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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14
LIFTS HIS HAT
WHEN iE HEARS
A HEN CACkLE.

Berosford. s D.. March L.
few months ago. while in the
employ OF q produce firm IN
Fairmont. MINI, Guy Johnson.
of this city. in a spirit OF hui
NOR placed his name and ad-
dress upon an egg.
Last week he received n letter
from a Spanish young woman
IN Pedro Miguel. canal zone,
Isthmus OF Panama. requesting
; him 70 write.
Johnson refused 10 divulge
the name OF the young woman
In question. II Is understood,
however, that he lifts his hat
every time he hears a hen
; CaCkle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14
KING ALCOHOL CLAIMS
VICTIM AT CARRETSON

Garretson. $. D.. March 7.--Mrs. A.
f. Smith. wife of merchant tailor, is
dead. the result. it is said. OF a pro-
longed drinking debauch. Besides her
husband. q l5~year- old daughter sur
wives her
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

Sawdust is turned into transport
able fuel by the simple device of be-
ing heated under high pressure steam
until the resinous ingredients become
sticky, when II is pressed into bricks
Ons man with a two horsepower ma
chine can turn out 10000 bricks day
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14
TEN HORSES BURNED
IN NERMIi LION FIRE

Vermilion $. D. Mach Ten
horses, several hundred bushels OF
grain. harness and machinery were
consumed in a fire which DESTROYED the
large barn of the John Gunderson farm.
Total loss 81 coo
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14
DESPONDENT, YANKTON
MAN ENDS HIS LIFE

Yankton s. D., March 5.--While des-
pondent Chris Christianson. janitor OF
the Federal building. committed sui
eide by hanging. He is survived by one
son, Randolph, and a daughter, Mrs.
Z. Nelson.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14
ORIGINAL INDIAN
NAMES FOR TOWNS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Or. McGiIlcuiddy, Former Gov
ernment Agent, Completes
Interesting Task.

Rapid city, :. D., March 5-
Through Dr. y =. McGhlicuddy,
one of the first white men 10 en-
ter the Black Bids. and for many
years government agent az the
Pine Ridge agency. has been secured
the original Indian names ln the Sioux
tongue for many Of the prominent
landmarks about the hills Or. Nc
Gmicuddy has complied "a list of these
names. many OF which have been hith-
,rto unknown and which viii be used
for historical purposes.
Rapid creek was u 1879 known as
Mime LuZa Spring creek, Naniia
WaKpala, tte Black iiills. Pdha Sdpa
Cheyenne river Mime WaNte; Hot
Springs MUnckahtu. WhitCWoud,
Chasha, Bear Butte one OF the best
known peaks iu the Hills Mdto Paha
the Devils Tower. MutO Teper. Crow
Peak, Congo Paha, lnyan l<aNa, Inyan
Kaga Puha ON the top OF this peak
Or McGiHcuddv says be found carved
IN 1875 the initials "G. a. O.. a mean
ing General George a. Custer IN 1874
The famous Bad Lands were known 20
the sioux enrly inhabitants as Makochi
SicG; the White river, Makiri-ta Wax
pa the N Ssouri, Mime Shoaa mean
ing muddy water, Lame Johnny creek
was cha Boozlg
Interesting Facts.
DR. McGinicuddy gives some interest
ing facts on the early day expeditions
as well. he having come to the Hils
i'm 1874 with the Netou q Jenny eXpcdi-
ton He came again the following year
with Custer and was here in various
capacities until S9S when he became
connected with the Mutual Life msur-
anrc company and went 10 the Pacific
coast 60 make his home Dr McGilIi-
cuddy refers 10 the lyuching Of Lame
johnny near this city iu 1852 by the
Vigilautes He had been arrested by
Dr. McGilicuddy on the reservation for
stealing ponies ana was sent as a
United States prisoner TO Rapid City
Tho stage was waylaid on Burnt wood
creek and the horse thief given a neck
tie party
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

Professor Cook, of Washington. re-
ports the surprising discovery of cam
phor as an animal secretion The ami
NAL concerned is a myriapod. resem-
bling "A worm or small slug. and scien-
tifically known as Poiyzonium rosal-
hum
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

A German technical Journal has gone
10 the trouble of estimating that the
water of the whole ocean contains in
solution over 100000 tons of pure
silver
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

SUSPECT MURDER
fkl QAu MAN NAMD

peadwood : D., March Alex
Girls foreman OF the Crouch railroad.
near here. Is missing 1t is believed
that he has been murdered by foreign
lahOrers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

States fell Off $4,753.4O1 i'm 1907. as
against 1906, whereas the amount Of
silver produced was Increased by over
1900 900 fine ounces Alaska's gold pro-
duction fell off little more than SO, =
600 900 according to the report of the
director of the mint
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

The ivory market at Antwerp. or
ganized only a decade ago, has be-
come the largest one In the world
larger than the two other great mar
kets, those of London and Liverpool
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

The total area OF Africa is estimated
at about II ,500.0 900 square miles OF
which Great Britain owns 2,713,91O
square miles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

Denatured alcohol to the amount of
l.T44,272 gallons was produced in the
United states during the first six
months of 1907. The free alcohol law
took effect on January !. 1907.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

The Inaj palm is the tree which is
distinguished for having the largest
leaves. They often reach length OF
so feet and are from 10 TO II feet in
width.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

No bird can fly backward without
turning; the dragon fly, however. can
do this, and can outstrip the swallow
In speed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

whats YOU name. boy?
"4ah names Whyte S. Snow"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

In the new silks conventional patterns
are the most prevalent, while flowers as
yet are little seen.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

The man who gets loaded is usually
a lightweight
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

The Chinese ministry OF finance will
establish a bank in Thibet To issue
notes for circulation there
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

Every gem known to the lapidary has
been found In the United States.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

That which man takes usually all
his life, he is laid in when he dies
a bier.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

There are 81, ,000, ,O0o, 900 I'm German saw
ings banks and $i,000,o00000 in British
savings banks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

To anticipate is better than Is AA
anticipated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14
YANKToN LOSES TO
ABERDEEN NORMAL

Yankton, $. D., March Aberdeen
Normal basketball team defeated Yauk-
ton college here. Score. IA to 10.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

The Countess Won Linden is publish
ing in the "Biologlsches Centralblatt
the very interesting results of her re
markable researches regarding the en-
durance of hunger among butterflies.
She finds that one Of these animals
may live tor IL days without food, hay
ing lost in the meantime two-thirds of
it's initial weight; whereas birds and
small mammals die in nine days. los
ing I'm weight only from one-ffth TO
t%o-fifths
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

The "swellhead'' that follows a spree
differs from the other variety in that
its possessor is angry about 1t.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

Hello. Central, Give me Upper SEN
egsiI" Telephone lines have pcei
opened on the borders Of Upper Senegal
and the Central Niger region. The sec
tions are from Kayu 10 Medine, from
Kati 10 Bammako. and lastly. one foI
the district OF KuIikoro. These TWO last
mentioned lines are mutually connect
ed. The price of five minutes con-
versation ranges from ID TO 5iad. and
The annual subscription amounts 10 80.
There is every reason 10 believe thar IN
the course Of a Few months Timbuktoo
also viii have it's telephone.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

Miss Mignon Nevada, daughter of
Emma Nevada, the American singer,
has made her debut 10 the world OF art,
in the Costanzie theater, at Rome A
large audience. including many diplo-
mats and noted musicians, was pres
eut She was repeatedly called before
the curtain and received many floral
tributes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14
BRIDE AND GROOM
ATTEMPT SUICIDE
BY POISON ROUTE
Cupid Made Failure Of Gber-
deem Matrimonial Alliance
They Will Try Again.
CUPID MAKES A
BLUNOE7; GETS
ANOTHER CHANCE.
lyeddi0e Two weeks ago.

Wedding Two weeks ago
Trouble TWO days later
quarrel Continuing with q few
intervals
Result Bride threatens suicide
buys poison Saved by friends
EXample Followed by husband.
who takes poison, Dat overdose pre-
vents suicide
Seque still to come
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

The oldest yew tree not only In Scot
land, but in Europe grows al Fortin-
gall IN Perthshre According to a
scientific calculation OF its age by the
late Sir r. Christlson. IL is at least well
over 5000 years. VI Sir Roberts esti-
mate Is correct the Fortingall yew must
have been ''goodly size" at the time
when King Solomon reigned over Israel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

A great congress devoted TO the SUB
ject OF Industrial alcohol wiz be held
in paris under the auspices of the Auto
mobile club of France The work OF
the congress is divided into number
of technical and economic sections,
which viii bring out the most recent
information in the field OF industrial ap-
plications such as TO motors for auto
mobiles. stationary engines, lighting
and heating and similar topics. The
congress win embrace the Who'll" sub
fect Including the manufacture as well
az the use OF alcohol.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

Gable lines look straight enough as
seen on the maps, but they are any
thing hut straight as they lie on the
ocean floor Or KlotI, Of Canada, sald
in "a recent lecture that the great Pa
cifc cable. 5000 miles long. between
Vancouver and New Zealand, was time
and again detected from a straight line
between the island stations at which
IL touched in order to avoid towering
submarine mountains or craters or
ground that was hard or otherwise IN
desirable as resting place for the
aa1a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-23
Single Blessedzaees,s; Z,
ByH9WCHqLMCEYI6DEPE UNITED c5ZH7 TIES 2@g
MAIA@@MAI cSEWL7ZOR FlQOEMWEI YORK

Search the lives of the men who have made
history of the men who have achieved true great
ness VINO have won fame, who have acquired
wealth.
these the greater part married young. Their
wives instead of Transforming themselves into
shapely but heavy millstones and dangling about
the CALLED necks of their liege lord,- have, in
nine cases out of ten, done more than all other
influences combined to crown thet husbands
lives with success. Nearly all great men who
have been married would confess they owed much
of their fame wealth to their wives
There are of course, obstacles to happiness In
married life. So also are there reefs and shoals
in the Atlantic. But the sailor does not for that
reason become landsman. He studies the shoals
and learns to avoid them. The pitfalls in matr
mony can far more easily be studied and avoided
by any couple possessed of moderate degree
of sense.
My belief. from observation, is that rs out of
100 marriages are happy, and that not more than
five out of that number are unhappy.
Apart from love itself there is companionship
in married life that draws closer and more beau
tiful the years go by.
During my last visit to Europe met a distin-
guished man who expressed the deepest interest
in our country.
why do you not visit us, them" asked him.
eff you have so kindly feeling for America and
Amercans?
Because he replied. simply, my wife could
not stand the voyage. and l would not, for any
personal or selfish reason. be responsible for one
days separation from her."
The couple had been married 40 years.
Again, many man maid postpones marriage
because in neither's heart has dawned that won
derful creation of the novelist known as love
at first sight"
This is a mistake. Propnquity II the most
powerful factor in making two hearts beat -
one
Many form their ideals of husband
on novels and plays. Dsillusonment is bound to
follow They find that the once idealized husband
is only a common mortal without even pin
feather on his shoulder blade Then the wife feels
she has been deceived. So she has. But by her.
self; not by her husband
Another grievous blow to many wife Is that
her husband does not always remain her lover.
She forgets that he "a toiling every day for her
welfare as lover would toll She forgets also
the wide difference between masculine and Semi-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-23

families rule than do persons better able to
afford to do so. should be forced to remain single
while men and women whose marriages are Of
no advantage to the community nor to posterity
may wed at will.
Conditions among the poor in many cases
such that the rearing and the keeping together
of a family rendered impossible. On every
had the poor mans efforts to establish and
maintain the sacred relations of matrimony are
discouraged.
How, for instance, poor man take to him.
self wife when the cost of living is so high that
he barely support life in himself? How can
he ask woman to share his lot when he knows
he may at any time be thrown out of work and
perhaps be obliged to watch her starve? How
can man rear family when the chances may
be all against his being able to maintain it? For
a mal cannot maintain family when he has no
work The sight Of starving wife and children
has driven many q man to desperation-even to
crime
Yet 1t is the right of the poor to have a home.
With them that right is as inalienable and per-
haps more precious than with the rich. And so
cial conditions should be so arranged as to allow
the poor to escape from the burden Of vice
through the blessed bonds of matrimony. These
conditions, which rendering marriage among
the poor more and more impossible. are every
day bringing more and more sin into the world.
1 maintain most strongly that there is remedy
for vice. And that remedy consists In making
marriage possible among the poor and in provid-
ing for such people home.
In this country, 1t is true there is brighter
side to the question than in Europe may be
proved from statistics.
In London out of every 1000 manageable per-
sons 729 are unmarried More generally speaking,
less than onethird of the manageable population
of London (the largest city Of the WORLDLY enter
the state of matrimony. More than two-thirds are
single. The conditions for marriage there are all
against the poor man and woman. They may fall
in love as utterly could any millionaire. but
the gates of the Eden Of matrimony are closed
against them and guarded by the flaming sword
of poverty. They may sigh for marriage, but
they realize that such luxury is far and away
above their means.
In this country the marriage statistics are al
most exactly the opposite of London's. Here about
two-thirds of the manageable population are
married. leaving barely third unwed.
The explanation of this difference between the
two countries is of course, easy to find. 1t con-
sists in the better wages, the increased chances
for work, the general conditions which prevail
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-23

nine nature. Man loves but not quite as woman
loves
While man may become wildly infatuated
as to spend his business hours in drawing Gu
pids all over his letterheads, yet love never
permanently occupy large place in his life
as it does in woman's. His life is too full too
active. too varied in its interests.
Concession on both sides is the sovereign RENE
dy for domestic differences
If you were to drop two strange cats into .
barrel and then clap on the lid you would not
marvel at the ensuing sounds of wrath nor at the
floating upward of errant scraps of fur. ~
Yet when a man and woman, reared along
different lines and In separate environments. do
not agree in every particular the world stands
aghast at the tale Of marital infelicity. Whereas
little forbearance, careful study of each 9th
ers moods and failings will soon reduce this
strife to minimum
believe that no couple who began by loving
each other and had the right consideration for
each other ever came to serious trouble The
effort Of each to please the other leads in little
while to not having to try. because Of the sym
pathy between them.
kiss and make up" IL a good rule. II the
couple do not properly consider their relations
there will be good many kisses, but far more
necessity of making up
Copyright by Joseph B. Bowles)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-23

Is profanity on the streets and in
other public places getting to be more
prevalent in this community than
elsewhere? asks the Boston Herald.
An intelligent and observant visitor
here says 1t is. He has travelled far
and wide and he testifies that one
hears the name of the Almighty taken
In vain more frequently by men and
boys In our eastern cities, and particu-
larly in Boston. than in any Of the less
boosted or boastful centers of culture
and civilization. This is a rather seri.
Gus indictment of our manners and
morals. II 1t is warranted by the facts
1t might be well to call for the more
rigid and vigorous enforcement Of the
ancient law on the subject 1t covers
the offence.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-23

Somebody rather pertineItly sug.
gests that people should have tele-
phone hours as well as hours when
they receive callers. The telephone
breaks in on everybody's time In
way that would not be tolerated If the
people who use 1t came in person.
This is true in the home. in business
establishments and in offices. A pa
tient is in doctors Office. for exam
pie. keeping a special engagement and
with his own time limited. or he Is In
a dentists chair, when the telephone
bell rings and the doctor or dentist
leaves him and engages in a long con
versation over the wire. Everyone
comments the Indianapolis Star. has
been irritated by the tyranny Of this
instrument and the manner In which
It penetrates privacy and trespasses on
time. A system Of telephone etiquette
ought to be established.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-23
Pants for the Orphans.

There is praiseworthy custom In
some families of sending all the
pants" that the boys have gone
through, wholly or in part. to the asy-
lum for orphans, and. as the orphans
never mind hole more or less. they
are glad to get the garments. In one
of these families few days ago oc-
CURED little incident bearing on this
laudable custom. Fred was engaged
in that extremely fascinating. but
rather dangerous, sport of sliding
down the banisters.
what are you doing there. Fredf"
asked mamma.
Making pants for the poor little
orphans" answered Fred.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-23
BUILT RIGHT.
Brain and Nerves Restored BY Grape.
Nuts Food.

The number Of persons whose all.
ments were such that no other food
could be retained at all, Is large and
reports are on the increase.
For IL years suffered from dys.
pepsia, finding no food that did not
distress me-" writes a Wis. lady. 81
was reduced from las to 80 lbs, grad
ually growing weaker until l could
leave my bed only short while at
time, and became unable to speak
aloud.
Three years ago was attracted by
an article on Grape-Nuts and decided
to try 1t.
my stomach was 80 weak I could
not take cream. but used Grape-Nuts
with milk and lime water. 1t helped
me from the first, building up my sys.
tenn in manner most astonishing to
the friends who had thought my re-
covery impossible.
Soon / was able to take Grape.
Nuts and cream for breakfast. and
lunch at night. with an egg and Grape
Nuts for dinner.
Il am now able to eat fruit, meat
and nearly all vegetables for dinner,
but fondly continue Grape-Nuts for
breakfast and supper.
AT the time of beginning Grape
Nuts could scarcely speak a sen.
tence without changing words around
or talking crooked in some way. but
my brain and nerves have become so
strengthened that no longer have
that trouble" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road ta Wen.
ville," In pkg.
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i CONTENDER of.11e HCLLW7EERc4of.Al ZEIRZCH

in America. 1t is easier for the poor to live nere
than in London. but every year 1t Is growing Tess
easy. In proportion with the poor mans growing
inability to support wife, vice proves itself 10
be on the increase This advance in vice Is found
even in the west, and there. as well as In the
east, It is due to the growing financial disapiiity
to marry
During my recent visit to Kansas City severai
married women applied to me for positions On
the Salvation Army farms. On Investigation
learned that they had not heard from their nus
bands for years.
made inquiries and in each case found that
the wage-earner of the family, unable to get
work, had gone away, penniless, to seek nven'
hood elsewhere, and had been forced to leave MS
wife and little ones to shift for themselves Inc
stories were profoundly pathetic For they told
Of men and women whose right to wed and rear
families was inalienable and yet who had been
forced to part from all that each held dear.
Poverty not more merciful death, them did part
Can any situation be imagined that would pc
more crushing to man of heart and OF pride
than to be forced thus to condemn to poverty
and loneliness the woman he loved? Could wit
nesses to such q tragedy require stronger deter
rent to matrimony?
There is far more suffering of this kind among
the poor than the world at large ever hears OF.
Poor people are proud, and most OF them nave
a passionate love of home. I have seen whole
families resign themselves to probable death
sooner tnan 10 allOW tnelr MONIES 10 De DrOheu ups
The great dread of the unfortunate poor is lest
their children be taken away from them and
committed to an institution "Domicide" or the
breaking up of the home. is to the poor man what
regicide is to loyal subjects Of any king
From a sociological standpoint there are many
arguments for allowing the poor man to have
home and family. 1t is his right. He is fonder
of his children, as a rule than is his rich neigh
bor His home is dearer to him. Home ties are
his only joys, his only recreation.
When find man starving and unable to sup
port his family do not believe In tearing out
his heart by proposing the breaking up OF his
home and the commitment of his children to an
institution. / suggest to him rather. that he go
into the country where work is more plentiful
and living cheaper, and try to find the means
for him to do so.
Perhaps the best maxim to solve the marriages
problem among the poor is
place waste labor on waste land by means Of
waste capital and thereby convert the trinity
Of waste into a unity Of production"
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)