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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

How Hoks SMITH. Horse Co, 4, Mans.

How hoks Smiths Horse Cot Its Name.
From the New York Sun: "Don'tyou
know how Hoke Smiths famous riding
horse Possumphat got his name?" asked
e. 8. Flint. a well known cotton broker
from Galveston. Mr.. Flint is a per-
sonal friend of the secretary whose
FIRST name has made him famous, and
he addressed this question to a party of
friends in the cafe Of the Hotel Bristol.
mo. Let us have the story" came
In unison from the party.
well IL was In this way" said Mr..
Flint. ''You see, Hoke Smith had a
favorite old negro servant. Uncle Jim,
whose business IL was TO exercise the
s~ecretary's horse when he lived down
in Atlanta. Uncle Jim, like all other
good old southern darkies, has "A tender
spot in his heart for sweet potatoes
baked with the fat Of a 'possum. One
morning, shortly before the honor
able Hokc's appointment to Mr..
Cleveland's cabinet. Uncle Jim had
his masters horse out for a morning
constitutional. when he mel a friend,
Uncle Sammy Ross, Jogging along the
road on his old black mule. The two
niggers gradually let the conversation
drift into the discussion of something
TO eat. The talk about corn pone,
cracking bread and watermelons made
Uncle Sainmy's mouth water, and
worked him up TO such a state of ex-
element hat he challenged Uncle Jim
to a guessing contest.
IL amt no letter man." said Uncle
Sammy. ''but I'll jest lay you dis UNI
brel agin dat ar linen du.ter dat | kin
guess de bessest thing to eat the berry
fust guess"
Uncle Jim said he would bet on con-
dition that he might have the first
guess. Uncle Sammy agreed, and both
got down off their animals and the
articles were laid ON the rail fence for
the winner.
well, here is my say" said Uncle
Jim: sweet tatoes and 'possnm fat.
'Unclc Sammy grew blue with
anger, for he couldn't grow red, and
then picked up a short piece of rail and
started for Uncle Jimmy.
"'Yo outlandish niggah.' he said.
You sarvant Of POI white trash, you
amt never lief me muffin TO guess at
With this he gave Uncle Jim "a beating
which laid him up for some weeks.
The Hon. Hoke Smith had n charge OF
assault and battery preferred against
Uncle Sammy, and Uncle Sammy was
sem TO the county Jail for six months.
When the story Of the guessing con-
test was brought out by Mr.. Smith at
Uncle Sammy's trial, IL was the stand
ing Joke of his friends for a month,
and the horse that Uncle Jim rode that
morning has been called Possumphat
aver since.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
An Old Grofsn DOW, HORSE.

Just as disinterested affection, or
something approaching 1t, may exist
between man and woman, SO 1t is posi-
BILE to be fond of a horse and to be
happy in his we'll being, with no adj
mixture of baser feelings. / wish.
SAYS W. c. Merwin in Road, Track and
Stable, that you might be induced to
try the following experiment: We will
suppose that you havo n stable with an
upoccupied stall in il, and by prefer
ence, though IL is not essential, that a
paddock Is appurt snant To the stable.
Now, let us suppose, further, that you
20 into the market or 10 some private
person and purchase, as you may easily
do for forty or fifty dollars, an old
broken down horse, of whom a long,
hard days work has becn-and unless
you intervene. will for some years con-
tinue to bc-expectcd.
Take him home and watch the sud
den transition from misery to happi-
ness. He comes into your stable with
stiff, painful steps; his legs swollen
from hook and knee TO ankle. his ribs
clearly visible through a rough staring
coat, and above all, with that strained.
anxious expression of the eye which
nobody who has once seen and under
stood il can cxpel from his memory. 1t
is the expression of despair. You take
off his shoes. give him a run at grass
or n deep bed OF straw in "a comforta-
BILE loose box, and forthwith the
old horse begins to improve.
Little by little the expression of his
eye changes, the swelling goes out OF
his legs, and 1t will not be long before
ne cuts a capcr; a stiff and ungainly
one, TO be sure, but still a caper, indie
alive of health and happiness. lie will
neigh at your approach, and gladly
submit his head for a carcss, whereas
mt first he would have shrunk in terror
from any such advances. 1t may be
ten wears since a hand was laid on him
~in'kindness.
If you have any work for him to do,
the old horse will perform il with
alacrity. cxerting himself out of graft
tude; he will even flourish off in har-
ness with the airs of a colt, as who
would say: There is life in me yet;
don't send me to the knacker; behold
my strength and agility" Treat him
ms you would treat him if he had cost
Won a great SUN. or as IL you expected
TO win a great sum through his exer-
tons. Let him have good blankets,
good grooming and all the little atten-
tons of a well ordered establishment.
Is there anything ridiculous in this?
Shall not the stable, as well as the
house, have its sa red rites of hospital
ity?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
xS4p Keedick's Typewriter.

When Mr.. Keedick reached home
the other evening he was confronted,
relates the n. Y. Mercury, by a very
angry wife. He had scarcely got in
side the door and hung his nat on the
hall rack before she blurted out:
you've got a new typewriter!'
"Whv, yes" REPLIED keedick. "How
did YOU find it out?'
"0h, l am up 10 your goings IN. l
can tell you. You got your new type
writer yesterday"
Il did. Who told you?"
well, If You must know, it was
Mrs. Gaskett. Her husband told her.
You needn't think you can keep
things from me-"
IL have no desire TO. dear"
"Don't dear me! Your typewriter
is only about Is years old?"
"As nearly rs | can judge OF ages l
should say that was about right"
And has melting brown eyesp'
Mrs. Keedick went on. Indignantly.
Possibly, but | haven't noticed
them doing any melting"
@Oh, no! or course not. With .
soft voice and charming manners"
"You are nearly right"
Nearly right! l know I'm quite
right" exclaimed the j~ealoas woman.
-Now l want you to tell me the name
of the forward creature"
"You want the name Of my type
writcr??"
Eyes, | do"
"What for?:'
Never mind what for. want your
~typewriter's name!"
at is John Henry Simpson. What
are you going 10 do about it,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
An~i,ot Womso Po,ts.

Edmund Gosse in the Century: 1t is
no new theory that women, in order TO
succeed in poetry. must be brief, per-
sonal and concentrated. 1t was recog
nized by the Greek critics themselves.
Into that delicious garland of the poets
which was woven by Meleager to be
hung outside the gate OF the gardens
Of the Hesperides he admits but two
women from all the centuries of Hell
lenic song. Sappho Is there, indeed.
because though her flowers were few
they we're all roses" and, almost un-
seen, n single virginia. shoot OF the cro-
Gus bears the name Of Erinna- That
was all that womanhood gave of dura-
BILE poetry to the literature of an
,iuuity. A critic, writing 500 years
after her death. speaks of still hearing
the swan-note of Erinna clear above
the jangling chatter of h jays, and
still thinking those 800 hexameter
verses sung by n girl OF 10 as lovely as
the loyeliest Of Homer's Even at the
time CT the birth OF Christ Erinna's
writings consisted of what could be
printed on a page of this magazine.
The whole of her extant work, and OF
Sappho's zoo, could now be pressed into
n n newspaper column. But their fame
lives on, and of Sappho, at least, enough
survives to prove beyond n shadow of
doabt the lofty inspiration of her
genius. She is the type of the women
poet who exist not by reason of the
variety or volume Of her work. but by
virtue of its intensity, its individuality,
its artistic perfection.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

NO NEcK's roB. the calliope play.
II was along toward evening when fif-
teen Of the chiefs in paint and blankets
marched up To buy tickets Chief No
Neck sat on a wooden animal with
black spots all over it. When the
merry-go-round started the horses be-
gan 10 rock and the big organ shrieked
maggie Murphy's Home"
sounded the Ogaiiaii. whoop.
Chief No Neck caught: the bride NTH
both hands, and his blanket fioated be-
hind him. Then he yelled: Zip. Zip.
III, vi, yip!" All the other great men
of the tribes took up the war-cry as the
horses whirled more swiftly around the
tented circle, and the organ threatened
TO explode with effort. One might
think that braves who ride real horses
would not care to be jerked around in
a caroussel, but for ore reason the
Indians like H. They prefer il TO the
art galleries. Some people who are not
Indians feel the same way.
How TO See ths sights with One Book.
An everyday sight is q whole family
sdoing" the Exposition with one guide
book. The father usually carries IL,
with the understanding that it is to DO
handed out upon demand. As they
move along the book becomes q cir
culating library. After four days it Is
soiled and dog cared. like a copy Of
Balzac in o college students room.
In the manufacturers building fouf
persons were trying to read q guide
book all At the same time in order tc
find ont how far up 1t was to the top OF
the trusses. The old gentleman stood
IL for a while and then said: 4lf you
folks keep away for u minute Ill ind
the plass and read " cni loads'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
ORDER YOUR
JOB ST0C X
ROLLER CORES
-FROM-
SIOUX CITY PRINTING COMPANY
aos Pierce Street, : . SIOUX CITY. IOWA
sos Pierce Street, : . SIOUX CITY. IOWA
SOME BODY TYPE.

We have 500 pounds of point
(brevier) type second hand, in well
sorted cases containing about so pounds
each. This type was used in this
Office Tor about thirteen months and is
in good condition for second hand ma
terial. This advertisement is set out
of one of the cases, and as il shows
here is a specimen of the whole and
what il will do.
1t is offered for sale at 1sc- a pound.
As it is a bargain those needing body
type should order at once. This Is an
extra hard type and will last for years
on a weekly newspaper. Orders will
be filled in the order of their receipt
at this Office. Do not delay writing IL
a case or two of this BREWER will add
to the equipment of your Office. Fifty
pounds will only cost you $500. Ad-
dress
The SIOUX CRY PRINTING Co.
Sioux City Iowa,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

In some parts OF Europe a small
piece of vanilla root is put into the
teapot with the ten. But there is .
dantier way Of taking vanills flavor
with the ~~checring cup" In England
some tea services are favored when In
process Of making. The potter mixes
the essence with the clay aud 1t Is thus
baked into aver piece OF the service.
Afterwards, whenever the tea things
get hot n they r being used. they
exhale q faint aroma Of vanilla which
seems more delicate 70 the taste.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
Iha Or lean.

I sit upon my OK team, calm,
Beneath the lazy sky,
And crawl contented through the land
And let the world go by.
The thoughtful OK has learned to walt
And nervous impulse smother,
And ponder long before he puts
One foot before the other.
And men with spanking teams pass by
and dash upon their way,
As IL ii were their hope 10 find
The worlds end in a day.
And men dash by in palace ears,
On me dark frowns they cast,
As the lightning-driven present frowns
On the slow old past.
What do they chase, these men Of steam,
Their smoke flags white unfurled,
Pulled by the roaring hre-tiend
That shakes the Keeling worluf
What do We seek, We men of steam
So wild and mad you press;
l. this, is this the railroad line
That leads to happinessl
And when you've swept across the day
And dashed across the night.
= Is there some station through the hills
Where men can find delight
All. toward the depot of content,
Where no red signals stream,
90 By OK team just as quick
As you can 60 by steam.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
The Approaching Dinner Hour

III ~ ~ -
Is fraught with no pleasant anticipations
for the unhappy mortal plagued with dys-
pepsia. Appetite seldom, discomfort
after and between meals, always is his
portion. Heartburn and hatulence subse-
quent TO eating, a gnawing at the pit Of
the stomach before IL, are only a i~U
among the woes arising from this truly
impish complaint. Sick headache, nery-
business, constipation and biliousness are
its diabolical offspring. Each and all of
them are annihIlated by Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which tones the gastric
organs and regulates the liver and the
bowels with certainty and prompitpde.
Chills and fever, kidney trouble, rheuma-
tism and neuralgia are also remedled by
this medicine of rare purity and compre-
hensive uses. Invalids Of all kinds are
greatly and swiftly benefited by it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
Ky TToFYF rFT1

MAAEO llCELF FELT
tho great gripping, o~ld-fashioned pill.
Not only when you take it but I'M
pleasant from first to last, and Y only
gives you q little temporary rood.
The things to take Its place are DR..
Pierccs Pleasant Pellets. One Of these
ct q dose viii regulate the whole sysscm
perfectly. They're tiny, sugar-coatcd
granuleA scarcely larger than mustard
seeds. They act In Natures own way.
No reaction afterward. Their help lasts
ond they do permanent good. Consti-
patton, indigestion, Bilious Attacks, Sick
or Bilious Headaches and all derange-
ments Of the liver, stomach, and bowels
are prevented, relieved. and eurpd.
They're the cheapest for they're gssy-
sntsed to give satisfaction or money h re-
turned. Nothing can b 4'iust - good
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

In his haste to get
through the gates
he came very near
jumping over the
~turnstile. He was
here TO sec the
sig b Sc very
thing in the cata-
logue from "A L"
To III ANA"
When he saw
the
spread before him
he acted like a
colt turned out TO
pasture. Il h e
richest and juci-
est clover.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

EXHAUSTED FRIDAY. who gathered
around him and giggled noticed that
he wore blue wooden socks with white
toes. He was u sound sleeper, too, for
be made q noise like the exhaust Of a
steam pump. A Columbian guard was
going To rout him up. bat a man inter.
posed and said: Let him sleep. tie
isn't doing any harm" 80 he remained
there nearly two hours and many per-
some envied him the nap.
Where To Go when Tired ont.
For people who are tagged out the
lake shore is 4 refreshing place. Men.
women and children sit on the stone
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
THE REACH

and suItrN Dut UN THE HEftH'
some breaths Of cool air came in over
the choppy waves. The children throw
shells and pebbles into the water or
follow each receding wave only to
scamper back To get away from the
curling breaker which takes its place.
II is not an empty view toward
n. .chigan, for some steamboat is always
splashing toward a pier.
A Boon Which Pc :pie Forget.
Those who have lived in Chicago for
years cannot well understand what a
treat the lake is to thousands of prairie
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

guests. They are
content to watch it
for an hour at a
time. The boat
captains say that
many of their pas
5 n gers we're
never OF the water
before.
At n merry-go-
d on SD
street the brave
chiefs of the wild
west love to ride
on the e n
horses and h ear
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the California
liquid laxative Syrup of Figs, under all
conditions, makes IL their favorite rem
edy. To get the true aud genuine article,
look for the name of the California Fig
Syrup company, printed near the bottom
of the package.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

slope, so near the
paved d t IA
that the eager
waves sprinkle
I their : shoe $.
There never WAS
a day SO dead
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

Frivolous curiosity about t~rifles. and
la borious attention 10 little objects, which
neither require nor deserve a moments
thought. lower a man. who from thence
is thought, and not uniustly, incapable OF
greater matters.-Chesterheld.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

OVER twenty years of experience and
experiment in making Dobbins' Electric
Soap has enabled US to bring out now a
new DC soap, the best in the world, Dob
bins Perfect Soap. Ask your grocers
for IL.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
Souvenir Coins,

Those beautiful silver DIN provided by
special act Of congress TO commemorate
the great Columbian anniversary exposi-
tion may be had at the regular price OF 81
by sending postal note for that sum to
The DAILY TRIBUNE. Sioux City, Ia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

day. The other
day the visitors
who went toward
the plais
noticed an old
gentleman on the
steps of n little
SO building
where chemicals
are exhibited. lie
had picked out a
quiet corner at the
top of the steps
and gone TO sleep
with his head on a
~gripsack. In order
that his rest might
be comfortable, he
had removed his
shoes. The people
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

The man who is inquisitive into the
secrets OF your affairs, with which he has
na concern. shoGld b 10 object OF your
caution. Men no more desire aIIiher's
secrets to conceal them than they would
another's purse for the pleasure only Of
carrying il Fielding.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

such Is our impatience, our hatred of
proscrastination in everything but the
amendment of our practices and the
adornment of our nature, one would I'm
agine we were dragging time along by
force, and not he Us. --Landor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
OF MANY MOODS.
NY BONA.

- as
"Hush," she cries, striving to withdraw
her hand. ''Soine one Is coming. I hear
them. An, 1t is the Saunders girls, they are
coming up here for their constitutional, 1
suppose. Come, they must not find us here.
Silvia has the longest tongue on earth"
Dallas mutters something pot compliment
tary to these advancing bellies, and slowly
rises.
Come" cries tho other; 'come over this
side. IL IL were IN one else 1 should not
mind, but Silvia | can not stand"
They are standing on the other side. The
Misses Saunders, with painting breath and
tagging footsteps, are slowly clambering up.
See" says the girl. looking down at the
grass grown slope, 'ft Is not so steep here.
Give me your hand and let us run down ere
these females detectives are upon us"
She holds out her hand innocently as q
child, and together they run down the hill
hand-in-hand like two children out for a
holiday, and when they reach the foot there
is no coquetry left in her laughing eyes.
SO well pleased at having cheated the fair
Silvia out OF a bit OF gossip they saunter slow
~ hornewards.
miss Saunders to YOU an i devoutly
thankful" says Dallas to himself as he scans
his handsome face in the glass that night.
Had IL not been for your kindly appear
ance, there's no knowing how big a fool l
might have been" And then he looks at
Rose Darrells picture, but lays it aside with
q half sigh.
And Eleanor goes TO bed with a happy
smile upon her lips, and surely the angels
kiss her as she sleeps, for the sun finds no
happier face when he goes his daily rounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

NJ. L. THOMPSON & CO.. Druggists.
Coudersport, Pa. say Halls Catarrh Cure
is the best and only sure cure for catarrh
they ever sold. Druggists sell il, zoe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

Not having enough sunshise IL "nat
ais the world. Make people happy and
there will not be half the quArreling, or a
tenth part OF the wickedness there now is.
L NJ Child.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22
German
Syrup"

/ simply state that.I am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore in a position to judge. l have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boschee's German Syrup.
I have giveni it to my baby for Group
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. ]. III.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster.
Moffat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts, of to-day Boschee's
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. o
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

Ladies', use DIR. LaRue's "PeriodieaI- Pulls, from
Paris, France. Established IN Europe. 1859; United
States. 1881. Cures all impressions Irregularities
and NOR y arrangements. safe. harmless, reliable.
They po sy must no, be taken duEng Pregnancy.
Many OF -. Ills 70 which ladies' are subject are the
direct results. Of irregular menstruafIon. Continued
monthly suppfessions resnlt IN blood poisoning and
eulcx consumption. q . package or 8 for eS per mail
IA plain sealed envelope. on receipt Of price. The la
Rue hemicaI Co. proprietors. The senuipe Pill % q
by sedgwick . Grady. siSax City, la Wholesale and
retail agents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

Monday / must DAY.
have walked twenty miles. The next
day l overdid it just the same. Conse-
quently / used myself up. Now | feel
too lazy to go anywhere. The next
time come III have a programme and
not try to do everything the first day"
BewPoople Waste Energy.
Every hour one may see plenty of
people who have worm themselves out
Ia the attempt 10 cover GOO acres in a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

II you will lie 'ruly happy keep your
blood pure, your liver from growing tor
pid by using Beeeham's Pills. - cents a
box.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

We believe that we shall know each
Others forms hereafter, and, in the bright
fields OF the better land, shall call the lost
dead to us.-N. 7. Willis.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

If God were to send two angels, one to
rule an empire, and the other TO sweep its
streets, each would feel that his place was
the place OF duty and honor, and would be
satisfied with it-Cecll
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

Said General Oglethorpe to Wesley
II never forgive" Then l hope, SIR -
said Wesley, you never sim
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

y. X. Browa's Essence Jamaica Ginger
will cure diarrho.a. None better. Try
il. % cents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

Tomorrow! IL Is y period nowhere TO
be found Ia all the hoAry registers of
time. unless, pcrchance, In the fools cal
endar. Wisdom disclaims the word, nor
holds society with those who own it,
Cotton e
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

Every one sings according to his abil-
ity and marries according to his luck.
Portuguese proverb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

The heap in the barn consists of sim
gle grains. and drop and drop make the
inundation.-Ssadi.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

The way to gain a good reputation is
to endeavor to be what you desire TO APP
pear-Socrates.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-22

lit Is, sir, the peoples constitution. the
peoples government. made for h people,
made by the people and an~swerable to the
psople. -nanial Webster, l63O.