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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
THE GOLD PIECE
OF ST. GAUDENS
New York Artist Comes to De-
tense OF New Coins So
Generally Criticised.

Kenyon Cox In New York Evening
Post: i have not seen the double eagle.
i believe the practical objection TO IL is
that II Is too expensive to strike, need
ing mang successive blows to secure
the proper depth and sharpness of i'm
preston. This may be a valid objection
from the point OF view of the mint,
though Il seems as IL it should be
possible, and might be worth while
to construct a machine that should
do the work at one blow.
The objections to the sic piece seem
to be all OF the naturalistic or esthetio
order. and they all seem to be invalid
/ believe the artist did not himself
choose the feather head dress for the
Goddess of Liberty-it would have been
absurd to model the head OF an Indian
TO personify our republic. Had he made
a truly heraldic eagle he would have
found himself reproducing pretty close
ly the coins of Russia and Prussia and
Austria; something different and dis
tinctiVe WAS wanted.
A purely naturalist bird would
have been objectiona BILE also though II
could not have been as ridiculous as the
thing we are used to and accept What
ne did was TO design an eagle founded
on nature, yet submitted to convention
allzatlon--an eagle which has all the
severity required OF abstract art COM
dignity. And In the essentials of de-
sign, beauty of line and beauty OF spaC-
ing. the composition is fire one.
Whether or not one may wish away the
bonnet OF feathers on the diverse, the
reverse OF the coin is entirely sue
cessful. and the whole piece has an air
Of competence that is in refreshing
contrast 10 the inaptitude We were
ashamed of.
l feel called upon to make this pro-
test against captious and III considered
fault finding because there is some
thing more at issue that the unjust
treatment OF dead artist; there is the
whole question OF the American point
of view regarding art. That point Of
view is almost always more or less
hostile. either from frank dislike on
the part OF the uneduCated or from os-
tcntatiUn Of superiority on the part OF
tle more cultured. One does not ask
for the suppression of criticism, but
may one not desire some recognition
Of progress? 1t has taken a hundred
years for the government 10 conceive
the notion Of asking a sculptor to de-
sign a coin. II the only result is an
expression Of almost universal prefer
enCe for the old coin which was not
designed AT all. how long will ii be be
tOrr another effort is made?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
Boots But Little Morn.

Baltimore American: Il saw former
United States Senator William Nj.
Stewart Of Nevada, in Washington the
other day, and ! noticed that he slill
clings 10 boots. the only footgear he
has worn ever since his early man
hood" said r. G. BiXby. of Denver, at
the New Howard
Nowadays you will not find one
man In 1000 who wears boots, unless il
be in mining camps or out ON the cattle
ranges Of the West My memory goes
back to the time when even i'm the
old settled states Of the East boots
were in as great demand as shoes. and
boys of from s to 10 years, especially.
FlOried in them. ReColleCt the first
pair that your parent bought for you.
the kind with red tops and brass
trimmed toes, and how proud you were
"Well. even I'm our section boots have
about gone ont of ordinary use. eX-
Cept among the COwpunChers. The sly
lish cowboy sim disdains shoes. He
has his boots made TO order. Of the
finest calf, with heels much higher
than fashionable danes insist upon.
and for which he Is taxed not less than
SIG !. Eair'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
FURIOUS HUMoR ON CHILD.

Itching, Bleeding Sores Covered
Bodybuilding Helped Her-Cuu-
cura Cures Her in Five Days.
After my granddaughter OF about
seven years had been cured of the
measles, she was attacked about a fort
night later by furious itching and
painful eruption all over her body, es-
pecially the upper part Of it, forming
watcry and bleeding sores, especially
under the arms. OF considerable size.
She suffered great deal and for three
weeks we nursed her every night MS
ing all the remedies we could think Of
Nothing would help. We tried the
Cuticura Remedies and after twenty
four hours we noted considerable i'm
provement, and after using only one
complete set of the Cuticura Remedies,
In five consecutive days the little one,
much TO our joy. had been entirely
cured, and has been well for a long
time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht. X. f. d. No.
3, Bakersfield, Cal, June 25 and July
70, 1906
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
Illinois Oldest Citizen.

Leonard ROedeI who is credited with
being 10S years of age, and is undoubt-
edly the oldest citizen OF Illinois, resi-
dent OF Quincy in that state, recently
quietly celebrated his l0Sth anniver-
sary. He is in excellent health. He is
still bright mentally and takes as much
interest in matters about him as he did
eight years afo, when ne reached the
century mark. 1t is stated that there
is nothing legendary regarding this old
mans age, and every statement made
regarding 1t is authentic He has in
his possession his German Wander
buCh, issued by the government and
given 10 him when he emigrated to
America. 1t states that he was born in
1900, on the 21st day of January. He
saw Blucher, Wellington and Napoleon
at Waterloo, and on the eve of the bat
tie OF Waterloo, Mr.. ROeder then a
youth, was selected as messenger of
Blucher to carry a document TO Well
ngton and the events OF that day are
still fresh In his mind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
Tale Points a Moral.

Brooklyn Times: Marshall Geer, the
chairman OF the floor committee of the
New York cotton exchange, was con-
graduated the other day on the superb
order that his committee maintains.
We do it by working together said
Mr.. Geer. We could accomplish moth
ing otherwise. Not to work together is,
you know, disastrous thing. | remem-
ber the time of the bicycle craze. | set
out, one hot August afternoon. on a
tandem with a pretty girl. There was
before us stiff 80 mile spin.
We'll. I worked like a galley slave
that afternoon. The perspiration sim
ply rained off me. | could hear my
oNerworked heart beating thunderous-
ly. My face was kind of blush red.
But the girl kept beautifully cool.
And at our rides end as | leaned
the machine against the hotel porch.
she touched one of the pedals delcately
with her forefinger and said:
by the way what are these little
tMirligigS for?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
$le AN ACRE WAS REALIZED
Sear-A mother Farmer Realizes
&22.5O per Acre from His Wheat

On n Crop in Western Canada Last
SeRr-A mother Farmer Realizes
&22.5O per Acre from His Wheat
Crop.
Charles Mccormick, OF Kenville,
Manitoba, writes:
During the season OF 1907 had
100 acres in crop on the s. w. quarter
of section Is, township IS, range 81,
west of the Principal Meridian, West
ern Canada, yielded as follows:
Eighty acres at % bushels per acre,
which | sold for 80 cents per bushel,
and 20 acres oats yielding 60 bushels
per acre sold for 35 cents per busheI,
so that my total crop realized $1,000.
From this ! deducted for expenses of
threshing, hired help etc, $4O0, leaving
over $1,000"
Thomas SawatZky, Of Herbert, Sas-
katchewan, says:
THE value of my crop per acre OF
wheat is $22.50 threshed 1,75O bush
els Of wheat from 20 acres, and was
offered 30 cents a bushel for it oats,
Is acres, 800 bushels, and barley, 5
acres, so bushels. | do not know If |
have been doing the best in this dis
trict, but ] know II all the farmers
were doing rs well, Western Canada
would have no kick coming as far as
grain growing is concerned and I fur
ther say that If you want to put this
In one of your advertisements, this is
true and I can put my name to it."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
Any Child Can Do 1.-THE Result 10
Almost Like Maxic-Usefui Too.

Anything in the nature of a cheInl-
cal experiment is always Interesting
and usually educative. Here is a sim
pie experiment which any child can
perform and which is instructive in a
very practical way: Get bit of
White Lead about the size Of a pea, a
piece of charcoal, common candle in
candlestick, and blow pipe. Scoop
out a little hollow in the charcoal to
hold the White Lead, then light the
candle, take the charcoal and lead In
one hand and the blow-pipe In the
other, with the large end OF the blow
pipe between the lips; blow the flame
of the candle steadily against the bit
OF White Lead on the charcoal and If
the White Lead is pure it will present
ly resolve itself into little shining glob-
ules OF met0tIic lead. under the intense
heat Of the blow-plpe, leaving no
residue.
If, however. the White Lead Is adul-
terated in the slightest degree 1t will
not wholly change into lead. So. it
will be seen. that this experiment is
not only an entertaining chemical dem
onstration. but also OF practical use In
tue NuItt iedu Is lDe InOSt lm-
portant Ingredient OF paint. 1t should
be bought pure and unadulterated and
mixed with pure linseed oil. That is
the best paint. The above easy expert
ment enables any one to know whether
the paint is the kind which will wear
or not.
The National Lead Company guar
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing their Dutch Boy
Painter" trademark will prove abso-
lutely pure under the blow pipe test I;
and to encourage people to make the
test and prove the purity OF paint be
fore using II, they will send free a
blow pipe and valuable booklet on
paint TO any one writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address National
Lead Company, Woodbridge Building,
New York City
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
Unpleasant Suggestion.

Rochester Herald: William James,
the famous psychologist of Harvard
said at a dinner in Boston:
AN odor often recalls to us child
hood scene. A voice brings back mem
ories that he had thought buried for
ever. As we regard some strange land
sCape II often seems to us that we
have been just here before The oldest,
the most momentous associations oft
entimes attach themselves to the most
trifiing things.
Thus, at a Thanksgiving dinner
that l once attended the hostess said
to "A sour faced man on her left:
May 1 help you to some Of the
boiled rice, Mr.. Smith,
Rice? No thank you; no rice for
me- Smith answered vehementIy. 1t
Is associated with the worst mistake
OF my life"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
American Girls on Horseback

A French riding master who has
been taChing in "a New York riding
academy for two years has announced
his intention of returning to France,
according to the Sun. Il know my
business from A to H. he said. but l
haven't had luck with my pupils here.
Il is the hardest thing in the world
to teach an American girl to ride"
THAT is strange" remarked an ac-
quaintarCe. American girls are grace
ful and they don't know what fear
is" That is Just the trouble" the
Frenchman explained. 1T Is because
they're not afraid that they don't learn
TO ride properly. A girl of any other
nationality on earth is too timid TO go
her own gait. Through fear she obeys
the riding master implicitly, and in
time becomes a perfect horsewoman;
but the American girl. because she
doesn't fear horse, man or the devil,
dashes away. liCkety split, and in the
end brings disCredit upon the best
riding master alive
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
The Evolution of
Household Remedies

The modern patent medicine bust.
ness is the natural outgrowth of tho
old.time household remedies.
In the early history Of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD IT'S HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas,
bitters, lsxatives and tonics, were to be
found In almost every house, compound
ed by the housewife, sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor.
Such remedies as picra, which was
aloes and quassia, dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes q hop tonic, made
of whiskey, hops and bitter barks. A
score or more Of popular, homemade
remedies were thus compounded, the
formulae for which were passed along
from house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business Is Q
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin.
ming, some enterpriSing doctor, i'm.
pressed by the usefulness Of one Of
these homemade remedies, would take
it up, improve it in many ways, manu-.
facture it on O large scale, advertise ii
mainly through almanacs for the home,
and thus 1t would become used over q
large area LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one of these
old-time remedies 1t was used by the
Mennonites, Of Pennsylvania, before II
was offered to the public for sale. DR..
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM.
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men.
MONTE origin. First, he prescribed il
for his neighbor and his patients
The sale Of It increased, and at last he
established a mandatory and fur.
nished it to the general drug trade.
T Peruns is useful In g great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and its value in the
treatment Of these ailments. They
have learned to trust and believe in
Dr., HSrtmans Judgment, and to rely
on his remedy, Peruna-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
A Treacherous Memorv.

The Bohemian: Little 5-yeaT- old Har-
old's mother was OF the new school and
thought that baby days were for play
and not the coming of CateChisms. One
day when Harold came to her with the
question. who made me-" she an
swered Cod and as the child was
apparently satisfied without any eX-
planatiOn as to who God was. the con-
versa tiOn dropped there.
Shortly after a reverend, distinctly of
the old school. called on the family, and
after the manner of his kind began TO
question he son and heir as TO the do
ings Of Adam and Eve. Solomon and
sundry Of his sort. and was sadly
shocked to find that he knew far more
about Mother Goose than sacred his
tory.
At each unansWerab bic question the
child's self-respeCt sank to lower depths
and he was on the verge OF tears be-
cause of this revelation of his abysmaI
ignorance when. in extremity, the rev
erend gentleman exclaimed: AT least
my poor child, you can tell me who
made yOu?'
Yes, l can" the youngster blurted
out, Frightening visibly. "or--or--any-
how. mamma did tell me the name Of
the man, but-but I've forgotten it,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
Four Water Color Pictures Free.

To introduce 40 Mule Team" Bora xo
Bath Powder. to the greatest number
In the shortest time. that all may be-
come acquainted with its qualities as
a toilet. bath and nursery necessity. the
Pacific Coast Borax Co. has secured
the exclusive control OF a series Of four
beautiful water color pastels, size a.
XII inches. printed in ten coiors of the
softest and most beautiful of flesh and
flower tints. So artistic are these pic
lures, that II they were obtainabIe i'm
the shops, they would readily sell at
S1.00 each. rhe Pacific Coast Borax
Co. offer them free. For full informa-
ton how you can obtain them free. ad-
dress a post card TO Pacific Coast Bo-
rax Co. New York City.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
When Words Are SuperfIuous.

Philadelphia Inquirer: A. J. Ulrich,
traffic manager of the Keystone Tele-
phone company of Philadelphia, has re-
moved the word please" from the No-
Cahulary of his exchange girls. They
will hereafter say Ring off" instead OF
Please ring Off" "Call again" instead
Of Please cal again" and SO on.
The word please, Mr. Ulrich eX
planned TO reporter, was used in our
telephone business 800, 600 times a day.
Allowing half a second for its utter
HnCc that meant daily waste of 1875
hours. Why shouldn't all these hours
be saved. saved for some better use?'
You know" Mr.. Tlrich went on. Il
believe in few words. Wasted$ super
fiuOus words mean spoiled effects.
What, for instance, could have been
more telling. more effective, than the
note. containing not single super
fiuous or wasted word, that a man once
wrote TO his physician?
This note ran:
Dear Doctor had a few WORDS
with my wife last evening. Send me a
bottle of lotion
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
Not Natural for Him.

Washington Star: Thomas w. Law
SOL, Eostor's noted financieT. was
talking to a reporter about a notorious
New York capitalist.
WELL said MIR. Lawson, Il have
heard that man tell the truth once or
twice. He can ten the truth, l admit
nut il doesn't come natural TO him.
He reminds me of the Russian mujik.
"A Russian mujik sat one day in the
anteroom Of the military commissioner
of his town. There was an anxious
frown on his face A friend approached
ana said:
What is the matter Piotr?'
IL am worried Piotr answered,
about my son. ! don't know what to
say when the commissioner asks me
about his age. You see, IL | made him
out younger than he is ne will be sent
back to school, and II | make him out
older, thcynl stick him in the amy.
What the deuce am ! to do?
How would il do said the friend
thoughtfully, If you told the commits
siOner his exact age"
"Piotr slapped his leg and laughed
deliFhtedly.
1.-The very thing, he cried, 1 never
thought Of that
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Lieutenant Shackleton, the young
Englishman who will try to reach the
South Pole In a motor car. is intrepid
and humorous said New York
geographer. "At dinner In Lieuten-
ant Shackleton's honor l once heard
him say, with a humorous glance to-
ward several grizzled explorers whose
lives had been passed in looking for
the North pole: After all, who was
this Columbus that we should make
such a fuss over him? Surely, gentle
men, Columbus was an overrated man.
The task he performed vas an easy
one. Why, he discovered America the
very first time he went to look for
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

EVerybodys Magazine: The self
made millionaire who had endowed the
school had been invited to make the
opening speech at the commencement
exercises. He had not often had a
chance Of speaking before the public
and he was resolved to make the most
Of it, He dragged his address out most
tiresomelv. repeating the same thought
over and over. Unable To stand it any
longer a couple OF boys I'm the rear of
the room slipped out. A Coachman
who was waiting outside asked them
If the millionaire had finished his
speech.
Gee. yes" replied the boys, but he
won't stop"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
PaternaI Care of Women.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: LeRisla-
tion which disCriminates between chill
dren and adults in the protection due
to the weakness OF the former has be
come common. Ohio prohibits the en-
ployment Of boys under l6 years OF
age. Marylands law is similar Iii
nois makes unlawful the employment
of children after the hour OF y. IN.
These laws have been upheld 10y the
higher courts. Nearly all the states
have some limit on the liberty Of chill
dren or their parents TO contract for
excessive labor. In sachusetts the
supreme court long ago upheld the
principle that the hours OF labor for
women and children may he regulated
by statute. On the other hand, the
supreme court of Illinois. citing the
ubiquitous fourteenth amendment. de-
Cidcd that an eight-hour law for wom-
en- and children was unconstitutional
1t is curious that Justice Brewer dis
sented from the opinion OF the federal
supreme court in lS98 which sustained
the Utah statute forbidding the employ
ment of men for more than eight hours
I'm mines.
lnferentially IT was his record in that
case which led Justice Brewer TO set
forth the decidedly interesting legal
reasoning with which he supports his
opinion in the Oregon case. He holds
that what he terms the structural and
functional differences between woman
and man justifies a difference In legs
latiOn which assumes for the woman
a paternal care for her health which
is not necessary I'm paternally abrid-
ing the mans right to contract for the
hours of his work. He steps upon the
stil broader ground that the welfare
Of the race depends so largely on the
health OF mothers that the states may
properly insist on regulations for wom-
Ell which mil t be unnecessary, per
hHps improper, when applied TO men.
Extreme suffra gists may refuse to
accept the doctrine that common ex-
perience and science establish an eter-
naliy radical difference in the capaci-
ties of the sexes TO endure work. Jus
tice Brewers foundation, however. will
be accepted by most people as In ac-
cord with the experience of the race.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There In
only one way 10 cure des fness. and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness IL
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. when
this tube is intiamed you have rumhllng
sound or imperfect hearing. and when II Ia
entirely closed. Deafness Is the result and
unless the Inflammation cau be taken ont
and this tube restored TO its normal condi-
tiOn. bearing will be destroyed forever nine
cases ont OF ten are caused by Cstarrh,
which is nothing but an nhamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by CatarrhI that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send FOR circulars. free
+. j. CHENEY 4 co, Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists 75C.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Consul Thomas II. Norton, of Chem
nitZ, reports that by the Slaby- Aero
system of wireless telegraphy over l 900
words were recently telegraphed from
the trial station of the company at
Nauen, near Berlin. to the Austrian
military station for wireless telegraphy
at korneuberg, near Vienna, a distance
or about 372 miles. He adds that this
Is the record result thus far in the use
or the system for overland transmits
sion
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

could not stoop with
ont a sharp pain. It
was just as bad when
] tried to get UP from
a chair. | was Ian
guild and listless and
had much pain and
trouble with the kid
ney secretions. This
was my state when !
hogan with npQp'S
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

J. Pierpont Morgan belongs to 35
clubs, and his membership dues figure
over 5000 annually August Belmont
is Il member of "a clubs, and Chauncey
NJ. Depew belongs to 80. Perry Bel
mont has membership in % clubs.
George Gould in q, John Jacob Astor
in Il, and Willie X. Vanderbilt, jr., in
Is. Many men belong to n dozen or
NOR.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

A party Of American tourists in "a
hotel in Germany discovered new con-
tribution to English as she is spoke"
The building had been recently wired
Tor electricity and under the bulbs I'm
each room directions were posted in
French, German and English. The Ger
man was irreproachable. the French
nearly so. The English read as follows:
To open and shut the tightening cleo
trical one Is requested to turn the right
hand. On going to bed IT must be
closed. otherwise the tightening must
be paid"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

The only known race of hairy human
beings reside on the island of YeZZo,
adjoining Japan. They are about 100000
in number. and are known to the Japa-
nese as the "Mosinos," or all hairy peo-
pie" They have the entire body COW
cred with a profuse and remarkable
growth of hair, the only exception be-
ing that the faces OF the women are
bare. but usually stained with a kind
of juice so as to resemble the boards of
the males.