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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17
JAPAN IN CHINA.

The Toxic correspondent of the New York Evening
Post learns upon inquiry in Japan that Gin connection
with the pending negotiations with China over the Cheng
Chaun incident the impression exists in diplomatic cir
ces here lin oko) that Japan merely desires at this
me TO consolidate the position and influence she has al
ready obtained In China How this influence was Sc
curedor how some of it secured-hrough the pre-
sentaton OF an utimatum by Japan to China which re-
suited IN the treaty of May 1915 is matter of common
knowledge. AT present the Japanese government has
more authority in the Chinese districts of South Man
churia and inner Mongolia than the Chinese government
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17
FOOL DRIVERS

where crowds of human beings are, should
have his bright keen is the sparkling gaso
deadly thing that's to Stay and
wound wing unless the drivers safe and
active brain. How sinful then, the sod
skate says. l pull freight, along the
fly I'll drink four fingers of old rye"
With beneath his belt he
petit his distorted booze, the
he won't choose In haste to other bars he knocks
the wheels passing lodging
swear, and kills lawyer here and there a messen
ger death; any whose breath sug-
sessions at the should
Mat
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17
None So Good as chamberlain's.

Il consider Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy the best medicine on the mar
ket for colds and coughs"-Mrs. d. II
Mcdowell, Fort Wayne, Ind. Obtain
able verywhere.-Adv. cod
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17
DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.
One Hundred Years Ago Today

One Hundred Years Ago Today.
1916 - A celebration in honor
of the thirty fifth anniversary
of the surrender of CORVALLIS
was begun at Yorktown, Va.
Seventy Five Years Ago Today.
1S41-Expedition of Texans
under General Hugh Mcleod
captured by Mexican troops near
San Miguel, and marched under
guard to the City of Iaexico.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
1s66-cornerstone laid for the
state capitol at Topeka.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today.
lS91-James Parton, one of
the most successful biographical
writer's of his day, died at New
buryport. Mass, Born in Eng
land, Feb. 9. 1892.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17
Mrs. South Winds DUTY
1ICEasa Hn$FaaJudsoae /;

Such children" laughed Mother
Earth, who had been listening all
the while the others were talking.
Cant you see that each one of you
is right"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17

Oct. II, 1915-Bulgarians cap
tured Egri- Palanka and cut the
Nish Uskub railway at vrania:
England declal ed Bulgaria"s
Aegean coast blockaded. Ger
mans in Russia continued on
the defensive and claimed the
repulse of Russian attacks in
Dvinsk, Smorgon and Wesso-
lowo sections; French avia-
tors bombarded railway station
at Metz.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17
Dinner Stories.

A cool individual was awakened one
night by burglars. AS he entered the
dining room, where they were busily
engaged in wrapping up the plate, they
promptly covered him with their guns
But this did not seem to perturb him
Don't let me disturb you, gentle
men," he said. but when you go-if
it's not troubling you too much, would
you do me the favor of posting this
letter? 1t must go tonight. It's my
burglary insurance"
Neither woman was exactly perfect
The old lady was meddlesome IT.
young lady was awkward in caring for
her small baby.
Il declare" the old lady exclaimed
one day, "a woman never ought to
have n baby unless she knows how to
hold it,"
Nor tongue. either" the young
mother retorted.
Mrs. O'Gorman stopped in one morn :
ing to cali on the daughter of an old
friend who had been married but n few
months.
AN how do yer husband an yersilf
git along together Maggie?" she quer-
led.
Very well indade," replied Mag
gle. Here We've bin married goin'
on six months. an OF amt had to call
in the perlice but twice!"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17

7 WHAT'S the matter?" asked Jacob.
why, in this letter, Mary tells me
she gets help in raisln' her children
from mothers club. I do believe in
a slipper sometimes, an a good birchin'
don't dc a child any harm, but never
used any club on my offspring!"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17
80 sss .. - .

Capital News want ads reach ali the
people seven DAYS a week,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17

Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17

Contradictions rn0rom Jadson
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17

George Barker present secretary of state and cam
0ldate TO succeed himself has always stood-n with the
Peterson, Coffin, Coleman, Allen crowd The whole truth
concerning the rotten condition of affairs will never be
known until this crowd is entirely eliminated from Idaho
politics. The election of W. T. Dougherty secretary of
state is imperative -
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-17

Mrs Jones. down in Maine, was much
perturbed by missive she received
from her sister in Boston.
Jacob" said she to her husband,
I as she read, Il call this downright
cruel"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
"Chiuuers,"

Visitors who went to Ft Harrison to
say farewell to the boys who have
gone TO the Mexican border are now
recovering from the "chigger'' bites
they received on that occasion. "Chig-
gers" are not abundant in Marion
county, but those that lay In ambush
in ,le grass at Ft. Harrison fully
'"Hd@ up In pernicious activity what
ever was lacking in mere numbers.
Many persons had there a first intro
duction TO the chigoe, which is of the
order diptera, family pulcidae, spe-
cies sarcopsylla penetrans. 1t is some
times, in addition to its Hoosier name
of chigger, called the jlgger and the
sand flea. Only the female attacks
man. When she gets ready to lay her
eggs she bores deeply into the skin,
usually of the feet and ankles. This
insect is found at its best in the West
Indies, but is nearly as active In the
Southern states. There Is no complaint
of any innOcuous desuetude of this In
sect In Indiana. The chigger deposits
in the perforation she has made In the
flesh bladder or sack containing
about 60 eggs. The Old-fashloned
Hoosier way of Kidding oneself of CHG
gers and chiggerettes was to rub the
red spots denotlng their location with
a well-salted bacon rlnd. And there
are also chiggers In Texas.-indIan-
hpolis News
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
SAVED BY HELMETS
MANY SOLDIERS OWE LIVES TO
STEEL HEADPiEcEs.
Bullets From Rifles and Machine
Guns, as Well as shrapneI, Glance
From the Protection, Doing
Wearer Little Harm.

Fame awaits the man who resurrect-
| ed the steel helmets. He's saved thou
| sands of lives.
The great Anglo-French offensive
! on the western front has served to
/ confirm all that has been hinted about
| the ugly inverted soup-bowl head
! gear, writes London correspondent.
In almost every London hospital today
are men who wore them in the big
| push--men who wouldn't be there II
| they hadn't.
1t is safe to say that thousands of
British lives have been saved by the
steel helmet during the last few
weeks. Consequently, thousands of
, slightly wounded men In London hos
pitfalls already are looking forward
to the day when they'll return to the
front.
An officer of the Royal Irish rifles,
formerly London journalist, is
thanking his helmet for the fact that
he is merely a light casualty instead
Of dead one. A bullet struck the
steel hat at the band In front, plowed
a furrow along the slope and bent the
visor over one eye. A few badly
bruised facial muscles were the only
Ill effects.
An officer Of the Royal Scots by
virtue of his helmet and a strong
frontal bone, completely stopped an
enemy bullet. Just before his bat
TALON left the trenches he peered
over the parapet. A bullet struck the
inverted rim OF the helmet and
thumped against the officers fore
head. 1t made nasty bruise. A
fellow officer near by tested his he'll
met with shrapnel. A jagged piece
Of steel richoCheted off one side and
tore half the band off In the opera
ton. Otherwise II would have been
half his head.
An officer of the Lincoln regiment
in big London hospital today swears
that he felt and heard machine bull
let's raining off his metal hat. One
came little low and clipped his
cheek bone, 80 he had to come back
TO London for repairs.
A lieutenant of an East Lancashire
battalion had his helmet literally shot
off his head.
Two German pills must have hit
in the same place." he said, because
one came through and burrowed along
my scalp"
This officer, like hundreds of his coll
leagues of the steel-hatted army will
be back in the war game within a
month-thaEks to the Frenchman who
months ago studied pictures of an
cient warfare and was impressed with
the headgear of sixteenth century
warriors.
Steel hats press the head, are hot
and have TO be fastened under the
chin with leather strap. But Brit
| ishers just nOw-those who know
are thanking their many lucky stars
for having undergone the incon-
venience.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
QUALITY VERSUS QUANTITY

Many housewives make a vital mis-
take in choosing some of their foodslufs
on the basis Of quantity.
1t has been proven time and again
that the cheapest is always the most ex,
pensive, while the highest price is not
always the best
There's happy medium in every
thing When you select foods, be care
ful. Don't choose any particular brand
Of say Baking Powder for example, just
because you get big can for small
price
The risk you take in running your en-,
tire baking and losing the cost of the
materials involved is not anywhere equal
to the small amount saved on the price
of the Baking Powder,
Then again, because the price is high,
don't think the quality is the best,
Some women DO, aud they are losing
money.
Look for the happy medium. Honl
find IT, Choose brand that costs a
moderate price and you'l ind it more
economical TO buy aud more economical
to use,
The best Baking Powder in the world
can be made so as to sell for 25c per one
pound.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
Speed Upon the Water.

A boat has been designed by d. N.
Brown Of Grand Haven, Mich, which
on test runs has attained speed OF
40 miles an hour, says Popular Sci
ence. The body Of the craft is made
Of thin galvanized iron over a bass
wood framework two feet wide and
twenty feet long Two galvanized iron
air tanks are attached TO an outrlgger
five feet from the rear end on both
sides. When the fOur-cylinder motor,
set in the rear whirls six-inch pro-
peller, the PROV rises cut of the water
and the craft skins along like huge
bird over the surface, the entire
weight resting on about three feet OF
the stern. The two tanks maintain
the equilibrium.
The boat has proved success in all
ways, and the inventor believes, with
an improved design, that he will have
craft capable of making 90 miles
an hour without being crowded.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

Southern gas and power producers
are watching experiments being con-
Quoted in Sweden to determine the
value of the use of peat powder as fuel
for locomotives. A committee which
has conducted several practical tests
reports that the value of peat powder
as fuel is one-third greater than the
fuel value of coal. The cost of peat
powder is estimated at S4O2 a ton
compared with the price of coal S6.O3
per ton. The committee has asked
in appropriation from the Swedish
government of S3J0GOO to be used to
erect peat powder factory, acquire
peat bOgs, and convert the locomotives
of one railway line into peat powder
burners. There is an immense guam
tity of peat in the bogs of the South.
especially in Virginia and Florida.
Some firms have been mining the peat
and using it under boilers as fuel with
below that of other fuel II is also
pointed out that the raw peat cheap
ly prepared, might be used in gas pro-
ducers. The process to be used in
extracting the gas would be very sim
liar to the process used in the extrac-
ton gas from coal. Ii is thought
feasible to place gas works in the
peat districts and pipe the gas pro-
duced, without loss, for about % or 80
miles to gas engines whore the power
could be converted into electricity for
traction purpOseS.-WaIl Street Jour
nal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
BELGIAN BELLS WAR VICTIMS
fortunate Country Have Been De-
stroyed in tho Conflict.

Among the many unfortunate CON
sequences of the European war is the
destruction Of many Of the bell towers
and carillOns of Belgium. Mr.. William
Gorham Rice, In his "Carillons OF Bel
GUM and Holland" explains that the
carillons are a set of tower bells at
tuned to intervals Of the chromatic
scale. Sometimes there are more than
four Octaves of bells, the lowest sew
eral tons in weight, whereas the small
est scarcely weighs twenty pounds.
The bells are connected with a key
board by means of which the perform,
er causes their clappers to strike the
clockwork mechanism that causes
hammer to strike the outside.
The correspondent Of a London
newspaper, describing a recital Civ,
en- by Joseph Denyn, municipal caril-
lonneur of Mechlin (Malines), wrote
"In these northern countries the day
is long In August, and 1t was still twi-
light. Against the southern sky rose
the broad, rugged tower Of st. Rom
bold's High up near the top OF the
tower shone faint light. After the
clock ceased striking and the vlbra-
tion of its deep and solemn tones had
died away, there was silence. SO long
a silence II seemed that we wondered
II It was ever to be broken.
"Then, pianisslmo, from the highest,
llghtest bells, as IL very gently shaken
from the sky Itself, came trills and
runs that were angelic. Rapidly they
grew In volume and majesty as they
descended the scale, until the entire
heavens seemed full of music.
Seated in the garden, we watched
the little light In the tower, where we
knew the unseen carillonneur sat at
his clavler, and yet we somehow felt
that the music came from somewhere
far above the tower, and was pro-
duced by superhuman hands. Some.
times In winter there comes thaw,
and one by one the icicles tinkle
down; gently and timidly at first, then
louder and louder, until, like an ava.
lanche, the largest ones crash down
with mighty roar. All that the
music suggested.
ut was low, II was loud; It was
from one bell, and 1t was from chords
of bells II was majestic, It was sim.
pie. And every note seemed to fall
from above, from such heights that
the whole land heard its melody.
Sometimes the sounds were so
faint and delicate that we found our.
selves bending forward to hear them
At other times, great chords, In the
volumes Of many organs, burst forth
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Companion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
live STOCK Prices
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle Market STEADY 10 Lower;
Liberal Receipts
HOGS STEADY TO 1Oc LOWER

Seasons Biggest Tuesday Lamb Run.
Two Days Supply Largest Since
1918. Trade Rather Draqoy. Along
Towards Noon When sulk Starts
to Move. Killers Hold Up Well.
Fat Lambs Steady to 1oc Lower
Muttons About Steady. Feeders
Sell Steady In Spots.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Nebr., September 27, 1916 Receipts
Of cattle for Tuesday were again very
liberal, arrivals counting out 424 loads
or 1000 head Offerings of corn-fed
cattle were of very meager proper
tions, and supplies this week have
been most too small to afford a very
satisfactory line OF the state OF the
market Prices look omewhat lower
than a week ago, except perhaps for
the strictly choice beeyes. Good
Weighty cattle sold at $1,000 and the
fair to pretty good beeves brought
$8.5049,50 Due to the unusually lib
eral offerings OF cows and heifers the
market developed still further weak
nesses Tuesday, and practically all
classes OF she stock had to move at
shaded prices
Quotations on cattle Good to
choice beeves, S1OOOQ1O6O; fair to
good beeves, SS.5O@95O; common to
fair beeves, s65OgS25; good to
choice heifers, $6.7OQ700; good to
choice cows, S685@675; fair to good
cows, $550@625; Gamers and cut
ters, $45OQ5.50 veal calves, $4,000
100; bologna bulls, S525Q5S5; beef
bulls, $6.9O67OO
The hog run for Tuesday was the
largest for any one day since Wed.
nesday, two weeks ago, all told
eighty-six loads, or about $500 head,
were reported in Shippers bought
more than they have on any one day
In more than week, but although
their orders were heavy, Indifference
on the part OF the packers, heavy re-
ceipts and weak markets elsewhere
enabled them to get their hogs steady
to in many cases around a dime low.
er. Killer buyers we're very indiffer.
ent. and bought their hogs at prices
that were in some cases lO9l5o
lower
The market for lambs for Tuesday
was a rather draggy proposition from
any angle Good feeder lambs
were scarce, and buyers picked
up some Of the better strings dur
ing the early part OF the forenoon at
prices that were steady to not over
dime lower
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs, good to choice, s1025010.35;
lambs fair to good, s1O10@1O25;
lambs, feeders, $9.5O8108O; year
lings, good to choice, sT.756850;
yearlings. fair to good, s7.00977S:
yearlings, feeders, S6.5O6SOO; weth,
ers, fair to choice, $65OQ775; ewes
good to choice, s7.OO9715; ewes, fair
to good, $625Q6.9O; ewes, plain to
culls, s4OO@5.75; ewes, feeding, $50
Q6.75; ewes, breeders al ages, 800
G9.OO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
Pickpocket Lost a Watch.

If man whose watch was stolen
the other night while riding downtown
from Wilson avenue on u Broadway
car In Chicago had discovered his loss,
and If in consequence detective had
searched Charles Oakley's pockets,
Mr.. Oakley would have had some diff
Guilty in explaining how the missing
watch got there.
Mr.. Oakley pulled the watch out of
his pockets along with bunch Of keys
the next morning as he started to open
the door of his office. He went to the
Chicago Tribune to get some light on
the mystery,
Some dip famed guy for the
watch on the car and caught a dick
giving him the once over, 50 he slipped
you the Ingersoll before making a get
away" the Office boy explained. you'd
been the goat if showdown came in
the car"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
ROMANCE SEEN FROM SADDLE
GaiIopins Hoofs Constitute an Eternal
Challenge to the Spirit
Of Youth.

Romance likes to come on horse.
back; the jingllng spurs and bride
irons chant a happy pean In his ears,
and from the saddle as from the
throne, he looks out over the workaday
world, says a writer in Scrlbner's
Magazine.
Romance always has been linked
with riding; In the playroom mounted
on gallant rocking chair youth rides
into q land of golden deeds; later he
swings in long gallops on the faithful
hobbyhorse into spicy and fugitive adj
venture, TO the page on p~ancing
palfrey and to the cavalryman in
khaki the lure OF romance is the same
the rhythm of galloping hoofs thuds
always in the Imagination, the lady's
favor on the lance and the quivering
scarlet guidOn futteT alike a mysteri-
Gus and eternal challenge to the spirit
Of youth. "TO horse and away and
all the worlds before one.
Stevenson always wanted to write a
story about a man galloping up to an
inn at night, and the very suggestion
brings a tingle to the Imagination:
BY on the highway low and loud
By at the gallop goes he.
He heard him in the sleepess mid
nights of his childhood and, indeed,
the sound of thudding hoofs always
makes the heart beat faster. The So
ctable gathering of a single footer on
asphalt, the cracking of twigs and
leaves on the quiet autumn trails. the
muffied rhythm of canter on the turf,
its resonance on a bridge-all these
make music In the ears and bring the
very smell of adventure. TO him who
rides there is always something lost
behind the ranges"-and his heart
yearns for il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
New Idea for Paris Salon

A dispatch from Paris to the New
York Herald contains the statement
that when the next salon is held possl-
bly, a section will be devoted 10 mil
linery and dressmaking. The idea, II
is said, is put forward by NJ. Delville,
a Paris municipal councillor. He holds
that often there Is as much artistic
fancy and skill In woman's toilette
or new hat model as In a picture or
piece Of sculpture. He asks why one
OF these characteristic products of
Partisan taste and Imagination should
not have place In the salon, where
goldsmlths' work and other branches
of decorative art are always exhibited
and attract as much attention as
paintings. The dressmaker and mil
liner will have come into their own
when for creations" in gowns and
hats they can claim medals such as
were awarded to Rosa Bonheur. What
ever the basis for the report which
the Herald prints, certainly it indl-
Gates jaunty spirit of confidence
relgning, in spite of the war, in the
breasts of French costume makers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

Warren Clement of Millvale, while
at work in his bayfield,, heard loud
splash In q pond near by, and think
ing that perhaps horse mackerel had
got into the sheet of water, noiseless-
ly approached the spot and was aston
ished, although he knew that he had
one of the brightest cats in Maine,
when he saw his pet Angora coon
cat dive from a stump and disappear
In the water, oAly to reappear within
few seconds, bearing a frog in its
mouth.
Depositing the now llfeless frog on
the ground, the fourfooted coon
gained the stump again, crouchel, /,
another spring, another dive. another
swim and another frog.-Bangor Com
mercial.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
Advice From Seventy Years Ano

To young ladies', who regardless OF
hard times, deck themselves as If for
the sacrifcial altar: Ladies must re-
collect that because their male friends
do not tell their pecuniary dis.
tresses, 1t does not follow that they
are at ease in these troublesome times.
Many man worth his thousands Is
"cramped" now. Ladies' Be econom.
ical; lay off your rings, put on your
soiled slippers, resume and mend your
rent gowns. We call on females TO
practice economy to cut off extrava.
gances, regulate your expenses-cur.
tail your wants, and show your affec.
tlonate husbands, kind brothers and
fond fathers that you are ready to
hear recital Of their troubles, that
you Will sympathize with them, and If
necessary resign luXuries. and do II
with a good grace, and have none the
less smiles for them for what they
would gladly avoid and what they are
not to blame for enduring.-From the
British-American Cultivator, Toronto,
June, 1S43.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
Depressed Debater.

Here's an interesting quotation
from the Latin" remarked the student.
II don't want to hear It," replied
Farmer Corntossel.
But II relates to current political
discussion"
That's jes' where | quit. They've
rung Latin into law, medicine an even
Into agriculture. If I've got to be n
Latin scholar to talk politics, I'm ready
to quit conversation entirely"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
Unfair.

Sometimes | think Henrietta is a
little unreasonable" said Mr.. Meelton.
Henrietta wears her skirts as short
as she likes and never say word"
But you silently disapprovef"
"No. All l object to is her calling
me down this morning because my
new summer trousers are too lofty
around the ankles"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

Does the above square with your glowing pre-
dictions of Prohibitory control, Mr.. Holsaple2
Do you continue to argue that the orderly,
regulated and controlled trade in South Dakota
today should be exchanged for such deplor-
able conditions?
Let us turn to another State and from Pro-
hibitiOn paper ascertain how the prohibition
law is working in Washington.
From the SEATTLE STAR april 5, 1919
we clip the following: