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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
PAINT EVERY YEAR.
No One Wants TO DO 1t, but some
Paint VIII Wear No Longer.

No One Wants to DO 1t, but some
Paint VIII Wear No Longer.
When you have a job of painting
done, you don't expect TO have it done
over again very soon. But to make
lasting job, several things must be
taken into consderatiOn-the proper
time to paint-the condition OF the
surfacc-the kind Of materials to use,
etc. A., these matters are fully COW
cred in the specifications, which can
be had free by writing National Lead
Company, 1902 Trinity Building, New
York. and asking for Houseowner's
Painting Outfit No. 40. The Outfit also
includes a book OF color schemes for
both interior and exterior painting,
and simple instrument for detecting
adulteratiOn in the paint materials.
The outfit will solve many painting
problems for every house-owner.
Meantime when buying paint see that
every white lead keg bears the famous
Dutch Boy Painter trademark, which
Is an absolute guarantee Of purity and
quality. If your paint dealer cannot
supply you National Lead Company
will see that some one else will.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
He Waa a Chronic Crouch.


From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
At banquet recently one of the speak
FRS told of man who was chronic
crouch. Nothing ever suited him. and he
grumbled over the most trivial things.
Once he had to take to his bed with
rheumatism, and notwithstanding the fact
that his wife gave him every care ne
growled at her incessantly, which caused
The good lady's tears to flow.
How are you getting alorg, JakeE
asked a friend who called one afternoon
II am getting worse and worse" com
planned Jake, ''and 1t is all my wife's
fault"
You surprise me-" said the caller. she
seems one OF the most devoted nurses
ever saw"
You don't know her." returned the
rheumatic THE doctor says that damp
room is the very worst thing for me, and
that woman comes in here and weeps, just
. make their air Damp
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
(continued Next week.J
CleNer Animals.

SIeVor animals.
From the Philadelphia North American.
The published statement that the
chimpanzee now performing at the
London Hippodrome draws a salry Of
$500 q week for eating his meals and
smoking cigarets twice n day in pub
lie, has surprised many, but managers
explain that turns" are paid for ac-
cording to their power to attract money
to the box Office, irrespective OF wheth-
er they are artistic dancers or trained
chlmpanzees.
There is a monkey, called Peter Con-
sui, who is at present filling engage
ments in Germany, and for whom ST.
500 a week for an American engage
ment has Just been refused.
Trixie. the clever old gray mare who
IL we'll known at the Palace theater In
London, can earn $500 a week for her
owner, and Emir, the musical horse,
draws $3.50.
A troupe of three or four elephants
will appear on n salary at from $500 to
$500 a week, and two tiny parrots now
going the rounds of the music halls are
good for some $3.50.
Pilu, the thouc'Lt-reading dog, Is
earning $50 week for his master, and
the boxing Kangaroo draws $3.50.
One of the most expensive animal
turns" Is Seeth's troupe Of lions, which
gets $1,000 a week. Hendrickson's IT,
gers get half that sum. Leopards are
also good salary earners, but snakes
have small value nowadays.
Good dog turns" always command
high, pay. Merrion's dogs, on their
reputation as sabet dancers, are get
ting $50 a week in Paris, and Barnold's
dog pantomime, on the fame of a ter
rier who acts the part of drunken
man, is drawing 81 1000 in the American
music halls.
Cats, when well trained, are a great
attraction, but they are rare. One Of
the best known and highest paid
troupes of cats disappeared with their
mistress, Claire Beassy, on the night
Of December 2S in the earthquake at
MesSina.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
OLD SoAKERS
Get Saturated with Caffeine.

Get Saturated with Cahetne.
When a person has used coffee for
nusnber of years and gradually declined
in health, it is time the coffee should
be left off in order to see whether or
not that has been the cause Of the trou-
BILE
A lady in Huntsville, Ala, says she
used coffee for about 40 years, and for
the past 20 years was troubled with
stomach trouble.
81 have been treated by many physi-
clans but all in vain. Everything failed
to perfect cure. I was prostrated for
Iome time, and came near dying. When
l recovered sufficiently to partake Of
food and drink tried coffee again and
it soured on my stomach.
II finally concluded coffee was the
cause of my troubles and stopped using
1t. / tried tea and then milk in its
place, but neither agreed with me, then
! commenced using Postum. l had it
properly made and it was very pleasing
to the taste.
81 have now used 1t four months, and
my health is so greatly improved that
I can eat almost anything I want and
can sleep well, whereas, before, l suf-
fered for years with insomnia.
II have found the cause of my trou-
bles and way to get rid of them. You
can depend upon it l appreciate Post
um."
There's Reason" Read "Ths
Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
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, 1909-05-08
FRENCH HORSE BREEDERS
How tho Present Huge Percheron Has
Been Evolved.


The draught horse Is getting bigger
and bigger. In the late sos, If one
weighing over 1000 pounds came from
France 1t was an event, and the morse
papers talked about him-with pic
lures. Today the draught importer Will
touch nothing under 1900 pounds, and
3-year- old colts often run up to ton.
The favorite draught breed in Amer
ica--6 or to lis the Percheron of
France. He comes from lie Perche,
southwest of Paris, and nowhere else.
The horse breeders Of that district
have banded themselves into a guild.
or union, says Golfers, and decreed
that no horse from outside the borders
OF their district can ever be recorded
as a Percheron in the stud book Of the
breed. A colt foaled just across the
line out Of a mare and by sire cor
rectly registered cannot himself be reg
istered.
The foundation blood of the Perch
eron is, or Is said to be. Arab. The
Frenchman will tell you that PerchT
eron is an Arab made heavy" by the
climate. But whether Arabian extract
or not, II is sure that the breed has
been made heavy by the climate or
human selection during the past half
century.
. When George Sand wrote the Perch
eron was famous as a road horse,
traveller, a ground coverer. Her he
roes used to drive hither and thither
behind four splendid distance eating
Percherons." No modern Frenchman
would dream of driving up to his MIN
cites door behind four Percherons.
The Perche peasants are artists,
sculptors, who within the limitations
OF their material most wonderfully
fashion into being their equine imag-
inings. 1t Is much easier and simpler
to carve a horse of the shape you want
on the Parthenon frieZe than out in
Lucerne pasture in the Eure- -et-Loir
district. Dazed by their artistry, the
French minister Of agriculture gravely
reports: "rhese men OF LIE Perche are
incredible! Command from them
horse they will build you one to your
specifications"
From the current report OF the
French horse breeding bureau II Is
learned that during the fiscal year 161,-
Ala mares were bred to stations be-
longing to the state; S1,207 to approved
stations, 9,467 to authorized stations.
That is bureaucratic, isn't it?-that
country should be able to report thing
like that. And in the archives of the
French government is the name and
description of each mare in France, to-
gether with data about the horse to
which she was bred.
The French never dream OF breeding
to stations of mixed or unknown blood.
But the American farmer who bred his
mare to a Percheron for a heavy colt,
usually changes his mind a couple of
wears later, puts what he got from the
first cross to n coach horse for style.
and the grand result to a Jack for a
mule. AS a horse breeder. he doesn't
shine, as NJ. Vallee de Loncez re-
marked. He looks only at the outside
of a sire (and apparently not so very
carefully at that and cares little what
kind of blood is running inside.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
The Fire Bearer.

Ye who bear fire within your breast,
Look not for rest.
Early your clamoring heart shall learn
Only to burn,
To ask nor other food
Than his own fire,
Nor better brotherhood
Than his sublime, unquenchable desire!
Ask not what end, II asking give
Less Joy to live,
or, II to ask, you long must wait
Beside some gate
Where the glib answerers dwell;
Your heart of fire
Hath his own lore to tell
OF his sublime, unquenchable desire!
The mute, unkindled multitude,
The rough, the rude,
Let them your giving raptures know,
And share the glow
The undreaming give their dream!
Fire answering fire,
Fulfillment sweet shall seem
or your sublime. unquenchable desire
Arthur Upson.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
NORTHERN ITALY.
Visitor Predicts Great Industrial Prog
ress for That Section.


Northern Italy in the next decade
will show a greater industrial develop
ment relatively than any other part
Of Europe, in my opinion" observed
Charles A. Hickey to a Washington
Post reporter. 1T is worthy OF note
in this connection that there is no
cans as northern Italy. The Italians
are enthusiastic about their country,
and declare that 1t is new country,
dating its experience from the time
independence was gained under Car
ibaldi.
while in Italy I saw many indus
trial plants in process of building over
a vast extent of territory on the south
slope of the Alps. Italian and Swiss
engineers have combined to make
available a great amount of electric
power in the Alps for the northern
part Of Italy. In Milan street cars are
run by electric power conveyed from
the Alps, and in the small town OF
Legnano more than 10000 horsepower
is used.
Iron and steel works are numerous
in Italy. The Italians have their own
iron mines and are turning out high
grade of steel. In the Tosi works at
Legnano, 1000 men are employed and
the foundry shops were the best / saw
in Europe, with the possible excep-
ton of the works at Dusseldorf.
Americans have neglected this market
and 1t offers a promising field for study
by American manufacturers especial
ly of machine tools. / believe we can
vastly increase our foreign trade, but
the manufacturers will have to get to-
gether."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
BIG TASK OF REFoResTATloN.
The Department of Agriculture Has 5
Million Acres TO Plant in Treea

Million Acres to Plant in Trees.
James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture,
I'm Suburban Life for April.
The question is how to get tree seeds
to grow, particularly out west in the
forest ranges. We have 168 million
acres now. Last summer l went out
west among the trees, as l had done
for several summers. A nice question
has been In our minds, how to get re-
forestation done. OF course you can
plant seeds in a bed and then take
them up with spade and set them
out where you want them set, and all
that. If the department of agriculture
had all the army and all the navy they
could never get it done in time. We
have probably 3 million acres to plant
We ought to be reforcstating ESQ
900 acres a year-think of that! You
can never do that with spade in the
world; you could never get it done. Ma
turc should be followed along those
lines.
1 rccolect the first time went out
there and discussed this proposition
with some of the people there. If l
were wanting 10 get a field TO grow
grass that had no grass on it, l would
SOW the grass seed on the last SHOWS
in the spring. and the seed would sink
down into the soil and would be moist
cned and would germinate before the
moisture from the spring rains and
SHOWS affected deleteriously the roots.
That is the way we get pastures NOR"
quickly Sow the seeds in the last
SHOWS in the spring and you will attain
that result. Il wish you would try
that with regard to reforestation," I
said to them U was then in the Black
Hills. speaking to some of our forest
peOple). They said they would try H.
l advised them to get their seed in
ample quantity in the fan, take an
S0-acre tract in the spring and SOW
on the last SHOWS. | was out there
last summer again. 1t was three years
since / had been there and made the
suggestion and they had carried out
that suggestion. / drove 35 miles to
see that S0-acre tract. II seemed to mc
that every seed had grown, and that
was a mile above the level of the sea.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

mo-
You don't mean It, Rose. You can't.
Say, will you, Rose? You will, won't
your He came nearer. Somehow she
had no desire to laugh now; the affair
was becoming dangerous.
"But why2 Why should I want to
marry anybody? She looked him fun
in the eyes.
In the Dutch belt of Pennsylvania
maidens are taught that their hearts
are shaped very much like a purse,
and that love awakes its true ecstacy
only at the sight of the substantial
things readily convertible at the county
bank. The rural swain, therefore, sell
dom advances the fllmsy logic, II love
you, and therefore you should wed me-"
but he advances boldly with the more
convincing argument, II have so acres
| and 81, 900 cash; is that not enough to
make you my wife," Thus II was that
Karl Keichline at the critical moment
began TO argue.
Il can make you happy, Rose. I
have"
any happier"
YES; but think what we can have,
Rose. I'm not poor. I'll build you
house that IL beat anything in this
whole region, and you shall plan and
furnish it. And you shall have the
best horses that money can buy, and
a stable for them that's right up to
date. / can afford 1t, Rose. Say, will
your"
"Tve got everything I want now.
don't ask for another thing better"
But what about a few years from
now? Your father and mother are get
ting old, Rose"
And what of that?' She was look
ing at him sharply.
81 know-but, Rose, you'll need some
body TO look after YOU
do look as II needed somebody
to look after me?" She stood very
straight and tall before him.
But you suretk are not going to live
all alone by yourself your whole life,
Rose?'
"Oh, possibly not may marry some
body years and years from now" She
said II as II she were yielding great
point.
''It shan't change your life in the
least, Rose You may be as free as
you are now--just as free, and ever
freer. But I want you, Rose; l love
you. I can't live without you. And
l want you now" He was looking into
her face with an eagerness that was
almost pathetic.
Of pity somehow beginning to creep
over her tender heart. But you know
really / can't marry anybody-not for
years and years"
Perhaps I've been sudden Rose. I
won't press 1t just now. I'll ask you
again next Sunday. You'll give me your
final answer then, won't you?"
1--WE answered you now"
mo, no. You don't mean that, really.
Youth think II over and give me the
final yes or no next Sunday. You will,
won't you, Rose?'
NO
"Rose!"
"A week Is not a great while" she
said eVasively. An image Of her father
had come before her-eager and plead
ing. She knew well that II was his
dearest wish to have the marriage at
once. He wanted Karl to help him with
the present springs work. The thing
was inevitable after all, and what was
the use? As well him as any one; yet
somehow she shrank. you may ask
me in n year-five years." she added
quickly.
mo, no. l want you now. I'll make
1t two weeks | insist on two weeks"
you may ask me again on the first
day of June, If you insist upon it, but
not one day earlier"
But, Rose"
Not q day earlier"
But that's six long weeks, Rose"
"If you object again, 1 shall make IL
the first of August"
Every well. Then I agree; but,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an infiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is iniamed you have rumbllDg
sound or imperfect hearing. and when 1t Is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to Its normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which Is nothing but an in1amed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by Catarrhl that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for CONSULTATION.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
Babe Holds Up a Train.

A 3-year- old boy held up passenger
train on the Erie railroad, near Belle
vile, n. J.. the other day. The lad, a
son of Antonio Steffanelli, had wan
dered away from home and was walk
ing along the tracks dragging a bat
tered tin horse, when the engine ap-
preached in the opposite direction.
The engineer blew his whistle, but
the child kept on between the rails.
Several times again the whistle was
blown, but without result. Then the
engineer brought the train to stop,
got down from his cab and carried the
child to one side. The little fellow
fought against his removal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
Ever See a Blonde Indianf

Blonde Indians are as rare as Indian
blondes. Yet there are such. Witness
tory. She is an Indian-not a full
breed. but with enough aboriginal
blood in her veins to preserve many or
the traits of the prairie race. And she
is a blonde of an extreme type. Her
complexion is that of a babe, her eyes
are the brightest Of blue. her hair Is
the real golden shade. She Is proud
OF II than of her white descent. In
fact, despite her peaches and cream
coloring, she is none too fond of pale
faces. Mrs Colbert lives in Tisho-
mingo, which isn't as bad as 1t sounds.
She is a Chickasaw, and Is accredited
with exceptional ability.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

Francis E. Leupp, present United
States Indian commissioner, will re-
tire from Office along with Mr.. Roose-
welt, according to his own announce
ment. Mr.. Leupp has been In office
about four years. After his retirement
he will make use of his large accum-
ulation of knowledge concerning the
American Indians, whom he began to
study many years before he took Of
flee, by writing articles and books. Mr..
Leupp was for n long time an active
journalist
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

Seattle set a good example in its plan
ming of the Alaska -YukonPacitiC cX-
position, which is to be held during the
coming summer. Instead of tearing
down the buildings after the big show
is over. and undoing the costly tOpO-
graphical work, 100000 worth of the
buildings will be turned over to the
University of Washington, together
with the water, lighting and sewerage
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
Divinity Candy.

From the Los Angeles Times.
One pint golden drip syrup, one pint
of sweet milk, one cup of granulated
sugar; butter the size of walnut
Boil until a soft ball may be made.
Remove from the fire and whip until
Il is creamy, then pour it over one
half pound OF shelled California Eng
lish Walnuts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
Evening Dresses of Taffeta Silk.

Taffeta silk is back again after many
months of enforced retirement. 1t Is
used for evening dresses, in the new
draped gowns with their overskirts or
panniers. In the pale greens and blues
and bluffs printed in pompadour effects
they are really very pretty, and women
will begin to consider them seriously
in the fall. Just now they seem a lit
le warm and heavy as we look forward
to the summer months.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

A chance Seeding that grew up on
D farm near Lowell. Mass, about 174O
became the first Baldwin apple tree,
but IL was not till 1854 that Colonel
Baldwin became interested in the APP
pie. developed II and gave IL his name.
The original tree lived till 1917, and
the place where IL grew Is now marked
by n monument. The Baldwin is the
Dnly apple thus honored.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

DIR. Whipple. long bishop of Mime
vices at an Indian village in one OF the
western states and before going to the
place OF meeting asked the chief, who
was his host, whether II was safe for
him to leave his effects I'm the lodge.
PLENTY safe" grunted the red man.
mo white man In hundred miles from
here"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
A NOTRE DAME LADYS APPEAL.

To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism,
whether muscular or Of the joints, sciatica,
lumbagos. backache, pains in the kidneys
or neuralgia pains, to write to her for
home treatment which has repeatedly cured
all of these tortures. She feels 1t her duty
to send 1t to all sufferers FREE. You cure
yourself at home as thousands Will testify
no change Of climate being necessary. This
simple discovery banishes uric acid from
the blood loosens the stitfened joints, purl-
fes the blood, and brightens the eyes, giving
elasticity and tone to the whole system IL
the above interests you, for proof address
Mrs. NJ. Summers, Box 3. Notre Dame, Ind
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

Deposits OF pitchblende have been
discovered in the old Cornish tin mines.
while a new and quicker way has been
found to extract radium from the pitch
blende. The yield of radium from 200
tons OF pitchblende is only a grain or
20. II the pulverized ore can be made
available by science in curing disease,
the saving viii be enormous
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

Inter den Linden is the center OF
Berlin and the hub Of the German en-
'pire. This magnificent boulevard is 1893
feet In width, and under the shade OF
its lime trees the Berliners have
meeting place which Is equal in archl-
tectural beauty to any In Europe 1t is
lined on either side with magnificent
hotels, restaurants and palaces
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
Entirely Trustworthy.

From the Chicago Trlhune.
Maria, I'm going to have DR.. SquiiipS
treat me for my heart trouble"
What do you know about DR.. Squillps.
JOhn?"
"All know about him is that Mr.. Cot
sum recommends him to me-"
who is Mr.. Gotsum?"
Mr. Gotsum is one of the stockholders
of the life insurance company that is
a $4,000 risk on my life"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

An author engaged a young woman
typewriter to take down his new novel
from dictation. At the passage, "Oh!
my adorable angel. accept the confes-
sion from my lips that l can not exist
without you! Make me happy; come
and share my lot and be mine until
death do us partv" his fair secretary
paused and ingenuously inquired: rs
that 10 go down with the rest?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08

In the early days of the British mu-
scum a century or more ago the place
was open for only six hours daily on
five days week In the summer and
four hours daily during the rest OF the
year. Nobody could remain In the
building for more than two consecu7
live hours. and the number admissible
at one time was strictly limited TO l5.
Each batch OF visitors was shepherded
by an attendant
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-05-08
JoszPM kUsLER puLII.h.e

An economical retainer in which to
ship PRODUCTS such as cement, lime and
plast er is described I'm Popular Me-
chanics. Its halves are separable ana
can be nested in a compast form for
the return journey. The cost OF the
barrel Is about 81, which is a little more
than twice that of a wooden barrel, but
they are said to be good for at least
10 round trips, and the room they oc-
cupy when empty cuts down the ship
ping bill one-half.