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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

Now the rules of the school allowed
the young ladies to 60 out with the faith
er, the brother or the fortunate young
man to whom she might be engaged.
So when Rachel's friend, Maria Kent,
went to ask permission to drive with Mr..
Wilcox. the principal asked:
"And who is Mr.. Wilcox, Miss Maria"
"He is a friend of mine"
"You know the rules, Miss Maria; he
is certainly not your father?'
NO" said Maria, demurely.
"You have no Ealf-brother named
Wilcox"
"No," said poor Maria.
"Are you engaged to the gentleman!
"No," said Maria, "but Ishall be before
we come home"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20
OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Montana Territory in the matter

Montana Territory in the matter OF
the estate of Harrie B. Rea, deceased.
Sarah A. Rea, the Executrix of the es-
tate Of Harrie B. Rea, deceased. having
filed her final account, duly verified, ana
asking for an order of distribution OF the
residue of said estate. 1t is therefore or
dered by said court, that all persons In
terested in the estate of said deceased,
appear before the said Probate Court on
Saturday, the I'd day of August, 1884, at
len o'clock in the forenoon of the said
day, at the court room Of said Probate
Court at the City of Bozeman, Gallatln
County, to show cause why decree OF
final settlement, and Of distribution,
should not be made, and that copy Of
this order be published at least four sue
cessive weeks in "The Bozeman Weekly
Chronicle" a newspaper printed and
published in said county.
J. P. MARTIN. Probate Judge.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20
A Large Bet.

A great many astonishing tales have
been told about the largest amount of
money which has been staked upon the
turn of card.
Leadville, during the height ofits PROS
perity, had many stories told about its
citizens reckless betting, some Of its bets
reaching into the thousands,
But the largest bet that has ever been
told of, upon the single turn ofa card, was
made by Colonel Plno in California some
years ago.
The Colonel, as everyone knows, was at
one time considered the wealthiest man
in Mexico.
Joe Stinson tells the story, and vouches
for its truthfulRess:
"Pino and his partner had been to Cal
ifornia," said Joe "to dispose Of large
ranch of sheep. They got their money,
and were about starting for home, when
the Colonel thoughthe would plav little
monte. He played in bad luck, and lost
considerable money, which naturally got
him little excited. After while Pine
said to the dealer;
"How much money have you got in
the bank?',
1T was flush times then and the bank
roll was no insignificant sum.
After counting it the dealer said:
about $4S,OOO."
1 bet you $4s|OOO that the queen wins
against the ace" said the Colonel.
"His blood was up and he meant what
he said.
"The dealer looked at him inquiringly
to see if he really meant it, and finally
exclaimed coolly;
Il 60 you on it if l lose"
"The dealer was Miner Smoot. now iI
Denverand a nervier man never lived.
"He shuffled up and gave the cards tt
Pine to cut, after which he slowly begal
to draw the cards.
"Not word was spoken and the silenc'
was terribly oppressive.
'It was long time before either cart
showed, but at last long club showed
and the banker drew sigh Of RELIEF
Pine gave him a check for $4,000 AM
left the room. He came back to Ney
Mexico the next day."
els Colonel Pino living now" wa:
asked.
20 yes. He lives right close by her
out on his ranch"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20
Disease and Filth.

Whether infectious epidemics are di-
rectly due to vegetable germs, or to vari-
GUS inorganic poisons, they depend large
ly on bad sanitary conditions. Facts of
constant occurrence prove this.
The cholera which, some over half a
century ago, started from the unutter-
able filth of India-its native home
and, following the track of trade and
commerce, swept around the shores of
the Caspian Sea into Russia, and thence
into England, and, in 1882, sped from
nation to nation in Europe, and thence
the same year to cur own land, every
where sought out and rioted in filth.
No spot was so signal an illustration OF
this as New Orleans. The city is built
on alluvial soil two or three feet thick,
resting on tough, blue clay, that lets
nothing pass through it. Miles and
miles OF streets were often inundated by
overAows, which left behind slime to
putrefy in the hot sun.
= The-eli...s.s- enoo0di1g1y
The city was without drainage. From
generation to generation the soil beneath
it had become loaded with the excreta of
u,an and beast. Nearly ali the dead Of
the city were buried above ground-the
tombs often being left in state Of utter
neglect and decay.
On the 25th of fOctober, 1892, the chol-
era reached New Orleans. The city then
had population of some forty thou
sand. Eleven Thousand of these sought
safety in flight after the disease appear
ed. Of the remainder, six thousand
died of the pestilence in twenty days
on some days at the Fate of five hundred
a day,
The cemeteries were too small for the
victims, and they were dumped into
trenches by the cart-load, while large
numbers. weighted with stone, were
thrown into the Mississippi. At the
same rate of mortality there now would
| be $4,000 deaths week.
Essentially the same has been true OF
| yellow fever. Between 1887 and 1S43
five thousand five hundred died Of it in
New Orleans; in 1848, two thousanc
eight hundred; in 1858 and the following
wears, the deaths numbered thirty sever
thousand. Five dollars day failed tt
secure grave diggers enough. Vice ant
crime became rampant.
The people of New Orleans have sine
become convinced of the value of santa
ton.
Saws the Century: Measures ar
growing and bearing fruit day by da
which have already reduced the insalu
brity of New Orleans to a point where
may be. compared with that of othe
great cities, and which promise befor
long to make 1t really and emphaticall
the home of health. comfort and safety.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20
CANNIBALISM.
Members of the Greedy Party
Charged With Killing and
Eating the Bodies of
Their Comrades.
GREELY A CANNIBAL.

GREELY A CANNIBAL.
New YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Times this
morning says: Written documents now
in the possession of the navy department
at Washington add to the record OF mis-
cradle human sufferings already publish
ed in connection with the finding of the
Greely relief expedition. the most shock
ing stories of inhuIL anity and cannibal-
ism.
All the facts have been in the posses
sion of Secretary Chandler for nearly
three weeks, but SO closely have they
been guarded, and SO strictly have the
naval officers and sailors maintained the
silence imposed upon them, that not
even an inkling of the true and horrible
condition of affairs has yet reached the
public ear. The sufferings and privations
of the men in their canvas hut, dnring
the long, bitter winter of 1884, have not
half been told. 1t has been published
that after game gave out early in Febru-
ary they lived principally on seal skins,
lichens and shrimps. As matter Of fact
they were
KEPT ALIVE ON HUMAN FLESH.
When the rescuing party discovered the
half.starved survivors, their first duty
was to look to the men who were insen-
sible from cold and privatiun even to the
point Of death.
One of them, German, was wild. In
his delirium he shrieked, "Oh"' as the
sailors took hold of him to lift him ten
derly, Don't let them shoot me as they
did poor Henry. Must l be killed and
eaten as Henry was? Don't let them do
it, don't"
The sailors were Mortified, but at once
reported the mans words to Commander
Schley. When the horrible reality was
brought out before an investigating COM
mittee, Commander Schley intrusted
two or three gentlemen, among whom
was DIR. Ames, the surgeon of the Bear,
to make careful examination, and put
their conclusions in writing. This was
done, and the reports are now in the
hands of the navy department.
Lieut.. Greedy was decidedly averse to
having the bodies of the buried dead
disturbed, but the bodies were dug from
their graves. Most of the blankets con-
tanned nothing but heaps of white bones,
many of them picked clean. BY inquir-
les Commander Schley discovered many
of the seventeen men who are said to
have perished from starvation had been
eaten by their famishing comrades. 1t
was the one last resort.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

Young beginners in life's morning,
Don't forget the rainy day;
Sunshine cannot last forever,
Or the heart be always gay.
Save the dime and save the dollar,
Lay up something as you roam
Choose some blooming spot Of beauty,
Some fair lot. and plant home"
You, too, who have babes around you,
Coming up to take your place;
Give them something to remember,
Homestead memories let them trace.
Would you feel the pride Of manhood,
Let the sun your dwelling greet,
Breathe the blessed air of freedom,
Own the soil beneath your feet.
You, too, who perhaps have squandered
Life's fair morn-'tis not too late!
Start at once to WOO fair Fortune,
Rail no more at social Fate.
Sow the golden seeds of saving
In the rich and quickening loan,
Spend your last days not with strangers
Enter Heavens gate from home.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20
In His Name

In 1854 some wounded soldiers lay in i
farmhouse in the Shenandoah valley.
Mrs. B. the mother of one of them,
the wife of neighboring planter, rode |
ten miles every day to see her boy, bring
ing with her such little comforts as she
could obtain. Her house was burnAd,
and the plantation was in ruins, trampled
down bv the army. One day, she carried
to him pipkin of beeftea. Every drop
was prescious, for it was with great diff
Guilty, and at high price, that she had
obtained the beef from which it was
made.
As she sat watching her boy sip the
steaming, savory broth, her eye caught
the eager, hungry eye Of a man on the
next cot.
She turned away with a quick, savage
pleasure in his want He was Yankee,
perhaps one of this very band who had
burned her home.
She was bitter Secessionist. But she
was also noble-hearted woman, and
servant of Christ. Her eye stole back to
tue pale, sunken face. and she
remembered the words of her Master
If thine enemy thirst, give him drink"
After moments pause, and with pres
sed lips, for it required all the moral
force she could command for her to do it,
she filled bowl with the broth and put
it to his lips, repeating to herself the
words, For His sake; for His sake; for
his His sake I do it,
Then she brought fresh water and bath
ed the soldiers face and hands as gently
as if he too had been her son, The next
day, when she returned, he was gone,
having been exchanged to the North.
Last winter, the son of a Senator from
one of the Northern States brought home,
during the Christmas vacation, as his
chum, young engineer from Virginia.
He was the only living son of Mrs. B.,
the boy she had nursed having been kill
ed during the later years of the war.
She had struggled for years to educate
this boy as civil engineer, and had done
it. But without influence he could not
obtain a position, and was now supporting
himself by copying.
Senator Blank became much interested
in the Virginian, inquired into his quail.
ifications. and after he had returned home
used his influence to procure an appoint
ment for him as chief of the staff of en-
gineers employed to construct an impor
tant railway. 1t would yield him a goof
income for many years.
Senator Blank enclosed the appoint
ment in letter to Mrs.B-, reminding
her of the farm. house on the Shenandoah
adding, "The wounded man with whom
YOU shared that bowl of broth has lonI
wished to thank you for it. Now he ha
done it,
, The Divine principle embodied in tn,
act of the trre-hearted Southern mothe
was never better exemplifed,- tn
fruits of it, like those of every obedienc
+ to Divine law, were natural result, a
, we'll as the fultilment Of the promise tina
bread cast upon the waters shall be foun
after many days.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

one good daily paper in the house, BACK
ed by literary weekly, an agricultural
journal, magazine and scientific pub
lication. The farm should be mapped,
every field numbered, and we'd open
book account to show how many dollars
and days work were expended for GER
tain returns. My boy should be my
business partner. We'd read together,
discuss and plan together, and while l
endeavored to make him feel his respon-
sibility I should do nothing to make
him lose his independence.
"Such ideas read well, but you'd run
your farm into the hands of the sheriff
within three years"
See here, my farmer friend, let me
give you few facts. The average farm
er shortens the services of his lumber
wagon one year by leaving it out in the
sun and the dew. His plow would last
one year longer if kept painted and shell
tered. For the want of little attention
his harness wears out only half its days.
His barns and sheds 60 to rack for want
of paint. Where the hoof-rot could be
stopped in the first sheep if he were
posted, he stops it in the thirtieth. The
The farmer who gets his agricultural
hints from the almanac loses his hogs by
cholera, his fowls by the pip, and his
horses slobber from his gate to the vii
lage store and back. Let man run
your farm on business principles and the
fence corners would not take up four
acres out Of every forty; there would be
no old box-drains about the house to
bring typhoid fever and the doctors
bills. Those leaks in the roof of the
barn would not spoil three or four tons
of hay next year; the want of an cave
trough on the house would not cave in
the cellar walls; the first sign of disease
among the live stock would be promptly
treated; tools and implements OF every
sort would be carefully housed, and
Well am going to shock you. I'd
have the harness oiled and buggies and
wagons washed once week. I'd have a
lawn about the house and make display
of flowers and shrubs; I'd give party
now and then, and I'd encourage meet
ings of farmers once or twice month;
not to kick about railroad freights or jaw
about politics, but TO post each other
on farm work AMI the best way to man.
age 1t.
But about the boy? Intelligence and
energy rightly applied to farm labor
would give every farmers boy holiday
in every week of the year. Let him go
fishing or hunting, or swimming or rid
ing. Let him 60 to town and consult
buyers and sellers and post up. Let him
have books and papers and tools. Give
him chance to own something and to
earn something. Surprise him some day
by the statement that he is not a slave
whose only return for his hard work are
slop clothes, cheap fare and poor lodg-
ings. Surprise him still more by asking
his opinion now and then, and by
giving him a chance to prove his theo-
ries.
Our best and brightest public men
were SONS of farmers, but in too many
cases they either run away or were dri-
ven from home. Had they remained
they would have never been known out
side the cnllntr-
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

CHEYENNE, WYOMING, August IL.
Governor John Schuyler Crosby, Helena,
II. r.:
Accept my thanks for your telegram.
I shall start for the Park in few days
and hope to meet you there. Rest as
sured that all offenders in the Park will
be prosecuted vigorously.
WILLIAM HALE, Governor.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

The meanest man yet has been discov-
cred in Philadelphia. When a gentleman
gave up his seat in horse car to an old
lady with bundles, he quietly appropria-
ted it, and would not return it to the wo-
man intended when his attention was
called to the act.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

Freddy is a young man we'll known
about town. He travels largely on his
shape and family, and his credit is not
the best. He took his best girl out to
drive the other afternoon, and as the
shadows began to lengthen drew rein at
we'll known road house. Alighting he
ushered his fair companion into the par
lar and there sought the landlord.
II want" he said, "as nice little din
ner for two as you can get up; and I'll
have bottle of Mumm's with it. I'm
Freddy I'll be out next week and
settle for it."
II guess, Mr.. Freddy -" said the
proprietor, after a moments reflection,
that you'd better have your dinner when
YOU come out next week. Don't you
think so p
And Freddy thought that perhaps it
would be better, after all, and guessed he
would have his horse brought round to
the door.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

In State street cigar store yesterday
a customer had overhauled the entire
stock and still seemed dissatisfied. He
was on the point of going out when a
salesman. as a last resort, asked him why
he could not be snited.
"Well, you see, l want something
cheap"
~ know it, and I've shown you all the
cheap goods in the house. Here's some
thing for dollar hundred. You don't
expect to get cigars cheaper than that,
do you ?"
Il thought l might. You see, in my
business, want something small and
cheap. Now, couldn't you make me a
cigar about half the size of this one for
say fifty cents hundred? I can sell
them two for quarter"
mo, we can't do that. What is your
business, may l ask"
"I'm running summer resort hotel in
the National Park
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

A Washington dispatch of August 9th
says: Robert E. Carpenter, of Iowa, was
to-day appointed superintendent of the
Yellowstone National Park, vice P. H.
Conger, resigned.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

Senator Edmunds is said to be living
in absolute retirement at his home i'll
Burlington, VT, going ont very little and
avoiding publicity as much as pcssi-
BILE. But the Chicago Republican con-
vention disposed of much Of his possible
publicity.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

Papa, why do they call Mr.. Blaine
plumed knight"
aOne reason, my son, may be that
while in office ne always feathered his
own neat"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20
Clothing! Clothing!

Clothing! Clothing!
BOOTS AND SHOES.
b. D. Smith & Co., invite the attention of the
readers Of this paper to their stock Of Gents Fur
nishing Goods Boots and Shoes, which is always
complete with the latest styles and best goods to be
found in the market. They make a speciality of
Ladies' and Childrens shoes, and you can always
find what you want. Call and see them.
Next door to A. Lamme 4 Co.'S.
D. D. SMITH 4 co
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20

All subscriftions will be discontinued at the
end OF the time paid for, when the subscriber
50 orders.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20
o-rHE BozEMAN-o
WEEKLY CHRONICLE,
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,.

The CHRONICLE is the official pdper Of
Galzrt;n County baring entered into con-
tract 10 do I'll The printing for mhich the
county is chargeabie, as wel as the official
paper for all legal Advertisements required
by Lar.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-20
PLANT A HOME.

s. w. LANGHORNE, EDITOR
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
Potatoes in Their Jackets.

Should potatoes be peeled before
cooking, or should they be boiled in
their jackets? l say most decidedly in
jackets, and will state my reasons.
From fifty-three to fifty-six per cent. of
the saline constituents Of the potato is
potash, and potash is an important con-
stituent OF blood-so important that in
Norway, where scurvy once prevailed
very seriously, it has been banished
since the Introduction of the potato.
and. according to Lang and other good
authorities, it is owing to the use OF this
vegetable by people who formerly
were insuificiently supplied with saline
vegetable food.
Potash salts are freely soluble in wa
ter, and find that the water in which
potatoes have been boiled contains pot
ash, Us may be proved by boiling it
down to concentrate, then tiltering and
adding the usual potash test, platinum
chloride.
1t is evident that the skin of the po-
tato must resist this passage of the pot
ash into the water, though it may not
fully pr vent it. The bursting OF the
skin only occurs at quite the latter stage
of the cookery. The greatest pract cal
authorities on the potato, lrishmen. APP
pear TO be unanimous. l do not re-
member to have seen a propelled po-
tato in Ireland. I find that | can at
once detect by the difference of flavor
whether potato has been boiled with
or without its jacket, and this difference
is evidently saline.-W. Mattieu WI
lidnls, in Popn ar Science Monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
USEFUL IND SUGGESTIVE,

I IA poultice Of tea-leaves applied to
small burns and scalds gives instant re.
lief Chicago Journal.
-Thistles in grain-fields should be cut
below the surface. An old chisel fitted
to q broom-handle is good for this pur.
pose. IN. Y. Herald.
"A pasture properly MANFRED, kept
free from weeds, and thickly seeded
with large variety of grasses, may be
as permanent and profitable as any
field on the farm.-Ezchanae.
The moment ink Is split take .
little milk and satura:e the stain; soak
it up with q rag and apply little mort
milk, rubbing it we'll in. In few min.
utes the ink will be completely re.
moved.-Boston Globe.
1t is the estimate of an observing
writer that about seventy-five per cent.
of all the cattle in America are pure
scrubs, with no infusion whatever Of
good blood. A larger proportion of the
grades, too. are of very inferior type.
An excellent preparation for soft
ening the hands is made of equal parts
of lamb suet and glycerine; melt them
gently together, add few drops OF
some strong perfume, and use after
bathing; rub little thoroughly into
the skin.-Cineinnati Times.
Some wonder why house plants
thrive better in the kitchen than in the
parlor in winter. This is owing to the
presence of moisture from the cooking,
and usually there is more fresh all
enters through outside doors in the
former than in the latter. - Albany
journal.
The wide-awake farmer is a devoted
reader of papers and books that will
instruct him in his calling. He is moi
afraid they will conflict with what his
father knew "about farming" He
rather hopes they will; what his father
knew has been pretty we'll drilled into
him, and he wants to know something
more. Detroit Post.
Delightful Thin Biscuit: Beat very
light one egg. pour it over a pint OF
flour, add a wineglass of milk, and
chop in one tablespoonful of lard and
butter mixed. Work thoroughly to-
gether; break off pieces the size of mar
bles, which must be rolled as thin as
your nail, sprinkling with dry flour as
they are rolled to make them crisp,
stick with a fork, and bake quickly
The Household.
"A farmer, who was in the habit oil
rejecting the grains of corn that grow
on the tip of the cobs. planted q consid-
cradle quantity of them in field de-
voted to beets for the purpose of mark
ing the rows. 1t was his intention to
pull up the corn stalks when the beets
required the ground. The corn came
up, but the beets did not. The stalks
of corn being about two feet apart were
therefore allowed to grow. They pre-
duced a much larger amount of grain
than the stalks grown from kernels
taken from the middle of the ear
Prairie Farmer.