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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

S. c. Darrow, the Izaak Walton OF
Boardman Lake, Mich, is catching
pike through the Ice and 300 feet of
water by means of "A "tipup," a sort
Of semaphore He sits on shore near
comfortable fire, and when the arm
tips down that means there Is Il pike
on the hook and he goes out and takes
q m
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
HENRY OFFERS REWARD TO
CONVICT BOOZE SELLERS

Henry. S. D., March 21.-FollOwing
the example set by the temperance ele-
ment in other South Dakota towns, the
Law and Enforcement league of this
place has offered a standing reward OF
500 for evidence which will lead to the
arrest and conviction OF anyone de-
tcCted selling liquor in Henry in viola
ton Of the laws of the state. This ac-
ton of the league. il is believed. will
put a stop to the operation of blind
nigS" and ,bOOtlegginE"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Lorente, the learned and talented his
Photographer of the inquisition was
glad during the close OF his brilliant
but unfortunate career TO hire him
self out for a few sous a night to keep
watch over the dead bodies at the
Paris morgue, and died eventually Of
starvation
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

At the recent suffrage hearings IN
Boston President Huntington, OF the
University of Boston, mentioned that
the young women OF the university av-
eraged better In their studies than the
young men. II will be remembered that
President Eliot. of Harvard: President
Thomas. of Bryn Mawr. and President
Van Hise. OF the Wisconsin state uni
versity, bore witness 10 the same fact
at recent meeting Of the Association
of Collegiate Alumnae.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Eminent Italian engineers. some Of
whom have already performed more
marvellous feats, now seriously propose
the construction of "A barge canal over
the Apprentices and Alps mountains. A
system OF tubular canals is the idea
AS one barge ascends another barge
descends
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

The city of Easton has adopted
municipal flag. said to be "A copy OF the
flag which waved over that town dur
ing the revolutionary war. The flag
has thirteen red and white stripes in
the upper corner. and the remainder
of the flag is blue with circle of eight
white stars in the center.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
The prea ded Nuisance.

Baltimore American: Il wish you
would give this office boy trial. am
sure you will like him. He is such a
CHEEKY little chap-always whistling at
his job
"Humph! / guess that is the very
reason he is now whistling for a job"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

IL is told OF Ben Johnson when in
his last Illness King Charles sent him
a small sum of money he returned it.
He sends me so miserable donation"
cried the dying poet, because ! am
poor and live in an alley. Go and tell
him his soul lives I'm an alley"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

London has completed the steel struc-
ture Of its great stadium, where the
Olympic games are to be held this year.
specta tors
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

The Tooth anniversary of the opening
of the port OF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
20 international commerce is to be cele-
brated next year by a national exhibi-
tion of Industrial pastoral and art pro-
ducts from June Is to September ].
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Perfume manufacturers of Italy
every year consume 1860 tons OF orange
blossom. $50 tons of roses. so each of
famine and vlolets and Il tons of jon
uuiIS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Robert Burns. writing only IA days
before his death, implored his friend
Cunningham, to use his influence with
the commissioners of excise in order
to get his salary raised from G35
year TO ESQ, otherwise, If I die not
of disease. / must perish with hunger"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

There is an average of one leg or arm
amputated In New York city each day
In consequence of accidents caused by
surface. elevated or subway cars.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
SUGAR ADVANCES AGAIN.

New York. March 27.-An grades of
refined sugar advanced 10 cents per 100
pounds today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Mr.. Carnegie gave TO Libraries last
year 1881, $50, making the total of his.
gifts for this purpose $49, ,605, ,622.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

The Incas Indians were the reigning
tribe in ancient Peru from the 18th
10 the 10th century. Markham and 9TH
ers believe that they were originally
tribe or family OF the Quichuas.
who inhabited certain valleys near
Cuzco and first became dominant under
Nance Capac about 1910. Their own
traditions described Nance Capac as
u child OF the sun. From him des-
cended the IL other historical sOve-
reigns OF Peru, the last rcigning one be
Ing Huascar, though the lineage was
preserved long after. These sovereigns
Uhe Incas in restricted sense) always
married their own sisters, and the
throne was inherited, in general, by the
eldest son proceeding from this mar
riaRe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Hamburg is the greatest lumber mar
ket for Germany. and practically all
imported lumber passes through the
hands of the big dealers at that place.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

The Portuguese government offers a
subsidy of $l2,500 for each voyage for
the purpose of establishing a Portu-
guese line of steamers to Brazil
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

With the idea of increasing the prac-
ticaI value of the instruction in agri-
culture at the University OF Wisconsin,
n two year course has been arranged
TO include the maximum amount of
scientific and practical work. The pres
ent four year course I'm agriculture has
been revised with view 10 iDtroduc-
ing into the first two years num-
ber OF subjects bearing directly upon
farming, instead OF Confining the first
years of the course. as heretofore, &c
purely scientific work. Graduation
from high school or equivalent prep
aration will be required for entrance
TO the new two year course. as well as
to the present four year course. At
least six months Of practical farm ex-
perience will be required for the COM
pletion of either OF these courses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Belgium has over 20O boot and shoe
factories giving employment to more
than 200 900 hands
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

over 100000 exiles have been trans
ported To Siberia since 1910.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

When terrified the ostrich will travel
rs miles an hour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

She cut him short. GO, go, man!
Tell your captain what l say. And
let down a ladder for us TO get on
board"
He caught a rope which hung over
the side, and swinging himself up dis
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
Notwithstanding the fact that the re-

Notwithstanding the fact that the re-
building of Kingston is being accom-
plished mainly by British money, yet the
trade has turned towards the United
States. The fact that a British colony
should use Britain's free gift and loan In
order to import American materials might
sound peculiar; but it must be remem-
bered that the United States Is the nat
ural market for the West Indies. In a
month orders are filed In the United
States; 1t takes three months to get ma
terials from England.
In the first days of reconstruction work
was hampered owing to the uncertain
quality of labor. Workmen, accustomed
all their lives to follow a certain line of
work, when suddenly changed to some
thing altogether different, find themselves
at a disadvantage, and the employers of
such labor sometimes give way to sud
den fits of pyrotechnical nature. So 1t
was with the Jamaican artisan who had
to face sudden transition from bricks
and mortar to steel and concrete. Owing
to the defective system of training, for
In Jamaica the apprenticeship system has
fallen into disuse, and there are no In
dustrial or technical scholars, the supply
of irst-class artisans was, at the best OF
times, deficient and unreliable.
At first contractors were chary about
employing native labor on the important
jobs, but this prejudice is now dying
away. Quick to catch onto things and to
grasp ideas. the native workmen have
adapted themselves to the new conditions,
80 that the work of erecting steel frame
buildings now comes naturally to them,
The Insurance companies have greatly
restricted rebuilding. On the receipt OF
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priated $4,000 for constructing suitable
fire and earthquakeproof stores, with ade-
quate accommodation. Land wast quickly
acquired and the work is now wen under
way This was not all. however. for the
ruling authorities acquired land in the
center of the city and announced that
they would erect public buildings on this
land at a total cost Of 100000.
Once the possibilities of Kingston's re-
construction and the resultant trade were
realized various American companies be-
stirred themselves to help the work along.
One American company designed and
erected the first steel frame building In
Kingston. Their work was done for the
Jamaica Tobacco Company, branch of
the American Tobacco Trust. Native arti-
sans knew next to nothing about steel
framing, so the company brought down
its own workmen. The natives looked on
in wonder at the incredible speed with
which the steelwork was put together and
filled it with concrete. Crowds of blacks
gathered In the streets and stopped traffic
as they gazed In amazement at huge
girder, with a man clinging to one end
and being hoisted into position 100 feet
above the street They had never seen
anything like 1t before.
Hardly had the burning debris cooled
after the coniagration which completed
the work of devastation begun by the
earthquake than the officials of the Nova
Scotia Bank had drawn up plans for the
erection of a magnificent structure. to
cost nearly one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars.
This work is progressing rapidly and
will be completed within q month or 90.
The building will be on the Spanish Col
onnade style and will be the best bank
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In this work by the British government.
From the latter they have received nearly
five millions of dollars, partly In the
form of a loan, payments Of which ex-
tend over period of 20 years, and
partly as a gift. For the admnistra-
ton and distribution of these funds two
bodies were created, the Kingston Loan
Board and the Assistance Committee.
The latter has been violently attacked In
the English and Jamaica press for pur-
suing a policy of "to him that hath shall
be given, etc." This committee is de-
cidedly unpopular.
If the citizens of the wrecked city were
determined that 1t should rise Phoenix
like from its ashes, the government was
equally determined that In its regenera-
ton 1t should be beautiful and uniform.
So the building authority was created.
Before the disaster man could build
anyhow and anywhere, and In some cases
buildings were put up which took In a
portion of the streets. But the govern
ment stepped in, and with paterna In
terest (Which, of course, was resented)
said: Build all you like, but must have
say as to how and where you shall
build. SO now no building can be erected
that does not come up to a certain
standard, and the plans of which have
not been submitted to the building au-
thority.
The government, however, did not ham,
per or restrict building operations. To
the contrary 1t set very good example
Soon after the quake the determination
was reached on grounds of public safety
to remove the excise warehouses with
their contents, comprising from 1900 to
5000 casks Of rum. to the extreme west
OF the city, and the legislature appro-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
building in the West Indies.

building In the West Indies.
With the example of the bank and of
other places before them, the cry went
up for steel and concrete, and SO great
has been the demand that delays are
being experienced in getting the iron
work down. In order to aid in the re-
construction work the government waived
the import duty ON cement, and placed
1t on the free list. The demand for this
was enormous and shipoad after shipload
was brought down. Brick was discarded
and now Is not being used even in the
erection of the meanest house.
When the earthquake passed over not
church In Kingston was left standing.
There was something strange, something
peculiar In the fact that of these edidces
not one survived the thirty seconds OF
earthshaking. A story is told of an Ang-
lican parson and a Roman Catholic priest
the church of which denomination was
completely demolished. Said the parson,
"Your church has suffered most" Yes
replied the priest God has been good
to us. He has spared US the trouble and
expense Of pulling 1t down."
The first church to be restored was the
Wesleyan Church, Coke. Others are
Catholics have planned q mammoth ca
thedral, which will cost $4,000; work
on the edifce has been commenced and ID
being pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible.
Another most important building opera
ton is that connected with the new rail-
way workshops, which will cover nearly
three acres Of land in the western portion
of the city. The site has been cleared
and the entire steel structure will be I'M
ported from the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
King Edwards Sister An
Author.

In the British royal family the Kings
youngest sister, Princess Henry OF Bat
tenburg, is the only real literary men,
Der, and she Is also quite talented COM
poser. Her Royal Highness has recently
completed a history of the Isle of Wight,
Of which she is captain and governor,
and 1t is to be published and sold for
the benefit Of the island
Princess Henry's first published book
was a translation OF German fairy
tale, and her first musical composition
was a song written to lyric by Lord
Beaconsfeld, which was published In a
girls paper.
Her most ambitious effort, however, Is
her book on the mysteries of life and
death, published in Germany under the
title of frost I'm Teide," by B. Won
B. Although printed in English for pri-
vate circulation, 1t has never been pub
nshed In England or America.
It was written during the first year Of
the grief after the death of her husband,
and contains passages which reveal very
fine character and quite exceptional pow
ers of thought and expression
The Princess literary gifts sre inner
tied by her daughter. the Queen of Spain,
who wrote a short play in French for
the members of the court Mt San Sebas-
tian. Queen Victoria Eugene has a con-
siderable knowledge of dramatic tech
niQue, acquired In private theatricals al
Carlsbrooke Castle, inswhlcn she used Ia
take prominent part every year before
she was married to the King of Spain.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
Will France Abolish
Death Penalty?

The French government is considering
the advisability of adding new punish
ment to its penal codes, punishment
well known in this country-that Of life
imprisonment. Whether this will take
the place of capital punishment or
whether 1t will be an intermediary pun
ishment between the scanfold and hard
labor is a question which Parliament
must decide. At any rate 1t is fairly GER
tain that the new form of punishment
will be tried.
Two systems of life Imprisonment are
under inspection-the italian and the Bel
gian. The French government, having
compared them, has chosen the latter.
The italian system is founded on the
principle that 1t is necessary to make the
criminal suffer. and his life is made as
unpleasant as possible. The italian
prison for those under a life sentence is
at volterra, near Florence. Each pris-
oner has three cells: one contains only
bed; in the second the prisoner can work,
but he is only given a wooden plank to
work with, no tools; the third ia merely
an airshaft. He is not allowed to see
anybody, and he cannot receive letters
nor read books. The jailer brings him
his food twice a day.
The officials are pitiless in their refusal
to ameliorate the condition Of any Of the
prisoners.
The Italian deputy who assassinated
the editor Sonzogno asked In vain for
pair of shoes to replace the wooden sa-
bots which tortured his feet. A Milanese
woman, who had lived her life in pal
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and the lce-clad mail boat Hegg are pic
turesque, it is to the dog sledge teams
that dare the icy trails of Alaska, laden
with sacks marked q. S. M, that the
palm for daring must be awarded. One
of these trails-that from the postofice
at Barrow to Kotzebue by way Of Point
Hope-ls so dangerous that only two
trips a year by land are arranged for by
the postoffice authorities, and only $50
pounds of mail matter of all classes can
be delivered by the postoffice authorities.
DRIVEN INSANE BY HARDsHIPs.
1t was only last January that George
Blain, a halfbreed, used to the Icy trail
and wise in native tricks to maintain
life and follow the right road during the
Arctic winter nights. lost his way be-
tween Kotzebue and Council, two little
Alaskan snow-bound villages. For three
days he wandered blindly with his half
maddened dogs dragging the little sledge
on which the mail sacks were piled.
Finally, at Kotzebue Sound, he lost his
way In a tremendous snowstorm and his
hands and feet became frostbitten. When
he staggered into Council, George Blain,
United States letter-carrier, was violently
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Teams Z1Ee1zQD oTAIa&ha

insane, but he still guarded the precious
sacks of letters. He had been four days
making - miles, and he was so badly
frostbitten that he lost both hands and
nearly lost both feet.
His mind he lost entirely and there Is
no hope of his recovery of his reason,
according to the physician at this outpost
of civilization. Such are the meager, de-
tails of this adventure Of one of Uncle
Sans letter-carriers In the frozen North.
The dog sledges in an important section
of the Yukon and Alaskan district form
the only means Of delivering mail from
November until May. But Uncle Sam has
arranged regular postof1ces, and once q
month or once a week, and In few In
stances at least once a day, the barking
dogs, half wolf in many instances, strong,
powerful and wholly savage, pull on the
little sledges piled high with mall sacks
and the work of keeping Americans in
touch with the world at large goes on
despite death and suffering.
The dogs are usually harnessed tandem
to the number of half a dozen. The
sledges carry only the mail and the car
rier must foot the whole distance.
On the sledge will be few rations Of
dried meat and the snowshoes of the let
ter-carrier. At stations placed at varying
distances along the nearly obliterated
trail In the deep snow are log houses,
where food and firewood are stored, and
the letter-carrier usually stops here to
eat, and il his schedule permits, he
sleeps in these snow-bound huts.
But If the task of carrying mails to
these cutoff he-way places Of the earth
Is hazardous and expensive, the Joy Of
the sojourners at distant points In seeing
the familiar mail sacks, with the brand
United States Mail on them, Is pitiable
to behold.
The bills for this work are very high,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

the news Of the fire following the earth
quake the insurance companies repudiated
all liability. I'VE won't pay they said.
They are now being made to pay through
the law courts. The policyholders COM
mittee said that the conhagration was
caused by fire which started before the
earthquake, and two juries at Vaudeville
and Montego Bay decided that 1t was SO.
The Supreme Court Of Jamaica sustained
the verdict Of the juries, and Kingston
went wild with delight when The news
came that the final court Of appeal. the
judicial committee Of the Privy Council,
had decided in one case In favor Of the
policyholders. The other case will come
on for hearing In October.
Notwithstanding all disadvantages, King
ston is being restored quickly and silent
Iy, and the day is not far off when all
traces of the disastrous earthquake Of
January 14th, 1907, will be obliterated,
and the people, from improved conditions,
will live with greater security.
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Messenger" with a speed Of is knots.
1t is a mere shell and yet day after day
it drives its way around the shifting ice
blocks and through the thin skim of Ice
on theYukon river on a1,200mile journey,
and has never failed in the end to de
liver the letter. as per agreement.
But the photograph Of the mail boat
Hegg, which takes the mail to the iso-
lated point Of Fort Seward, at Haines,
Alaska, shows the most venturesome of
all the water mail-carriers Of Uncle Sam.
The craft In the photo is shown loaded
down with ice, which has accumulated
aboard the vessel on one of her daring
trips through the Arctic waters.
The little vessel carries practically
nothing but the invaluable mail pack.
ages. She is swift and light, and her
daring crew drive her through ice films
and around huge blocks of ice that would
deter any but the most hardy of Arctic
mariners. Fort Seward lies just back of
the Hegg, In the photograph, and this is
probably the most northerly postofflce
with regular deliveries of mail in the
whole world.
But while the water buffaloes of the
Filipino, the donkeys of the Porto Rican