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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Ront with a Broncho.

BoZefnan, Mont, Chronicle.
A professional broncho rider came TO
town last week. He registered at the liy-
cry stable as Texas Slim, and gave il out
that he was broke and would ride any
thing in the barn for a dollar. Then a red
eyed broncho was led out and shown TO
Slim. He was told that Il was particular
business riding that horse, and that very
few people got back the same day they
were thrown off. But this didn't faze
Sim, OF Texas, who jumped on bareback,
with nothing but the rope end Of a halter
TO hold on to as down the street the two
went. The Great Northern passenger
train slid by the coal shed and cut them
here the broncho commenced 70 perform.
He bumped himself like a bicycle rider and
then Strengthened out like a match.
jim was still there.
Then the brOncho jumped into the air
about ten feet, turned around before he
came down, y struck the road sitter
than a crowbar
Here James got Of. He didn't intend TO.
but the part of the broncho he was hold
ing onto seemed TO leave him, and he went
under
The broncho then commenced to stay on
top, but he d.dn't stay there long. Slim
got up and was on his b~ronchoship again
so quick that the horse was so surprised
IL Almost made him sick. Then he tried 70
run away from has trouble. but after d 1--WE
mile run he came back 10 the stable 50
quiet hat our children could ride him
at once, and Jim TOOK his dollar and
bought some Internal improvements with
II
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Hale and Hearty.

s the condition in which every human
being was undoubtedly intended % be.
and whenever this IL not the case there
mus be something WRONG. Probably In
a majority Of cases the trouble Is in the
blood. which has become Impoverished
or impure by reason Of hereditary
scrofula talnts VI from some other
cause. In case there Is scrofula In the
blood there will frequently be eruptlons
or the SKIN, though sometimes the dis
ease assumes a different form. In fact
a very large proportion OF diseases are
caused by this inherited faint. That
the cause IL In the blood is proved by
the fact that scrofula, salt rheum, rheu-
matism, catarrh, and other like diseases
are o readily cured by purifying the
blood. No medicine has such a record
OF cures as Hoods Sfrsapariila, and
yet Hoods Sarsaparilla IL always adj
Vertised as a blood purifier. The way
70 keep hale and hearty IL 10 keep the
blood pure, and # it Is not in a condi-
ton OF purity and vitality there IS nc
better remedy that can be used than
this same great blood purifier and
strength builder, Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
TO BUY THE POPE A CITY.
Constsntinopie, More Than Rome, II
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Constsntinopie, More Thar Rome, II
Likely to he Purchased.
1t is suggested that the Roman Catho-
lies Of Christendom shall subscribe ST.
100000, 900 to buy Rome and a nearby
seaport for the pope, says HarpeI's
Weekly. The belief IL expressed that
the Italian government might sell the
property without serious detrimert to
Its political integrity and that the
money could be used 10 great advantage
In relieving Italy of part of the burden
OF her public debt. II Is not proposed
to turn over the principal to the vendors,
but TO place 1t In trust and to pay its
annual proceeds into ,r, Italian treas
ury as long as .ae pope remains undis-
turbed in the papal territory.
The plan Is a very pretty one aud
there are those who think the money
might be raised and that King Hum
bert's government would appreciate
the advantages Of shch a bargain. but
would Rome be the best purchase the
pope could make with the money?
Chicago would take him vastly cheaper
and give him port privileges on Lake
Michigan, but she could not engage to
make him monarch OF an American town
ship at any price. But there is Con-
stantinopie, an excellent city, where
popes have lived before, full of ready
made churches built by Christians and
nearly ripe now for RECONSIDERATION.
Constantinople seems Liable to come
into the market any day. IL the pope
could buy il Of the sultan That would be
n deal worth subscribing TO and worth
turning a page OF history TO record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
SCIENTIFIC REASON GIVEN.
why h Eyes of = Painted Portrait Fol
low the Observer.

why the Eyes Of = Painted Portrait Fell
low the Observer.
Woliaston's curious discovery was
that by adding to each pair of eyes q
nose directed to the right or the left,
the eyes lose their front direction, and
look to the right oil left, according 10
the direction of the nose. BY means OF
a flap representing the lower features
in a different position, as DIR. Wollaston
remarks, "a lost look of devout abstrac-
ton in an upIifted c~ountenance Of in
quisitiye archness in the leer OF q
younger face turned downward and OBJ
liqueiy toward the opposite side"
AS by changing the direction OF the
lower features we change the direction
of the eyes, says Notes and Queries, so
by changing our position, the eye OF the
portrait apparently follows us. II IL
vertical line be drawn through the Tip
Of the nose and half way between the
eyes, there will be the same breadth of
head, Of cheek, of chin aud of neck on
each side of this middle line, and each
iris will re in the middle of the whole
eye. IL we now move TO one side, the
apparent horizontal breadth of every
part of the head and face will be di-
minished, but the parts on each side of
the middle line will I've diminished equal
ly, and AT any position, however oblique,
there will be the same breadth of face
on each side of the middle line, and the
Iris will be in the center Of the whole
OF the eyeball, so that, being on a fat
surface, the iris will be seen in front OF
the picture or obliquely.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
The American Consular service.

>&s
Poultney Bigelow, in Harper's Magazine
for November.
My first care on landing was, of course,
to seek the American consul. ami renew
my patriotic fervor by contact with the
man on whose shoulders should rest the
dignity OF our country. To my chagrin
found we had no consul. that for the time
beng American interests were being cared
for-and very WEI, too-by an English
gentleman. ] made inquiries OF various
people, and learned that in the memory of
the oldest inhabltant Of Cape Town such
a thing ~ AN American consul who could
Keep sober after II O'clock noon was too
seldom known, and This fact must be
carefully borne IN mind, for IL will ex-
plain some things that might otherwise
seem obscure. Other countries encourage
the commerce of their citizens by APP
pointing capable consu.s at foreign ports.
Capable consuis cannot be secured unless
they are either well pad for their services
or unless they are gwen "A permanent po-
s,tion. The American consul at Cape Town
has large American interests TO watch
not merely at the cape, but throughout
South Africa. Uncle Sam offers such a
man the wages OF A second rate mechanic
or base ball payer.
Merchants OF Cape Town who seek to do
business with the United States have no
one here to whom they can turn for in
formation, and thus orders which might
have been placed an New York or Chi
cago are converted 10 Birmingham or
Buenos Ayres. The consuls of other coun-
tries are constantly laboring TO Increase
the trade each OF his own country; ours
are often regarded as worse than useless.
When the Beers locked up the leaders
OF the johannesburg reform committee,
and amongst them one or more Americans,
IL was the English governor at Cape Town,
Sir Hercules Robinson. who did what was
possible for American interests. He sent
an Englishman TO look after John Hays
Hammond in the Pretoria jail, and thai
Englishman went with a credit on the
bank here for the purpose of bailing out
any American that might be in distress.
Nor d.d the English governor stop here.
He gave orders that the best legal talent
available should he employed In protect
ing the legal interests OF English and
British colony.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
The Secret of Long Life.

Nj. Barthelcmy Saiut Hilaire, the
famous French scholar and politician,
who recently entered on his goth year
full Of intellectual aud physical vigor.
has been telling the inevitable inter-
viewer how il is his days are SO long in
the land.
IL Is. we are told, early to bed and
early to rise, with steady work during
waking hours. Every grand old man
seems To have a secret of his Own MIR.
Gladstone attributes his longevity t. his
habit Of taking u daily walk in all
weathers and 10 his giving t~hirty-tw0
bites 10 every morsel OF food.
Oliver Wendell Holmes pinned hia
faith on equability of temperature The
late Mai Knox Holmes swore by the
tricycle.. which in the end was the carse
of his death.
Some aged persons give the credit OF
their long lives to abstinence from to-
bacco. alcohol or meat; Others to tbeil
indulgence in these things. One old
lady Of 40 or Whereabouts maintained
that single b~lessedness was the real
elixir vifse aud she ascribed the death
OF = brother AZ the tender age of 80 TO
the fact that he had committed matri.
mouy. M. Ferdinand de Lcsseps be-
lieved In horseback riding. while James
Payn complains that n can get too
much horse.
Among the champions OF horsehack
riding was also Thomas Carlyle. who
groomed his horse rs well as rode It.
On the whole. it must be concluded
thasthe real secret Of longevity Is q sound
Constitution prudentiy husbanded.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

Ladies Home Companion.
When frost approaches, such tuberoses
as have not bloomed should either be
lifted and ported for winter blooming, or
else dried off and stored away until spring.
II the fiower-scapes nave started, they
may be brought into bloom I'm the house IL
caefully lifted, well watered and kept in a
cool, shady place until growth begins.
Bulbs that have not yet begun to develop
their flower germs may be dried of thor
oughiy, then wrapped in cotton as cod
weather comes, and packed in "A box kept
In a warm, dry room until spring.
When potted ia the spring. water SPAR
ingly at first. n keep in a warm place.
n gradually increase the supply OF water
as the bulbs form roots and begin 10 push
up leaves. At this stage the germ il very
delicate, and cold. moist earth is liable 10
cause decay. As the weather becomes
warm and Pleasant however, the started
tuibs may be bedded out IN a sheltered
spot, where they will soon come into
bloom. Dormant bulbs should never be
bedded out early. They are liable to decay
At the germ. and prove fOweriess.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Harper'e Round Table.

Harper Round TaDlc.
Signor Arditi, the we'll known musical
conductor, has recently PUBLISHED his me-
moirs In London. Among the many anec-
dotes he tells Is the following adventure
he had with a bank cashier. He was In an
American city and wished 10 nave acheck
cashed, but as the cashier did not know
Signor Arditl he told him he must get
himself identified before III could receive
any money.
But ] do not know anyone here pro-
tested the musical conductor,
II am very sorry sad the cashier.
Signor Ardlti thought for a few mo-
ments, and presently said:
DO you attend the opera, young man.
Frequently" said the cashier. II am
very fond OF music"
Then you must know me- continued
Signor Ardiii. and taking off his hat lac
turned his back upon the cashier. and beat
time vigorously 10 an imaginary orches-
ira.
oh. yes exclaimed the cashier Al
once. II know the back OF your head well.
You are Signor Arditi." And he handed
out the money 10 the musician without
further ceremony.
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CONTINUED next weekly
SHE WAS AN ADVENTURES
How She Took In a Crowd on an Express
Train.

The express train from st. Papl to
Du' nth made IA short stay at Pine City.
After the train was already in motion.
a young woman was seen to run along
the platform aud jump into a car ia
which was only a few gentlemen.
Throwing herself into a corner seat. she
began 10 cry Historically and the sympa-
thetic men, feeling compassion for The
poor creature, naturally offered their
assistance and inquired the cause Of her
violent emotions. She hesitated ia her
reply, but at last, amid, a goo!!y flow
Of tears. related that against her will
she had been forced by her parents 10
marry a man whom she did o and
could not love. A few days previous
she had arrived at Pine City. his home,
and he at once began tD i~ll-treat her,
sold her iewclry, took her money, and
she was now forced To protect herself TO
leave the town and return to her par
ents, as she could not live with him any
longer.
During her recital she showed several
marks and sears on her neck and arms
not neglecting to expose a portion OF
" ONshAANiihA "hii0A ApiAihlhAAE
within the limits of propriety-inflicted
by the cruelty of her husband. Al
though he watched her carefully she
managed to escape from him, and was
able 10 jump into the moving train. Her
wish was 10 return 10 her parents, who
lived ia Jefferson, Neb., but this she
could not do. as her husband had taken
all her money. and at that moment she
did not have a cent in her pocket. One
word led to another. She removed her
iewelry, consisting of bracelets, ear
rings. and watch, gave her name and
parents address, aud one of the gentle
men was kind enough to advance bel
500. At the next station, amid as
surances Of everlasting gratitude, and
the most charming. oh, thank you,
SIR she left the car TO take another
train s%outhbound. The gentleman who
gave the money, it is needless 10 say.
was sold, the jewelry was worthless
trash, and the story of the cruel hus-
band was a trick Electrically presented
by an experienced thief.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
CHICAGO HORSES AT LUNCHEON
Mans Faithful Servants Emulate Him In
Taking "A Hurried Meal Downtown.

s's' y VI hhash ~ ~
Taking "A Hurried Meal Downtown.
Even the horses of this city take
luncheon downtown. Every business
man knows what this means, the hur-
ried bite taken in the short hour about
Dol every day, when business is aban-
aoned long enough to permit the de-
struction of a piece of pie or a sandwich.
Everybody does it, so IL is as fair for
one as the other, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
This same haste applies TO the nag
which pulls the cab or the heavy draft
horses used as freighters. At the noon
hour on any Of the downtown streets
the obseryant person can see these
faithful beasts with nosebags depend.
ing from their heads quietly MUNICH
ing their oats or corn with every evil
dence of satisfaction.
II makes no difference to the horses
that the passing throng sees them in
the act of taking food. They are as
callous on this subject as their mas
tiers, many of whom can be seen sitting
on the wagon or adjacent sidewalk
with tinpail open, eagerly destroying
the luncheon which the wife packed in
the morning. II is all in a lifetime, and
the Chicago horse has learned hat he
must eat when he can and not be too
particular about IL. Hence he lays his
ears back and munches away with
placid Joy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
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scRUBWOM ANS "RENDlvOOSE."
"Widdy" Doolsn sug gested Its Seiection
Many Years

The corner of Hester and Orchard
streets is the heart OF the cloakmakers'
district, says the n. Y. HOrid. Near
the northwest corner is all old-fashioned,
three-story house, with Il mansard roof.
Ii has a worn. weather. beaten appear
aEce and its front is of yellow Dutch
brick. Rain-washed green shutters
hang loosely from the frames OF the lit.
tie square windows. The door is an
old, weather-beaten, paneled affair and
on either side are Ionic columns. de-
faced and decayed. The dilapidated
door is reached by half a dozen cracked
and crumbling brownstone steps.
Dozens Of washerwomen and scrub
women live mean this corner. They
used to sit on tue cracked brownstone
steps and talk over the affairs of the
neighborhood, tell each other where il
was easy To get jobs aud who gave the
best lunch. At a conclave of this kind
n day u scrubwoman, with a red face,
q little black bonnet on the back OF her
head ard wearing a gingham apron.
spoke up: why in the name of all
that's good do we come Eere?:"
80 hear the talk Of the day, sure. "
replied a lank woman, with q growth OF
sandy beard AT the point of her sharp
chin. We'll. thin" suggested a very
fat woman, who breathed with great
difficulty. this is such a w~ei!-known
place we'll make these steps a gineraI
rendivoose and all thin that wants 10
hev a days worruk kin come here aud
They'll know jist whore TO put hands on
u.s."
"Right we are, Wildly Doolan; right
ye are!" they all cried. This place is
the ~rendivoose."
FROM that day TO this the cleaning
women and the s%crubwomen and the
general homework women living around
the corner of Hester and Orchard streets
stand in a row lei the crumbling
brownstone steps of the old-fashioned
house waiting for jobs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Deafness Cannot he Cured

BY local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness. and thai is by constitutional rem,
edies. Deafness is caused by an in.
famed condition Of the Eustachiar
Tube. When this tube gets infamed
you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when IL Is closed Deaf
ness Is the result, and unless the in,
Illumination al be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition
hearing win be destroyed forever; nine
cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an infiamed condi-
ton OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars foI
any case Of Deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) hat cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. j. CHENEY & co, Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Queen. Domestic Correspondents

One pleasing feature of the queens
busy life is the keeping up with her
own hand Of a correspondence with all
her children and grandchildren, be-
sides many other relatives and dear
friends, such as, In the latter case,
ex-Empress Eugenie. This correspond
ence is particularly large when she Is,
as at present, in retirement in her High
land home. Perhaps the most interest
ing letter her majesty ever penned was
that written TO the prince OF Wales
many years ago announcing his eman-
cipation from parental authority and
control, when, after warning him
egainst fatterers, she stated that she
would never intrude any advice upon
him, although she would ever be ready
to give it whenever he should think fit
20 seek IL.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Pleasures Of she Cars Home.

London Morning Leader.
Russian imperial residences, Ii is said.
rarely have enough Light, and the doors
are ludicrously insufficient. The car
evitch's apartments in the winter palace
have only one window each, ard all look
the same way.
II seems a curious taste that preserves
among the gorgeous state carriages of the
Russian imperial family the shabby sleigh,
stained with blood, which conveyed Alex
ander III back 10 the winter palace after
he had been torn TO death by a bomb. His
half smoked cigarette Is there. They pre-
serve, too. his wiring table Just as he left
IL and the photographs which he had
about him at the time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
The south.

The international geographical con-
gress in London a year ago declared that
the greatest piece of geographical ex-
~ploration remaining to be undertaken
Is that of the antarctic regions. Since
then a number of small expeditions to-
ward the south pole have been planned.
but little has yet been accomplished,
and DIR. Mill reminds English readers
in Nature that, although IS years have
elapsed since Capt. Ross discovered the
two giant volcanoes which he named
Mounts Erebus and Terror, they have
never again been seen, and no impor-
tnnt additional facts have been learned
about that mysterious part OF tho
rlobc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

pressed her sense OF it. She RISE and pointed
10 me door Go back 10 America, as soon
a. you please" she said; ''and find the money
you waTt--if you can"
AS a proof that she was in earnest she took
her copy OF the cipher out OF the bosom Of
her dress and threw IL into the fire. ''The
Original Is safe IN my old mans Keeping"
she added. Leave the room"
james rose with suspicious docility and
walked out, having his own private ends in
view.
Half al hour later Mrs. Westerield's old
mar was Interrupted over his work by a per
son OF bulky and biackguard appearance
whom he had never seen before.
The stranger introduced himself as "A gem
teiilan who was engaged to- marry Mrs.
Westerteld; he requested mot at all politely
to DE permitted To look at the cipher. lie
was asked il he had brought a written order
to that effect, signed by the lady herself. Mr..
Belibridge, resting his fists on the writing
table, answered that he had come 10 look at
the cipher, on his own sole responsibility.
and that he insisted oil seeing il Immediate
ly. ALLOW me to show YOU something else
hrst, was the reply he received ~ this as
sertion Of his will and pleasure. ID you
KNOW a loaded pistol, sir, when you see it?'
The barrel OF the pistol approached within
three inches OF the BARN ms big head. as he
leaned over the writing-table. For once in
his life he was taken by surprise. II had
never Occurre, to him that a professed inter
prefer Of ciphers might sonnet mes be trusted
with secrets which placed him in "A position
OF danger, and might. therefore. have wisely
taken measures 10 protect himself. No pow
er OF persuasion is comparable 30 the power
possessed by a loaded pistol. James left the
room, and expressed his sentiments in lam
guage which has not yet found its way into
any English dictionary.
But he had two merits when his temper
was iu a state of repose. He knew when ils
was beaten, .nd he thoroughly appreciated
the value OF the diamonds. When Mrs. West
erfield saw him again. on the next day, he
appeared with undeniable claims On her
mercy. Notice OF the marriage had been re-
ceived at the church, and a cabin had been
occurred for her ON board the steamer.
fCrHytaS ~1-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
The Evil Genius.
A STORY.
BY wILKIE
BEFORE TIE STORY.

"Hulio! Your language reminds me OF
the time when you were barmaid. You don't
mean TO say you have had a fortune left your
IL dol vii you give a message 10 JamesT'
"Pn do anything for q lady with a fort
une."
Tell him TO come and drink tea with his
Old sweetheart tomorrow at q O'clock"
"He won't do IT,"
He will"
With that difference of opinion they part
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Relieving Her Mind.

j ufh.
Client-I took out a life insurance policy
recently for my chiidren's benefit. and l.
er-stated my age at 3J, whIch-er-was
not quite correct. VIII that affect the va
hdity of the policy?
Lawyer-Not at all, madam-not at all.
In order 10 avoid payment the company
would have 10 claim hat they wer de-
ce,ved by your representations, which, Of
course. would be ridiculous.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Proof Against Bullets. But

INIhs
Manager-Heavens! what's the matter?
Didn't you dodge the six bullets all right,
fired from the six rifles in the hands of the
six gents selected by the audience?
Magician Hamham-Yes; / lodged the
bullets all right as advertised-but some
one threw an egg,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

New York Weekly.
Winks-Hello! Been away?
Minks-Only for a day. ] ran down 10
the shore 10 see how my cottage was
faring In the storm. Did YOU ever see the
sea In a storm?
Winks-By George. That remn. DIS me.
must hurry into thar store before IL shuts
up. had nearly forgotten an errand
which | promised 10 do for my wife.