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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
Smashed the Barometers.

What kind of weather are we GO
ing to have. pap?" queried the city
man.
Il dunno. ueighbor," drawled the old
farmer Chap came through here last
week and destroyed all the barometers
in the county, begosh"
"Graciousl Who was he?"
why a corn doctor with brass
band and a guarantee TO remove any
corn in five minutes. He removed all
the corns and now, be gosh. we don't
know when II is going TO rain"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Hashish has the power of Inducing
sleep and producing pleasant and fam
tastic dreams. Continued use of IL
renders It's devotees wild and restless.
and results in "A complete wreck OF
thefl mental and physical constitution.
For this reason the Egyptian govern
ment has prohibited the importation OF
the drug.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

ii victim OF kidney
troubles and doctors
~ id be would never
be cured. 81 was try
ing everything" says
Mr.. Kollock. but my
back was lame and
weak and every ex
ertiOn sent a sharp
tMinpp through mo i
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
HAYTI FARMERS TO
CONSTRUCT AN ELEVATOR

Hayti :. D.. March 20-As the re-
suit OF several recent meetings by the
stockholders, the organization of what
Will be known as the Farmers Elevator
company was practically completed
Sufficient stock has been sold to war
rant the immediate construction of the
neceSsarV buildings.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
JOSEPH kURLER. pvblishsr

The power of advertising is told oy
o manager OF The toilet department. OF
a large New York department store.
I'VE have six different makes of one
toilet article" he said, and they are
80 near alike in quality that even ex-
perts can't tell the difference between
them, vet we sell as much Of one as
we do OF all The others together Just
because the manufactures is evcrlast-
ingly advertising H. The other ave sell
IN proportion TO the amount Of adVer-
tising given TO them. II there is any
difference IN quality it is in favor Of
the poorest seller"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Members OF the royal family always
send their own wine to public dinners
and, IN many cases, their own special
brands OF cigars also. The wine IS in
the charge of responsible servant in
Inc employ of the royal household.
whose duty IL is 10 stand behind the
cnalr OF mis- master and wait upon
hir,1
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
SOY, 8. TRIES TO
CNkHkflT SIII(

) peadWood. 5 D.. March y An
} gerod because his mother mad re-
; proved HIM. Jtne simpson agcd
} attempted suicide enC by p, mer-
) est Traction ct an nch. was s1suc-
} cesSful
} The hoy Stabbed his flther'S
, sheath knife and plunged 81 into bls
} abdomen infi,ctiuE 8 serious bat NOT
fatal vcuAG The blade Just eel,
snort " reaching the .nteStnes
June wac brOUEh, 80 hosp.tal
here and op.gd,cd uPou bic Wn
recover.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

had to get no several times each night
and he kidney secretions contained n
heavy sediment. Recently ! began using
Doan's Kidney Pills with fine results
They have given me entire relief"
Sold by all dealers so cents a box
Foster MilburD Co. Buffalo. \. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

senator Stephenson of Wisconsin, is
one of the best evidences of the self
made man in the Senate His father.
was so poor that when he was q boy he
had to go barefooted even in winter. He
rs one OF three new senator's who was
old enough TO take part in the civil
war and the only one who did not.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Accompanied by a friend and wear.
Ing a brand new hat an Englishman
entered restaurant IN Berlin one even
ing. The two visitors fingered on and
on until it was very late. When, at
last. they rose TO 90 the Englishmau's
hat was not t1gbe found What sort
of q hag was ~ mein herr inquired
the person in charge n was a new
top hat" said the Eaglishman. some
what annoyed. 'Ach but mein herr
all the new hats have been gone for
half an hour said the German pla-
tidlv
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

In various Mexican states the som
brero is TO be placed under a heavy
tax. in hope. II is said. of abolish
Ing IL entirely. This HAT often costs 50
much that the workingman spends a
years wages for IL. The tax takes the
form OF feense. with a number af
fixed
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

The first competition for the Harvard
Menorah society prize will take place
this year The prize is $780, which VIII
be given by Jacob ~ SChin every
year until further notice 90 the under
graduate writer of The best essay on a
subject connected with the work and
achievements Of the Jewish people. The
students ~ Harvard have received no
tice that essays on subjects which have
been approved by the prize commission
must be handed In not later than
NAV
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

October Is last the Chilean gold peso
sold al premium of SO per cent in the
paper currency OF the country. This
disturbed business. especially in the ex-
port line. Since the beginning of July
me gold peso has been fiuctuating be-
tween 40 ana 90 per cent premium re-
Gently. when IL reached above the
mark
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Vladimar Poulsen. the Danish in
ventor who is only 3S years old. is the
son of a judge in the high criminal
court OF Copenhagen. He has sue
ceded IN making wireless telephone
connection between Lingby and Weis-
ensee a distance of $50 miles
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Mrs Carl Muck, wife OF the new di-
rector of the Boston symphony orches-
ira, is so fond of America that she saws
she has no desire to return to Berlin.
She contemplates taking several courses
at Radcliffe in the near future and II
her husband remains here, may go in
for a degree.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Germans are less in hurry than
Americans. Their printing presses are
built much heavier than ours. the ma
chimes being constructed 10 last a
long period. even at the sacrifice OF
speed aud efficiency
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Mr.. Thompson, Canadian member OF
parliament for Yukon, declares that
within five years the Klondike gold
output viii reach $40. 1000 00O a wear az
the result of the operations OF the big
dredging companies.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

The Rev. John La Fargo. of the
jesuit order son Of John La Fargo the
great landscape and figure painter. mas
accepted profesorship In modern Ian
suages az Loyola college. Baltimore. He
Is one or the youngest priests in the or
der, being only y years old. He is
said TO bear striking resemblance to
his father
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

New York, March y George IRIS
void Haven. president ard uunaciug
director OF The Metropolitan opera and
Real Estate coapauy, hanker director
In many corporations and me,nbcr ~
one OF the Oldest New York families
died last night al his home in .his c!tv.
following an operation for an orranic
maIai! ae Was born ia 1897
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

lovebird, no larger than a canary.
has taught itself 10 speak as fiuently
and as distinctly as the best OF talking
parrots in the cillage OF Ambleside.
England.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
TWO COMPANIES MAY
PASS Up SCITH DaKrrn

Pierre, 5. -. Maroh Il rha Royal
Union Mutual Life Insurance company
of Des MoiEes Ia. and the State Life
Insurance company OF IndiaraDolis
Ind, today signiiied their Intention OF
withdra~inE IRON business in his
state
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Miss Blanch Bates. the actress in the
course of luncheon that she gave at
sherry $. in New York. 10 Miss Gerald
Inc FalTar said witty thing about
marriage In heaven. we are told, :"
she remarked, there is no marriage
nor giving ia marriage. No wonder.
when there are not men enough even
here 10 go round
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
THE
Story Of Francis Cludde
A Romance of Queen Mary's Reign.
BY STANLEY j. wEYMAN

come TO hand. But her kind heart knew
no distinction Of creeds She took me
TO her cottage as soon as right fell and
warmed and dried and fed me She did
noi dare TO keep me under her roof for
longer than an hour or Two, neither
would have staid TO endanger her.
But she sent me ou' a new man. with
crust moreover I'm my pocket A
hundred times between Tottenham and
Aldersgate said, God bless her" and
| say so now
So twice IN one day. and that the
gioomiest day OF my life ! was sue
cored by woman. ] have never for
gotten II. J have tried TO keep il al
ways in mind, remembering too, a say
ing OF my uncle's, that there is moth
ing on earth 50 mercful as a good
woman or SO pitiless as a bad one
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
uneertaIn.

Baltimore American Has your en-
ployer any degree of perspicacity2'
He has some queer kind OF FITS but
7 dunno what the doctor calls it,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

The only ones who fail are those
who attempt-and they are the only
ones who succeed
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
RUN BREWERlES WITH
RAILROAD CLERKS

St Louis March 20--The breweries
operated today with diminished forces
because OF the strike instituted yester-
day Railroad clerks who have lost
positions by reason of the retrenchment
recently instituted 10y various roads,
are being employed in large numbers
10 take the places OF strikers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

The reconstruction OF the bridge or
'Notre Dame, NJ Paris, has been COM
menced. None OF the bridges across
the Seine has undergone more trans
formations than the one which takes
its name from the great cathedral
Originally, like the Ponte Vecchio. at
Florence, II was covered with houses.
but these were demolished in 1856. jist
before the revolution
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
Gettinn IA Print

You are writing a good deal for ~,
newspapers. | see
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
PREPARE FOR ANNUAL
GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT

Hot Springs :. D.. March 20.-The
citizens Of Hot Springs have held meet
iugs this week Tor the purpose of ap-
pointing the necessary Comiaittees and
making preliminary arrangements for
the annual eucampment of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, department OF
South Dakota. and auxiliary organiza-
tious, which Will be neld here on June
o. "a and 25
Leola. S D.. March 20.--The local
business men are agitating the con-
struCtion OF a new public school build
ing and a municipal waterworks sys-
TEN. Both Improvements are badly
needed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
CLARK SUSPECTED
OF CABIN MURDER
NEAR SIOUX FALLS
TalIow Man s Assistant Held in
Jail While Coroners Jury
investigates.

Sioux rails. 3 d.. Mar.u = Pend
Ing the returning OF . yeraigr by the
cOroner's jury which now rs ili' esiRat
ing the case. John } Ciark be youu s
man who is suspected Of ha wing been
the person who on Tuesday evening
shot and killed Theodore Sotrmau his
employer in a lonely cabin UU the
banks OF the Bic SiouA river about
three miles northeast ot ,Gs business
center OF sioux Fails vel remains In
the county jsil
That CLARK expected be would be- suS-
pected Of having committed the crime
was shown by the testimony of Odicer
Charles Johnson. OF the Sioux Falls no
lice department. VINO with Ofhrer Hilis
went 10 the scene Of the supposed hold
UP Tuesday evening ana found the body
OF Sothman lying upon the bed Clark
had returned with he officers and on r.
Ger Johnson testified ihst Clark, after
they had gone outsido ne cabin re-
marked that his looked bad for him
tCiarD, referring further - the fact
that he was comparative stranger iH
this vicinity. iudmating that Ais might
ork 20 his disadvantage
Points 10 Clark
The coroUer'S jury has examined q
number Of witnesses The substance OF
their testimony is to the effect hat men
Of the crime, and those living in he inn
mediate vicinity and on The roads lead
Ing past the cabin, did not on Tuesday
evening see anything uf the three
mystefiohS strangers whom clark
charges with having gone 10 the cabin
and attempting a hoidup Henry Johns
who lives only nout 900 fee; from The
cabin, and VINO was doing his chores
about the time one Of the strangers is
alleged 20 have fired three shots at
Clark while he latter was running
away from ihe cabin ana making his
escape testified thar ne aid NOT hear a
single shot fred
Mrs. Hoffman. . Wruse home ClarE
stopped fur he purpose of tejcphOuiuE
20 police headquarters the news OF the
attempted holdup, stated that clark an
the time gave evidence OF being some
what under the influence OF liquor, auG
that iu describing mis- flight % herself
aud daughter ne claimed that six shots
had been fired al him hy the stranger
on his Two companions whom ne al
legged 20 have ftst seen when he
emerged from 10, cabin The tesii-
monv OF Mrs. Hoffman vas corrobor-
ated by her daughter Their story as
TO the number OF shots Clark claims
were fired q him conflicts with what
he told other parties
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
A REMARKABLE MAN.

Active aud Bright, Though AImose
CentenBrian
Shepard Kolock. OF "A Wallace St,
Red Bank. y. j.. is remarkable man
at the age Of 9S, For 40 years he was
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

The product Of the British shipyards
amounts 10 20 or % per cent OF The
Uoi Ids output
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

The Womans Trade Union league. OF
Chicago, supplies medical consultation
and advice 10 working girls who are
members OF trade unions for 10 cents
81 year The league has announced the
appointment Of Or Rachel s. Karros
OF Hull house, as its STAFF physician.
Or. Karos has ser aside portions OF
three days In each week for these con
sultations and win give special atten-
tion 10 diseases which are the result ot
occupations followed bY women
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Few people win have had the courage
10 sit down 13 at table for the greet
ings OF new year. Bun ave and fifty
years ago Lord Roberts was one of
- who sat down 10 dinner on New
Years DAY az Peshawar Eleven years
later though most OF them had been
through the Indian mutiny and half of
them had been wounded were all
sd5ve, And Lord Roberts is still very
much alive
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

lt Is mainly from Africa. America
and Australia that the world draws it's
supply nf gold. some S400, 600 000 worth.
won regularly every year Africa leads
with about 50000.00O, next comes the
United states with about S95. 600, goo
Australia ranks third with nearly Ss5, -
100000, while Russia both in Europe
and Asia. Mexico Canada and several
other countries make up the remainder
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

After 1--WE years work Australias
great transCouunental rabbit-proof
fence has been completed. It's length is
2,03G miles and the cost OF it's cree
tion has been nearly C250000 IT is
furnished al intervals Of FIVE or six
miles with systems of traps, in which
hundreds OF rabbits are captured and
destroyed daily inside the barrier
there appears as YET no trace OF their
presence.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

remarkable piece OF work was re-
Gently shown at d German exhibition in
the shape OF ell-executed landscape
made OF colonies OF different colorcd
bacteria thriving in gelatin and meat
extract The thing was shown at an
exhibition Of eccentric art. where there
were also artistic compositions in spin
ach and egg and other effects secured
by resoriIng 90 the use Of spices OF diff
ferent colors instead Of paint
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-01
Anew Years
IalkWit,l>Is)olIy
By o.
FT0nkf Sweet,
EzA:1S7A,H8A @aA:sA: saA
eoPyRI0f1Il 07ByFRArIKHSWeeT
e "

'snOlLS as well as little girls
Must not tumble up their curls
Must not tear their stocking knees,
Must say Thank you, sir, and Please
Must be still when grown folks talk,
Good when they 60 out to walk.
If they're not, dear Dolly Dent,
Now's the time for them to 'pent.
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The rigid laws against emigration We're
still in force, and the undertaking was
fraught with danger But finally he
succeeded in making his escape and
boarded at night an American schoon-
er bound for Shanghai. The Japanese
officials searched the vessel the next
morning, but the captain hid Shimeta
in his cabin. -
At Shanghai he was forced to wait
for many days until the captain of the
Wild Rover, a Boston ship, offered to
let him work his passage to America.
While in Shanghai he had obtained
his first great desire, an English Bible,
for which he had traded one of his
swords. The kind hearted captain of
the Wild Rover became interested in
the boy, dressed him in American
clothes and taught him English. The
Wild Rover spent several months in
trading at oriental ports, and it was
not until year had passed that Shi-
meta landed in Boston Much Of the
time during the long voyage Shimeta
had spent in reading his English Bible.
1t so happened that the Wild Rover
belonged to Alpheus Hardy, one Of the
merchant princes of Boston and a
famous philanthropist. When he was
a young man, studying at Andover,
Mr.. Hardy's ambition had been to en-
ter the ministry. His health had
failed, and he was forced to leave
school. That he could not become a
minister was cross which almost
broke his spirit until it was shown to
him that he could serve Christ in other
ways than by preaching. and be had
dedicated his life to making money
for Cod" When he learned from the
captain of the Wild Rover of the
Japanese youth who had come so far
to find the truth, he saw that here was
great opportunity, and he sent for
Shimeta. So deeply moved was he by
Shimeta's story that he took him into
his family and sent him to Andover
to be prepared for mission work in
Japan. At Andover the young Japa-
nese noble was fully converted to the
Christian faith. made public profession
and was baptized with the name Jo-
seph Hardy Neesima.
In 1874 he returned to Japan under
the auspices of the American board Of
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
The Continued
Story OF
Current Events.
New Years Poem.

The following poem was
composed by Rev, T. H. Denniston
pastor of the First Methodist church
of this city and read by him at the
close of the Sunday morning SER
vices:
The Old Year goes. So let him go!
The New Year comes. We hardly
The change, so peaceful and so low,
And unsought, too; but be it so.
Tho grief and signs and sobs and
tears
Have mingled, in the feeting
years,
Now let him die! And die our fears!
Well WOO the hopes of coming
We bid goodbye the year that's gone
And turn to greet the one to come;
So let us bid goodbye to wrong
And fill with good the newer one.
The Old Year bears the rusty leaf,
The Old Year carries all hearts
grief;
The New Year brings to all relief,
And bears the blossom and the
Sheaf.
The New Year heaps the harvest
bins,
And dares fulfil what Hope be-
gins,
To give to Right the strength that
wins,
TO leave the world with fewer
sins.
The New Year comes! So let him
give
Us purer thought, by which to
live,
And greater courage in the strife, -
And higher purposes in life.
And fairer skies, with clever blue,
And stronger minds to plan and
do,
And fewer days that we shall rue,
And hearts more noble, kind and
true.
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JAPAN'S NEW YEARS GIFT.
Shmeta Noesima and What He Did

Shimeta Noesims and What He Did
For His Country.
Half century ago, in the ancient
city Of Yeddo. was born child whose
birthday marked the beginning of the
greatest epoch in the history of Japan.
This child was Shimeta Neesima. the
son of man of the samurai class,
one of the aristocrats of old Japan,
retainer of great prince. He was
born to high privileges, and the joy
Of his parents at the coming of an
heir was unbounded.
Japan at this time was entirely pa
gan. Her gates were closed to for
eigners, and signboards throughout the
empire bore DEGREES against Christian
ity. Reading the Bible was one of the
three crimes punishable with cruciflx-
ion. ~.
The Neesimas were idolaters;7 and
they taught their little son to worship
the array of ugly images which adorn-
ed their home. But Shimeta was lad
Of keen intellect and sturdy common
sense. He soon began to lose faith in
gods of wood and stone and after he
was sixteen would no longer join in
the family worship. One day in the IL
brary of friend he had found an
abridged copy Of the Bible printed in
Chinese characters. From that time
his great desire was to learn more OF
the God who was worshiped in the
west. He had begun also to realize
the benighted state Of his country in
other things than in religion The Wis
it of Commodore Perry had opened
his eyes to the wonders of western
civilization, and his young heart was
stirred with longing to serve his coun-
try in some better way than his sword
bearing ancestors had done. He had
history Of the United States, printed,
like his little Bible, in Chinese, and
this he studied assiduously.
With great difficulty he obtained
from his parents permission to go to
Hakodate, an open port, where he
hoped to find an English or American
teacher who would unfold to him the
world of learning Of which he had had
but glimpse. Arriving at Hakodate,
he was doomed to disapp No
teacher was there Then he deter
mined to make his way to America.
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foreign missions. During his ten years.
absence many changes had taken place
In Japan. The country was now open
to foreigners and western civilization
was being rapidly introduced. Nee
sima's scholarship and familiarity with
American institutions gave him great
influence, and he was soon one of the
foremost men Of the nation.
u. He was repeatedly urged to take
high Office under the government, but
he had devoted himself to the cause Of
Christian education, and he knew that
he could better serve his country in
that field than in the field of politics.
His success, which included the found
ing of the great Doshisha university,
was wonderful, and after fifteen years
of distinguished service for God and
his native land he passed to his re-
ward on Jan. %, 1890, mourned by the
people of Japan as no other private
citizen had ever been.
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Wanted Relatives Address,

Jens Hanson received a letter this
morning from Charles A. Johnson of
Oakland, CAL, inquring as to the
address of relatives of APP. c.. Dad
dley, who was employed in this city
four years ago as a bartender in one
of the saloons here. The letter
stated that Daddley is not expected
to live and would like to hear from
any friends or relatives of his. He
has mother, brother and a di-
vorced wife in this vicinity, and all
information will be gladly appre-
GATED.
Address Charles G.. Johnson, 362,
Seventh St. THE Tavern,." Oak.
land, Cal.
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New Years Ball.

The volunteer fire department will
give New Years ball at the city
hall Wednesday evening. Music
will be furnished by the Bemidji
orchestra. A good time promised.
Tickets $1.OO.