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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27
Roll of Honor.

Roll Of honor for the week ending
November 26.
Grace +. Sanders, :
Charles w. LaBarre, .
Carrie Towner.
Hattie NJ. LaBarre,
Charles ii. Wier,
Dolly NJ. Bushnell.
Earl. NJ. Booth,
Frank Thompson,
George w. STANDARD,
Carrie Petit,
Frank o. ReJer,
James NJ. Nelson.
. Maud X. Weir.
James Nj. Fielding.
Charley Gilbert.
Mrs. l.. {. LABARRE,
Teacher.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

Five large bricks, amounting to $780,
600, belonging TO the Homestake COM
pany We're shipped east last week.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

O'Dwire and HAYES have sold their
interest in the Atlantic mine to Jack
McAleer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

We are obliged this week to leave on
a communication from Buffalo Gap
which viii appear III our next.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

Mr.. Franklin Of Deadwood vas in
town yesterday.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

j. b. Pearson left on Tuesday morn
ing's coach for 4 visit to his family at
Central City. He will probably not re-
turn till after the holidays.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

McMaken has some 1900 pounds o.
mica really for shipment.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

ssssRapid amateurs are playing Handy
Andy"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

Don't forget the school exhibition on
next Friday evening.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

' Mr.. McLaugl.n has sold his interest.
one sixth. in the Irvine mine, Four
Mile. to Seth Bullock aud |. =. Ham
mond. People of the northern camps
are gradually opening their eyes to the
valuable properties that surround Custer.
and We expect I" see plenty of them in
terestcd in or mines before another six
months passes.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

Pursuant to call, the stock me- Of the
Hills met IN Rapid on the 18th.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27

Albien & Sager's freight outfit is ex-
pectcd in this afternoon.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-27
School Exhibition.

On next Friday evening at Booths
Hall the people will be entertained by
the young scholars of Custer. The ob.
ject Of the exhibition is to raise. II stuff
cient fund to purchase maps, charts, etc.
necessary for the school-room.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
PITH AND POINT.

A DRINK In the morning Is for appe-
Ute. A dozen drinks, later IN the day,
are for another 'appy tightly D..
Ricdyune.
TRAMP: "Whose 'ouse Is this, sir9''
Gardener-"Squire Noakes's." Tramp
-''Do you think could get any thing
thereW well, / don't
know. The last o. your sort got twenty
one days. .'-LOndoR Punch.
A GIRL who Is red-headed and cross
eyed and wears number eleven brOgans
can be advertised all over the country
as a beautiful creature by committing
some crime. Who ever heard Of f.
male horse-thief or a murderess who
wasn't Just lOvelyp-BOston Post.
A YOUNG man with an umbrella over
took an unprotected lady acquaintance
in the rain-storm, Tuesday after.
noon, on Washington Street, and
extending his umbrella over her, re.
quested the pleasure Of acting as her
rain-beau. "Ohi" exclaimed the young
lady, taking his arm, "you wish me 70
be your rain-deer." Two souls with but
a single umbrella, two forms that stepped
as One.-Bostoa Giobe.
~ al thltIlhluUlBuJ gwen lhLBly Dy
the Bric-a-Brac Ouvenile) Club, ten.
year-old member was heard 10 aver that
"he really did not care for this sort OF
thing; a cigarette and quiet chat were
more in his line. Those girls bored
him they went for every fellow so in
formally violent now, he preferred TO do
his mashing himself; and, in fact, alto
! gether, he liked 'em mellow-say about
thirty or so-girls who knew what was
what; no green gooseberries for him. 81
A nice boy that for a small tea party
San Francisco Nel6s Letter.
An, there she stands. The pride Of
our life, the hope Of our existence. Her
ringlets hang upon her shoulders in
careless droops, her great round eyes
peering into the future, and the bloom
in her cheeks fresh from Natures own
rouge box. Isn't she a darling2 Well,
yes, she is rather; but when she runs
out TO meet us and reminds us that we
forgot to order up dinner, we wish that
her childish voice wasn't pitched in
that penetrating key that brings all the
neighbors to the window TO commits
serate us on our forthcoming cracker
and-cheese repast.-NeIO HaUeH Regis
! ter
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
A Nice Place 10 Live In.

THE entOmologist might make him.
self happy in Morocco, if his enthusiasm
rose superior to the weaknesses of the
flesh, though it must be confessed that
the locusts would be a scourge to the
farming interest. Some Italian travel
srs, happening to have no taste in that
way, suffered and complained bitterly.
Exhausted as they were with heat and
hard riding, the anxiously expected
MONDAY siesta too often became mat
ter of form. Hardly had they stretched
themselves upon the ground, when they
were assaulted, tormented, stung upon
every side, as If they had chosen bed
Of nettles; caterpillars, spiders, mon
strous ants, hornets and grasshoppers,
big, impudent and determined, sWarmed
about them. Close by them was q
monstrous SPIDERS web, spread over
some bushes like a sheet hung out to
dry. In other places they had warn
ings of the evils to come, in the ominOus
buzzing from the long grass, The ants
were moving in long black lines, beetles
we're in bunches, and grasshoppers were
as thick as flies. 1t was impossible to
secure the tents from the intrusion oi
IuOuobIOus bpiubIh anu llAdLubf anu vi
centipedes half foot long, while the or,
dinary domestic bug abounded, and
was extraordinarily voracious. Snakes
and scorpions were so common every
where that it seems a marvel that nc
one OF the party was bitten by them. As
for the locusts, with their innumerable
hordes, the account of their periodical
VisitatiOns is appalling. One of the at
tendants described them with animated
eloquence, and from what,we gather in
confirmation from other authorities, il
would be difficult for even an Oriental
to exaggerate their horrors. "a black
cloudl You can hear the noise from
afar off. They have their Sultan, the
Sultan Jeraad, who guides them. They
cross roads and fields, houses, dSsIy'
and woods. The cloud grows and
grows, and comes and comes, and eat
and eats and eats, passes rivers, passe;
walls, passes fields; destroys grass
flowers, leaves, fruit, grain, bark o
trees, and goes and goes"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
Appreciation Of Shakespeare.

ACTORS and professional readers are
continually deprecated by certain per-
sons who are accustomed TO affirm their
ability to comprehend the lines Of
Shakespeare much better in their own
closets than when uttered in the
theater. To any one acquainted with
what the actors art has done and does
toward making clear and impressive the
language, the characters, and the incl
dents of Shakspeare's plays, assertions
of this kind seem the height Of arro-
gance. 1t is, perhaps, quite impossible
to put the physical ideal of Hamlet or
Lear or Rosalind on the stage, but these
and other Shakspearean characters
embody in their stage representations
nearly three centuries of traditions
they are the culminative products of
many actors of genius; and hence they
express not simply the conceptions Of
one but of many minds. An actor
brings to the study of a Shakspearean
character not only the knowledge Of
what other accomplished performers
before him have done, but he strenu-
ously endeavors, on his own part, to
find if possible more active mode Of
portraying it than has hitherto been
known. He adopts what is best in the
past, and is happy if he can succeed in
any fresh or better elucidation. 1t is his
art to express the passions in the most
effective manner possible. 1t is his
business to discover the full meaning of
every line he utters. 1t is his purpose
to make voice and gesture give every
shade of feeling and every turn Of
thought. The amateur can no more,
unaided, express or realize all the pos
sibilities of a speech, than one unac-
quainted with music can sing song or
play on an instrument. Actors often
spend weeks and even months in study
ing single speech, and even then they
find it impossible to utter it with all the
effect they desire, until after long prac-
tice. They crowd sometimes into a
single line or word force and meaning
that only art combined with genius can
attain. We may be certain that the
persons who boast of their capacity 10
read Shakespeare better than the actors
do are either wholly ignorant of what
our actors do or are utterly insensible
to what really constitutes the art of the
| stare -ADDletOn'S Journal
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
Gems OF Thought.

STRONG in the goodness Of his cause,
with his face to the throne Of God and
his foot on the rock of truth, a man can
stand against the world.
The man. who strives 10 put some.
thing into the world that shall make il
better, not simply seeking to get the
most possible out Of it, never has his
head bothered over the question whether
life is worth living. Il is the greedy
life, and not the generous one, that has
doubt as 10 the worth Of existence
Golden Rule.
WHEN death, the great reconciler,
has come, it is never our tenderness
that we repent Of, but our severity.
This we should always bear in mind,
and by keeping bitter words from ouI
lips, drive them from our hearts. Love
we can never regret, but hate may I'll
all our lives with bitterness. Then LEI
Us cultivate love. which Is the charity
of Christian goodwill.
THoNAs-A-KEMPIs, who died Just one
hundred years before the German Re.
formation, is said TO be the author Of
this prayer: "Give me a clear under
standing against all error, a clean heart
against all impurity, right faith against
all dOubtfulness, a firm hope against all
difidence, fervent charity against all
indifference and negligence, great pa
tience against all disturbance, holy
meditation against every filthy imagin-
alton, continual prayer against the
devils assaults, good occupation against
the tiresomeness and drowsiness Of the
heart, and lastly, devout remembrance
Of Thy holy passion against the wound
ing of the soul by vices. Assist me, 9
my God, with all these, Thy good gifts,
and confirm me in all Thy holy words.
Amen
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
The Clerks Who Rise,

MANY clerks continue in subordinate
positions all their lives, because they
are of no special value to their en-
plOyers. If a clerk wishes to rise, he
must make his services so valuable to
the house that they can't afford to do
without them. 1t is not enough, in
order to acquire this special value, to
be handy and willing. He must also
gain such a knowledge of the business
as to be master of all its details.
Sir Joshua Walmsley, a rich merchant
of Liverpool, began as clerk on sala-
ry of forty pounds year. His employ
ers were grain merchants. and the
young man, determined TO rise, set
about acquiring knowledge of grain.
The man who had charge of the ware
houses Of the firm prided himself on
knowing grain better than any one in
Liverpool. Finding the clerk anxious
to learn, the old warehouseman was
willing to teach him. Twice a week,
before breakfast, and long before office
hours, they would 90 together to the
stores and ships. "Old Peter" as he
was called, would show his pupil sam
Piles of various kinds of grain. At first,
the number bewildered the youth. But
perseverance enabled him in time to
master all the mysteries of grain, such
as quality, weight, condition and origin.
Old Peter would take a handful of all
sorts of grain, English, Irish, Scotch,
American, European, and spreading
them on a table, ask his pupil to tell all
the characteristics of each sample. No
one knew of these early lessons, and
the employers wondered at their clerks
knowledge Of the business. Customers
soon found out that the youth knew
more about grain than any one in the
establishment, and consulted him. One
day the firms traveller and salesman
! resigned. 1t was the best position in
their employ, and they at once pro-
NOTED young Walmsley to it. His su-
perior knowledge of the businSss justi-
| fed their jumping him over b heads
of the other clerks. The riser though
a great one, found the youth abundant
" able to meet its responsibilities He
h ad so trained himself that his employ
ers recognized his value. When the
term of his cleTkship expired, several
offers of partnership were made him,
one Of which he accepted. He rose to
wealth and honor, because he made
himself valuable TO his employers
| YOuth'S Companion.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23

multiply the duties that rob him Of
the time and strength that he needs
for such preparation. DR. Guthrie
himself during the earlier years OF
his ministry wrote and preached but
one sermon a week. To write two
sermons a week he pronounced, even In
his old age. "a serious task for any
man and an almost impossible task for
a raw young man 10 do well.n He
quoted his friend and parishioner Hugh
Miller, no mean Judge in such matters,
as expressing wonder how a minister
could come forth Sunday after Sunday
with even one good and finished dis
course, and was much Of the same
opinion as Robert Hall IN his answer TO
the question of some one who asked
him how many sermons he thought a
minister might get up each week. Z" II
he Is a deep thinker and great CON
denser," was Hall reply, che may get
up one; If he is an ordinary man. two;
but If he is an ass, sir, he will produce
half a dozenr' Happy is the minister
who has DIR. Guthries lsnack for hard
work and who does not find more hard
work laid on him than he can possibly
do.--GO0d Company.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23

call Bridget, and toll her 10 get break.
fast. must get 10 the Office early.
And, Fanny" he added, =" toll her 10
slip down The alley the first thing, and
tell Williams, who owns the dray, that
when he has harnessed up his hOrse for
his days work, wish him 10 back up
10 our side door. I am determined
10 get rid Of every thing that belongs
10 my sister Fanny. nj send her
trunk away. I'll clear the house Of trea
son and secession. Tell Bridget that
say 80. It may be warning 10 her,
lOVe.n
In half an hour Bridget announced
the dray.
"Send in my Orderly" said the Colo.
mel, " and see II you can see any thing,
around the corner, Of the policeman. ,"
As Bridget was executing this order,
the Colonel entered the srore-roOm, and
closed the spring-lock Of the trunk lid.
Have you the keyof Fanny's trunk,
my lover"
"I don't know"
"Give it 10 me-" he said, decidedly.
"Since your man Is not The spy, share
your treason for this once, that hence
forth you may always side with me.
| Hal policeman" he added, as he threw
| open the outer door Of the stOre-rOom,
which opened on the alley, twill you
help the drayman and my Orderly 10
| get this trunk of my sisters on the dray
| She has been sent South, as you know,
and l decline to keep her things. Yes,
l suspect it may weigh over two hun
| dred pounds. II is powerful heavy,
as you say. But that is the way always
with ladies'"
By this time was ghoisted on the
dray.
"Now, Williams" said the Colonel
to the drayman, "carry this trunk TO
Mrs. Legrand's. She is a friend Of my
sisters, and very Secesh lady. She
will no doubt know what TO do with it.
Take the key, and desire her to open il
the moment it arrives. She must find
the way to send it TO Miss Fanny il she
thinks 1t necessary
Gan right, sah," cried the voice of
the negro drayman.
l tainted, suppose for want of air,
and knew no more till found myself
surrounded by Southern ladies in the
| back parlOr of house well known for
Southern sympathies and hospitality.
told my name and story, only admitting
the adventures Of the night in Colonel
Lewis's store-roOm.
a" But how on earth did you get here
in Fanny Lewis's trunkP The drayman
left the trunk andkey, with the message
that the trunk was to be unlocked inn
mediately."
"Ah, ladies'" I cried, cit is too dan.
gerous a secret. l dare not breathe il
into the ear of any one of you"
But we know all kinds of danger
GUS Secrets" pouted one fair lady.
have no doubt you do, and al
Dixie knows that you can keep them
but this one you must not ask me-"
al declare l believe that Colonel
Lewis himself had something to do with
it."
"On my honor, ladies, 1 never saw
Colonel Lewis in my life. What does
he look like, anyhow"
This question was never answered til
about six years later, when was intro
duced to Colonel Lewis on Pennsylvania
Avenue. He took me to his house il
Georgetown, where l met both the Fan
nys. 1t is no disparagement to Mrs
Lewis, nor is it base ingratitude, to say
that love the Southern Fanny best
for she has been my wife five years, anC
Colonel Lewis is my brother-in-law.-
| HdTDeT'S Mdqdzile.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
Census-Takers' Stories.

ONE hundred and sixty-eight men,
visiting all the residences in St. Louis,
could scarcely avoid coming across
mahy curious and interesting facts and
hearing numerous amusing adventures.
The enumeratOr for Carondelet dis
trict says he came across a woman of 80
years of age who said that she and her
parents were all born in that place. He
found one family consisting of father and
mother and five sons, and each member
of the family was born in different
State. The most amusing case was that
of an old French woman, who somehow
imbibed the notion that the object of
the census was to provide means for
finding people who were lost. She
had three sons somewhere in the coun-
try, but did not know where, and hoped
the census-taker would send on their
names to headquarters and have the
lists overhauled that they might be
found.
woMEN's AGES
One census-taker said he had great
deal of trouble to get some women
to report any thing near their real ages.
They had an idea that the lists would be
published, names, ages and all. One
woman gave her age as 80 years and
that of her husband at As. There were
several children, and after taking the
younger ones he came to the eldest,
whose age she gave as p years. How
is thatPn inquired he, "were you only
nine years old when that child was
bernP" The woman laughed, and said
he had caught her nicely that time. She
admitted that she was nineteen years
old at the birth of the child, which made
her forty years old now.
MISTAKEN FOR PEDDLERs.
One of the difficulties encountered by
the enumerators arose from the fire.
quency with which they were taken for
picture peddlers, which the large, fiat
book carried by them gave some color
to. 1t was no unusual thing for them
on entering a house to be greeted by the
wife with the exclamation ave don't
want to buy no pictures here"
"But, madam, 1 am not selling pict-
ures."
swell, we don't want to buy moth
ing"
"Madam, have nothing to sell. ]
am census-taker."
"Well, we don't want no census
nuther, so you can just git"
After long explanation the woman
comprehends what is wanted, and give!
the desired information.
They are also frequently taken for as
SCISSORS or tax agents, and one suburban
enumerator says that several times wher
he was seen to enter one house the in
mates of the neighboring ones eithel
ran away or locked themselves in anC
refused to appear on any summons.-St
| Jo3Jiq ReT1tibLicnn
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
Census Babies.

EVERY living child born between June
/, 1879, and june l, 1880, has a space
to itself in the columns of the census
schedule devoted to this purpose, and
the month of its birth is given. These
little census babies" viii have agoOd
landmark TO keep their ages by. II any
one of them lives to be 100 years old he
or she will be q census ceRtepaTian.-
Boston advertiser
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
SCENE IN 4 NENADA COURT.

" HAVE you engaged, or do You depend
ON n lawyer your case TO dcfondY
Thus to the pria'ncr spoke the Judge
A good man. free from bias or grudge.
" guess" was tho polite reply,
" Thct with the Courts permission, l
win Jest softer defend myself
amt dead yit, nor laid on the shelf"
Aud then that prls'ner grabb'd IA STOOL
And, with look determined and cool,
He settled the Sheriff with one on the head
The next thing done was tO clear the shod
Ana then, without the slightest remorse,
The rascal rode of on the Judges gray horse
Detroit free Press.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
RELIGIOUS.
HELP

Tnn world IL full " labor.
10 tolls in woarineg8;
You cannot boar ~ burden,
put you can make IL less.
A little child is trying
TO litt a heavy iohd;
60 help tho helpless toiler
Along the weary road.
A poor old. frieudless woman
II lettering on alone;
Her trembling strength has failed her,
Go offer h0r your own.
Though littl0 bo the action,
It's heart the Lord shall soe,
And His shall be the witness.
"Ye did II unto Me-"
--ChaSles a. Richdrdson, IN ne Gross.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23

A MOVEMENT, originated by Sir An
drew Gait and few enthusiasts, is on
foot for British emigration scheme on a
gigantic scale. The idea is a combina-
ton of the leading classes to help out
with aid from the State emigration to
British colonies, for it is noted with
alarm that those now seeking elbow
room outside the strained and crowded
limits of England go to swell the growth
and greatness of the United States, i'm
stead of aiding to build up the colonies.
In fifteen years, out of two millions Of
people who left the United Kingdom for
lands beyond the sea, only quarter of
a million went to Canada, seven out OF
every eight 1,75O,OOO going to the
United States.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
no CO,lTlrspONDI,rr,,

Al communications Tor this papor should bo accoTh
nanled By the name of the nuttcf not necessarily iol
publ cation htn me- an evidence OF good inth on iht
part Of the wrhcf. Nrto ouly one side of lin %
hor BE particularly careful ln giving names and dnc'
10 have tho letters aud figures pnl and distinct Prop
81 Names arc often dlficut tOdCcphcr because Of tht
Tarreaa manner ia which they are wflttnh
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
A Young Widow.

A CEFTAnS census enumeratoC Of this
city called upon woman the other day
who resides not far from the Capitol,
and propOanded the usual questions as
bF law directed. The woman said sh
was widow, her age was twenty-6y}
and her husband died two years
The faithful recorder, On receiyi
name Of ahe woman 8 deSeasedh
and his occupation When ali
missed that he must have baeH
tive, if not the same Mr.. b.
mezlbeF of the Ons Hund
Seventy-seventh NoW York Vi
during the war. A convorH
sued when finally the snume
nOeently asked II her hnsbAhd
saTue Mr.. B Who. died
war, saying that be hilnseJ
her Of the same pogimen'
was well acquainted With
widow, in modilir
"Oh, yes, but that W
The amusing part oi
the man has been doA
years, and if the Wom31
i've, she became a Wi9
age Of eight years.
THERE were 20,l7
twenty universities OF
the winter semester lS
of mora than 1000 az
bers, however, were
fowsS Berlin, S,602
Munich, 1906; Bres
1,O9S; TUbingen, 994
Bonn, S81; Wurzbur7
7G2; Konigsberg, n
Greifswald, 5Sl; He
langen, 4sl; Jena, 4
Breisgau), 39l; GiessI
and Rostock, 1873. A.
students, 1924 belOnge
sophical faculty, 5,lJ2
3,76l to the medical, a
theological,