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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
DIRECTING the MaYfarer.

From the y OQln s companion.
The CornLshman is proverbially Indirect
when he gives Information in regard TO
any matter Of local interest The same
trait is to be remarked even when the
Cornishman has been on this side OF the
ocean for several generations. In his re-
cent book. cornish Sain-s and Sinners,
the author Mr. Harris gives an account
of an interview.
"Hauo, my man, Which is the way 20
Churchtown?'' Guy shouted to a laborer
who seemed to De doing his best to prog
up a hedge.
The man struck work at once and came
forward leisurely He eyed us up and down
as II making a mental register Of our
marks. then he seemed to talte an inter
est in us and our business.
Going Churchtown. art ar
Yes. and which is the way?'
want to see Farmer? Wen, then he
isn't at home Farmer had fine field OF
wheat IN ten-acre field sure 'nough, and
he's gone to market He was drashine
yesterday, and the drash!ng machine cut
of Tom Curnows fingers. Yes, sure ii
did
1--WE don't want Farmer, said Guy. cut.
ting in.
wei, t,en, Tom Trebilcock? Tom.
cows good mixer Didn't know Tom
was going to sell.
Never mind Tom. Tell US the way, the
what you-like-to-call-it, TO Churchtown."
There's passun's house close to the
church. ard passun's little mare is a gooC
un to travel They do say"
How do We get thcre?'
EFF so be yourn a hurry you neednr
go, COS Farmers drivin mare to market
wed like 70 get there by daylight, sait
Guy gravely.
"Sartinly" And then the man gathered
himself together for supreme effort
you do so through a meadow-closc and
a pIain-close, and then into high lane, and
volly, on, and there you be, sure
but where is meudow-close ?"
"Oh, back along"
"But wherc?"
Back along to stie'
THANK you, very much, my good man.
We left the man apparently wondering
what sort of animals there were at large
that didn't know the way to Churchtown
Gradually he unbent himself and wenl
back to prop UP the hedge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
pAlRYNG RESTORES LAND.

The enormous crops grown during
the last five years have used up soils
at very rapid rate. This thing can
not keep up always, and already many
heretofore profitable grain farms are
showing the effects of this exhaustion
Vt fertility. Grain farmers are natur-
ally turning TO the dairy COW as the
salvation OF their lands and she will
do great things providing she is given
the right care. The gospel of the COW
Is a good thing to preach, even If many
10 undertake TO handle her i'm the same
way they have their wheat lands
take everything You can, but give back
only the least amount possible. That
sort of a deal viii not pay any better
with cows than ii does with wheat
lands. Give the good milch COW
chance TO convert the best grain and
forage crops grown on the farm into
milk and then do your part in turn
ing that milk into money and putting
back onto your fields al the manure
and the COW viii actually build up your
fields
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
TlmorHY Hay COSTLY.

While there is no question that good
bright timothy hay is about the only
kind in demand for feeding horses. yet
many have about made W their minds
that it is not profitable TO grow one
To one and half tons on S1C0-an-acre
land. True if one could dispose of his
timothy hay at prices ruling during
the last six months he could afford to
sell il and buy other forage. Timothy
uses UP the soil faster than clovers,
and does not usually give as large a
yield. For these reasons clover is the
more profitable crop to grow, ana it is
far richer in feeding value. Farmers
have been feeding too much trashy
stun, and among this must be classed
OVcr-ripe timothy. Other forage crops
should be grown. An acre planted co
fodder corn. well pat up and shredded.
viii furnish four time as much good
feed as an acre OF timothy and an
acre of corn put up as silage viii fur
nish even a greater amount Of feed.
Sorghum makes fine feed and will yield
three or four times as much as tim
othy. II looks like poor business TO go
right on growing timothy when we
know that it is 4 money-losing propo-
sitiOn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
DEATH IN A NEW GuIsE.
From the Pan Mall Gazette,

In a little village on the Hungarian
frontier, not far from Pressburg, a
peasant woman recently received 400
kronen (2lO from her husband in
America.
She promptly deposited it in the loca'
branch of the Postoficc Savings bank
and then the next DAY went 10 with
draw the whole amount. The bank Of
ticial was somewhat surprised ant
asked for an explanation when she
said that Death had appeared to her
during the night and threatened 10 takC
her away with him unless she had the
400 crowns ready for him the next
night.
The sendarmerie were communicated
with. and when Death made his
promised appl arance he was found tc
be very much alive, in the person OF
the local judge.
The woman's money, adds our Wen
ua correspondent who sends the story
is still in the bank, and the judge is
in j4il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

FROM july harper s,
A New York man. who spends a portion
Of the summer each year In England, tells
OF an amusing incicent in connection with
MS frst visit to Richmond castle. on that
occasion he was accompanied by a guide
who relied for his Information mainly on a
guide-book which, from time TO time, he
would furtyely consult II he thought the
visitor was not looking his way
What is the height of this fine old
keep" asked the New Yorker
According TO histrY," replied the guide.
ITS ninety-two feet.
Similar replies were made 10 other ques-
tions of like nature, each being vouch-
safed with the assurance that !t was "ac-
cordinS to histry
Finally there was reached a part of the
battloments where the hll on which the
castle stands desccnds abruptly TO the
river
Pretty steep descent" exclaimed the
American
YES sir, came from the guide, in his
monotouous tone. According 20 histry,
it's almost perpendicular
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.

Boy in Misery Twelve Years--Eczctun
in Rough Scnics, ltcaing and In
Manufactured by Cuticura.
'Cuticura has put stop to twelve
years of misery passed with my son.
As an infant ! noticed on his body II
red spot aud treated same With differ
ent remedies for about five years, but
when the spot began to get larger put
him under the care Of doctors. Under
their treatment the disease spread to
four different parts Of his body. Dur
Ing the day il would get rough ana
form like scales. AT night it would be
cracked lntlamed and badly swollen,
with terrible burning aud itching. One
doctor told me that my sons eczema
was incurable, and gave it up. | de-
cided to give Cuticura a trial When
had used the first box of Cuticura Oint-
ment there was great Improvement,
and by the time | had used the second
set of Cuticura Remedies my child was
cured. He Is now twelve years old, and
his skin is as fine and smooth as silk.
Michael Steinman, Sumner Avenue,
Brooklyn. y. y. April iG. 1905"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
BUYING OLD FiDDlES.
How Some Fine instruments Have
Eeen Picked Up Cheap.

from lOuQOn lit-BlIS.
Great numbers of fine old Violins and
violoncellos that come into the high
class market of London are procured
through the medium of advertisements
inserted III obscure country papers. and
especially those of ancient cathedral
or put away on n shelf. suddenly comes
TO mind.
Correspondence follows: the dealer
sends a deposit in order that some fid-
die spoken Of may he sent TO him and
examined, and he usually replies that
the instrument sent is dilapidated and
but so so generally, but that he is will
ing to give 30s. or e2 for il. In a great
many cases the offer Is accepted off,
hand. and in this way most of the
finest fiddles extant of the second class
come into the hands OF dealers. Only
lately a cello that came from a Shrop-
shire farm at the price OF G2 sold the
same day to a West End dealer for
nearly GI00.
One of the most shrewd and respect-
ed OF all these dealers was until year
or two ago. a humble member OF the
orchestra of a London suburban the
ater He began to advertise in remote
papers to the greatest limits of hts
scanty wages, and IS now one of the
most extensive and prosperous dealers
In the trade.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
LAY EoR YOUNG STOCK.

on most farms there is usually field
that VIII produce the finest quality of
hay. frequently this is an upland
piece Of clover, which has not grown
SO rank as the bottom fields. and on
account OF the lighter crop it is handled
better and cured out nicer. A very
sensible stockman tells me he always
saves the crop off this kind of a field
for his young stock. and he uses extra
care 10 cut IT AT just the right stage,
and cure IT nice and green. This hay
is not so woody Us the heavier growth,
and II is not near SO apt TO mould or
become musty. Young animals need
something during the winter to tempt
them, and nothing will do II like nice,
swcet-srnellinG clover hay, when the
leaves, and not big coarse stems, form
the bulk of the crop. Just for the
calves sake, take some extra pains in
laying in the winter supply of clover.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
THE COOK LADIES' UNION"
Annie Yeamans's Characterization Be.
comes a Reality in New Zealand.

comes HeSlitN IN NEW Zealand.
From the Indianapolis News.
Peace to the memory Of Annie Yeamans
If the good old soul were in New zea-
land now she would see her "Koo-k Lid
dies union" blossoming into reality. The
sanctlty of the New Zealand home Is at
last being invaded by government recog-
nized unionism. Wellington and Christ
church homes are in an uproar, and the
nlistresses are at white heat, and red in
the face, all because the house servants
have at last done what other workers IN
New Zealand have done-organized un-
ion and presented a "bill of claims" with
the invitation for the mLstressas to sign
or be brought into the arbitratio court,
The united army has been organized into
eight corps at Welhngton-housckee
lady helps, generals. housema.ds nurse
maids, kitchen maids, laundry maids and
cooks. and at Christ church into ten
classes, mattresses and nurse-in-charge
being added. The wages demanded range
from 50 a week for nursemaids TO S625 for
housekeepers. generals being scheduled
at S3.75. They want the weeks work I'm
tied 10 sixty-eight hours, which certainly
seems reasonable, inaSnuch as the gov
ernment has given male workers the for
ty-eight hour week, shop and office clerks
the ffty-two hour week. and female work
ers in factories forty-five hour week.
They do not wish 20 be ousted out OF bed
before $50 O'Clock wish to have Thurs
day afternoons and evenings up to mid
night, wish time to so to church on Sun
day or al! Sunday afternoon. and wish all
Of the legal holidays, eight all told. and If
required TO work on those days to be paid
a shilling an hour They also ask the
employers to furnish any required uni
form-dress, caps, collars. cuffs and
aprons~-and that only union help be en-
ployed. They close the list with their
most insistent demand, that employers
provide we'll ventilated bedrooms for do
nestle workers" They ask that all dis
agreements be arbitrated
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

Before using Doan's Kidney Pills l
suffered everything from kidney trou-
bles for a year and a half. | had
pain in the back aud head, and almost
continuous In the loins and felt weary
all the time \ few doses of Doans
Kidney pills brought great relief, and
l kept on taking them until in short
time | was cured. | think Doan's Kid
ney Pills are wonderful
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. y. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

on many farms milk is set in shallow
pans, which are put away from twelve
to fourteen hours FOR the cream TO rise
There is always more or less difficulty
In keeping the milk sweet for not many
have ice, nor have they even cold wa
ter conveniences. These pans should
be carefully scalded after each skim
ming, care being taken that the work
is not hurried, SO as to leave scald
flavor Before the pans are used again
they should be cooled. and, II they can
be taken right out of cold water, as
they are wanted. for The new milk, 50
much the better.
The cows are in clover all right this
year; and the most encouraging thing
is copious summer showers will insure
q prolonged p3sturin2 season. The re-
suits OF good pastures are already
showing up. in the increase of milk
delivered at creameres over the cor
responding month of last season, also
in the better quality of milk
Don't allow the cows which freshened
last spring TO even think Of a holiday
for several months yet They will be
all the better for constant milking. ard
two months is enough of holiday any
way.
A correspondent asks whether II is
prudent TO crowd heifer the first year
OF milking The essential THING is not
crowdlng so much as il is keeping her
at work and up to a good flow right
through the season. In order TO secure
this II may be necessary to feed some
grain during the fail. but that is as far
as the crowding ought TO go
Many cows have been troubled this
spring with caked udders. a practi-
cal dairyman. who has handled many
of these cases. uses a salve made Of
four ounces of gum camphor and one
pound OF frcsL lard. This should be
applied to the udder three times a
day. In ordinary cases il will reduce
the inflammation in few days.
Not al cows are good cheese cows.
If COW gives milk containing more
than per cent. Of fat her milk IS too
rich for economical cheese making
Hence a very good butter COW may
not be good cheese COW.
August is usually a very hard month
In the dairy business. After such an
abundance OF grass lit is difficult to
get into the way Of feeding grain But
as We get into TIE fall the. cows need
strengthening fo3os, and as cold wealth
er comes on they require still heavier
grain rations To sustain the milk now,
as we'll as to keep up animal heat.
Many hesitate aboul putting up a
silo because Of the expense OF the ma
chinery, and the he,p needed to handle
the corn at the right stage. Talk over
the matter wita rwo or three neigh
bors. good ,uttIng outfit viii do
the work for two or three farms and
then by helping each other there will
be no call for extra hired help
The Holstein- Fresian COW, Pontiac
Rag Apple was recently sold for about
$4,000. What makes her SO valuable? a?
She produced l2Gls pounds OF butter In
thirty days. Thar Is as much "a ten
ordinary farm cows would produce.
Her calf was contracted 10 be sold FOR
5000, whick saows the value of right
LreSsin~
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
Table Etiouef.

A Denver man had a friend from a
Kansas ranch in the city Saturday on
business deal. and at noon they went
TO downtown restaurant and had
lunch together, says the Denver Post
The Kansas ranchman ate his entire
meal with his knife. When he was
near the end he discovered something
He discovered that he had no fork.
Say he said to the Denver man.
that waiter didn't give me a fork"
We'll. you don't need one replied
the Denver man, seriously.
The deuce l don't" came from the
kansan What am / going to stir my
coffee With"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

From Osborne, Kas., Farmers Village
Deacon
"Agamemnon, said / to one Of the mem
bers Of our church the other day, aren't
you going to give anything toward the
preachers salary this year?"
No" he replied very emphatically. Il
gave s. one year ago and didn't get bit
more trade from the members, and | made
up my mind that it was simply throwing
money away"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
EARN FACTS.

Cement is coming into wider use now
on farms than ever before. An Iowa
reader asks whether 1t would make a
good noor for grain bins, where rats
and mice are Humberless. Such floors
would be all right, providing the drain
age Il good or f the floors are raised
from the ground far enough to permit
vaatilation to keep the cement dry
The great cement storage tanks keep
grain, for any length OF time per-
tectly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

they get out or Order
1t causes backache,
headaches, dizziness,
languor and distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the Kidneys well
and all these suffer-
ings will be saved
you. Mrs. $. A.
Moore, proprietor Of
a restaurant AT " a.
terville. Mo, says :
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
Ask Your Dealer
,n's Foot-Fasc

A powder to shake into your shoes II rests
the feet Cures Corns, Bunions. swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet
and Insrowing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggi SITS and Shoe Stores, Csc Sample
mailed FREE Address Allen 5. Olmsted,
10,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
DAIRY NOTES.

A thing which puzzles many is why
one dairyman makes money out of the
business While another one, perhaps
alongside the first, just breaks even az
the end OF the year. The two sell their
milk or butter fat daily at the same
creamery and are paid the same rate.
The trouble is in the cost Of production.
The difference in the cost OF foods
grown, and the value OF their foods,
may account for the difference. Hence
he value OF the food. and the capacity
Of the COWS turns the tables one way
or the other
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

do you believe that domestic argu-
ments are at all conyincing?" queried
Younghub
"Sure. replied Oldwed. Each Of the
parties 90 the argument is fully con-
YinCed that the other is wrong"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

The careful orchardist will see that
any tree which has been injured re
ceives prompt attention. Wounds made
by careless cultivators should be bound
10 keep out water until the scar is
healed
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

When buying fruit trees, shrubs or
vines IL is always safest 10 get nrsl
grade stock There is not much difer-
ence In price. but a big difference in
quality Of first and second grade stock
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

The wisest persons on earth, in their
own estimates. are the grass widow
and the young man who has just been
initiated into lodge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
No Lonaer Friends.

Mabel--"No man could ever kiss me
against my Will"
Stella--"Huh! II man ever does kiss
you it will probably be against HIS own
will"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

~ sTn q St Yltus' ali Nervous
- Permanently ured by Or. Kline Great
Nerve ResoreT Send for rec &c ral bottle snd treatise
DR.. Il. II. KLINE, Id sSl Arch Street Philadelphia. ia
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

Women have more cause to be un-
happy then --en, but most OF them
keep fairly cheerful because melan-
cholia is bad for the complexion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

Guns, Traps, Decoys, etc. Lowest prices
Write for free catalog No. I. n. w.
Hide & Fur Co, Minnea polls, Minn.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10
TIRED BACKS.

The kidneys have a great work to
do in keeping the blood pure. When
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

rTrs. Winsiow's soo~5INo -xRup ror ChfSdrsn
teethtng sottsns the gums reduces imam aAtioa. a.
.yE pain. cures wind ooiir. - cent uote<s
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

The road to success has many buy
WAYS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

Why do not more people grow cur
rants for market? With such varieties
rs North Star, Victoria and Red Dutch.
1T will pay, and these sorts will be
found easy for cultivation and hardy
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

II pays 70 feed a little grain 10 the
young things around weaning time.
Tough pastures. fly pests ana ho,
weather all come when these young
thirgs are taken away from their dams.
Lamos quic KY run down unless they
are led grain, even before weaving.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

Many farmers used TO condemn the
practice Of allowing hogs TO run in
pastures. because they tore up the turf.
After while IL was found that these
places really produced the best grasses
the following year. Now many make a
regular practice OF Giscing their pas
lures and meadows. and 1t does them
good. too.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

The best looking orchard | have seen
this season is one III %hich the disc and
harrow have been going nearly all sea,
son The disc is driven lengthwise,
crosswiSe, in fact most any way 10
get a. the ground There are no weeds.
and the ground is mellow as an ash
heap. | am fearful, however, that sc
much cultivation has produced more
new growth than is really good for the
trecs.-L. G. Il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

Mudding in oats has cost farmers in
the central west millions of dollars this
year. This practice. even with a toler-
ably dry growing season is not advis-
able. and when wet, cold weather fol-
lows right on top OF oats sown in mud.
there is not much hope for n crop
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

A correspondent says that when grain
Is properly shocked it is great saving
10 thrcsh out OF the shock The trouble
Is that shocks are hurriedly set up and
are not made to withstand rain or
wind with the result that much grain
Is damaged before the thresher gets
around
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

An old fruit grower tells me that the
pick is the best tool he has ever found
TO use around apple trees when the
ground has become too firm He sinks
the pick eight or ten inches into the
soil and merely prizes loose the dirt,
without disturbing the roots.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

With so much moisture i'm the ground
it viii not do to cultivate too late in
the orchard We need from now on
conditions that Will ripen up the wood
that has been made this season. Trees
that 90 into winter with immature
wood are not In fit condition to stand
freezing weather.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

The Holstein-F Ere sian COW, Pontiac
Rag Apple" was recently sold for about
$4,000. What makes her SO valuable? q?
She produced l2G1s pounds OF butter In
thirty days. Thar IS as much az ten
ordinary farm cows would produce.
Her calf was contracted 10 be sold for
5000, whick SHOWS the value of right
Lreasin~
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

There Is enough back-breaking work
10 do without using the scoop shovel TO
unload grain. Put in a portable dump
and elevator. The team will do the
rest and II viii take only a few min
utcs TO crib a big load of corn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

Some people dislike 70 lose any fruit,
ana would rather have two bushels OF
ncasly, worm eaten apples than one
bushel of fine, perfect specimens. That
may be the reason why some Will not
thin out their fruit, but one might sus-
pect that something else was the real
reason
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-10

A subscriber asks which are the best
red and black raspberries. The Miller
and Loudon are good red sorts, and in
black caps, the Cumberland and Kan
sas are as good as any