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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
FEED BIRDS IN WINTER.
Scatter Grain for Them in Severe Cold
or Stormy Weather.

Audubon societies at this time of the
year send out leaflets asking nature
lovers who should be specially inter-
ested in the matter to indulge in the
humane habit of feeding birds during
the cold winter season.
There are several reasons why this
recommendation should be needed.
Birds are not simply ornamental, they
are useful as everyone knows, in many
ways. And on the mere ground of util-
the practice should be fol-
lowed.
1t is also a humane advice. During
the cold spells such as visited this city
and State recently, there are thousands
of birds that actually suffer for food,
and the sight of many of them lowering
over home and chattering in piteous
tones as if they were begging for crust
ought to appeal to almost anyone.
1t is also practice that has an edu-
cational value. 1t will teach children
practical lesson of kindness and thonght-
and the child who is kind to
birds will learn to be kind to other ami
mails. 1t will also afford him a pleasant
pastime, and create sort of delightful
friendliness between the boy or the girl
and their little feathered guests.
The cost of the merciful deed is OF
course Insignificant. In fact, it need not
cost anything at all, as in the average
household there is enough wasted at
each meal to feed all the birds around
that home. But even if it did cost a
few cents a month, it would be good
especially where there are
children.
The preservation of birds is one of the
most vital questions in the many-sided
problems of conservation that is just be-
ginning to arouse this Nation. This
form of it, however, may be carried out
without any trouble or discussion. Just
60 ahead and do it, that's all.
The writer saw this week on Main
avenue, R. W. Dickenson, the we'll
known restaurant keeper engaged in
feeding birds. There were many of
them standing on the roof of an adioin.
ing building, or lowering over him, and
there was no doubt that they knew him
to be one of their good and staunch
friends. Mr.. Dickenson is not only a
successful business man; he is also a
gentleman of marked altruistic tenden-
cies, and for years he has made it a
practice 10 feed birds, and his example
in this respect should be followed by
many more.
Do not forget the birds; and let them
have the crumbs that fall from your
table.-Sioux Falls Argus-L Leader.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
Foley Kidney Pills

Are tonic in action, quick in results.
A special medicine for all kidney and
bladder disorders. Mary G. Abbott,
Wolfeboro, N. H., says: II was afflict.
ed with a bad case of rheumatism, due
to uric acid that my kidneys failed to
clear out of my blood. was so lame in
my feet, joints and back that it was
agony for me to step. 1 used Foley's
Kidney Pills for three days when I was
able to get up and move about and the
pains were all gone. This great change
in condition 1 owe to Foley Kidney Pills
and recommend them to anyone suffer.
ing as have" A. J. Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
CUSTER MICA MINES.

In it's annual review of mines The
Mining World says of Westinghouse
properties:
The company worked fairly steadily
all year and achieved record output of
mica from its mines situated around
Custer. During the year more mica was
produced from these mines than the
total amount of mica produced in the
United States year ago. An average
of 1900 pounds per day was taken out,
of the cut mica, besides some of broken
material. The company purchased the
old Crown mine and prosecuted open
cut work in 1t. In the White Spar sink
ing of the shaft below the l00-ft. level
was accomplished. In mine No. 4 tun-
mel was run for development purposes.
The company employed large force
and shipped its mica blocks to Lincoln,
Nebraska, where it is prepared for east
ern use. The success of the Westing-
house people with mica around Custer
this year, has acted as stimulus for
other mica properties in the Southern
Hills, and will result in more work of
this kind there this year, especially
since the price of mica is now high.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
ITO be Continued
Largest Silver Refinery

Omaha's greatest single industry, the
American Smelling & Refining Compa-
ny, produced more than $4,000, 1000
worth of refined ores during the year
1910. The exact value of the smelter's
product for the last IL months is $685.
O79,9 $3.50.
This is divided by ores as follows.
OF gold, 323,039 ounces; value, $6,-
677,2l6.
Of silver, 1s,4S7,43 ounces; value,
$9,s59, ,753.
or lead, 2l4,s45.s27 pounds; value
SO, s59, $50.
or copper, 14,34s,456 pounds; value
$l,Sl2,2l0.
OF vitrol, 526, ,654; value $213,6S0.
Omaha Bee.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
Relief for Tired Ewes.

When the eyes become very tired and
infamed from sleeplessness and from
close and fine work, such as reading fine
type or doing fine needle-work, etc. ;,
take a soft linen cloth, wiring 1t out in
boiling water and press it on the eyes
as hot as it can be borne. Wet the cloth
in hot water again as soonsas 1t becomes.
cool, and repeat the application until the
eyes are relieved. This is very quick
way of relieving tired or over-strained
eyes. Generally in half-hours' time
the eyes will feel rested and the inflam-
nation will disappear. - New York
American.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
School Lunches.

When she is putting up the lunch
which goes to school with the student of
her household, or the toiler, who prefers
to take lunch from home to crunching
at downtown lunch room, the mother
has pleasant ways of varying the menu.
One thoughtful mother, for instance,
has evolved the following variants for
the lunch:
Cold meat put through the meat chop
per; add little gravy, salt, or celery
salt. Hard-boil one egg, put through
chopper, season with salt, little we'll
made salad dressing or cream.
Fresh, crisp lettuce leaves, lay on the
buttered bread, spread on little home
made salad dressing. This makes a
delicious as we'll as nourishing sand
wich.
Take few dates and nuts It use wal,
nuts), put through chopper, add little
cream, enough to make it spread easily,
and dash of salt.
Also make jelly sandwich Of grape,
apple, or whatever may be at hand, and
which is often all the sweet the lunch
contains. Bee.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

Considering that the United States is
the principal consumer of the worlds
tin, using over 40 per cent ofthe worlds
supplies, and considering also the varied
mineral riches of the Nation, the fact
stands out most prominently that the
United States produces no tin worth
mentioning. The high value of the
metal, and the steady and extensive
demand in this country have furnished
sufficient incentive for extensive pros
pecting in various sections of the coun-
try. To date these efforts have not been
rewarded with any extensive measure
of substantial success.-Mining World.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The failure of thorough system of
registration of vital statistics in this
country is largely due to the lack of uni
form and efficient legislation. There is
no more important question to the well
fare Of any State than that of having q
reliable system of registering births, as
we'll as deaths and the causes of death.
The census bureau may greatly promote
the securing of dependable figures, if il
keeps up its campaign for reliable and
complete NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
Filings in Lend Office Rapid City.
Copied from the Journal.

Filings in Lend Office Rapid City.
Copied from the Journal.
Homesteads-
025l37 - William Charles, Hermosa
e3 nwf nj net Sec. 35, 7 Is. re.
025l5l - Milton NJ. Lytle, Fairburn
Lot 8, Sec. 3 and e4 swi swi set lot 5,
Sec. 4. T IS, r 10.
Isolated Tracts
025l49- Myron Godding, Fairburn
Lot l, Sec. II, T IS, r 10.
025l63-George V. Warren, Hermosa
sci set Sec. %, T Is, RS
o25l64-Benjamin Anderson, Folsom
nwf nwf Sec. 25, T 3s, Rlf.
025l66-John Giles, Buffalogap; W!
set Sec. Z, T rs, RI.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The CHRONICLE has received the
annual review number of The Mining
World, containing over 100 pages of in
teresting matter. 1t should be read by
every miner who desires to keep abreast
of the times. The price of this special
number is 25c; subscription $500 per
year-cheap enough, considering it is a
weekly magazine and the amount of i'm
formation it gives upon all mining mat.
tars
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The Illinois Pellegra Commission
makes report that the disease is not
caused by corn, but admits 1t has been
unable to find cause for the disease.
This is the first State to make an invest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The house passed the postoffice ap-
preparation bill, carrying $257 900, 900.
The postmaster general and others high
er up, were scored by representatives in
regard to the rural delivery routes. The
bill was amended so as to give rural car
riers a maximum salary of $1,000 a
year, beginning July l, 1911.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The first duty of an engineer when he
enters his boiler room in the morning
is to ascertain how many cages of water
there are in his boilers. He should
never unbank or replenish fires until
this is done, as accidents have occurred
because of this neglect.-M Mining Science.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

Last Monday at Aberdeen fire starting
from an exploding heater destroyed the
freight house, passenger depot and divi-
sion officers headquarters building Of
the Milwaukee railroad. The loss is
estimated at $l50,000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The FIVE greatest gold mines in the
world are the Goldfeld Consolidated of
Goldfeld, Nevada; the Homestake of
Lead, South Dakota; the Treadwell, Of
Alaska; the Camp Bird, of Ouray, Colo.
RADIO; and the Portland, of Cripple
Creek, Colorado.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
Look for tho Bee Hive

On the package when you buy Foley's
Honey and Tar for coughs and coldsy
None genuine without the Bee Hive.
Remember the name, Foley's Honey
and Tar and reject any substitute. A.
J. Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

A physician now declares that the
mustache is safeguard against disease,
as it catches and holds many microbes
which otherwise would find their way
to the throat and lungs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The climax of utility is reached in
Norway, where some of the newspapers
use so tough paper that it can be cut
into strips and twisted into serviceable
rope, when all the news is read.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The First Congregational church at
Winnetka has built $4,000 theater, as
an annex to the church. The minister
will be the director Of the new play
hnnsa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
Foiey's Kidney Remedy-An AppreoiaS

L. Mcconnell, Catherine St., Elmira,
N. Y, writes: II wish to express my
appreciation of the great good derived
from Foley's Kidney Remedy, which
used for bad case of kidney trouble.
Five bottles did the work most effective
ly and proved to me beyond doubt 1T is
the most reliable kidney medicine have
ever taken" A. J. Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

The M. E. Ladies' Aid held a social
and supper in Hebert's Hall Wednesday
night. There was good attendance
and everyone had an enjoyable time.
Quite neat sum was realized from the
supper.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28

For La Grippe Coughs and stuffy Colds
Take Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t gives
quick relief and expels the cold from
your system. 1t contains no opiates, is
safe and sure. A. ]. Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
FOR PURCHASE & SALE

Mining Property listed.
Examinations, Reports and Assaying.
Real Estate bought and sold.
Locations secured for Homesteaders.
Relinquishments bought and Sold
Rentals Of Houses solicited.
CUSTER REALTY COMPANY.
Otto Menger, Agent,
Kleemann Block,
Custer, S. d.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-01-28
VOL XXI

The miners inch is loosely used
standard. 1t was of California origin,
and never very definite. 1t is about 1.5
cubic feet per minute.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
PRUNING AND BLIGHT.

In fruit growing sections where the
pear blight is prevalent it is we'll for
the Orchardist to reduce his pruning
work during the winter and spring to u
minimum. as cutting at these times
greatly augments wood growth. This
means a greatly increased number of
new shoots. whose tender tirs are espe-
cially liable to infection by The biz ut
germs from the feet OF ants OF other
insects that happen to aiiGl.: on them
More than this. The SAP .u0veS very
rapidly in this Young GroDii.. whi-n.
increase; the nance 81 - i9fes ion'
of the llrg" ;i-1iis or frank Ga VII. h
the shoots ;;:c ,aU..,:c. 'ot.er:,te
pruning may he dos. C;:ri-:g - :,2d'
early August. and TIL; viii 20 only
not induce the growth Ell i'!es, .'':;,.:-,'s
but will cause the rec - lradu t'raii
buds for the following 2.r. TIE wi.
er had some experience along l.s line
not long ago and knows whereof he
speaks.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
AN ENGLISH PENsl0NER.
Superannuated at Birth and Drew the
Stipend All His Life.

Superannuated at Birth and Drew the
Stipend All His Life.
The wife of an English cabinet min
lister had promised to stand godmOf her
to an infant and. calling on the parents
a day or two previous to the chriSten-
ing. expressed her regret that her hus-
band had nothing left at his disposal
of any importance and that the only
thing he could do for her godSOn was
to put his name on the pension Est as
n superannuated general pos maui
The offer was accepted TIL pension
was regularly paid to the parents dur
ing the minority of their son and to
him afterward rs long as he lived He
thrived in the world. became an der
man and attained considerable rye,
often declaring that he had more pleas
ure in pocketing the few pounds he
drew half yearly from this source than
he derived from the receipt of any 9th
er portion of his income.
He died a few days after one pay
ment was due. ard enc of his executors
came to town to announce his de ease
and to receive the money. On asking
the clerk who paid him if it was neees-
sary to produce a certificate of the
death he was answered:
ooh, no. not in the least. | will t. Ike
your word for 1t. Ny father paid his
pension as long as he lived, and have
Maid If myself for the last thirty years.
I am quite lure that the old gentleman
must be dead by this time"
This recipient of the public bHun1y
had been a superannua,'ed poStmnn Tor
inward of aigbtr vo,r, Txchange
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
WINTER BLOOM.

No flowers suitable for indoor culture
give such q return in both beauty and
fragrance of bloom as do hyacinths
and narcissuses. Varieties are now OBJ
tainable that for color and thriftiness
of bloom are remarkable. While one
may use a more elaborate pot, q COM
mon tin tomato can will serve the pur-
D unless one wishes to have a bank
CY Oed Of flowers, in which case
larger receptacle will be necessary.
The pots should be filled with light
sandy soil and the bulbs set with the
crown just below the surface, the soil
being we'll firmed around them. The
pots should then be given thorough
wltering and covered with earth in
the cellar to the depth of three or four
inches above the bulbs. If they show
4 ter f~~0y to dry out they should be
given another watering. In from four
to six weeks the bulbs will start to
grow, when they should be removed to
quarters where there will be plenty of
Ii.ht. yet where it will he cool Both
of the plants mentioned will produce
more perfect blossoms if they are not
subjected 10 direct sunshine~at all.
The paper white narciSsuS has some
what different habit and may be put
in vessels containing water and small
stones at once.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
To &c = Real Actor

Sinking ones identity in character
parts on the stage is but an insl;cn Il
cant branch of acting. The dispia ng
of personality beneath the makeup,
the incarnation of written chars er
III flesh and blood. by sheer al of
genius on the part of the actor in fiji
ing Il part with his own person, ily
tempered to the limitations of Iii, lie
the creation. in short of living.
visible and Ineligible icing. ia he
grand goal of the actors art.
How well Richard Mansfield knew
that art. In his performances yOu
saw an impenetrable makeup: ut,
though Mansfield was hidden beh.ld
the disguise were the brains of the
greatest, dramatic genius of orr gen-
Grafton. fashioning steadily and >'u-
perbly character as he conceived 1T
out of the materials placed az his M
mand by the playwright.-Henry xtjt-
ker in National Magazine
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
THE COMFORT OF A FURNACE.


Some of you folks that have money
in the bank or what comes to the
same thing-grain in the crib or fat
steers in the feed lot-a1d have been
heating your houses with all the way
from two to half dozen stoves would
better look up the matter of installing
q heating plant. 1t will not only
mean an economy Of fuel, but max
mum of comfort for all members OF
the family, coupled with q minimum
of dirt and ashes for the women to
clean up. While hot water systems
are in some ways the most satisfac-
tory from the standpoint Of evenness
of heat and economy of operation
when once installed, they are also the
most expensive. 1t is further quite
necessary that the houses in which the
water system is installed should be
frostproof from cellar to garnet. If
this heating system or the steam heat
ing type does not seem advisable the
hot air system sh3Ild be installed.
and very satisfactory Out.i'S an se
got at from $50 to $50. Tie chick
point in favor of the hot air plant lies
in the fact that all parts of all rooms
which are equipped with registers will
be evenly heated. There is no frozen
on one side, roasted on the other side
business about it. If one has been
subjected to these extremes for gen.
Grafton or more he will appreciate the
comfort of furnace heating plant.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
A prayer in old age

We publish prayer from the
heart of an aged servant of God
chat should be committed to
memory and preserved by every
household. If granted, it will
bring sweet consolation to the
trusting:
o, most murciful God, cast me
not off in the time of old age;
forsake me not if my strength
faileth; may my hoary head be
found in righteousness; preserve
my mind from dotage and
and imbae litv ard my BODY from
protrac.ed disease and excruciaE-
ing pain. Deliver me from de-
spondency in my declining years,
and enable me to dear with pat
fence whatever may be Thy holy
will, humbly ask that my rea-
son may be so comforted and
supported that | may leave my
testimony in favor of the reality
of religion, and of Thy faithful
ness in fulfilling Thy gracious
promises. And when my spirit
leaves this clay tenement, lord
Jesus, receives it, Send some OF
the blessed angles to convey my
inexperienced soul to the man
sions whish Thy love has prepair-
ed; and, oh, may | have an
abundant entrance miniStered
unto me into the kindom of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Amen.
Psalm 71:9 Is, and u: 23-25)
This prayer was used by the
Rev. DR.. Archibald Alex
ander, of Princeton, N. J
daily during the last year of
his life. IC is sent co the Christ
ian B. by the Rev. C. A. Votg,
of Detroit, Mich
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
PROOF OF GENTILITY.
Sleeves That Hid the Hands Showed
the Wearers Didn't Work.

sleeves That Hid the hands ShoWeo
the Wearers Didn't Work.
The practice observed among Span
ish hidalgos Of allowing the finger
nails to grow into claws was to dem
onstrate that they had never done any
manual work. The same custom ex-
lists among the Chinese for the same
reason.
Among the Romans the wearing OF
long sleeves, which came down over
the hand. was the fashion in aristo-
cratic circles. This advertised to the
world that the wearer did not engage
in any labor and freedom from en-
ployment was the condition of re-
spectability.
English boots and shoes have been
designed more or less for the same
purpose as that of the Chinese. who
bind their women's feet in proof of
froir @~-'@i''t~. . n"v'v "~ thC time
OF William Rufus ~ra9FD-t tceI lots
anu sI'oas'' had their poiIts matte iiSe
a scorpions tail, and Il eouriier NAM
ed Robert stuffed his out with tow,
and caused them to curl round in the
form Of a rams horn. fashion which
took nightly among the mobiles. 1t
is plain that the purpose of this fash
ion was to show that the privileged
wearer was not dependent on any kind
of labor or fleetness of foot for his
daily bread.
The practice of wearing tight fitting
boots and shoes is an old one. for
Chaucer, writing of them in his day,
says that it is
Merveyle sith that they site so pleyn.
How they come on or off again.
Later. in 1865. Horace walpole said
81 am now twenty years on the right
side of red heeis."-Harper's Weekly.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
Not Subsidized.

Almost every week there is
some one anxious to have news
suppressed. In some instances
they are not to be blamed, but as
it is our business to print news,
TO sell news, and to make
our living in the barter of
news, we should not de blamed
and damned for publishing news
when it is made. One says it
wiilshurt my character if it is
published, another says it will
hurt nv business if it IS publish
ed, still another says it will hurt
the town If it is published
and another says it will hurt my
politics If it is published and still
another said it will hurt my re-
llgion if 1t is published. AID,
so it goes on. she is a good wom-
an and | am d good man, if we
can keep 1t out of the paper"
We have been here ten years
making you a newspaper and
nave rever gone out on the
street and punched your nose
In order 10 make news, hut when
you get out and punch YOUR neigh
bUrs nose 1t is our duty, as pub
ilc news urveyorS, to tell others
that you have been in the nose
pdnch'ng Business and whose
nose YOU have punched-that it's
what the ne,p'e are PLAYING US
to do In publishing the news
we are m orr right. both under
the law aud under the gospel
and il you don't want US to tell
it, he vtr, careful that you don't
go out and purch your neighbour
nose, -Ha-,n Enterprise