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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03

CONGRESSIONAL.
For Representatives in Congress,
ROBT. j. GAMBLE.
JOHN A. PICKLER.
STATE.
For Governor,
C. H. SHELDON OF Day County.
For Lieutenant Governor,
CHAs N. HERRIED OF McPerson Co.
For Secretary Of State,
THOMAS THORSoN Of Lincoln Co.
For State Treasurer,
KIRK G. PHILLIPS Of Lawrence Co.
For Attorney General.
COE 1. CRAWFORD OF Hughes Co.
For State Auditor,
j. 4. NIPPLE OF Hutchinson Co.
For Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
FRANK CRANE OF Codington Co.
For Commissioner OF Schools and Public Lands
JOHN LOCKART OF Grant Co.
For Commissioner Of Labor and Statistics,
s. A. WHEELER Of Butte Co.
For Railroad Commissioners,
JOHN X. BRENNAN Of Pennington Co.
FRANK JOHNSON OF Dawson Co.
GEORGE CONKLIN OF Clark Co.
LEGISLATIVE.
For State Senator,
s. T.. WILSON, Hot Springs.
For Representative
c. j. PATTON, Hermosa.
COUNTY.
For County Judge,
G. Z. SMITH, Custer.
For County Auditor,
f.. A. SCOTT, Farburn.
For Register Of Deeds,
p. d. DARBY, Fairburn.
For Treasurer,
1. VI. DONALDSON, Custer.
For Sheriff,
A. NJ WILLARD. Custer.
For Clerk of Courts,
A. T. FEAY, Custer.
For States Attorney,
WE BENEDICT, Hermosa.
For County Superintendent,
Mrs. $. ID. BASFORD, Fairburn.
For County Surveyor,
". GRANTHAM, Custer.
For County Coroner.
L. V. BLACHLY, Buffalo Gap.
For County Assessor,
THos MCLEAN, Buffalo Gap.
For Commissioner lst District,
+. NJ. AYRES, French Creek.
For Commissioner 3rd District,
X. A. HOPKINS, FL Dorado.
Justice of the Peace, Custer Precinct,
w. +. WELLS, Custer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
F. J. V. RUTKowsKr,
Candidate for Register of Deeds.
The Burlington's New Short Line.

The Burlington's New Short Line.
The Burlington Route is notable ex
ception to the general run of western
railroads. During a period when rail-
road building in this country has been
almost at standstiIl, it has been steadi-
ly pushing forward its northwest ex-
tension and now takes much pleasure
in announcing its completion to Billings,
Mont, 1913 miles from Omaha.
At Billings, connection is made with
the Northern Pacific Railroad and, un-
der traffic agreement with that com
pany, business Of all classes is exchanged
there, or. more properly speaking. rout
;asias 81 81 fss feaasd Va aRa s ts EaI
Pacific and Burlington systems.
This New Short Line-for that is ex-
actly what it is-reduces the distance
between Omaha, Kansas City, st. Louis
and the territory south and southeast of
those cities, on the one hand, and Mon
tana, Northern Idaho and Puget Sound
points, on the other, all the way from
so to 473 miles. 1t thus becomes an
important factor in bringing the vast
scope Of country served by the North
ern Pacific into closer relationship with
the Missouri and Mississippi Valleys.
Just to illustrate things: The New
Short Line saves
294 miles between Omaha and Helena,
224 miles between Omaha and Butte,
37l miles between Omaha and Spokane,
81 miles between Omaha and Tacoma,
40 miles between Omaha and Seattle.
The New Line has been constructed
in a most substantial manner. Excel
lently ballasted, laid with the heaviest
steel upon more than the usual number
of ties, it equals the best and oldest por-
tions of the Burlington systems.
People whose opinion is worth hay
ing, pronounce it superior to any new
track ever built in the western states.
The train-service will consist of Pull.
man Palace Sleeping Cars. Reclining
Chair Cars (seats free). and Standard
Burlington Route Day Coaches, Omaha
and Lincoln to Billings daily.
As a Scenic Route, the New Line takes
high rank.
The rich farms Of eastern and central
Nebraska; the more sparsely settled
country that lies between Ravana and
the boundary line separating NebrasSa
and South DAKOTA; the canons, peaks
and swelling-meadow lands of the Black
Hills, the wonderful Devils Tower,
the irrigated districts of northern
Wyoming; Custer Battlefield; the pic
turesque. windings of the Little Bis
Horn the glorious valleys of the great
crow Indian Reservation-all these are
seen from the car window.
Full information relative to the trair
service. rates or other features of The
| New Short Line will be gladly furnish eC
upon application to j. Francis, q. p. A.
Burlington Route, Omaha. Neb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
A Card to the Voters Of Custer County

1t has come to my notice that report
is being circulated, that if l should be
elected, / would place deputy in the
office, and not give my personal atten-
ton TO the work required. l hereby
declare that such an idea never entered
my mind, and that, if elected, l shall
personally, and without any clerk or
deputy, perform and attend to the du-
ties of the office.
1t has also been asserted by the "Cus-
ter Leader" that l have made dis
paraging remarks regarding my oppo-
nent on the independent ticket, on
account of his having been laborer,
etc. l hereby emphatically declare said
statement TO be nothing but campaign
lie.
F. J. Y. RUTKowsKr,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.

A dark bav horse, five years old,
branded Bar u on left shoulder Was
last seen on the park three miles north
west of Custer A reasonable reward
will be paid for his return, or for infor.
nation leading to his recovery, by
K. ID. GREATHoUsE,
Custer City. s. ID.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

CONGRESSIONAL.
For Representatives in Congress,
ROBT. j. GAMBLE.
JOHN A. PICKLER.
STATE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

French savant has invented new
science which he terms scarpology,
whereby he proposes to diagnosticate
mental qualities from the appearance
of the shoes worn by the subject. He
claims that shoes that have been worn
are full of faithful Indications as to
lack of energy, fcltleness, bad temper,
or the opposite qualities as the case
may be. If the sole and heel of n
shoe, after two months wear, are
equally worn, the owner is an energetic
business man, an employe that can be
relied on, a good wife or an excellent
mother. If the outside edge is
most worn, the owner is adventurous
to rashness and of bold and persistent
turn of mind. Wear of the inside edge
indicates irresolution and weakness in
man and modesty in woman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05
FOUR-FOOTED BIRDS.
Queer Creatures Recently Discovered ir
the Amazon Country.

Queer Creatures Recently Discovered in
the Amazon Country.
That there are still numerous chances
for the indefatigable student and in
eestigator to make new discoveries
may be judged from the fact that the
only known species of four-footed bird
has been discovered only quite recently.
This curious anomaly, which could
very properly be styled an Avis para
doxalis," is native of the Amazon
river country, It's principal habitat
being the islands of Marajo. 1t is only
during the period of incubation lat
which time the little embryo's extra
legs and feet are seen at their best)
and early birdhood that the four
footed feature is at all observable.
Like the baby frog, which either
"sheds" or absorbs It's tail, the four
footed bird rids itself of It's useless
legs In the same manner, chicks six
weeks of age usually being perfectly
free from any signs Of the extra mem
bers- The ornithologists profess to be-
lieve that this curious creature Is a
survival of some past geological epoch.
Its scientific name Is Opisthocomus
cristatus. The natives call it the
"hoactzin," which means the evil
smelling bird" 1t is also claimed that
there is not a carnivorous animal
known that will taste its flesh.-St
Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

hand line Is heightened the kite swings
around to the left and vice versa. BY
this simple means the kite can be
compelled to move through q range OF
1874 degrees Of arc, or about three.
fourths of a semicircle. Operated from
the deck Of vessel, or from land, q
kite will thus haul buoy or line sus-
pended from the flying lines out
through the water mile or more. In.
deed, fve-inch hawser, 1900 feet in
length, has thus been passed from one
ship to another. Very little skill is
needed in order to steer and otherwise
manage this device, and one lesson is
usually enough for crew. A highly
important part Of the apparatus is the
pair of reels, set up on shipboard O,
land, with which the flying lines are
controlled. Mr.. Davis also makes use
of ''top-line," q third cord attached
to the top Of the kite, .ip getting the
latter up at the start, and In SO tipping
1t as to raise or lower it afterward
Among the achievements described
by this expert are hauling o specially
constructed wagon and boat BY kite
power. The latter craft can thus sail
45 degrees off the wind and the former
fully 90. These, however, are only mi
nor incidents in the scheme, which is
designed primarily to assist In promot-
ing communication, for purposes of
rescue, between ship and ship, or ship
and shore, which certainly promises tc
be exceedingly useful.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05
LINE-CARRYING KITES.
Possibilities Found by a Scientist
in an Old Toy.
1t Is Made to Carry Life Lines to Wrecked
Vessels and Harnessed So That 1t
Can Haul Wagon and
Fair-Sized Boat.

What can be done with O kite in car
rying lines and buoys to wrecked YES
sells has been the subject of good deal
of study by j. Woodbridge Davis for
several years, and he gives short ac-
count of his methods In the Engineer
ing Magazine.
The patient investigator preferred
tho heXagonal shape at first for the
purpose in question, because it gives Il
wider eXpanse for the length of rib;
hut as sharper points render the kite
steadier and the covering material
stretches tighter with a starform, he
now adopts the latter and obtains it by
drawing in at the middle of each span
the cord which goes around the sticks.
To each of the six ribs he attaches
string, and the three on its right hand
side are united by one metallic eyclet
and the three on the left by another,
and to these two brides are attached
his flying cords or reins. For tail he
uses four or five one hundred-foot
lengths of clothesline side by side.
The kite itself is about seven feet across
and so made as to fold up for easy
transportation. To get a fabric that
would undego this manipulation, be
waterproof and windproof and not be
too heavy, required good deal of ex-
pertinent, but at last the problem was
solved, although Mr.. Davis does not
tell exactly how he did 1t.
One of the most interesting, if not
original, features of this business is
the way IN which, by letting out one
of the two flying lines little further
than the other, the kite can be made
to shift its position sideways. When the
lines have the same length it stands
square to the wind; when the right
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05
Sound and Light Compared.

The velocity of sound through the
atmosphere with the temperature at %
degrees Fahrenheit is at the rate OF
1,125 feet per second. Through water
it is Az times, through iron 1t is tea
times, and through wood of the differ
ent kinds 1t travels with velocity
from II to II times greater than that
with which it travels through air. The
velocity of light is 102, 500 miles per Sec
ond. Estimating the distance to be even
o5,ooo,ooo miles, light would pass from
the sun to the earth in fraction over
eight minutes, and ir one-eighth of q
minute would fash around our globe.
If an explosion should occur on the sun
to-day that was SO gigantic in its ma
ture as to ultimately penetrate to our
earth we would not know it until the
year 1908, simply because it would take
the sound fourteen years to travel the
intervening distance.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05
INSTEAD OF THE BONE.
Vulcanite Supplies Missing SEQ
tions of the Human Frame.
DR.. Michnels, of the French Academic at
Paris, Replaces u Broken Bone of
the Arm by n Really Won
derful Operation.

At the French academic a very deli
cate operation Of prothesis was recent
ly performed, showing just what could
be accomplished in replacing a portion
of the skeleton by means of aseptic
artificial pieces. The surgeons have
proved that artificial pieces made Of
vulcanite or metals that do not oxidize
can be buried in the tissues and left
there with impunity.
Dr. Michaels performed the opera
tion. The patient had had tuberculosis
of the humerus and shoulder joint,
complicated with suppuration and fis-
tulae. An operation was imperative,
but the removal of the diseased tissues
would have left such hole that the
wound would never have healed, and
the functions Of the limb would have
been lost if an artificial joint had not
been interposed between the lower
fragment of the humerus and the
scapula..
DIR. Michaels' apparatus to supply the
deficient bone is described in the Paris
edition of the New York Herald as fol-
lows:
1t is composed of three parts: First, a
straight rod, eight centimeters long.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an innamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
eustachian tube When this tube gets
inflamed you have Il rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
lly closed deafness is the result, and un-
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrah, which is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHI HENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
G13 Sold by druggists, 75c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

Get-rich quick schemes continue to
flood the land. Fortunes are offered
people for nothing The names of
men prominent in church and state
are published as directors used as
decoy ducks to draw in the unsus-
pecting. On every hand are trans
parent frauds-offers to make you
rich for few dollars, land that will
quadruple in a year and so-called
benevolent societies that will in a few
years give you $1,000 for about $500.
and meanwhile take care of you in
sickness. The American people love
to be humbugged and schemes that
would pay legitimate interest often
fall through, while the fraud gets the
crowd.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

this band is engraved: "Meinert Zone
side not shown AParis, 1759," and on
the pole pieces the letters N and s In
dicated the polarity. This polarity is,
according to the French custom, marked
s on the north-seeking pole. The mag
net weighs two pounds three and a
half ounces and will sustain more than
It's weight.
The magnet was brought to America
about ITS by DR.. John Francis vacher,
a French physician who was educated
at the college of Montpelier. He joined
one of the American regiments as sur
geon, and served for some time. He
was member of the Cincinnati, and Is
buried in ST. Paul's churchyard in New
York. 1t has been the plaything for
his and his descendants children for
over one hundred years, and its sur
vival shows its good construction. It is
now in the possession Of the family Of
She late Hon. Robert Gilchrist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

the more recent of these machines
brought out in England by Allen Ran
some, of Chelsea, reminds one very
much, in appearance, of the now so fa-
miliar rock drill, the drill proper. of
course, being supplanted by recipro-
eating saw blade, substantially in the
manner shown in the accompanying
sketch. The piston to which the saw
blade is attached works in n cylinder of
small diameter but rather long stroke
pivotally supported on pair of wheels,
so that the whole arrangement is read
lily portable. Steam is intended to be
supplied to the machine from n
portable boiler through long steam
hose, so that the boiler can remain in
one place until the machine has felled
all the trees within a considerable
circle around it, the space cleared, of
course, depending upon the length of
the hose. Cutting down tree, how
ever, is not the only function to which
the machine is limited. BY par
TALLY rotating it on it's axis the
saw can be set to cut in vertical di-
rection, or at any angle between the
horizontal and vertical positions, so
that, after having been felled, tree
may be quickly cut up into desired
lengths. 1t generally happens that
when large tree falls 1t does not lie
fat, as its branches hold the upper part
of its trunk from the ground, and in
order to squarely cross-cut trees living
In such position it is necessary to in
cline the saw somewhat from vertical
line. This is readily done by the adjust
ing capacity just mentioned d.-Casselrs
MaraZine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

Senator Brice, who is chairman of
the senate committee on Pacific Rail.
roads, has treat in store for the
members of that committee, which
will combine pleasure with the accu-
mutation of useful knowledge of the
property with which the committee
has to deal As soon as congress
a journs he will take the committee in
his private car on tour over the
entire Union Pacific and Central
Pacific Railroads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

sold in white, crystallized form. On
being heated, this substance yields all
its oxygen, of which more than third
of its weight is composed. The decom-
position of parts, at first slow, becomes
In short time SO rapid that there is
danger of an explosion, to obviate
which 1t Is well previously to mix with
the chlorate an equal weight of bioxide
OF manganese, a black powder. These
two substances should be placed in u
glass connected by rubber tube with
a jar or bottle containing water, and
heated until the oxygen is all obtained
Now take long, coarse needle, impale
a bit of match on it's point and insert
its head In small cork attached by a
wire to q large cork stopper, which
will cover the mouth of the jar. This
apparatus is shown separately in the
cut. Set fire to the match end, and in
troduce it while burning into the jar of
oxygen. The bit of wood burns vivid
ly, then the needle becomes incandes-
cent and with cracking noise sends
sparks In every direction until all the
oxygen Is consumed. The effect is
somewhat like that produced by
roman candle. The bottom of the Jar
Is protected by good depth of water,
otherwise it would be inevitably shat
tered by the drops Of melted oxide of
iron shed by the needle. When the
process of combustion Is ended a little
round knob is found at the end of the
needle which has not been burned
This is melted oxide Of iron, caused by
combustion. A thin knitting needle
may be burned with equal success in
the same manner.-Once Week.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

destined to replace the piece of hui
merus removed; second, another
straight piece, representing the neck
of the same bone; third, an irregular
sphere for the head; the whole four
teen centimeters in length and made
of vulcanite. We have not space to
describe it in detail, but can only say
that the three pieces were fastened to-
gether in such way as to admit of all
the movements of rotation and circum-
duction of natural joint. 1t is q me-
chanical chef d'oeuvre. 1t was not
enough, however, to make it; it had
also to be put in place.
BY means OF fittings of platinum
adapted to the upper and lower ends of
the apparatus NJ. Michaels was able to
fasten the lower part to the humerus
by means of screws going through the
bone. The head he fastened to the
glenoid surface by driving a platinum
wire into the neck of the shoulder blade
to depth of three centimeters, and by
passing two other loops of wire over
the top Of the bone, the wires being
naturally tightly fastened to the arti-
fetal head without hampering It's
movements in any way. In order to
facilitate the grating Of the periosteum
and muscles onto the artificial humerus
M. Michaels had adapted to 1t little
ridges perforated with holes for catgut
sutures. In the same way to fasten
the capsular ligament he had provided
two platinum rings to keep it in Its
normal position.
The apparatus once adopted tho
wound was closed with the ordinary
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

Never before have the colleges and
universities sent forth so many gradu
ates into the land as in the month lust
closed; and it is significant in time
when the country is slowly emerging
from prolonged and severe period Of
financial depression. The public
has been educated up TO the truth that
college training is not a luxury for the
few, but an opportunity for the many.
Intellectual culture has its utilitarian
value and as an Investment is worth
far more than its costs. That is the
economic side of the question as seen
from theindiyidual standpoint; and the
t nth becomes even more conspicu
Gus if the question be viewed from the
standpoint of social welfare. PHjla.
Record
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

There is a movement in Chicago to
have Sunday services in the various
theatres, especially lectures with n
stereopticon on the life of Christ, and
prominent persons are considering
topics along this line. A special list
of slides is to be prepared by the st.
Andrew Brotherhood The object of
this is to gather the large number of
people who on Sunday will not go to
church, but are ready to enter a
theatre
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05

of suds to fall upon the water. The
spiral will Immediately make several
revolutions in q most mysterious man.
ncr.
The audience should have its atten-
ton attracted to the fact that the tube
does not come anywhere near the spiral,
and that there is no force exercised to
move it.
Another drop of the suds in the same
manner will produce repetition of
the peculiar action on the part of the
wire.
The action of the spiral wire is due
to the fact that the addition Of drop
of soapsuds somewhat modifies the sur
face water SO as to alter force known
as superficial tension" The science
Of this change, however, is rather too
deep to permit of explanation here.
The exhibit Of this trick may be made
In two ways. Either the claim of magic
may be made for the spiral, which, with
suitable strange incantations and ap-
propriate gesturings, may be made be-
fore the eyes of the audience and
anointed with the mystic fluid the oil,
or the simplicity of the spiral and oil
may be explained. and the suds, to
which some slight coloring has been
added, may be ready prepared in q bot
tie and be introduced as the great mag
netic fluid. There are few whose knowl-
edge of natural philosophy will enable
them to explain this interesting ex-
pertinent In popular science. Louis
vile Courier-Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05
CURIOUS HOME MAGIC.
An Enchanted Spiral Produced by Drop

An Enchanted Spiral Produced by Drop
ping soapsuds on a Wire.
Make small spiral of very fine iron
wire and coat it slightly with oil.
Place this coil CAREFULLY in basin of
water and it will float on the surface.
Take straw or glass tube and i'm
merse the lower end for few inches
In glass containing soapsuds. Before
removing the tube place the index
finger over its upper end, so that some
drops of the suds will, by the air pres
sure, remain in 1t.
Hold this tube over the center of the
coil, and by quickly removing and re-
placing the index finger allow drop