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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
INTEREST THE BOY.

Professor Webber, of the Cornell
university agricultural experiment sta
ton, says: Much regret has been eX-
pressed because our boys and girls be-
come dissatisfied with farm life and
remove to the cities. This, the writer
believes, is largely due to lack of in
terest and apparent opportunity on the
farm. Get the boy interested in i'm
proving the field crops and the girl in
terested in improving the garden
vegetables the orchard fruits and the
flowers, and the writer believes that
much of this dissatisfaction would be
overcome. Have the boy develop an
improved race of corn, wheat, pota-
toes or some useful crop, keeping rec
ords of yields in comparison with Or
dinary sorts. Let him exhibit the
product at the county and state fairs,
and sell the seed of the improved
strain to his neighbors. 1t will prove
profitable investment of time and
money and give zest to the farm work.
Riley, the Indiana farmer who bred
the Boone county white corn, was
an ordinary farmer, not a scientific ex-
perimenter. Yet his variety is grown
extensively over a dozen of the great
corn states and has added thousands
upon thousands of dollars to the val
uation of the corn crop of the world.
Many of the standard varieties of our
ordinary crops have been bred by our
farmers, and the time has come when
such services to humanity will be rec
| ognized and recorded in history as are
the noteworthy deeds of other great
men in other fields of human indus
try" A course in any one of the agri-
| cultural colleges, or at the least a
| short courSe-which may be had in
the winter when farm duties are not
| onerous, and at an expense that al
most any farmer can afford-will be
sufficient to interest the average boy
or young man in this fascinating sub
! ject, with the result that he will not
only be we'll content to remain on the
farm, but will be equipped to make il
return a larger margin of profit year
! by year. The agricultural school is
the ideal place to acquire the rudimen-
tary knowledge necessary along these
lines, though not an absolute neces.
| Sity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
Pres. of Board of Health

PreS. OF Board OF Health.
'What shall eat?" is the daily in
quiry the physician is met with. l do
not hesitate to say that in my judg-
ment large percentage of disease is
caused by poorly selected and improp.
erly prepared food. My personal ex
perience with the fully-cooked food
known as Grape-Nuts, enables me to
speak freely Of its merits.
From overwork, l suffered several
years with malnutrition, palpitation Of
the heart, and loss OF sleep. Last sum-
mer was led to experiment personally
with the new food, which / used In con-
junction with good rich cows milk. In
a short time after commenced its use,
the disagreeable symptoms disappeared,
my hearts action became steady and
normal. the functions of the stomach
were properly carried out and / again
slept as soundly and as well as in my
youth.
II look upon Grape-Nuts as perfect
food, and no one can gainsay but that
1t has a most prominent place in ra-
tional, scientific system of feeding. Any
one who uses this food will soon be con-
vinced of the soundness Of the principle
upon which it is manufactured and may
thereby know the facts as to its true
worth" Read The Road to Wellville."
in pkgs. There's Reason" :.
Ever read the above letter2 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, 1908-05-30
One on the Professor.
SFIC O0E NETc
From the Boston Herald.


The scholarly William f. Byerly, pro-
fessor of mathematics at Harvard, was
once asked by student how to develop
retentive memory. The professor an
swered that ordinary mental exercise
was sufficient to secure a good memory,
whereat the student asked II he might
test the mental capacity of his instruc-
tor. Professor Byerly agreed, and the
student asked him to listen to and re-
member several varied items for test.
He began:
"One quart of whisky"
UNI" said the professor.
six pounds of sugar, a pint of sour
milk, three onions, half a gallon of mo-
lasses, and two raw eggs"
UNI" said the professor.
1.-TWO green apples, rs peanuts, one
and a half cucumbers, and four mince
pies"
Uni" said the professor.
"A package of starch, 81 cakes of
yeast, and the skins of seven bananas.
Got that down."
Yes" answered the DIR. Byerly.
How does it taste?" asked the stu
dent
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
HEALTH VERY POOR
RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA.
Catarrh twenty-five Years
Had a Bad Couch.

Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston,
Illinois. u $. A., writes:
II have been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty-five years and have
tried many cures for it, but obtained
very little help.
''rhen my brother advised me to try
Peruna, and | did
"My health was very poor at the time
! began taking Peruna. My throat was
very sore and had bad cough,
"Peruns has cured me. The
chronic cafarrh is gone and my
health is very much improved.
81 recommend Peruna to all my
friends who are troubled as | was"
PERUNA TABLETS:-Somc people
prefer tablets, rather than medicine in a
fluid form. Such people can obtain Peru
ma tablets. which represent the medici'
mai ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet
equals one average dose of Peruna.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative.
Manufacturer by Peruns Drus Manufsctur.
inS Company, Columbus, Ohio.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
THE JAPANESE WAY
DIRECT AND SIMPLE
Rules for a Mass Meeting to
Protest Against Higher
Taxes.
Fnom the New York Sun.

From the new sun.
The japanese governing idea has some
times directness Of application which is
only equalled by its simplicity. The same
spirit which prompts japanese citizen to
build the front door of his house so low
that a possible burglar Gould not get
through 1t with a bundle Of plunder on his
back leads the Japanese official to specify
in an emergency just what shall constitute
crime, so that the unruly may KNOW
when he transgresses.
A short time ago a new holiday, consti-
tuition day, was decreed In Japan, with the
idea that the common people could pad
along all together to some park and hold
exercises in glorihcation of the event
which made Japan nominally free gov
ernment. But the restless politicians of
Toxic ever on the alert TO stir up trouble,
planned a monster mass meeting in Hibiya
park to protest against the alarming in
crease in taxation instead of to give ban
zais for a constitution.
The police authorities remembered the
three days of street fighting that followed
the announcement of the Portsmouth
peace treaty in the fall OF 1906. On that
occasion all the uproar was started by the
barring of the gates to Hibiya park by
police order, and within three hours the
house of the home minister, across the
SbiSSN' was SAN PNSp'N SN't'e
cut down in the broad avenue facing the
park by the swords of the mounted gend-
armes.
With all these circumstances in mind
the police authorities posted the follow
ing notice in prominent places about the
city on the day that the mass meeting
was to be held:
No arms shall be carried by those who
attend the meeting.
No kerosene oil or matches shall be car
ried.
No electric car shall be burnt.
The diet buildings shall not be destroyed
by fire.
No members of the Diet who supported
the tax increase bills shall be assaulted.
Happily the police prohibitions specify
ing what should constitute something
more than a nuisance had their effect
There was no riot
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
One Of the
Essentials

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One of the products of that class, of
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effects always buy the genuine, manu-
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only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
BABY ITCHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered with In
famed Skin-DOctors No Avail

Face and Neck Covered with In
famed Skin-DOctors No Avail
Cured ny Cuticura Remedies.
"My baby's face and neck were COW
cred with itching skin similar to ec2e-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
year took her TO number of doe
tors, and also to different colleges, to
no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended TO me 10y Miss G..
/ did not use 1t at first, as ! had tried
so many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last tried Cuti-
cura Soap, CutiCura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an Improvement.
After using three boxes of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with the Cuti-
cura Soap and Pills. ! am pleased TO
say she is altogether different child
and the picture Of health. Mrs. A. c.
Brestlin. nj n. Lincoln St, Chicago
H.. Oct. 20 and 80 1906"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
Wiley on Deadly Poison.

From the Washington Post.
DIR. w. II. Wiley, the department of
agricultures famous chemist expert,
was discussing certain impure beers.
II am reminded" said DR.. Wiley,
smiling, "of an incident that happened
in the western town of Tin Can.
Tin Can had a brewery, and the
beer from this brewery was unspeak-
ably bad.
well. one night a medodrama was
performed in the town hall, and in the
second act there was thrilling solilo-
guy by the villain.
THE villain, alone on the stage
gnawed his black mustache and de.
bated with himself how he should kill
the hero.
1.-The knife?' he muttered to his
cigaret. Poison? A pistol shot? OF
shall | kill him with
Just then there came a loud inter.
ruption from a cowboy in a box:
"'Oh give him some Tin Can beer
--~-c-s--
First-class business don't flow in any,
thing but first-class channels.
-$-o-S
Imitation ipdirntac 1ir1itatio,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
The Tsctful Shopman.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Let me see some of your black kid
gloves" said a lady to a shopman
"These are not the latest style, are
they?" she asked, when the gloves were
produced.
Yes, madam" replied the shopman;
1--WE have had them in stock only two
days"
Il didn't think they were, because the
fashion paper says black kids have tan
stitches and vice versa. l see the tan
stitches. but not the vice versa
The shopman explained that vice
versa was French for seven buttons, so
she bought three pairs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
Desperate Gambling.


An English merchant was a daily
customer in a well known restaurant,
and always honored the waiter in a
most generous fashion, as he liked him
for his attentiveness. One day, to his
surprise, another waiter served him.
The other waiter is here" said the
new one, but he can't serve you"
why not?" queried the astonished
diner. We'll, you see, sir" was the re-
ply, I'VE played cards the other even
ing, and after he had lost all his money
had the good fortune to win you"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

French people have decided views re-
garding the responsibility of men in
power. A butcher has been sent to
Jail for a year for supplying the army
with bad meat. The damages assessed
by a Paris court following a recent
automobile accident cost the owners
$4,000. When the Opera Comique
burned in 1887 the managing director
was fined $4,000 and sent to prison for
three months
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
Mo Need of Another.

From the Youths Companion.
An Italian priest who was well known
for his missionary work among the Pas
samaquoddy Indians in eastern Maine
was once urged by a young lady of his
congregation at Eastport to have a
mission" there to rouse some of the
lethargic members Of the church whose
spiritual condition, she earnestly de-
clared, was really deplorable.
mo, no. he replied. II do not ap-
prove of missions. Dey make de excite
ment, but de effect is not lasting."
"Oh, yes. father, indeed 1t is." she
insisted.
"In dat case, den, you do need one"
replied the good father, with a genial
smile, "for you had one dree years
ago."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
Revised Homestead Regulations
Example of VANITY

From the indianapolis Star.
Apropos of vanity, Secretary Root
told about politician who, the day be-
fore he was to make a certain speech,
sent 41-page report of it to all the
papers. On page 20 appeared this
paragraph:
But the hours grows late, and I
on!"l
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

At an election meeting DR.. Macna-
mara, of the British parliament, was
tackled by a woman, who inquired,
Are you in favor of repeating the
blasphemy laws?" Madam" replied
the doctor I'm a golfer!" Would
you give every woman a Vote?" asked
another. Every woman should have
either vote or a voter" said DR.. Mac
namara. Which do you prefer?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

Denmark has nearly 100000 farms and
farm gardens of 10 acres or less: and
about 100000 farms of between 10 and
Is acres. There are less than 1000 farms
in the entire kingdom of 500 acres or
over, the aggregate of these last named
being less than 100000 acres. There
are 1,OS5 cooperative dairies, with 1885,
17O members, and a cooperative egg ex-
porting society with 500 local centers.
The business transacted by these coop
eratiVe concerns is enormous.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
soeioIoqist Strikes a Poser.

Colonel Frank Pierce Morgan, the
well known sociologist and raconteur
of Washington, at one time was of the
opinion that If the children of poor
white trash" in the south could be put
to work, much good would result to all
concerned. An experience he had while
on an inquisitorial tour recently, rather
puzzles him. In Statesboro, N. c., he
fell into conversation with a we'll fed
looking citizen, who sat on dry goods
box whiting a stick.
What do you do for living?" asked
Colonel Morgan.
Wall, stranger" accommodatingly
replied the hospitable tarheel, II don't
have to do nothing for Twin these
days, seein' as how / have five head
of gals a-workin' in the cotton fac
tory"
1t pays to be polite, even If you do not
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
The Majors Remains.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
THE body of the late Major Jinks
was cremated."
What they goin' to do with it?'
His widow has him corked up in a
fruit jar. Says it's the last of the
family Jars"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
II Your Eyes Bother You

get box of PETTIT'S EYE SALvE,
old reliable, most successful eye remedy
made. All druggists or Howard Bros,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
The Handy Doctorin Your
Vest Pocket

TITS a thin, round-cornered little
Enamel Box
III When carried in your vest pocket
IL It means Health-lnsurance.
II contains Six Candy Tablets Of pleasant
taste, almost as pleasant as Chocolate.
Each tablet Is working dose Of Cas-
carets, which acts like Exercise on the
Bowels and Liver.
II will not purge. sicken. nor upset the
stomach.
Because It is not "Bile-driver," like
Salts. Sodium. calomel. Jalap, SIENNA. MOI
Aperient Waters.
Neither is 1t like Castor OIL. Clycerine,
or other Oily Laxatives that simply lubricats
the lntestines for transit of the food stopped
UP in them at that particular time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

BOYS and girls earn money. Little work
No capital, | trust you. Send for particu-
lars Claude Lanman, Monticello, Ill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
While a lady was feeding a hungry
tramp the other day she discovered he
was pocketing her silver spoons.
Opening the door, she exclaimed: :
Drop those spoons, you scoundrel, and
leave the house!"
But madam"
Leave the house, l say!" screamed
the infuriated woman. Leave the
house!"
II go, madam" said the tramp, as he
reached the front gate, never to re-
turn: but, before l go, l would like TO
say that did not intend to take your
house"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

WANTED-Salesman to sell our line of
greeting post cards and novelties, big
money to active men. The Davenport
Mfg. Co., Johnstown, Pa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

Mexico is to spend s5.s76,000 gold to
improve the harbor at Topolobampo.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

More proof that Lydia e. Pink
hams VegetableCOm saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. s. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
81 was great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cley-
bourne Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
~ suffered from female troubles,
tumor and much Inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an operation"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tlatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
sMrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
He Left the House.

WIDOWS,under NEW LAW obtained
nv-NyCrnNS by JOHN w. NORRIS,
FENSIVVNS Washington, ID. Q.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

FIT ,"s. s.s; ..s a. ;, rsSs, g, g's,.; t.
Nerve Resorer Send for Free 9e Rl bottle and rsstss
DR. H II. KLINE. Id val Arch Street. Phiiadslphla Pa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

The chief cause Of Constipation and
Indigestion is a weakness of the Muscle:
that contract the lntestnes and Bowels.
Cascarets are practically to the Bowe
Muscles what Massage and Cold BatL
are to the Athletic Muscles.
They stimulate the Bowel Muscles tc
contract. expand. and squeeze the Diges-
tive Juices out of food eaten.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver In
such way as to mako them lean upor
einilar assistance for the future.
This Is why, with Casoarets. thu dose
may be lessened each succeeding time
instead Of increased. as II must be with al
other Cathartics and Laxatives.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
cascarets act like exercise.

Cascarets act like exercise.
Ifcarried in your vest pocket. Tor carried
in My Lady's Purse.) and eaten Just when
you suspect you need ono. you viii never
know sick day from the ordinary llls of life.
Because these llls begin In the Bowels.
and pave the way for al other Diseases.
"Vest Pocket" box 10 cents. 7u
Be sure you get the genuine, mads only
BY the Sterling Remedy Company. and never
sold In bulk: Every tablet stamped "ccc."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30

1t pays to be polite, even If you do not
mean il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-05-30
DIR. TALKS OF FOOD

indicates limitation.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-08
SEEKING TO WIPE
OUT HILLERY LAW.

TRENTON, April S.-Senator Silzer
today offered his Senate bill No. 226,
repeating the Hillery maximum tax
act, as a substitute for the bill intro
duced by Senator Wakelee last night,
designed to meet this desire on the
part of Jersey City.
II think that the Hillery law was
conceived in good faith, but has not
worked out WE'LL" he said. ut has
lowered the average tau rate, but a
put many cities in a very bad posi-
ton. Let the cities decide for them
selves on this point, instead of the
county authorities, as the Senator from
Bergen proposes"
Senator Frelinghuysen said he did
not think hat the Hillery law was
what was wanted, but that it should
be retained in some cases. Mr.. Wake
lees bill, be thought, would fill all re-
quirements.
Mr.. Fielder, of Hudson, spoke for the
substitute. The people, n said, should
regulate the tax rate. He said Jersey
CITY would be forced to cut down he
school and other necessary expendi-
lures unless a remedy for present con-
ditions was obtained.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-08
MANY BILLS PASSED.

TRENTON, April S.-Hackmen and
peddlers hereafter win have to pay
more heavily for violations of the law.
If House bill 259. which was passed in
the Assembly last night, becomes a
law.
Other bills passed in the House in
cluded the following:
House 1856. permits the legal voters
of townships by referendum to increase
the membership of township committee
from three to five members.
House 1872, Saillivan's statement OF
valuation amendment to the corpora
ton act of 1896,
Assembly 2SS, prevents the use of any
seine or moving net. fke or gill net on
Sunday in Raritan Bay during July,
August and September.
House 126, provides that a duly or
dained clergyman shall not be allowed
10 disclose any information which he
acquires in a professional capacity.
House $40, provides for the election
OF constabIes in boroughs.
House 420. regulates election of town
ship committeeman in townships of
more than 5000 population.
House 344, requires county boards of
freeholders to provide suitable rooms
at the county seat for the county super
intendent of schools.
House s75. amends the evidence act
relative to taking dispositions.
House 391. increases the salary of the
prosecutor of the pleas for Ocean
County.
House All, authorizes cities to renew
maturing bonds.
Senate 100. makes the salary Of the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-08

county collector of Ocean County 500
a year..
Senate 10, the Atlantic City boulevard
bill.
Senate ia, a~ppropriates $500 for The
erection of a battle monument for the
Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers at
Salem Church and Spottsylvania.
Senate 81. permits the taking of fish
through the ice in Barnegat Bay.
Senate 1870. ~appropriates $1,000 for the
preservation of Civil War records ia
the acknowledgements Office.
Senate 100, amends the District Court
act.
Senate 166. increases the powers of
local societies for the prevention OF
cruelty to animals.
Senate 27O, the Somerville street i'm
provement bill.
Senate 1874. gives district societies for
the prevention of cruelty to animals
same power as county boards.
Senate los, companion bill to Senate
1854.
House 272, permits towns owning own
water plants to spend $4,000 a year Tor
improvements.
House 3S7, amends act for incorpora
tion of the borough of Hawthorne, Pas
sale County.