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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17
Senate Membara.

A canvass of the United States senate
conducted by correspondents of the New
York Evening Post discloses the profess
sional and business relations of the
members as follows:
Farmers, 10,
Merchants, 4.
Corporation lawyers; 27.
Lawyers without special leanings, 40.
Bankers and holders of bank stocks,
81.
Manufacturer, II.
Holders of railway stocks, 10.
Holders of industrial stocks, rs.
Holders of steamship interests, 6.
Holders of mining interests, II.
Holders of lumbsr interests, 9.
Connected with public utility corpora
tions, 8.
Owners of large tracts of land,9.
Rated as poor men, 10.
Rated as millionaires, at least 22.
Indefinitely reported to have leanings
to ward corporations, 16.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17

One ofthe largest Catholic institutions
ever built in this vicinity is being erected
by the Sisters of Mercy at Aurora at
cost of 100000. 1t will include par
ochial school, convent adjoining, and
home for aged sisters and retired nurses
Work has already begun. The buildings
will be the finest of their kind in the
West.-Denver Times,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17

Two men were arrested for killing song
birds in New York City within three
miles ofthe geological park. They were
convicted and sent to the penitentiary
for ten weeks. This sort of game pro-
lection protects.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17
Noted Journalist In the Hills.

ga stranger here? No indeed" said
William E. Curtis, the famous Record
Herald correspondent yesterday morn
ing. "Why, 1 am really one of the
oldest residents of the Hills"
In reply to look of iDcredulity, Mr..
Curtis smiled his magnetic little smile
and told in hurried fashion-which
makes one think that he is always
catching at traln-of his early expert
ences in the Black Hills.
"I came in here with General Custer"
he said, as he settled down comfortably
on q bench in the Northwestern waiting
room. "Now, you didn't know that,
did you? l was clerk to the sergeant.
major and accompanied that famous ex-
pedition of "74." Mr.. Curtis paused for
a fraction of second, which is a long
time for him, and added little regret
fully, "There isn't anybody here now
who remembers me. Old John Ross of
Custer City died a few years ago. Isaw
him when I was out in the Hills with
Paul Morton not so long since. We
were down at Custer and when said
that had come into the Hills with the
Custer expedition, some one said, why
old Ross here, was with that expedition
too So we went, and hunted him up,
and do you know, though l hadn't seen
him since "a, he remembered me. /
said to him:
"'Your name is Ross?'
"'Yes,' he answered.
"'And you were with the Custer ex-
pedition9 Well, so was l.
And then he looked at me and said
well, you must be that newspaper boy
that was with u.s. And was.
"Yes, John taught me how to pan gold
with my wash pan. 1t was down al
French creek near the present site ol
Custer that we panned the first gold that
an expedition had ever found in the
Hills"
"What paper vas with? The Chi.
cago fnter-Ocean. No, l was not the
only newspaper man in the crowd. Tht
Rev. Mr.. Barrows, something ofa natur
alist was along, sending letters to th'
New York Tribune, and the presen
editor of Field and Stream was also will
us. He was our bird man."-Pioneer
Times.
F. G. Slerth of Hermosa, s. D.,
miner and ranchman of that vicinit
arrived in the city Sunday for a yisi
, with Mrs. John Chalfant, at tn
Johnston ranch, and who is visiting he
daughter, Mrs. Will Johnston. Nj
. Sierth used to live near Union, Neb
! Mrs. Chalfant's home, but came to tn
: Black Hills country in 1876. He wal
in times past, we'll acquainted wit
| many old friends of the Northwest POI
E folks in and around Plattsmouth, Neb
, and it was pleasure to meet the gentl,
DalI1 Eon,xlatS puxStsy
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17

Nebraska City churches have estab-
lished rule against women wearing
hats while in church and devolved upon
the janitor the duty of enforcing the
rule. How would you like to be the
church ianitor?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17

Newspaper men, as rule, have but
two things to sell-space and subscription
and it would be just as consistent to
ask your grocer for dozen oranges lust
to fill up" as to ask the editor for dog
en- lines in his paper just to boost your
business in helping to ell up" space.
Try getting free dinner at the hotel
Just to make 4 show of business for the
house. e.-Rushsylvanfa (Ohio) Record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17

Life is made up not of great sacrifices
or duties, but of little things in which
smiles and small obligations given habit
ually are what win and preserve the
heart and secure comfort.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17

The Black Hills Pioneer Society will
meet in Belle Fourche, next Wednes'
day-July 81
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17
For Sale.

160 acres of land six miles east of
Pringle, 40 acres in oats this year, four
acres in potatoes, 40 acres good hay land
and the rest is good pasture.
All under fence and has good four
room house on it. Will sell at bar
gain. For further information write,
WILL. o. FERGUSON
Hot Springs, S. ID.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17
NO 49
For Rent.

The Pitcher residence in west end Of
town; including Groom house, with
spring water, in house and barnyard
spacious gardens, barn and out-build-
ings. Reasonable terms. Write or see
j. E. Pitcher,
Custer, So. OAK.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17
For Sale or Trade,

One Empire Cream Separator. Has
been used about three weeks. Will sell
or trade for a horse. Write or phone,
H.G. WISE.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17

See the ball game tomorrow, $50 p. m
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
Matrimony Not a Trade.

The woman sociologist may achieve all
the grace OF n ministering angel when
she extends her capacity for corfort 70
the hour OF need. But when she under
takes to champion the cause Of her own
sex. she may rush IN where her super
natural relatives might fear 70 tread
Here comes an Englishwoman who has
achieved book, which she entities Mar
riage as a Trade" She treats matrimony
wholly as a means OF support. as a ne
cessity OF livelihood. A husband is mere
ly a means OF subsistence. in her view.
and mauimony becomes a commercial
quires woman 20 appear not 90 seek 20
enter Worst Of all. when the task which
she must not seek has found her. It's
usual reward is only food, lodging, and
clothing. the mere necessaries OF exist
ence.
1t may be that in this case woman can
be left to answer woman. The assumed
victim Of masculine tyranny and domes-
tic slavery can reject the pronered rescue
Of a needless champion. But the humble
husband could make a retort, did his
chivalry permit. When he acquired a
wife. he assumed the burden OF seIf-de-
nial It was his to renounce many a
little luxury and mild diversion. while
at the same time increasing the energy
applied 10 work. But Of this the man
worthy OF the name makes no complaint.
There is something IN his view that the
woman socioIogist does not take into ac-
count because It is beyond her ken. That
is that the wages OF metrimony is happi-
ness, not to be weighed in the scales of
the laboratory nor 10 be measured in
sordid dollars and cents. The true com
panionship that underlles welded bliss
does not calculate TO a miserly nicety the
exact share Of mutually glad contribu-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19

Fron The C0-c7-I Evening N1-i,a--
Bronze statutes Of George Washington
and Robert E. Lee-VsrSinia's conuibu-
ton 70 TIE nations Hail u Fame
were on Tuesday last placed IN Statuary
Hall, IN the Capitol at Washington
Gen. Lees memory deserves high honor
from the State Of Virginia. and this Is
the greatest tribute which that great
Commonwealth can pay 20 this man who
sacrificed so much for her Lincoln wei
know his high standing before the South:
how he was being sought for as the one
soldier, long in the service and skilled IN
arms. who would be To the great con-
spiraCy as great and reSOu-ceful q leader
in the coming war as Washington had
been in the struggle for Independence
The beautiful estate OF Arlington, which
had come by Inheritance % Lees family
from Washington. overlooked the city Of
Washington with q UarChful eye From
this splendid place. the center Of a social
circle never surpassed. the call OF his
sovereign State had uo-e weight than
the call OF the nation. No man knew
better than did Robert +. Lee the pro
portions q the s, eat debt he owed 10
the nation. Il was a matter OF Judgment
solely with his His decision. after much
of struggle in mind. was IN favor OF his
state. DUTY done is the souls dres.deF
was the standard Of his he. And this
high standard he maintained throughout
our long and bitterly contested civil war.
which cost 20 both sides not less than a
million lives and untold uiseries 10 those
widowed and orphaned.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
Texan Innovations.

The Austin Statesman Is a newspaper
not Senator Bailey. Of Texas But the
conversion or Mr.. Bailey to the custom OF
wearing evening clothes upon appropriate
occasions has evoked train OF aesthetic
consequences. The Statesman (again the
newspaper has adopted as part OF its
editorial policy the advocacy OF the use
OF individual towels. It maintains with
much force of both assertion and argu-
ment that the era has arrived in the de-
velopment Of civilization IN the Lone star
State when the roller tower' has become
obsolete. not to say effete. It advocates
individual towels. not merely for sanitary
reasons. but upon the ground OF refine
ment
For the enlightenment OF those not 10
innate with some OF the honored instltu-
tions OF Texas IT may be explained that
the roller towel is term OF architect
ure used 20 define a piece OF fabric IN the
form OF an endless chain permanently at
tached to the building OF which It is a
part, although not necessarily a decOra-
ton. It may take time to educate some
OF the citizens OF Texas UP to the substi-
tuition or the individual towel for the
time-honored roller. but now that the cru
sade has begun, It should receive every
encouragement II IS but the harbinger
Of other reforms. In time the bowie will
disappear as an instrument OF varied but
pacific uses IN the dining-room. Another
step forward will be the introduction Of
napkins, and in due sequence the fork
may make its advent upon the table. The
Austin journal OF civilization need not
view the prospect with alarm. These in
novatons will not imperil liberty. nor are
they signs that the republic is in danger.
The pursuit OF happiness will receive
added impulse near the Rio Granda.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
A GOOD INVESTMENT IN DOG.
This One Cost a Dollar, and He Was
Well Worth II.

From the New York TIuca
A man IN a nearby city bought for his
wife and child year ago a dog. for
which he paid a dollar. T. was obviously
nothing wonderful in the canine way
merely a mongrel. with bulldog strain
predominant The owner was q man IN
humble circumstances. and the dog IN his
modest dwelling was the principal asset.
aside from few sticks OF furniture
The other night Tom was tide 10 the leg
of the kitchen sink as usual and the fam
ily went 20 bed. They were awakened
by the dog al midnight scratching az his
masters door. When h's master came
out 20 see what was the matter. the dog
with a remnant OF cheWed rope hanging
from his collar. whired and ran 10 the
head OF the stairway. TIE house was on
fire. and shortly after woman and child
and man and dog made theier escape.
their poor dwelling was mass Of glowing
eUbers.
The owner OF the dog has been urged to
part with him for a large cash consider
alton; but, though he is penniless. he viii
not part with the fOur-fO0yed savior OF his
family: neither has the dog az any time
thoughts OF leaving them for luxurious
kennels.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
Starting Anew.

With nature, spring Is the time for re-
Punishment The long periods OF winter.
when fields lie fallow while trees stand
denuded OF their leaves. while the ami
mails hibernate and lie dormant. nature
is all the while preparing for her splen-
dor. in the spring the earth is clothed
with glory. and the birds in their nests,
the lambkins in the field. the grass. the
trees, the flowers. all responding TO ma
ture's magic touch. justify her and sing
her praises.
Not so with the works OF mankind.
The winter is a time for work Civiliza-
ton has ordained that mans hardest
work is done in the winter All through
the months he tolls and moils amid the
strife and the struggle Of business or the
intricacies OF professional endeavor. In
tho spring. man lifts up his head and
scents the summer afar of For an IN
slant he feels in HIS veins the touch OF
natures magic. and then comes the re-
action. the lassitude which follows the
long. weary months OF labor.
In the summer. n he is fortunate, man
plays. Whether his taste be for the coun-
try. the mountains. or the seashore. he
looks forward eagerly 20 short vaoa-
tion. a relief from the cares and the
anxietles of everyday existence. No
matter how short his vacation may be.
II is the time for rehabilitation-the time
for renewing his energies. In the major
ity OF Instances. he returns from such a
brief breathing spell anxious and willing
again to take up HIS burden. II IS then
that ne feels afresh the fire OF ambi-
ton. Things that were left undone last
year are planned anew Matters that
were deferred on account OF the rush OF
business. or because OF lack OF inclination
to start anything new in the spring, be-
come enhanced with renewed glamour.
The end OF summer. when all nature IS
making the final efrort-the last squirt
toward the elimination OF the fruitful
year. IS the time FOR man 20 begin afresh.
He has had his rest. He has learned his
lessons OF the preceding year. He starts
again TO build up his hopes. 70 reach the
goal he has set his heart upon. to win
out in the battle Of life
IT'S glorious, this starting anew. Il
gets into the blood and makes men Of
action; II sharpens competition; It ere
ates new interests; It formulates new
ideals.
Vale, summer Hail. autumn,
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
He Wasn't n Dude.

From tbs New YORK Tribune
officers Of the Society for the Proven
tion Of Cruelty 10 Children. up in the big
headquarters at Twenty-thrd street and
Fourth avenue, have many odd expert
ences with the waits and young misde-
meanants under their charge. None OF
the youngsters object 10 the quantity and
quality OF the food served IN the roomv
dining hall. and surprisingly few even
protest against the compulsory bath, but
there Is one thing that many OF the bows
draw the line at-nightEovns. A few
nights ago a particularly tough Eamin
refused absolutely 10 don a snowy slip
when bedtime came. Argument and ap-
peal on the part Of attendants were In
vain. and the matron was sent for. But
why, Michael" she asked. won't you
put on this nice, clean gOwn7' I amt
never wore one" replied Nike. "and /
amt agoin' 70, neither. Chez. what would
me gang tink O. me IL dey hold I'd wore
one o dem tlngs? Dey'd moider me
when I got out I amt no dude.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
Studied Indifference.

Having passed the giddy age, we are
glad to learn that out IN Chicago a class
has been formed 20 teach young girls
how TO behave toward men-that IS.
young girls who have to work 10 keep
ahead Of their meal tickets. The quail
fcation is hardly necessary. since we
have never heard OF similar instructions
to any other sort OF girls.
This school gives diplomas in several
departments, known as: How to treat a
street car conductor. how TO treat an
elevator starter. how to act in the pres
ence OF a handsome foorwalker how
to conduct oneself toward man so lack
ing IN understanding as 70 advertise for
a bright girl" and how % cut an en-
ployer socially without losing ones tob
The curriculum has already been sur
vived by twelve girls. but they were
graduated so recently that the record OF
cut employers and crinped floorwalkers
has not yet been compiled. Undoubtedly
when the casualties are reported they
VIII make a grewsome list.
Apparently the male defendants IN this
case have no competent comeback.
Girls have always had the cocktail fac
ulty OF raising a frost on the outside
with a little shaking. But II they are
really going to get together this way
and compare notes and arrive at a con-
certed plan OF action, what are the men
going 70 DO about It? II there Is anv
answer at all. It must he this: They
must form a protective association for
the side-stepping OF social cuts and
orimps They. too. must meet and dis
cuss the situation honestly and craftiIv
II they would survive the undertow OF
feminine acidity.
For instance. the street car conductor
must have some jolly. mlrth-provoking re-
joinder handy when ne leans over the
shoulder Of a girl with ink on her fingers
and whispers. Your hair shines like the
dome of the Capitol at sunset" and she
comes back with. Wipe or your chin. g"
The elevator boy who asks softly IL his
passenger with petticoats is going 10
room 657, when he knows she has been
making that port FOR the last fourteen
months, will have to have something
under his tongue when he Is told to get
into long trousers before he gets CAV
with the airy perslnage. The weIl-fed
employer VIII have to wear a stiff shirt
to keep him from sinking into his waist
line II the lady at the glove counter is
going 10 stare at the bald spot on the
top Of his head when he slips the lnfor-
nation 10 her that they have a fresh con-
signment Of live Holsters over at Ferdys
And the handsome floorwalker will need
something snapper than a wing collar
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19

nnd fiavicomous vest II his languorous
glances are to beat their wings on the
cool white OF an eye.
The girls class should be encouraged.
So should the mems. When they are both
running smoothly. they ought 10 get to-
gether. hold a dual meet. and see which
can mix the best social frappe. When
the snow has collected about three inches
deep. the men will begin to feel that
they are not as warm boys as they
thought they were. and tho girls will
discover that there is not much 20 get
hot about, after all. Then everybody will
be happy. and we will not have 20 think
that what Eve got in the Garden Of Eden
was a persimmon instead OF a rosy
checked apple.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
MORAL AND LEGAL HONESTY.
A Distinction which Some Men Are
Unable 10 Make.

Unable 10 Make.
From the Wall Street Journal
John D. Rockefeller is quoted in one Of
the Sunday papers as having said:
When a man has accumulated a sum of money
within the law. that is % say In a legally honest
way. the people no Longer have any night % share
II the earnings resulting from that accumulation.
II IS a striking characteristic Of man
Of strict personal morality that he has
never been able 10 see the difference be-
tween legal honesty and moral honesty.
Il IS also 10 Mr.. Rockefeller's credit that
he defines the methods whereby the
Standard oil combination and all which
It implies We're created as being legally
honest" They We're certainly morally
lindefensibie.
Here Is the remarkable case Of a man
who Is a good husband and father. be-
nevolent along large lines. personally
humane. pious rather than religious. in
many ways a most desirable citizen; who
yet cannot see that there Is anything
morally wrong IN an action which the
law does not punish. II would be I'M
possible. moreover. to make Mr.. Rookie
feller see the difference. and that not
]
his part, but from a kind OF moral my
opia which blinds him 70 facts most Of
US find self-evident.
/ II IS probable that the law does not
directly influence. sanction. or control
more than s per cent OF the actions OF a
mans life They are apart from the law
and beyond its reach The law cannot
make a man moral or even honest. and
| he may break the rules OF morality and
honesty IN many ways without coming
within reach OF a statute.
/ But Mr.. Rockefeller says that the peo-
/ pie have no right % share IN the earn
/ ings OF legally honest accImulatlons
| Il will astonish that worthy gentleman
/ 70 hear a. but this Is hatfooted anarchy.
I The accumulation was made with the
/ sanction and under the protection of the
/ people. IL could not have been even
/ legally honest save that society made
/ Il legally possible. So far from owing
nothing 20 the people Mr. Rockefeller
owes everything after a fair deduction
/ for his very fine brains and administra-
tive ability. This is not socialism. L is
/ the practical working law Of good morals
/ IN the relation Of society 20 the indi-
viduGl and the reciprocal obligation OF the
! individual 20 society.
/ IL IS curious that the richer a man gets
/ the more he hates paying taxes Mr.
Rockefeller does not want 20 pay an in
come tax. No doubt be would not be the
! richest man In America now II he had not
made Il his rule through life 70 pay out
as little of that kind Of money IS posi-
/ bic. This is all his argument really
/ amounts 20, but we are indebted TO Il
/ for a curious piece OF self-revelation. i
/ shows us a sincere desire 10 do well. ac-
! Icompanied by a moral conception hardly
/ more than embryonic.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
ROMANCE AND REALTY.

The maiden watched by her cottage for her lover who
her side Such this have poets told
since the world young that grown old the maids
foaen all dropped and died. their couces the bleak
winds sighed peradventre they lived for years. oed
around ankle deep leading life that sad and strange
like Mary Ann in her Moated Grange Oh bushels OF stories like
this found of maidens poisoned maden drowned
madens broodng in darkened halls with umbng and
mody walls and ghosts of madens whose loves broke up
thick ea yellow pup The maiden watched by her cottage
door for her lover who her side and she did
rail- and she did scof but gently murmured: "The stuff
off, I've drawn lemon my bold knight; for breach of
promise III nc him tight So off I'll HE to the court alone
soak him for many golden boner WALT Mason.
Copyright b Ge1geN
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19
MODERN PoLoNIUS TO SON.

Before you start upon your way
little fair advice III give:
Save something somehow day bv dav
Beyond the price you pay 20 live;
Make no assertion no Woud boast.
Which you're unable TO support
And til you must give up the ghost
Keep your love letters out Of court.
BE not insulted easily
When they that would insult are bir.
From bocrish practices be free.
Play life's game fairly; don't "renig-,'
Work not too hard. yet do not turn
Too frequently 20 futile sport:
And this precept be sure 70 learn:
Keep your love letters out Of court.
Be not a solemn anchorite
BE glad IN look and word and thourhtt
lis Just that you should claim delight
Where pleasure may be fairy sought.
Live 81 that when disasters fan
You may have strength 70 hold The fortt
But this advice take first Of all:
Keep your love lstteTB out Of court
s.. I. hiser. IN tho Chicago Record Herald
The Washington herald., 1909-08-19

From the Baltimore Sun
II Mr.. Burbank wants to do the white
farmers a great service he VIII let the
seeds alone and get 10 work on the in
vention OF a stealless watermelon. II he
can devise some method by which the
melon will be fastened firmly to the vine,
so that It cannot be separated until the
owner comes along with the combination
and unlocks It, he viii revolutiOnize the
melon industry. For under present con-
Gitions the melon is the most evanescent
Of fruits. Many q farmer finds that II
is here to-day and gone tomorrow" a"
He knows that the colored man upholds
his inalienabie right to life. liberty, and
the pursuit of watermelOns. If Mr.. Bur-
bank will invent the stealless melon, the
white planters Of the South will rise up
and call him blessed. They will shower
fortune upon him. and at every melon
feast his toast will be drunk IN the best
on hand.