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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
The Oriain of the Camel.

"I was quite interested to read a state
ment made in an address the other day
by a distinguished authority, that the
camel is not of Asiatic origin, but entirely
American" said the professor.
'lndeed!' said little Binks. Well, now,
that is interesting"
Yes" said the professor. "IIe showed
by means of a series of pictures of skele-
tons which his party had dug up while
making excavations in Wyoming the de-
velopment of the animal. They ran from
camel about the size of a rabbit, having
four toes instead of two, and absolutely
devoid of anything like hump, up to
larger specimens of a later period, the
most abundant of which was a long
legged long-necked camel about the size
and general build of an antelope. All the
camel characteristics were present except
some later developments of changing en-
vironment."
Extraordinary" said little Binks
Does he account for the hump"
Not according to the reports I have
seen in the papers" replied the professor
II don't believe that can be accounted
for"
''Oh, l don't know" said little Blnks
Maybe the original camel was like the
rest of US"
I'm what respect, sir?" demanded the
professor, gazing coldly at little Binks
over his eyeglasses.
why, he had 10 hump himself to make
living" said little Binks, meekly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
GOOD CHANGE.
Coffee to Posfum

The large army of persons who have
found relief from many chronic all
ments by changing from coffee to Post
um as a daily beverage is growing
each day.
1t Is only a simple question Of try
ing 1t for oneself in order to know the
JOY of returning health as realized by
an Ills. young lady. She writes:
II had been coffee drinker nearly
all my life and 1t affected my stom.
arh--caused insomnia and | was sci.
dom without headache. I had heard
about Postum and how beneHciar it
was. so concluded to quit coffee and
try It,
Il was delighted with the change.
l can now sleep well and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach has got
fen strong and I can eat without suf-
fering afterwards. l think my whole
system greatly benefited by Postum.
MY brother also suffered from stom-
ach trouble while he drank coffee, but
now, since using Postum, he feels so
much better he would not go back TO
coffee for anything"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellyiile,' in pkgs. There's a Rea.
son."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full Of
human interest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Vast Wealth in Forests.
From a Washington Letter to the Boston
Transcript

Transcript.
The forests of the United States now
cover about 550,000,000 acres, or about
one-fourth of the land of the whole
country. The original forests covered
not less than $4,000. 900 acres, or near
ly one-half
The forests owned by the govern
ment cover one-fourth of the total for
est area, and contain one e-fifth of all
timber standing. Forests privately
owned cover three-fourths of the area.
and contain four r-fifths of the standing
timber. Besides having three times
the area and four times the forests, the
timber land privately owned is gener-
ally more valuable. Forestry, or con-
servative numbering, is practiced on
20 per cent of the forests publicly
owned and on less than / per cent Of
the forests privately owned. This COW
ers the country's forest resources as
they stand today. Senator Smoot.
chairman of the section of forests OF
the national conservation commission,
in outlining the future has said:
by reasonable thrift we can produce
a constant timber supply beyond our
present need, and with a conserve the
usefulness Of our streams for irriga-
ton, water supply, navigation and
power. Under right management, our
forests will yield over four times as
much as now. We can reduce waste
in the woods and in the mill at least
one third, with present as well as flu
ture profit. We can perpetuate the
naval stores industry Preservative
treatment will reduce by fifth the
quantity of timber used in the water
or in the ground. We can practically
stop forest fires at total yearly cost
of one-fifth the value of the standing
timber burned each year, not counting
young growth. We shall suffer for tim
Der to meet our needs until our forests
have had time to grow again. But if
we act vigorously and at once, we shall
escape permanent timber scarcity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
The Pediaree Of the Shirt.

Frank Crane. in the January Atlantic.
Why does this being we call gen
tleman" wear around his neck a band
of spotless whiteness and unbearable
stiffness, at his wrists similar instru-
ments Of torture. and before his chest
a rigidly starched linen plate? No one
outside of a madhouse would call these
articles of apparel agreeable. There Is
for the custom no reason at all drawn
from comfort, hygiene or usefulness.
There Is, however, the ghost of dead
reason. Once upon a time gentle
man" was presumed to do no work,
and he dressed to show this. by put
ting on these visible signs that he
never soiled his hands, sweated his
neck, or bent his noble back. 1t mat
ters not that we no longer believe in
this definition of a gentleman; we did
believe it once: it's ghost rules on. No
man is bold enough to appear in So
ciety without this impossible harness.
Only professional humorist like Mark
Twain, or some one who wishes to pose
as mild lunatic, dares rebel. Addison
said that the man who would clothe
himself according to common sense
would find himself in Jail within a
week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
TAFT WILL Be TIE
HEAVIEST PRESIDENT
Breaks the Record for Weight,
and Is Heavier Than Any
of Europe's Rulers.

When William Howard Taft takes the
oath OF office next March he will be the
heaviest chief magistrate in the world.
Weight, 2s6 pounds: height, feet 2. Pres
ident Fallieres of France is poor second,
at 229 pounds. OF the other living rulers
of Europe King Leopold of the Belgians
is the heaviest, weighing 224 pounds. King
Edward VII weighs 1898; the German kais-
er, III; Francis Joseph of Austria, 1866;
Alfonso Of Spain. 161. Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland weighs 145 pounds; King
HaSkon VII of Norway, 2O1 (he was elected
by The people IL you remember correctly.
Oscar ii of Sweden tipped the beam at
lS4, the car of Russia at 15S and Victor
Emmanuel III of Italy at l55.
OF our own presidents, Washington, JEFF
ferson, Monroe, William Henry Harrison,
Lincoln, Garfield and Cleveland were con-
spicuous among the physical heavyweights
of their times. While in some cases the
bodily weight was due rather to unusual
height than to stoutness, yet in the final
analysis the heavy men of whatever build
have been the prime favortes of the peo-
pie.
1t is safe to say that of our IS presi-
dents we may class II as Of high admin
istratiye ability. Assuming-though opin-
ions may differ-that these are Washing
ton, John Adams, jefferson, Monroe,
jackson, William Henry Harrison, Taylor.
Lincoln, Cleveland. Mckinley and Roose-
welt, II is found that the average weight
of these men is a fraction over 2i0 pounds.
During Mr.. Cleveland's second admins
tration, he weighed 295 pounds, exactly
the weight of Mr.. Taft today. Mr.. Roose-
velt's present weight is 2OS pounds.
On the other hand the average weight
of the present heads of II leading Euro
pean government 1t is but a trihe over l9C
| Mounds zach which Of hens the theory
that, other things being equal, republics
have a peculiar weakness for physical
heavyweights.
The New York World tabulates the
height and weight of American presidents
as follOMS:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Money Made In Live stock In Cen
Iral Canada.


Money Made In Live stock In Cen
tral Canada.
W. J. Henderson, visiting Seattle.
writes to the Canadian Government
agent at Spokane, Wash, and says:
l have neighbors living there, and
raising wheat, barley and oats for the
past twenty years, and are now getting
from the same land 20 to 30 bushels
Of wheat per acre, 40 to 90 bushels Of
oats.
1t was the first week of May when
l got my tent pitched, but the farmers
all around had finished putting in their
crops, so l only got fifteen acres broke
and seeded. They advised me, as it
was late, not to put in much wheat. 80
put in five acres wheat and ten acres
oats, one-haf acre potatoes and vegeta-
bles. All kinds Of vegetables grow
well up there-Sweet corn, tomatoes,
onions, carrots, peas, beans, cabbage.
My wheat yielded about 20 bushels per
acre, for which l got &c cents, others
got so cents; oats threShed 80 bushels
per acre, for which / got 35 cents per
bushel. You see l was three weeks
late getting them in; still / was salts
fed.
From my observation, there is more
money made in stock, such as cattle.
horses and sheep, as prices are high for
such, and it costs nothing to raise
them, as horses live the year around
out on the grass. In fact, farmers turn
their work horses out for the winter
and they come in fresh and fat in the
spring. Cattle live out seven or eight
months. They NOW the prairie grass
and stack it for winter and give oat
straw. My neighbors sold steers at
$40 each, and any kind Of horse that
can plow. from $50 up. l raised sixty
chickens and five pigs, as pork, chick
ems. butter and eggs pay well and al
ways a good marked for anything a
man raises, so | have every reason to
be thankful, besides at the end of three
years l get my patent for homestead.
heard of no homestead selling for less
than $1,000, so where under the sun
could an old man or young man do
better?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Tie
Exceptional
EqzzipSnenr

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attainments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA, in all Of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles Of plants known to act most
benefcially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions. with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
AS there is only one genuine Syrup OF
Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects,
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
If, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Tho Kiss.

Something made of nothing, tasting very
sweet,
A most delicious compound, with ingredi-
ents complete!
But IL as on occasion the heart and mind
are sour,
1t has no great significance. it loses half
its power.
Something mado of nothing, and never
twice the same,
Though it's known in every country
where love has had a name;
1t is clearly meant for giving, though tits
sometimes bought and sold,
And, like coffee and potatoes, is not so
good when cold.
1t oft appeases discord when words have
failed to please,
Whether bestowed caressingly or given
just to tease;
For a laugh will often save one from
doing something worse,
And the lips that taste this sweetness are
seldom heard to curse.
IT'S the strangest oldest mixture, this
something made of naught,
Which Is never seen or handled, although
tits often caught;
Which will not spoil in keeping, whatever
be the Cline
For this something made of nothing will
stand the test of time.
Mary Z. Buell..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Only A.If Aannx.

During decidedly stormy passage to
New York, Israel Zangwill, the play
wright and novelist, said one night in
the smoking room of the steamships:
1t is pleasant to cross the Atlantic,
but this bad weather Is mingling a
good deal Of discomfort with our plea
sure, Life Is usually, though, like that
pleasure and pain-half and half.
ut reminds me of an elderly spinster
who sat near me at the table d'hote one
afternoon in Venice. Turning to her
niece, heard her say:
In Venice at last! All, my dear,
half the dream of my youth is now
fulfilled
why only half, auntie? the young
girl asked.
Il counted on going to Venice
sighed the spinster, ON my wedding
Journey"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.

Whole Eody n Mass of Raw, Bleed
ing, TOrturinR Humor-Hair All
Fell Out-HOped Death Would End
Fearful Sufering-In Despair
Cured by Cuticura.
words cannot describe the terrible
eczema I suffered with. 1t broke out
on my head and kept spreading until
1T covered by whole body. l was al
most a solid mass Of sores from head
to foot. l looked more like q piece of
raw beef than a human being. The
pain and agony ! endured seemed more
than ! could bear. Blood and pus
oozed from the great sore on my scalp.
from under my finger nails, and near
ly all over my body. My ears we're so
crusted and swollen I was afraid they
would break of. Every hair in my
head fell out. could not sit down,
for my clothes would stick to the raw
and bleeding 6esh making me cry out
from the pain. My family doctor die
all he could, but l got worse and
worse. My condition was awful. I
uu lol lulnh COulu i've, ana wanted
death to come and end my frightfuI
sufferings.
I'm this condition my mother-in-law
begged me to try the Cuticura Rem
edies. l said l would, but had no hone
of recovery. But oh, what blessed re-
lief experienced after applying Cuti-
cura Ointment 1t cooled the bleeding
and itching flesh and brought me the
first real sleep I had had in weeks. 1t
was as grateful as ice to a burning
tongue. l would bathe with warm
water and Cuticura Soap, then apply
the Ointment freely. / also took Cuti.
cura Resolvent for the blood. In a
short time the sores stopped running.
the flesh began to heal, and l knew I
was to get well again. Then the hair
on my head began to grow, and In a
short time l was completely cured.
wish l could tell everybody who has
eczema to use Cuticura. Mrs. VIM.
Hunt, 135 Thomas ST., Newark, N. T..
Sept. %, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Correctly Described.

A late chief staff officer of one of the
infantry regiments, relating some of the
experiences of the expedition, said that
one day, after hours of laborious climb
ing up a steep and never ending path,
he heard a groan of despair from a pri-
vate soldier.
Look ERE, Bill, I've 'ad enough of
this" the soldier said to his comrade.
Il was told as 'ow it was a bloomin'
tableland"
$50 it is. Can't ye see ye're climbin'
up one of the legs of it ?" returned Bill,
with a jocular superiority.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

There is more Catarrh In this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed TO be lncurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed local remedies. and by con-
stantly falling to cure with local treatment,
pronounced 1t incurable Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
aalfs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j:
theney Co., Toledo, Ohio. is the only con-
stltutional cure on the market. 1t Is taken
internally In doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case II falls to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. }. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
The viii to Do Wrong.

From the Homiletic Review.
We cannot will the evil, and be saved
from all the consequences and fruits of
evil. II we were only reasonable men,
II we only believed 1t was a reasonable
world that we live in, we should not be-
lieve in such a fools paradise. The idea
OF a man willing an evil, and then ex-
pecting in some strange magical way to
be saved from the results of the evil! The
evil is already done when the heart is
wholly given up to it, and sooner or later
we must have our way. We persist We
tempt God for II, we desire 1t, we long
after 1t, we want nothing else but this:
we seek It. we will have It, we must have
It, Take it, man, take 1t, the sin and the
curse, the desire and the sting. God said
unto Balaam, Go, and Gods anger was
kindled because he WENT
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Private Forestry in ENGLAND.

From the February Garden Magazine.
Everywhere i'm England you see pri-
vate forests planted for profit. England
first won her naval supremacy in ships
built OF English oak trees which were
practically planted for the purpose on
private estates. Public or state for
estry hardly exists in England. Here
we commonly think that forestry con-
Germs the government only. A few
Americans will plant catalpa, locust, or
some other tree crop that natures In
seven to Is years. but when the pas
sion for enduring things becomes a ma
tional trait with us we will plant oaks
and other species that require hun
dred years or more to mature. Mean
while, the bureau of forestry at
Washington, d. c., has plan for
cooperating with anyone who has a
forest in which profit is the chief con-
sideration.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
From the New York American


DR.. BedlOe, former consul at Annoy,
was introduced to Edward Levy, a
merchant Of Raleigh. N. G. Frequently
DR.. Bedloe was addressed by some of
his storytelling acquaintances as
DOC"
Some years ago." related the North
Carolinian. Il was advised to consult
DR.. Osler, the famous Johns Hopkins
pathologist. He looked me over and
then prescribed new mode of living,
rather than a lot of medicine. He
wasn't with me 20 minutes.
NOW, down at home, where we know
the physicians, we hail them good ma
turedly as Doc Forgetting that I
was a stranger, said to Osler: Well,
how do we stand, "Doc?"'
fifty dollars he replied, and his
tone of voice had no sweetness in it.
whats that, Doc?' asked. Fifty!'
81 said fifty dollars he answered;
fifty dollars.'
Il paid it and hurried away. Soon I
began thinking, and the notion came to
me that he added a few dollars for the
manner in which 1 addressed him.
'Since which time" concluded Mr..
Levy, when addressing a physician 1
call him Mister, Doctor, or Esquire"
General Mortez Khan, the Persian
envoy to this country, was invited not
long ago to attend an elocutionary con-
vention. 1t was held in the auditorium
OF the Carnegie library OF Washington,
and entrance was through the lobby Of
the library. The general arrived late.
and, as the hall was overfilled, the
doorkeeper refused to admit him. The
general waxed angry. Pulling out his
invitation. he showed 1t to the obdurate
guard. Il can't let you in," repeated
the man.
Then the general pulled out his visit
Ing card, about yard long and a half
yard across. 1t was dazzling with gold
letters and Persian characters
Take this to the chairman" he said
in broken English.
After a while the tiler came back.
Nothing doing" he said, in laconic
English.
Nothing doing!" half shrieked the
angry envoy.
Nothing doing!" And out he rushed.
In minute back he came. well, IL
there is nothing doing" he insisted,
get my card back" And get the card
back he did
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
ONertaknn

A wizened little man charged his wife
with cruel and abusive treatment. His
better half, or in this case better two
thirds, was a big, square jawed woman
with a determined eye.
The judge listened to the plaintiffs re-
cital of wrongs with interest.
Where did you meet this woman who,
according to your story. has treated you
so dreadfully?" his honor asked
well. judge" replied the little man,
making brave attempt to glare defiantly
at his wife. II never did meet her. She
just kind of overlook me-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Would Chance the Bill,

A repertoire company was walking
into Paducah, says the Saturday Even
ing Post where they were billed to
play Romeo and Juliet" The leading
man approached the manager, who
strobe moodily ahead on the ties.
Boss" he said, I've got to have 15
cents"
Fifteen cents?" growled the man
ager. You're always yelling for money.
What do you want Is cents for?"
What do / want Is cents for?" re-
piled the leading man bitterly. Il
want ii for a shave, that's what / want
it for. ! can't play Romeo with five
days black beard on my face"
"Oh, we'll" said the manager, you
won't get no Is cents. Wen change
the bill to 'Othello'"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
Those TireIess Doas.

Sir Leopold McClintock, the Arctic ex-
plorer, who died recently, was once giving
an account OF his experiences amid the
Ice fields of the north.
1--WE certainly would have Travelled
much farther" he explained, had not our
dogs given out at a critical moment"
But" exclaimed q lady, who had been
listening very intently, II thought that
Eskimo dogs were perfectly tireless crea-
lures"
Sir Leopold's face wore whimsically
gloomy expression as he replied, "I-er-
speak in a culinary sense, miss"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

The bishop of Durham, England. Ia
ments the fact that very formidable
degree of English Christian life i'm the
neglect and isolation of the Lord 8 day"
has set In, and blames "the pernicious
custom of the weekend" THE very
day." he says, when the charities of
home should be in their strength, when
the family should meet with special de-
Votion for home worship, and should
also meet, a family amidst other fam
lilies, in the church which is the center
of the surrounding religious life-life in
which the family should have re-
sponsible parts now too often the
day for separation, Incidence, ire
sponsible self-indulgence."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

Bulgaria is sufficiently in the public
eye Just now 10 compensate her for
total eclipse that lasted for three or
four centuries. Between the oblitera-
ton of medieval Bulgaria by the con-
quering Turk and her very modern
resurrection, she disappeared more
completely than Poland ever has. The
very name of Bulgaria was remembered
only by the learned. Sir Charles Eliot
points out that in journeying from Bull
garia to Constantinople in 1884 King
lake must have passed straight across
Bulgaria Yet, when describing his
travels in "Eothen," he makes no al
lusion to the country or it's inhabi-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
A Song of Far Travel.

Many a time some drowsy oar
'Twixt uplifting and down-setting-
Crossed a narrow stream, and bore
In anon gthe reeds moon-lighted,
There to leave me on shore
No ferryman hath sighted.
Many a time a mountain stile,
Dark and bright with sudden wetting,
Lured my vagrant foot the while
'TwiXt uplifting and down-setting-
Whittier? Thousand mile on mile
Beyond the last forgetting.
Still by hidden ways ] wend,
Past occasion grown a ranger:
Still enchantment, like a friend,
Takes from death the tang of danger:
Hardly river or road can end
Where | need step a stranger.
Imogen quincy, in the October
Atlantic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

and cure the con-
gestion or inflam-
nation of the kid
neys that Is inter-
fering with their
work and causing
that pain that
makes you say:
"Oh, my back !"
d avid Price,
Corydon, Nv q,
says: "My back
was so weak and
lame I could hard
ly walk. The kid
neys showed bad
disorders. l ran