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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17
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BY X. N.

ped IN, with an extraordinarily line
boy, TO very shabby little cottage,
hidden away where only myself and
the tax collectors have ever found it,
and my, my, the Notification we all
had over my gift, although it was
the fourteenth time [ had left them
package! To be frank, had first in
tended to take that boy to certain
wealthy couple who very much de-
sired an heir, but the laddie turned
out such a wonderful specimen I de-
cided to let my old friends have
him. For great natural beauty will
redeem poverty and patches, while
even an ordinary, plain little child
can be made lovely where riches
abound. Nevertheless, I am not at
all prejudiced, and where parents
have fine character, as we'll as mon
ey, [ do not hesitate to trust my
brightest babies to their unbringing.
want the babies?' Sometimes
they do-oftener not, perhaps. Peo-
pie would like to treat me very much
as they sometimes do book agents.
Now, if salesman says: will you
take this peerless set Of Morocco
bound, gilt edged poems for ten
cents?' the first impulse is always to
say, No, even if one has the dime to
throw away. So, when I say to re-
luctant prospective parents: will
you have this exquisite bundle Of i'm
mortal possibilities, bound in real
skin?' they usually decline. Then I
retort: All right, take it anyhowP
Of course they do, and love it, and
enjoy it, and wonder how they ever
managed to exist without it, just as
one would the books, if the agent
simply forced the SALE
"No," continued the Stork, IT
can't allow people to interfere much
with my affairs. I can remember per-
fectly we'll when I brought each one
of them over from Pixieland, as red
and ugly and crimpled up as Hindoo
idols-brimful Of collie by day and
rampant with habitual insomnia by
highland it i'll becomes them now
to wish to shirk all Of the kind Of
trouble they once gave their parents.
I am pretty successful discipline
rian, and if they are too downright
disagreeable about it, they get"
"What?" asked Mrs. Stork, in a
frightened whisper
"Twins!" chuckled the Stork.
"Lately | had just such a case. Lit
tie woman was winsomely human at
heart, but she took herself too Sc
riously. Then she had aspirations
which she complained her husband
did not sympathize with and finer
feelings he could not understand.
That is always the way, my dear,
when a man spoils his wife too much.
He is credited with being a brainless
brute, whereas usually his worst fault
is a vast tolerance Of her childish
conceit. With her frothy social life
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must have almost doubled the CEN
sus!"
elbow wonderful!" exclaimed his
wife, admiringly, "The President
will be dee-lighted!"
"Well, I am sure he ought to be-
complacently continued the Stork.
"YOu see," he continued, "the chief
was pretty blue about race suicide.
He sent for me and said: 'Storkie,
my boy, won't you save us from this
disaster? [ know it s asking world
of you when you are already about
as busy as you could possibly be, but
well, I DEPEND on you'll So I
have been hustling ever since"
II think you are shamefully i'm
posed upon" observed Mrs. Stork,
with considerable emphasis. "You
get neither vacation nor Sunday;
legal holidays mean nothing to you
and most of your work is at night,
too, when you are liable to come in
contact with all sorts of criminals,
or be yourself mistaken for burglar
and shot I m worried about you
every minute you are away, and I
should like to know why the family
physicians are not required to relieve
you of some Of this work ?"
Family physicians!" echoed the
Stork. "Why, my dear, you could
scarcely find one of them left. We
have nothing now but eminent spe-
cialists, and small help they are to
me. Still, [ would not complain, if
they would only cease tinkering
and tampering with the populace [
am at such pains to provide. No
matter how cunningly [ may tuck
away a vermiform appendix, along
will come one Of these oficious indi-
viduals and yank it out, quivering.
If I playfully- attempt to diversity
humanity bit by cross eyes or other
little variations, are these specialists
willing to let things alone? Not
they. Everybody must be reduced to
a dead level Of normality. Fortunate
indeed it is that they have nothing
to do with the time and manner Of
bringing folk into the world, because
there s no telling what might happen.
Why, one of these learned doctors
would chloroform people at sixty, if
he had his way!"
How unjust that would be to you,
when even now it is difficult to keep
up the population! | hope you have
made a formal protest against it!'
Hardly worth while. let him
theorize, while / practice. And I'll
bet all the babies in Pixieland against
his musty old laboratory, that there's
more fun and excitement in my pro-
fession than in his. For, no matter
how many times I may have visited
place, there's just as much stir and
futter and bustling about as though
/ had never called there before. Very
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OCOrK, anu ILLS WOIkluS with hu~
man material is heavy trial to nv
patience sometimes, the elements are
so perverse. Often, after all my eff
forts to get the babies and to see that
their compilations and traits, to say
nothing of races and nationalities,
ha1mbnize with the families for
whom they are intended, people don't
seem to appreciate them. At times
I'm actually tempted, instead Of
handing down the Montmorency Jaw
for generations, or perpetuating the
Cholmondelay nose, just to mix fea-
lures awhile, until the public has
some proper realization of the pains
it takes on my part to keep heredi-
tary in working order. You would
conclude, my love, that if humanity
were at all sincere in what it pro-
fessed, nothing, would be of such alb
sorbing moment as brand new i'm
mortal soul! Yet many persons are
SO busy with trifes they find no time
for the fundamentals. What with
society, philanthropy, money making
and spending and a host Of other con-
Germs too vigorously pursued, there
are fathers and mothers who hardly
give thought to the children I
bring. [ feel terribly discour-
aged at times, as if the whole scheme
we're wrong, somehow, and yeti
"But do you never make mistakes
yourself, dear7" timidly interrupted
Mrs. Stork. "Of course, am not
fit judge, but I have feared you took
too many babies to the slums, and
not quite enough to the comfortable,
well-to-do homes.'
Maybe that is an error reluct-
antly replied the Stork. "Yet my
main enemy, Infant Mortality, does
his orst- work among the poor and
ignorant. Consequently, to repair
his ravages, I must take more child
rem into the lanes of poverty"
That does not seem quite right,
persisted Mrs. Stork.
FThat criticism has often been
made, my dear, and perhaps there
would be much logic in it if / had
to deal with the lower animals, where
each individual remains about as well
off as his fellows. Yet they remain
dumb brutes and where is their in
vention? Their poetry? Their reli-
glon? But humanity dips ever lit
tie deeper into the mysteries Of life
and creeps ever a little further to-
ward the ideal. All I need do is to
replenish it at the source. And, since
the day that a Babe lay in a manger,
1t scarce behooves me to be over
captious as to where I put the little
ones I bring from Pixieland. F."
cts too complicated for me-
sighed Mrs. Stork, "and I'm rather
glad we're just--just poultry"
"You mean fowl" corrected the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
Personal M entlon.


George Putnam was up from Dewey
Tuesday.
Mrs. II. w. Hazen was over from Ore.
vile Monday, shopping.
G. II. Kammon was over from Hill
City Tuesday on business.
James Clark returned Monday from a
business trip to Rapid City.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Doran of Keystone,
were visitors in Custer Tuesday.
Frank Waugh of Deadwood was trans
acting business in town Tuesday.
Master Arthur Monheim returned last
Saturday from weeks visit in Lead.
August Linder, of Midland, this state,
was in the city Thursday and Friday.
Miss Hazel Bailey has returned from
visit with friends in Belle Fourche.
Wood Smith of Buffalo Gap was trans
acting business at the county seat Mon.
day.
g. l.. Mutzig of Hermosa was trans
acting business at the county seat We'd
nesday.
A. X. Wallehaeger was guest at the
Kleemann Tuesday. Unregistered from
Rapid City.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
To Our Delinquent Subscribers.

The Postmaster General has recently
made ruling forbidding publisher tc
carry on his mailing list any subscriber
to daily who is more than three months
in arrears and to weekly who is in ar.
rears more than year. This ruling
went into effect January first. The
CHRONICLE has been extremely lenient
with large number of its subscribers
who are well able to pay but who have
become delinquent through their own
neglect. Knowing them to be good for
any obligations they contracted we have
allowed the matter to drift along with
out pressing our claims. The ruling of
the Postmaster General, however, puts
us under the painful necessity of cutting
out all subscribers who are more than
one year in arrears who do not remit
within reasonable time. We regret
that we are compelled TO use such dras.
TIC methods to compel collections but
the requirements of the department force
us to do SO. We trust every subscriber
who knows himself to be in arrears will
at once remit sufficient amount to paw
up all delinquencies, and at least one
full year in advance. This would be
nothing more than "a square deal" and
VIII save us the expense of collection.
we hope that our readers will appreci.
ate the situation and either call at the
ohce or remit promptly and save us the
alspleasure of cutting you off the list,
when we have SO generously extended
credit to you.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
Died.

Mr.. A. NJ. Perry formerly of Mitchell
S. d., died of pneumonia January Sth.
He came to Custer in October for his
health and was gaining strength daily,
but took heavy cold which caused
pneumonia and caused his death.
The deceased was born in Wisconsin
in 1860 and came to Mitchell in 1879
being one of the irst settlers there. He
resided there until 1886, then he went
to Boston, Massachusetts,, and was a
conductor on the railroad and resided
there until five years ago when he came
back to Mitchell and engaged in house
moving business.
He leaves wife, three sons and one
daughter to mourn his sad loss. The
funeral services will be held at the resi-
dence on West Custer Avenue at o'clock
this Saturday afternoon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
Joint Installation.

The Odd Fellow and Rebekah Lodge.
OF Custer met in their hall last Saturday
evening for the installation of officers
Those present were the members of both
lodges and their families. The seating
| capacity of the hall was crowded to the
limit there being about $50 present
After the installation ceremony, supper
was announced in the room below. The
length OF time there, and the expression
on the faces of those able again to climb
the stairs rendered favorable comment
to the bountiful repast.
After supper social conversation, story
telling, music and song entertained both
the young, and those not so young, until
the hour arrived when prudence de-
manded that ali should 60 reluctantly
bidding kind good night the gathering
dispersed with pleasant recolections of
and hope that such occasions may be
oft repeated.
The officers for the ensuing term in
the subordinate lodge are:
n. G.-Wm. Fisher.
V. Ga X. Cowles.
Sew. G. Allison.
Treas. i. NJ. Donaldson.
Trustees-F. l.. Dunn, Wm. Courtney,
Keith Powell
X. s. n. g. Edward Rogers.
l.. s. n. G.-Oren Chester.
K. S. V. G.-J w. Bond.
Cond.-F, P Thompson.
Warder-Geo. Millhouse.
Il. 5. 81. NJ. Donaldson.
l.. S. Sc. r. Taylor.
l. G.-Ira Barnett.
0. G.-Ernest Grossklaus.
In the Rebekah degree the following
officers were installed:
n. G.-Ieresa Thompson.
V. G.-Nellie Allison.
Sec,-I. NJ. Donaldson.
Treas.-Wm Fisher.
K. s. n. G.-Louise Heidepriem.
L. S. N. G.-Juia Rogers.
X. 5. V. G.-Arvilla Donaldson.
l.. ). V. G.-Della Donaldson.
Cond-Gertrude Henderson.
Warder-Nellie McHoes.
Chaplain-Nelie Barnett.
l. G.-Wm. Courtney.
o. G.-Ira Barnett.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11

John l.. Wilson, fake magazine sub
scription agent, was arrested Tuesday
afternoon by Marshal Brooks. He had
worked every town in the Hills but
Spearfsh and was headed towards that
place when the officer ran him in.
Wilson is a smooth faced young man
of perhaps twenty-eight. An oily talk
er, he offered bargains in the magazine
line, just to introduce the publications,
that will never be equalled anywhere,
and he found plenty of takers. On his
list he had the Ladies Home Journal.
McClures, Etude, Delineator, and other
periodicals of merit. In his anxiety to
do business he forgot to maintain his
price list and when he sold a years SUBJ
scription to three magazines to one
woman in Belle Fourche and then
went across the street and sold neigh
Dor the same list for half dollar and
the first woman found it out Wilson
made a mistake which led to his ar
rest.
The fellow claims to be from Craw-
fordsvile, Indiana, and to have landed
in South Dakota at Ardmore. He start
ed work in the Black Hills at Rapid City
and his receipt stubs show nice list of
waiting subscribers. He took in Sturgis
twice, canvassed both Lead and Dead
wood, went down to Hot Springs and
stopped off at Custer and Hill City to
get little extra spending money In
all he probably conned the residents of
the Hills out of $500. When arrested he
had some eight or nine dollars on his
person.
Booze did it," Wilson says by way
of explanation. The officers think he
is an old offender and will try to get his
history. Wilson is being held on
charge of obtaining money by false pre-
lenses and will have his first hearing
this W eek Bee
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
Westinghouse Co. ls to 60 Again Into
Control of Stockholders.

A Pittsburg dispatch under date OF
January 3rd says, plan was made pub.
lie here today whereby the receivershiE
for the Westinghouse Machine company
may be resolved and the business re-
stored to the stock kholders. There seems
no doubt that the arrangement which is
agreed to by the creditors committee
the receivers and by the president, q.
Westinghouse. will be successful. 1t
contemplates issuance by the company
ofthree-year 6 per cent notes covering
its existing Indebtedness. These notes
are to be secured by the company bonds
at SO per cent Of their face value, as col.
lateral. Claims of less than 1000 are
to be paid in cash.
On claims exceeding $1,000 the cred
itor will receive the three-year notes to
the amount of the nearest multiple of
$500 that is not in excess of the claim,
the balance being paid in cash.
1t is further agreed that the company
pay no dividend to stock holders until
provision has been made for the pay
ment of all the notes outstanding.
There are about five hundred credit.
ors with claims less than 81 900 and
seyenty-fve with claims exceeding
81 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
No Quarantine for Smallpox

The state board of health has reached
the conclusion that quarantine for small
pox is ineffective, and unscientitiC and
of no avail in preventing the spread of
the dread contagion. In the opinion of
the state board the only effective pro
lection is in vaccination, and this is left
to the decision Of the separate commun
tiles. Dr. X. w. Calkins, the superin
tendent of the county board of health,
has received from the state board the
new rules adopted by it. These are as
follows:
Whereas, 1t is the opinion of the State
Board of Health of the state of South
Dakota that the only safe and sure pre-
ventive of smallpox is vaccination, and
that quarantine in such cases is unscien-
fic and of no avail in preventing the
spread of this disease. Therefore, be it
resolved to remove the quarantine from
the premises occupied by smallpox as
laid down in rules 10 and a.
Rule %. The local health officer hav
ing knowledge of or having reason to
suspect the existence of smallpox, shall
investigate and at once place upon the
house where smallpox exists sign set
ting forth the facts This sign is TO
serve only as warning to those who
may wish to avoid the house, and not
as an indication of quarantine. When
the attending physician considers the
patient to have recovered, he shall re.
port the fact, TO the local health officer,
who shall remove the warming card.
The patient must not leave the house
until the warming card is removed
Rule 23 The apartments occupied by
smallpox patient shall be deemed in
fected, and when vacated by death, re-
moYal or recovery, shall together with
their contents, be thoroughly disinfect
ed under the supervision of the local
health officer.
Every physician shall Immediately re-
port in writing to the local health off.
Ger, the name of every smallpox patient
under his care.
Every physician shall report to the To-
cal health officer the death ofany small
pox patient under his care within twelve
hours thereafter.
The local health officer of any city,
village or township must report to the
county health officer all cases of small.
pox occurring within his jurisdiction
within twenty four hours, and he to the
superintendent of the State Board of
Health of South Dakota.
These regulations to take the place of
rules 10 and IA of rules and regulations,
adopted at a regular meeting February,
1904.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
Robbed in His CABIN.

On Friday night, January 9th, Joseph
Stalcup, commonly known as "Panner
Joe," who resides about nine miles
northwest of Custer, was robbed at his
cabin by two men who made racket at
the barn which brought Stalcup out
doors, and the robbers then entered the
house, taking Stalcup with them, and
robbed him of twenty-five dollars and a
gold watch. Three suspects were ar
rested the next morning but easily
proved themselves innocent. A young
man by the name of Charles Venting
was next arrested, and after being put
in the sweat box confessed to the crime
and implicated man by the name of
Abel Worth, who had gone under the
different names of Slim Huston and
Walter Johnson.
This man was arrested at Hill City
Monday night and brought down by
Sheriff Ennis. 1t has later developed
that he is supposed TO he Harry Brooks,
wanted in Midland, Stanley county, for
murder, there being reward of five
hundred dollars offered for him. The
brother of the murdered man WAS here
Thursday but WAS unable to definitely
identify the man, as he saw him only
once or twice before the murder.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
OF Vital Importance.

No other organs of the body are so
essential to good health as the kidneys.
Foley's K Kidney Remedy makes the kid
neys healthy 80 that they will strain out
the impurities from the blood which is
constantly passing through them. Com
mence taking Foley's Kidney Remedy
at the first sign of danger. j. f. Pill
cher & Co.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
Seven Years of Proof.

IL have had seven years of proof that
Dr. Kings New Discovery is the best
medicine to take for coughs and colds
and for every diseased condition of the
throat, chest or lungs" says w. V.
Henry, of Panama, Mo. The world has
had thirty-eight years Of proof that Dr.
Kings New Discovery is the best rem
edy for coughs and colds, la grippe, as.
thma, hay fever, bronchitis, hemorrhage
of the lungs, and the early stages OF
consumption. Its early use always pre-.
vents the development of pneumonia
Sold under guarantee at all drug stores.
SOC. and Sl.00. Trial bottle free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11

"A new game has appeared" says an
exchange, described as follows: Take
ordinary sheet of writing paper, fold
nicely, enclose bank-note Sufficiently
large to pay all arrearages and one year
in advance, and hand it to the editor.
Keep your eye on him and, if smile
adorns his face, it works fine and dan.
dy. Now is the time to play the joke.
1t beats ping pong and finch all hol.
low"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11

Elsewhere in this issue Of the CHRoN.
IcLE will be found an article headed "To
Our Delinquent Subscribers" which we
trust every subscriber will read and heed
as it is matter of importance to both
the subscriber and the publisher. We
have no alternative but to obey the pos
tai laws and trust that you will not com
pei us to materially decrease our sub
scription list by taking your name from
the list after We have given you credit
for SO long.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11

The postoffice department has issued
an order which will give the people of
the Hills another through mail service
70 Chicago and the east The order ap.
plies to the new line from Chamberlain
TO Rapid City and the through service
of this road now reaches the entire dis.
tance of the line. BY this new arrange.
ment the people Of the Hills will receive
their eastern mail several hours earlier
than formerly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11

As result of the hearing January 3
Judge Garland, of the United States
court, granted temporary injunction
restraining the state board of railroad
commissioners from reducing passenger
fares In South Dakota from to q cents
per mile. This will remain in effect
until the hearing Of the main case, the
date of which has not yet been fixed,
when the railroads will endeavor to have
the temporary injunction made perma-
nent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11

Mr.. F. A. Gira and son were up from
Cuyahoga camp Thursday, guests at tn,
White House.
Forest Supervisor Hamilton, of Dead
wood, was in town Wednesday on busi
ness connected with his office.
County Commissioner Hazeltine came
up from Hermosa Tuesday to attend the
quarterly meeting Of the county board.
Sidney r. Herber of Morris, Ill.,, was
an arrival Saturday. He is brother OF
|. W. Herber of the Saginaw mine. He
expects to remain for some weeks.
Gladys and Chanings Rhodes, who
have been spending the holidays with
their aunt, Mrs. A. j. Jones left Sunday
afternoon for their home in Kearney,
Neb.
Mrs. j. B. Maple and son Boise, and
daughter, Mrs. Ii. Grail, of Laramie,
Wyoming, returned Monday from a
weeks visit with her son Bert Zook at
Rapid City.
The Misses Ellen and Teresa Garlock
Louise Monheim and Tom Hoy spent
an enjoyable trip and visit under the
hospital roof of Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Gira
at the Cuyahoga mine the past week.
Jack Daily, of Folsom, was a Custer
visitor Tuesday. Mr.. Daily is one of
the prominent stockmen of the eastern
part of Custer county. He was here on
business before the county commission
ers.
Mr.. and Mrs Odo Reder, formerly of
this place, but now residents of Donald,
Wyoming, arrived Monday for visit
with relatives and friends. They are
well pleased with their new location and
are doing well.