. X. V. Pierce.
Buffalo. n. Y.
DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser 1000 pages
is sent free on receipt Of 81 one-cent
stamps for paper covered. or 81 stamps
for cloth bound copy. Address as above.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
NO RELIEF FRoM ECZEMA

For over Two Ycars-Pntent WcdI-
cincs, Quack Cures and Doctors
PniL-CUticura Succeeds.
Il was very badly afflicted y,itE ecze-
ma for more than TWO years, The
parts affected were my limbs below
the knees. | tried all the physicians
in the town and some in the surround
ing towns. and | also tried all the pat
ent remedies that | heard OF, besides
all the cures advised by old women and
quaclls, and found 10 relief whatever
until | commenced using the Cuticura
Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cutieura
Resolyent In the Cuticura Remedies
| found immediate relief, and was soon
sound and well. C. " Beltz, Tippe-
cdaoe, Ind, Nov 15 1905"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

he P1underers|
J. cUTLlFFE HYNE.


was able to support me in moderate
comfort At present my talents are
thrown away during ninetcCn-twen
tie~hs OF the year. because nature never
intended me To shine as noble saw
age Consequently, dear boy, I'm ready
TO throw myself away on any one"
"Oh, / like that" said Robinson.
You might have married girl here
last winter"
The travelling English person with
out the aitches? Yes, dear boy, / did
think about it. But | came 10 the con-
Clusion that she was too old to re-
form. and, don't YOU know. one really
couldn't stand living with aa gitchless
person ctern2ily for any amount OF in
como. OF course II was a sacrifice, and
the poor girl was very Lex down but l
think she'll get over il iE time They
all do"
Probably she has done" said Robin
ron EriWiy Prom Wuat he said her
father was quite resigned 10 your
loss before ne lctt here
MY proSp pcCti,t fathcr-in-law was
sordid. Ho couldn't appreciate a gem
lionau. Now, Mabels papa IS in a
better land, and by Jovel that's a
grrat point In her favor | never
could stand patCrnal advice"
You seem TO be making pretty sure
of getting the lady
Tn not at all sure. but | want 70
find out how the land lies. And, by
Jove clever thought / know how 10
do IL! III go 20 Cambcl after dinner
and tell him I'm going TO call on Mrs.
DuNernay tomorrow and offer 10 take
him down there iu my dugout | shall
soon sec what his game is II he's
after her still, hen look jealous and
trust me for seeing and if he isn't.
why IT'S a walk over"
An the same" remarked his other
friend, II don't think fd-ar-bet very
long odds on you old chappie There's
nothing certain in this life, and wild
ows are apt-ar-to keep a fellow
dangling till a fellow gets tired Fin
ished? Then let's go 20 the bar and
throw for liquors Mines creme de
menthe"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
The Way II Read.


The editor OF a little western papcrs
was in the habit of cheering up his
subscribers daily with a column %.
short pertinent comments on their
town. their habits. and themselves The.
department on account OF its intimate
personal flavor was the most popular
thing in the paper.
The editor. as he saw II growing In.
favor. gradually allowed hmreh a
wider latitude in his remarks. untD tbe-
town passed much of it's town c0sijrc-
turing what he'd das't to say next 90
on a hot day. when the simoox.
whistled gaily up the streets of thS
town. depositing everywhere it's burdeH
oT sand, the editor brough forth thIa
gem OF thought
"All the windows along Main street
need washing badly .
The next morning he was waited arf
by a platoon of indignant citizens wha.
confronted him with the paragraph I'm
question fresh from the hands of the
composi'or and informed him fiercely
that he had gone too far. After haSfs
and Mortified glance he admitted tang
he had.
IL now read:
"All the widows along Main strrrx
Heed washing badly"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
He Wnnred the Other.

Sir Thomas Upton, whose grocery chops,
"Lipton's Limited, are as thick IN Lon
don as the fog was talking 10 a New York
reporter on his last visit about pure food
laws.
"And that reminds me-" said Sir Thom-
as, '-of my youth, when I was running my
first grocery and sleeping under the coun-
ter.
~ rival IN the next street was selling
notoriously bad goods and l heard a story
shout him with delight.
1T seems that a customer entered his
shop and asked for a pound Of butter.
Yes, sir, said my rival The real or
the imitation. sir2'
What was it you sold me yesterday
inquired the customer
That was the real, sir
Then give me the imitation"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
White Powder on Nutmeas.

From the Providence Journal
"Brush that white powder off the
nutmegs before you begin TO CRATE EN-"
apprentice.
But that's the bloom, amt it?" re-
mOnStrJted the lad.
"Bloom!" snecred the bartender mo,
sir, il is oyster shell powder The ma
tlves as soon as they gather the nut
meg roll it in a powder Of ground oyster
shells and that protects 1t, on its long
voyage to market from the weevils
The Wecyils, otherwise, would cot il up.
But the powder has served its turn
now SO brush il off "
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
DOES ALIENS
F00T-EkSE
'COOL THE
BLOOD?

Some doctors have
said SO and many in
dividuals have said,
that this dainty, an
tiseptic powder, shak-
en- daily into the
Shoes is Cooling to
the entire System.
Scores of nerves cen
ter In the soles OF the
feet and Aliens Foot
Ease soothes and
'quiets these nerves.
Use every means to
kevp cool and avoid
lieat Pro stra ton.
Try this simple. pop
:ular remedy yourself
and see II II is not
i11StGttlB Cooling and
Refreshing. Sold by
.all Druggists, 25c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

run down from $50 to 125 pounds.
was having terrible pain in the KID
neys, and the secrctions passed almost
inyoluntarily. Ny left leg sweIIcd uu-
I'll 1t was "a inches around, and Shs
doctor tapped ii night and morning us-
Ill | could no longer stand it. and thew
he advised amputation. | refused, AND
began using Doan's Kidney pills. Tie
swelling subsidized gradually, the urine
became natural and all my paIus ssa,
aches disappeared. ] have been well
now for nine years since using Doaa'x:
Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers 20 cents q.
boz. FoSter-Milmurn Co, Buffalo. ny,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

A prisoner was brought before a police
magistrate. The latter looked arouuG and
discovered that his clerk was absent
officer he sad, what's this man
charged WITH
wives"
The magistrate looked at the officer as
though astouuGed at his ignorance.
why officer" ne said. that's not big
otry; that's trigonometry."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

From Lippincott's Magazine.
Alice had been 10 Sunday school for tho
first time ana had come home filled with
information She was overheard TO say
to her 6-year-uld sister as she laid a wee
hand over her neart, when you hear
something wtc here, you know It is con-
science whispering you"
No such thing" responded 6-ycar-old
ITS just WIND i'm your tummy'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17


says: II bad been
showing symptoms Of
kidney trouble frosm
the time | was iDEs
tered out OF the az
my. but in all my life
| never suffered as in
1897. Headaches. dix
ziness and sleeDless-
ness, first, and thsn
dropsy. | was weak
and helpless. having
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

Professor swain, of the Boston School
of Technology, has been made a doctor
Of laws by the University of New York
in consideration OF his scientific re-
searches and eminent engineering work
For more than twenty years DR. Swain
has been a prominent member OF the
Massachusetts railroad commission.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

Guns, Traps, Decoys, etc. Lowest prices,
Write for free catalog No. /. y w
Hide & Fur Co, Minneapolis, MINI.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
Che Wanted n MzntIe

a young married Woman entered lafsf-
ware store and asked:
Have you got those things for inlpcrv-,
ing a gas lieAt?''
Yes, madam" said the dealer. -Hsra
Is a complete set, fittings. chimney ansQ
MANTLE"
''Oh, l DON'T want the set!" said saa
woman. i've got the metal part ara cha
chimney, but the little white sh;rt H.
busted; that's the only one l wank"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

The water Of Loeb Katrine is won.
derfully pure. IL holds only quarter-
pound of alluvial deposits X. every
1000 gallons of water. The Thames
averages four pounds to the 1000 eol-
Ions
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
naxed Voices.

~yrs. Wi1slOwrs scOTuT,.1 BIBCp TOR Cnll7rsn
tee hing GOTTEN the guICs, reuuceg luraulaLI0n ~.
,SyB ID. cures wind ra,hr. 70 cent e UCEtia
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

The wife whose husband gives hex an
the money she wants and no show NJ
devotion with II, gets no sympathy
from any woman over 30.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17

BY binding either end OF n strip OF
mating one has an ideal rug for q;
kitchen floor, II being cleaned so exnsyy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-17
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE

How Veteran Was Saved the Ans-
putatl0n of Limb.
Il. Frank Doremus, veteran. OF
Roosevelt avenue Indianapolis. Ira
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-31
NEW BUILDINGS
MONTH OF MAY
Record of Engineers Office
Showing Permits Issued for
New Structures and Repairs
in This City.
SHOWS SLIGHT FALLING OFF.

Building operations in May were
not as heavy as in April, judging by
the permits issued from the city en-
gineer's Office, though the volume is
still large enough to keep nearly all
of the mechanics in the city employed.
Eighteen permits were issued, call
ing for an estimated expenditure Of
$16,O75. The usual routine of houses
are found in this months permits,
flats, store buildings, additions and
residences both small and large. Fred
Metzger secured the largest permit,
to build a residence on the Mayfield
road at a cost of $4,000. Mrs. Jessie
Coleman has started a new fat build
ing at Sixteenth street and Broadway
to cost, on the face of the permit, ST.
400. The Paducah Brewery company
made an addition to its plant, cost
ing $4,000. Five other permits call
for expenditures of over one thous-
and dollars, each, and are for resi-
dences in various sections of the city.
The rest of the permits are for "gun
barrel" houses and small residences.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-31
Same Condition Here.

Investigation, following the receipt
of the dispatch from Smithland, de-
velops the fact, that the same situa-
ton exists in McCracken county, and
reports received from elsewhere, in
dictate that the plan covers the
whole First congressional district.
McCracken county is almost solid
ly for A. f. Wilson, and those who
advocate an uninstructed delegation
add that they are for Wilson, but
they favor the utmost freedom to
the delegates in the convention.
Those, who are known TO be friendly
to the candidacy of Mr.. Wilson, are
in favor of instructing for
him and for Capt Ed Farley. west
|Kentucky's candidate for state treas
urer, and it is bit difficult for them
to understand how anybody else can
be for him and yet not wish to give
him the Instructions of the county.
Reports from other First district
counties show that in each county,
the advocates of uninstructed dele
cations declare for whatever candi-
date appears strongest, but oppose
giving him instructions.
The coincidence indicates that
some undetermined scheme is on foot
by someone to control the First con-
|gressional district delegation, get it
to Louisville uninstruoted and then
swap 1t for whatever he wants.
Since the scheme has been exposed
there seems to be no longer any dan
ger of its success.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-31
WHAT CAMERA SAW
WAS NOT TABLEAU
Flash Light Exploded When
He Took Party Group.
and Hostess Lost Her Cur
tains In the Blaze.
PROMPT ACTION OF GUESTS

10 A.. oon,o., oo,,,l,t 4,,.t,l,,,h
h. vn 1870 nen ~. @sm 'uSe VIZ =,
r appe~su "l ',ns . .a;.n ssn MI ~ y.
se W 49, :,
49, - 'ne p soon - ~
a, e -. n,n,,t :. IN, $3.50, 30,
- as o.e. 49,, - W. W. paas
49, y, 49, -. ~ 60
SDlo"s, n",l aae Sus.e.e ~ ~ '@ee,
~. n osn - a~,~ 49, os ana
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-31
SOMEBODY'S.PLAN
WILL GO ASTRAY
Somebody Wants First District
Delegation, But Who?
Smithland Says IL May BE Holt, or
Franks, or Willson-Same Con-
dition Here.
SCHEME FOR NO INSTRUCTION.

Smithland. KY. May 81. (Specfal),
There is a movement, the source
of which is carefully concealed, on
foot here to send an uninstructed
delegation to the Republican state
convention at Louisville June 10. BY
some it is said the movement is in
interect of Judge w. II. Holt.
Others say Mr.. Franks is to be the
recipient of whatever votes of Liv-
ingston county may be gotten
to Louisville free from instructions,
while among the friends of Hon. A.
e. Wilson it is intimated that this
county is loyal to him, but it is bad
practice to bind the delegates with
instructions. The only ones, appar-
emily desiring to send an instructed
delegations are the friends of A. e.
Wilson's candidacy.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-31
BODY IN FIRE BOX
CAUSES MYSTERY
Either Most AtrociOus Murder
or Most Remarkable Suicide
in History OF Police Brought
to Light by Find.
ENGINEER is UNDER ARREST,

Cincinnati, May 31.-The most
atrocious murder or the most re-
markable suicide in the annals OF
cincinnati police history was discov-
cred in the furnace room of the Ryan
soap factory this morning. The
charred body of man was dragged
from the fire box by John McDer-
mott, engineer at the factory Nc
Dermott said he built the fire early
this morning at at $50 O'Clock he
saw the mans feet extending from
the fire box. He dragged out the re-
mains, which were burned beyond
recognition. 1t seems almost impos-
sihle for the victim to have crawled
into the box with the fire burning.
McDermott is under arrest on sus-
piston.
The coroner, after an investigation,
decided the mans skull was fractur-
led and he was placed in the furnace
while alive. Sherman Cornilius,
brother-in-law of McDermott. who
was in the engine room with the lat
tier this morning, was arrested this
Afternoon charged with suspicion.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-31
THOUGHT IT BIRTHDAY
BECAUSE CELEBRATED

"Say, why didn't you have rural
mail delivery today?" inquired a fem
mime voice over the telephone of
General Delivery Clerk Frank Moore
at the post Office yesterday.
"This is Decoration day, and a
national holiday" was the reply
"Well, whose birthday is it, then?'
at does not happen to be anyone's
this time, replied Mr. Moore.
WELL" the voice disgustingly in
quired, when are you going to cele-
brate the porter's birthday down
there?" and with this hung up the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-31
COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENTS
Meet Here to Discuss Legisla-
ton and Plan for First Dis
trict Educational Association
Meeting.
THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING.

Today county school superintend-
ents of the First congressional dis
trict are meeting in the office of
County superintendent S. ]. Billing
ton at the county court house. Sew
eral matters pertaining to legislation
for the betterment of county schools,
are being discussed. and a program
is being arranged for the First Dis
trict Educational association at May
field on Thanksgiving day. Those in
attendance are S. ]. Ellington, Nc
Cracker; w. d. Dodge, Graves;
Charles Ferguson, Livingston; Nan
ME Catlett, Caldwell; John p. Paris,
Crittenden; L. A. l.. Langston, Cal
loway; Charles Jones, Marshall.