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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
THE HEROISM OF
GENERAL GRANT
His Last Days on Earth a
Sublime Example of Forti-
tude and Resignation.
From the Century.

FROM the century.
The story of General Grants sickroom
was, as all the world knows, a sad one.
With no desire to display the narrowing
side of his physical suffering, still wish
to describe the manner in which he bore
his trials under the many adverse circum-
stances which tested to the utmost his
remarkable fortitude, stubbornness Of will
nnd Christian philosophy. His wonderful
lelf-control, which seldom deserted him.
pot only made him the least complaining,
but the most dutiful. of patients. The
study of his different moods in his long
wait for death was a revelation In resig-
nation which could never go unheeded. To
ut oneself to the burden OF sickness re-
1uires time and patience. 1t was at first
hard for him to submit to the inevitable.
View the situation as he might, there was
still the ominous shadow over his imme-
Hate future.
The willing submission to fate strains
The strongest philosophy. Still, like 9TH
yrs under like circumstances, he resolved
20 face the enemy, and trust to adapting
himself to new conditions. This explained
ais deep gloom when the real nature OF
ais malady was first announced to him.
1t was this discipline that was necessary
Tor the few working days left to him.
The only relief in the situation was to
make the most of the remaining oppor-
lunities, and stubbornly persist to the end.
Then came the reaction that readjusted
The burden. Becoming more used to the
mental depression. II was the more easily
oorne. He admitted that fact, and brave
Iy trudged along under heavy marching
orders. This desirable change for the bet
Ter was duly noted by those around him,
and every effort was made by them to
iivert his mind into new channels OF
thought. 1t thus became his necessity to
ievote himself afresh to the completion
Sf his memoirs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
HUMANE CATTLE SLAUGHTER

From Denver StoCKman.
A news item from New York an
nounces that Hiram Percy Maxim, the
inventor of the noiseless firearm, gave
his first public demonstration of u
wonderful weapon before the board OF
managers of the Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals recently.
Leveling an ordinary 32-caliber rifle.
remodeled according to his invented
device and loaded with ordinary am
munition. the inventor took aim at two
city directories placed one in front of
each other, pulled the trigger and
drove a flatnosed bullet six inches
through the solid paper with hardly
enough noise to be heard 25 feet away.
The explanation of the demonstration
given to the Society for the Prevcn-
ton of Cruelty to Animals, the in
ventor was that his wonderful device
was pursuant to the urgent request for
the society that he furnish the organi-
zation with a more humane weapon for
use in the abattOirs and the big meat
packing plants. They wanted a gun
which could drive a bullet into the
brain Of a steer with deadly results
and with not noise enough to frighten
all the other animals lined up in the
killing driveway.
No doubt this will be much more
efficacious than the present haphazard
method now employed. The society Is
strongly against the present manner
of sLaughtering of beef with a hs MINER.
Mr.. Maxim's invention will strike
home to all those who favor a sane
Fourth"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
ARTISTIC AND DELICIOUS.

The hostess who likes variety should
try this sauce for vanilla ice cream in
stead Of the popular hot chocolate
dressing: Prepare half a dozen oranges
by cutting them in half and removing
the cores. See that every bit Of skin Is
removed. Boil for seven or eight min
utes half pound of sugar and a quar-
ter Of a cup of hot water. Do not stir
or II will sugar.
Dip the oranges into the hot syrup,
let them stay in minutGS2r two, then
put on a platter and pour the remain
ing syrup over them to cool.
II you have a ring mold. freeze the
vanilla ice cream in 1t. pile up the hol-
low with the oranges and pour the
syrup over them both. If not, serve the
Ice cream on a round platter, and heap
up the oranges around the base.
It is better to select the medium-sized
or small oranges, or they can be divided
into sections. cut across the whole Or
ange with the heart removed. Some of
the juice is apt to be lost by this latter
method,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
PLATTERs WITH PLANks.

For planked fish and meats a special
platter has been designed which can be
brought to the table without removing
the food from the plank as 1t is taken
out of the oven. The platter is wrought
of copper In the shape of an oblong
dish, rather shallow and with good
sized handles at either end. The fiat
rim OF the platter shows the marks OF
the instrument used in shaping it, a
hallmark Of it's genuineness. The fiat
piece of hardwood is just the right size
to fit inside the copper platter. 1t is
probably IS inches long and wide
Through the center are tiny depressions
which hold the juice of the meat and
the fish. Copper dishes are not often
used for the table, but for such courses
az planked fish or planked steak they
make pleasant variation from the
customary silver and chinaware.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
The Voice of the Forest,

My voice cries out of gray antiquity
And brands you Slayers Of earth's
priceless things
Ye Devastators of the Forest Kings
That held their scepters by this West
ern sea.
Ere ye were born-base ingrates that ye
be!
Ye brazen Spoilers! 10, the future brings
Gods gathered wrath, for still the wood
land rings
With piteous death-throes of the slaught-
erered Tree,
o shameless Vandals of a mammon age
Hear ye my words-"Where fruitful
fields now bloom
Deserts shall stretch. whose lords are
Drought and Sand,
And on those wastes Famine and Death
shall rage.
While starving Peoples, blighted by that
doom,
Shall curse you for the desolated Land"'
Lloyd Mifflin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
OUTLOOK FOR STOCK FARMER

"
From the Sioux City Farmers Tribune
Once in great while the grain farm
er makes larger profits than the stock
farmer, but the odds are usually
against the former. Last year was an
exception to the general rule. Grain
prices We're unusually high and stock
on account Of the financial furry late
in the year, low. The stockman, we be-
lieve, Is now facing year that will
bring him excellent returns, and he
who takes the best Of care of his breed
ing stock will be we'll repaid for the la
Dor and expense incurred thereby.
When cattle, hog and sheep prices de-
clined many stock raisers and farmers,
too, sold as much Of their stock as pos
sible in order to keep the feed bills
down. Many sold much closer than they
would have done under normal condi-
tions.
The season so far has been most
propitious for the growth of all kinds
of grasses. Pastures are at least four
weeks ahead of last year and large
hay crop is assured. Unlike last
spring, there Is a full stand of clover
everywhere, practically nothing having
been killed. Small grains look healthy,
the stand is perfect and corn fields,
taking the country as a whole, have
seldom looked better at this time of
year than they do now.
All Of these things indicate that the
hay barns will be filled to overlooking
this fall, and that the granaries will
be bulging with the fruit Of the soil:
and because of the liberal cashing in
Of live stock that has been taking place
during the past six months or more,
there will no doubt be an unprecedent-
ed demand for the products of the
stockman this fall. The breeder of
pure bred stock Is already beginning to
feel this demand coming. During the
last few months the general average Of
cattle and hog sales has been excellent
and there can be no question about ad
vances along this line in the very near
future
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
A Shrewd Yankee,


An American farmer, having occa-
sion to engage a man to help him on
the farm, advertised in a local paper.
One morning two applicants appeared.
one a decidedly decent looking fellow.
and the other of a much less prepos-
sessing appearance and manner.
The farmer. after some hesitation and
after scanning the applicants with
keen eye, chose the latter.
A friend who was present and wit
messed the selection, very much sur
prised at his friends choice. asked:
Has this man ever worked for you
before?"
why, no." replied the other. "In
fact, l never saw either of them until
today"
why did you choose the shorter
man? The other had much better
face"
"Face!" exclaimed the proprietor of
the place in disgust. Let me tell you
that when you pick out a gardener you
want to make the selection according
to the overalls. If they are patched on
the knees you may hire him. If the
patch Is on the seat of the trousers
YOU don't need him."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
WIFE WON.
Husband Finally Convinced.


Some men are wise enough to try new
foods and beverages and then gener 'us
enough to give others the benefit Of
their experience.
A very conservative" Ills. man, how
ever, let his good wife find out for her.
self what blessing Postum is to those
who are distressed In many ways, by
drinking coffee The wife writes:
mo slave in chains, it seemed to me,
was more helpless than l, coffee cap
tive. Yet there were innumerable warn
ings-waking from a troubled sleep
with a feeling Of suffocation, at times
dizzy and out Of breath, attacks Of pal
pitation Of the heart that frightened
NE.
Common sense, reason, and my bet
ter judgment told me that coffee drink
ing was the trouble. At last my ner-
vous system was so disarranged that
my physician ordered no more coffee.
"He knew he was right and he knew
l knew 1t, too. capitulated. Prior
to this our family had tried Postum but
disliked it, because, as We learned later,
1t was not made riglS.
Determined this time to give Postum
fair trial, prepared it according to
directions on the pkg.-that is, boiled 1t
Is minutes after boiling commenced,
obtaining a dark brown liquid with a
rich snappy flavor similar to coffee.
When cream and sugar were added, it
was not only good but delicious.
Noting its beneficial effects in me
the rest of the family adopted it-all
except my husband, who would not adj
NIT that coffee hurt him. Several weeks
elapsed during which l drank Postum
two or three times day, when, to my
surprise, my husband said: 4 have
decided to drink Postum. Your i'm
provement is so apparent-you have
such fine color-that l propose to give
credit where credit is DUE And now
we are coffee-slaves no longer"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true. and full OF
human interest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
Learning Honesty.

From the Youths Companion.
In little town a few years ago there
was a shiftless negro boy named RAN
som Blake, who, after being caught in
a number of petty delinquencics, was at
last sentenced to a short term in the
penitentiary, where he was sent to
learn a trade. On the day of his re-
turn home he met friendly white ac-
4uaintance, who asked:
We'll, what did they put you at in
the prison, Ranse?"
"Dey started In to make an honest
boy out'n me, sah."
That's good, Ranse and hope they
succeeded"
"Dey did, sah."
"And how did they teach you to be
honest?"
"Dey done put me in the shoe shop,
sab. nailin' pasteboard onter shoes TO
soles sah."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
What constitutes Hanniress2


Every man speaks of happiness as his
end Of ends: he wishes to live well or to
do well. which he considers to be the same
as being happy. But men disagree ex-
ceedingly In their opinions as to that
which constitutes happiness; nay, the
same man sometimes places 1t in one
thing, sometimes in nother."-Aristotle.
Which is the happier, think you-the
fellow who smiles when things go wrong
and lets 'em slide, or the fellow who
sweats when things go wrong and hustles
to right them?
The latter may experience more physical
and mental discomfort In the thick of the
battle, but he gets a solid satisfaction
mixed with his clear conscience, when the
blow" Is over, which cooks up a kind of
concentrated happiness that happy-go-
lucky happiness simply knows nothing
about.
Give me the chap who takes personal
responsibility-who takes his work to
heart-makes 1t his work" says the man
who knows how to get the right ones to
mind his business for him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

The plan TO electrify the province of On
tario, Canada, with power from Niagara
Falls, fully described In the July Popular
Mechanics, is undoubtedly the most stu
pendous undertaking of this character
ever projected. The article states:
THE first contract with the commission
was signed by Toronto, and calls for TO-
600 hp.. the first supply to be delivered to
that city in December 1909. Among other
cities that signed contracts are London
Hamilton, st. Thomas, Woodstock
Guelph, Berlin. Stratford, Preston, Gait
and Ingersoll. Toronto will pay $3.50 per
horsepower per year and st. Thomas $3.50
per year. The prices the other cities will
pay range between these figures. accord
ing to distance from source of supply and
amount of power contracted for. AS soon
as the lines feeding these cities are COM
pleted line will be run to Windsor, 247
miles from the Falls.
THE undertaking, which is now nearing
elimination, Is gigantic one, furnishing,
as 1t will, the power to light cities, run
electric railways and drive the heavy ma
chinery of hundreds of manufacturing
concerns" A map accompanying the ar
ticle gives a clear idea of the territory to
be covered by the system.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
One Of the
Essentials

Of the happy homes of to-day is vast
fund of information as to the best methods
OF promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informed of the World; not of indi-
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
From the Philadelphia Record.

from the PhIIadeIphla HecOru.
Early in Baron Huddleston's career
at the bar he shared rooms with anoth-
er barrister. Bodkin went one evening
to take tea and wine with the future
baron, and he particularly noted the
dirty, slovenly appearance of the clerk
who waited upon them, and of whom
the host had for the nonce assumed ex-
elusive possession.
Bodkin strongly advised Huddleston
to insist on a change in the treatment
of the youngsters person and appear
ance and said II was scarcely decent to
have a person in that dingy condition
about him. II do not like to interfere" I"
was the reply. He looks upon Mr.. T.
as his master, and at the utmost can
not claim more than half Of him"
Then" said Bodkin. Il would at all
events make him wash my half of his
face"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
Canada's Century.

FROM the new York sun.
That the nineteenth century belonged to
the United States and that the twentieth
would be Canada's has been the jubilant
attitude Of the Canadians for 10 years and
more. Now the grain carrying trade of
New York is suffering from the competi-
ton of Montreal, with the result that the
White Star line has withdrawn five of its
freighters from the service at this port
Other lines have taken similar action
Two and one-half cents can be saved on
each bushel by shipping by way of Mon
treal, and the grain trade will follow the
line of least resistance.
1t remains to be seen what action can
be taken to bring this trade back to the
United States. The steamship officials
want reductions in railway charges to
overcome the present advantages of Mon
treal This presupposes the willingness of
the shipping men to do their share. Yet
If the natural advantages are with the
Canadian port, the effort to compete with
it by means of artificial stimulation is
not likely to be successful in the long run.
Has Canadas century begun?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
SEES NOTHING BUT HIGH PRICES

From the Kansas City Drovers' Telegram.
]. H. Dugan, of Rock Creek, Kan, is
not a pessimist, and he does not think
any Kansas farmer will go broke in the
near future, but he predicts high
priced corn and very high priced cat
tie for the corn fed class. Mr.. Dugan
is a cattle feeder. farmer and grain
dealer. "The situation" he said. rs
just little different from any year l
can recall. While fairly good average
corn crop was raised last year, there
seemed to be an unusually large de-
mand for it, and we very well know
how it was bought up early and right
In the face of panic at high prices. At
a time when prices on all other farm
articles went down. corn prices went
up. The result is. very little corn Is
left. Now, in looking the present corn
prospects over. 1t would seem as If we
would not have more than two-thirds
crop at best. and we may fall below
that Very wet weather which washed
out thousands Of acres of corn in low
lands could not be replanted in time
to make crop. We can bank on high
priced corn and very high priced corn
fed cattle during the next Is months" !"
Invest S. monthly in Oklahoma farm
lands. Agents wanted. Write for parttcu-
lars. c. w. Deming Inv. Co., Tulsa, Okla
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
The Directoire Gown.

The Directoire Gown.
Mary had a little lamb;
Its fleece was white as snow;
1t used to butt in everywhere
That Mary used to go.
But Mary fleeced the lamb one day
And, shopping, went downtown
And bought herself the new sheath skirt
The split directoire gown.
Yet Sleeps eyes are still cast at her,
And rude men jeer and gloat;
Though Mary has the lamb no more
She's got everybody's goat.
It's almost cut in half:
Who cares a rap for Mary's lamb
When we see Mary's calf?
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
THE STUPID MAN
NEEDS A CLEVER WIFE
But the Clever Man Can Get Along
Nicely With a Stupid One.

That a stupid man needs a clever
Wife needs no discussion, says William
T. Stead, in the July Delineator. The
stupider man is, the cleverer ought
his wife to be. to make UP for the stu
pidity of the male partner in the men
age. A clever man can better afford to
face the struggle for existence with a
stupid wife than can a stupid man.
That is quite obvious. For. II clever
ness may be regarded as the intellec-
tual stock in trade with which the mar
ried couple start out to do business in
the world, the less capital that either
partner has, the more important 1t Is
that the other should be well provided
with the Indispensable element neces-
sary for success in life. There Is, there
fore, some reason for recommending
that stupid men should marry clever
women and that stupid women should
marry clever men, in order to make
things even all around. On the other
hand, the precept. BE ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers." may
be held to lay down to a general prin-
ciple capable of being applied to the
question now under discussion. 1t Is
obviously desirable that two people
who are to live together all their lives
should be sufficiently near together In
intellectual attainment to have inter-
ests in common, and to be able to un-
derstand each other when they are left
together in the endless tete-a-tete of
matrimony.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
DOCTOR SAID USE CuT1cURA"

In Bad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Had Reached n Fearful
State-His Order Resulted In COM
plete Cure.
when l was small l was troubled
with eczema for about three months
1t was all over my face and covered
nearly all Of my head. 1t reached
such state that 1t was just large
scab all over, and the pain and itching
We're terrible. l doctored with an able
physician for some time and was then
advised by him to use the Cuticura
Remedies, which l did, and l was en-
tirely cured. l have not been bothered
with it since. l used Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment but do not
know exactly how much was used to
complete the cure. can safely say
that Cuticura did a lot for me. Miss
Anabel Wilson, North Branch, Mich,
Oct. 20, 1907"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
Stung.

Nagger-Your next husband, madams
I've had my life insured.
Henry, you look worried; what Is
wrong?"
II was stung to the quick by an
adder this afternoon"
Heavens! How did 1t happen?"
why, l went to bank, and the bank
clerk, after adding up the ledger, told
me my account was overdrawn."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
His Idea of the East,

The Picture Dealer-This etching
represents an oriental dance.
Mr.. Parvenue (from the west)-
What's oriental mean?
The Picture Dealer-Pertaining to
the East.
Mr.. Parvenue-No: they don't stand
for no such dances as that in the East
l know, cause l was in Boston only
last week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

ed a helpless invalid,
but now l enjoy the
best of health. Kidney
disease brought me
down terribly. Rheu-
matte aches and pains
made every move pain
full. The secretions were
diSordered and nv bead
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
To Curl Straiuht Hair,

II mother wants her baby's
straight hair to become curly she
should wet it with sweet milk and
twist into little round curls. Press them
closely to the head and cover with a
thin muslin night cap, and the little
locks will become curly after a few
applications. This should be done
when putting baby to bed for the night.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
SUGGESTIONS FOR
MllADY'S BOUDOIR
For the Mails

ishing the stove, or doing other rough
work, rub your finger nails over a
piece Of soap. This will prevent the
earth from getting In under the nails,
and when you wash your hands the
soap will come out easily. This is rec
commended to people who find 1t hard
to do garden work with gloves on their
hands.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

A girl Of %, Miss Gertrude Wren. is
the first of her sex to win the Pereira
medal for excellence in chemistry, one
of the most highly priced awards of the
Pharmaceutical Society of London. At
the age of IS she began the study of
her speciality at a girls high school
in Camden Town. Botany is another
study in which Miss Wren has taken a
great interest, and some time ago she
won a silver medal for superiority in
that field
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

ached to distraction. | was in a bad
condition, but medicines failed to help.
lost ground daily until began with
Doau's Kidney Pills. They helped me
at once and soon made me strong and
we'll"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-M Milburn Co., Buffalo, ". Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
wIDOWS,under NEW LAW obtained
pENSIONS BY s.S!Is,an SohM "; m69RES's. 2
Gallant

Old Gentleman-I am disappointed in
you, sir. Here I've caught you kissing
my daughter. Have you anything to
say?
Young Man-Only this. sir. I'd rath-
er disappoint you than disappoint your
daughter.