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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

The coast line Is much broken with
numerous long inlets, bays, coves, and
islands. 1t is noteworthy that, while
from San Francisco to Cape Flattery
there is not a single harbor for ocean
going ships, good harbors are numerous
in British Columbia, both on mainland
and Vancouver Island. Among these
may be mentioned Burrard Inlet on
the mainland, to which trans-continen-
tai railway comes. ESquimalt, the
Naval Station in Vancouver Island,
and NanaimO, a great coal-shipping
port on the east coast of that island,
all of which are excellent harbors much
frequented by shipping. A remark
able feature on the coast Of the PROV
iuce is the noble barrier for the protec-
ton of the mainland shores formed by
the outer half-suhmerged mountain
range represented by the large islands
Of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte.
The Earl of Dufferin thus describes
the coast line Of this province
"Such a spectacle as this coast line
presents is not TO be paralleled by any
country in the world. Day after day
for a whole week, in a vessel of nearly
two thousand tons, we threaded an
interminablc labyrinth of watery lanes
and reaches that wound endlessly in
and out of a network of islands, prom
ontories and peniusulas for thousands
of miles, ~unruffied by the slightest
swell from the adjoining ocean, and
presenting at every turn an ever-shift-
ing combination of rock, verdure, for
est, glacier, and ~snow-capped mountain
Of unrivalled grandeur and beauty.
When it is remembered that this won
derful system of navigation, equally
well adapted to the largest line Of battle
ship and the ~frailest canoe, fringes the
entire seaboard of the province and
communicates at points, sometimes
more than a hundred miles from the
coast, with a multitude of valleys
stretching eastward into the interior,
while at the same time it is furnished
with innumerable harbors on either
hand, n is lost in admiration at the
facilities for inter-communication
which are thus provided for the future
inhabitants of this wonderful region"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
Galena.

Tn this camp a feeling Of confidence
prevails and exists among all classes,
mine owners, operators and laborers,
that daily finds additional proof and
evidence to strengthen and confirm pre-
vious convictions and estimates. There
are ut least 500 tons Of ore on the dumps
ready for ohipment that is only waiting
transportation. The Hester A has over
800 IONS on the dump which is now
being sackcd and hauled TO Sturgis for
shipment by the Northwestern TO the
railroad for transfer TO Omaha. The
Cora, Horse Shoe, Alexander, the Gen.
Merritt, FL Rcfugio, are pushing work
cnergetieally on their properties and
taking out ore for shipment. AZ least
200 tons of ore from this camp have
been snelted at Omaha in the past three
moutha, every ton of which has Melted
none less than $50, while most Of it has
Welded considerably higher, and some
even yielded 5000 per ton. If doubt
ever hit pOSrtSS any N'IiSib'i"blI '''
Der Of our people that the alleged mines
at Galena were overesiimated ond only
consisted Of pockets of small ore bodies
scattered and so far apart az to make
their mining an expense larger than the
product and value OF the ore when re-
moved and reduced, that opinion is
dispelled and dissipated and in its place
is substituted a positive, demonstrated
anl proven fact hat the ore bodies
there are contained in well defined and
ascertained veins that can now be
handled and developed to a large profit,
and the farther the excavations are
made into the ground the greater, the
richer and more valuable the ore be-
comes. This is an incontrovertible and
established fact, and hereafter mining
will be conducted and prosecuted in the
Galena district upon this theory and
basis, and consequently with larger and
greater profits than have ever been APP.
preached in the past years.-Black Hills
Herald.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
tn 10 R NAL.
ANNOUNCEMENT.

lem ENls
THE JOURNAL has made very substantial
progress during the past year in its business Of
being a newspaper. The number OF readers sf
the paper has very materially increased, frd
this increase in the circulation OF the paper has
been met by liberal additions to the facilities OF
the office for the prompt service OF patrons. A
new and faster press has been put In, and two
folding machines havo been added, and now
THE JoURTAL press room is the best equipped for
good and rapid work OF any newspaper Office IN
the west outside Of the larger cities. In regard
to these mechanical facilities, as well as in the
point of collecting and preparing the news, The
JOURNAL will continue to keep In the lead.
AS NEWSPAPER
THE JOURNAL is better than ever before. lts
telegraphic reports are unsurpassed by any west
ern pa per, and rs a collector of neighborhoOd
and western news 1t has no rival, Nothing to
approach Its column Of Northw estern items is
published In any other paper, while no other
paper on the Missouri river maintains so large
and competent a corps OF local correspondents.
People in northern Iowa, northeastern Nebraska
southwestern Minnesota and southern Dakota
who want the news. or people elsewhere who
want the news from the territory named, with
comprehensive reports Of all prominent occur
renCes the world over. should buy n JOURNAL,
The first aim Of TIL JOURNAL Is to give the news,
to give 1t impartially and reliably, so that IL may
have the confidence of all, and be of equal value
to all, as a newspaper.
THR MATERIAL INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY,
a wide and rapidly developing country, repre-.
sentcd by THE Journal, will continue to have
It's best thought and care. It's aim will be to CO.
operate with the people in their work Of build
ing up their towns, OF wisely developing the
natural advantages of their localities, OF making
the country richer and It's people happier.
POLITICALLY
THE JOURNAL IL independent republican. Upon
matters Of public policy 1t will give free express
sion to It's opinions, and seek at all times to labor
for the advancement OF such political measures
and the choice of such men to p q bile trust az
will, In Its Judgment. conduee in largest degree
to the prosperity, peace and moral health OF
society, TO the greatest security of the citizen
and to the highest character OF government.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
A Century Plant.

The century plant is the American
aloe. Its botanical name is Agaps
americana, and it is called the maguey
in South America, and in Mexico the
mezcal. 1t is a plant Of the cactus
kind, having a short stem, which ter
inmates in a circular cluster Of tleshy,
sharp pointed, blueish green leaves,
covered with spines. Each Of these
live for many years, so that but few
have withered when the plant has
reached its maturity. 1t is a popular
error that this only occurs once in a
hundred years, wherefore the name
century plant" is used. The period
of maturity of the plant varies gener-
ally, according to climate. from ten to
seventy years. In tropical countries
it rapidly attains its perfect state, but
In colder climates, where it is cult
waited as an exotic, ii often requires a
full century to reach its maturity. AS
soon as it does so, it sends up a stem,
which grows to a height of forty feet,
and sends out numerous branches,
forming a perfect cylindrical pyramid,
and each is crowned with a cluster of
greenish yellow flowers, which continue
in perfect bloom for several months.
This blosSoming is never repeated; as
soon as the flowers fall the plant with
ers and dies. The plant grows through
all the central part of the American
continent, from Mexico to Chilli, flour
fishing alike in sandy plains at the level
of the sea and mountain plateaus ten
thousand feet above. Various parts
Of the plant are put TO different uses.
From its sap, drawn from deep Incl
sions in its stem, is made pulque (pool-
ka), a fermenJed liquor with very in
~toxicating qualities, and from this is
obtained, by distillation, the vino
mezcal, a drink pleasant to the taste,
but a powerful intoxicant. and other
wise injurious to those using it. From
the leaf tibres 6 coarse flax Is made.
The dried flower stem make a thatch
which is perfectly impervious to rain.
| Soap-balls are made from an extract Of
the leaves, and from the center of the
stem, lOngitudinally, a substitute is OH
tanned for a hone or razor strop, which.
owing to fine particles of silica CON
tanned in it, has the property Of putting
a very fine edge upon steele.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
Quaker Marriages..

In the Quaker society divorce is al
most unknown. No society throws
about the marriage contract more sol
emnity and more of public recognition.
The ceremony begins a full month be-
fore it is completed by marriage. The
young people have to announce in pub
lie their intention Of marriage. One
month later they appear together in
public meeting of the society and arise
to say, ave will continue our inten-
tons of marriage" In the meantime
wise advisers of the contracting parties
have fulfilled their duties, and the
final ceremony, which, usually takes
place some days afterward in public,
occurs, the marriage is entered into in
the proper spirit.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

Says the London Standard: 1t would
seem as if the work of the world were
sometimes destined TO be done by a
band Of young men and sometimes by
a group Of OLD ones At the beginning
of the present century, for instance,
most Of the heroes of peace and war
were young. Napoleon was not much
over 80 in the days of Austerlitz and
Marengo: few of his Marshals were
older. Wellington passed his fortieth
year in the Peninsula campaign. Pitt,
after 20 years in the Premiership, died
at AZ. Nelson was just the same age
at Trafalgar. Our poets-Byron,
Shelley, Keats, and Coleridge-were
young; Sir Walter Scott was looked
upon as quite a patriarch of letters at
DO. Al present we are III the cycle Of
the seniors. We have Mr.. Gladstone
and NJ. Grevy, Prince Bismarck, and
the German Emperor, all Of whom, if
they belong very actively and wildly
to the present, would have left a good
record of notable work behind them if
they had joined the majority before NJ.
Beneditti altered the map of Europe
by forgetting his on the
promenade at Ems on a certain critical
day. And the strange thing is that
when these veterans disappear from
the stage they seem likely TO leave no
successors. No doubt Providence has
not forgotten posterity, and the next
generation will be duly provided with
Its proper proportion Of great men.
But 1t must be admitted that they are
slow In making their appearance. Who
is to succeed Prince Bismarck in Ger
many? Who has taken up the mantle
of Victor Hugo in France? Who are to
to be the successors Of Lord Tennyson
and Mr.. Browning? AS for politics,
we do not forget Lord Randolph Chur-
chill and Mr.. Chamberlain in Eng
land, or Count Kainoky, NJ. Tisza,
and NJ. de Freycinet abroad, when we
say that the nineteenth c~entury-the
century of StatcSmen-shows at pres
ent but faint prospects Of closing with
such a galaxy of great men as that
which shed lustre over its infancy and
its middle age. Let us hope that des-
tiny, in one of its freaks, is only wait
ity till the old heroes are cleared Oft the
board to startle us with a constellation
of young geniuses in peace and war,
In letters and in arts. In the mean
while we have old men, and may be
thankful for them.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
TRUTHS ABOUT MoTHERS-lN-LAW.
What Daisy Dean Has tn Say In Defence
OF Them.

It is a mystery, which no n has yet
solved, why so many sad jokes IRE con-
stantly being perpetrated abonta mans
mother-in-law. What dreadful crime
has the unfortunate woman committed
in providing the man with MS wife
that he should bear such an undying
grudge against her?
Now if it was the woman's mother
in-law who was made the butt of these
jokes there might be a grain of
in them; for it is the mans mother
who has it in her power to make life a
burden to the young wife and not half
try.
AS a matter of fact, a woman is
usually proud and fond of her son-in-
law if he only gives her the ghost of a
chance.
When the young couple first GO to
housekeeping, who is it that IN in
and with her good sense and practical
experience tides them over the rough
places?
A mans mother-in-law.
1t is the wolnan's mother-in-law who
is most apt TO CRITICS. and who exas-
perates the young wife, all too fire.
quently: any son is used to having
things thus and So" any son must
have this or that for his meals" "My
son, with his small income, should have
married a prudent, economical woman"
etc.
When the first baby makes its APP
p%earance, as well as the successive
ones, who is it that steps in and re-
lieves the husband of his weary vigils
and takes the load Of cares and worry
off the wife's feeble shoulders and keep
the household machinery running
smoothly2
The mans mother-in-law.
When he and his wife plan to take
a little trip together, who is it m
in and takes charge Of the house and
children, so that they can perfectly
enjoy their holiday, with the restful
thought, "Mother is there and it will
be all right?
The mans mOther-in-law.
When there is sickness or trouble IN
the house, who is the faithful nurse,
the wise counselor, the sympathizing
friend?
The mans mother-in-law.
And if, in the course Of events, the
wife dies, who is it that usually comes
in and takes care Of the children and
keeps up the home till the bereaved
husband has time TO look around and
find another wife?
A mans mOther-in-law.
And how does he reward her for all
this devotion?
BY making heartless jokes at her
expense and publishing them for other
men TO smoker oyerl
lngratitude, thy name is Mani
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
KING 4OMBA.
"A Prince'ing Who Gnmhled Away his
Last Dollar and Committed Suicide.

Prince Molistani, q member of a well.
known N%eapolitan family, has COM
mitted suicide after seeing his name
posted IS 4 defaulter at his club, be-
cause of his failure to pay his losses at
gambling, says the ArgOnaut. The
nobility of the Molistani family Is of
comparatively recent creation, King
"Bomba" OF Naples was very free
handed in his creation of titles, the
number Of persons whom he raised to
p!incely or noble rank being some
thing quite extraordinary. 1t is re-
ported that on ne occasion he pacilied
a turbulent mob Of i%nsursent lazzaroni,
who, bent on violence, had assembled
before the royal palace, by suddenly
appearing on the balcony and shouting
out al the top of his voice: "BaSta,
oasta: SiCte tntti marcheSi!" enough.
enough; | create you all marquiSesD
AS the great French novelist, Alex
ander Dumas, very rightly remarked,
Naples is SO over crowded with princes
and mobiles that it is more diStingue to
be even a pcddlcr there then one Of the
former. King "Bomba" was exceed
ingly kind 10 his personal adherents,
especially when he was able TO be so
without disbursing money. Among
his favorite attendants was a young
man who illed the humble vet conf
Dental Office Of chiropodist. SO highly
did the monarch appreciate his services
that he conferred upon him the title of
Prince Molistani. On the expulsion Of
the Bourbons from Naples, the newly
created prince followed the present
ex-king into exile and made his way to
Paris, where he soon became a
thorough boulcvardier. Gradually he
dropped ont Of the more reputable
clubs and became known as one who
walked in somewhat shady paths. 1t
Is reported that he was Al unsuccessful
rival of his countryman Prince Col
oula, for the hand Of Miss Eva
Mackay. The chief revenue which
supports many Of the Paris clubs is "A
tax derived from gambling. The Gus
tom is, when a mar does not pay his
debts, to write his name on q piece Of
white paper and TO paste it on the
mirror, in the card-room. When Prince
Molistani came into the club on a
recent afternoon he walked up to the
mirror, looked closely at the name,
then picked up his hat, walked away,
without saying a word TO anybody, and
went home. Then he put a revolver to
his right temple and blew out his
brains. He gambled away the last
dollar of a fortune Of $1,000, in
herited six years ago, and has since
lived like a man with an income OF
SlOu,OCo a year, on his wits. He was
nicknamed Melissa Ges Carmes," and
a q fragile, delicate fellow, with the
haggard face Of q confirmed card
player who had lost more than he had
made. He Was found dead beside Il
little table on winch were letters 70
creditors and fri'MGS. Among the let
tiers was M to The ex-king and queen
of Naples.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
Herald.

The education of thirty wild Indians
has encouraged the philanthropic senti-
mentalists Of New England to break out
atresh over the woes Of Mr.. Lo, and the
oppression Of the Indian tribes gener-
allv by the government. These people,
who evidently do not agree to the axiom
that "the OILY good Indian is the dead
Indian" propose to take the 260,OO0 OF
them in hand and put them all through
the curriculum of Harvard, Yale and
other universities at government eX-
pense, after which each man of them Is
To be furnished with a farm suited in
extent to his exalted notions Of agricul-
ture, together with the necessary i'm
plements to dig out a fortune, provided.
ALWAYS that he isn't too lazy to dig
Statistics count for nothing with some
~people. but when these ardent lovers of
the frontier aborigines find out that
81, $50, 900 was appropriated by the gov
ernment for Indian shoots last year,
and that no search warrant is potent
enough to discover the whereabouts of
the Indian pupil who has profited by
them in the least degree, they will not
be 80 ~sanguine concerning the educa-
ton of Mr.. Lo. We are somewhat in
clined to the opinion that the best use
to which the Indian car be put, and at
the same time put him IN the road to
civilization, is that adopted by Mr..
Buffalo Bill, who is imparting to him a
most thorough education in the art o.
m~oney-getting, aid that 100. without Il
dollar Of expense TO the government
Reporter.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

4. II a 4. VI.
Custer City lodge, No. 6S. A. Y. & A. NJ, meets
in Masonic ball In regular communication on
the first anu third Wednesdays Of each month.
ID. W. FLICK, W. NJ.
Joa. KUBLRR. Sec.
u. 4. X.
Gen. steele Post No. % meets IN regular session
every Friday NJ the Court House Hall at 7.30 y.
IN. Visiting members will meet with u hearty
welcome,
g. NJ. BooTH, Commander,
A. FEAY, Adjutant,
4. q. Il. 7.
Fidelity Lodge ~ I. o, G, T. meets az the
Court. Honse at 1880 p, m. Saturday evenings.
J, G.. CARR, w. G. +. G.. e. BoYDES, w, 3,
W, C. T. T..
The Womans Christian Temperance Union
meets every Friday At 3 o'clock y. III. IN the
Methodist Church Ladies are cordially invited
20 attend our sessions.
Mrs. A. YRRKRs, Prest.
Miss II. f. e. DENNY, X. s.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
The paragraph saying that Geronimo

The paragraph saying that Geronimo
is pronounced "Heeronimo" has
reached San Angelo, where they ought
to know how to pronounce the name,
and leads the Standard to exclaim:
Hood hracious! what is he hiving us ?
What a hay and a hiddy style Of talk
this hentlcmen would het us into. by
hosh, We won't have it. Ho to- Ho tol"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

Clerk OF Court-A. 7. Feay.
District tttorney--Buel i. Wood.
Cominissioucrs-W, ~. Walker, Jas, Clark, w
Sevin.
Shcrit--Vic Curricr.
Register Of Deeds-F. J. V. Rutkowski
Treasurer--H. 4. Tamlyn
Assessor--R. ;. hilton.
Judge Of PrOba.e--W. J. Thornby
Coroner-C. w, Hitchcock
Supt. ofPub. lustructiOn--J, Il. Dickover
Justice OF the pcacc-J. VI. Lewis, Custer.
Cunstnblc--Jas scott Custer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

Nature, the handmaiden of God,
doth nothing but with good advice, if
we make researches into the true reason
of things.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

AS a people The Dutch are not hand
some. There are handsome types, bat
they have come in with Flemish i'm
migrations or by accidental admixture
with some of the bl0nle tribes of north
Germany, They are evidently not the
Old DatavianS recognized in history 100
years before The CHRISTIAN era, and, by
a singular persistence OF descent, per-
petuated till the present day. This
perseverance Of ancient types through
thousands of years Of pestilence, Of
su6mergencc, of desolating wars, of
iuterilccine contests, of successive i'm
migrations, is one Of the marvels of
history. The Flemish type is charac-
terized by length Of nose, breadth Of
forehead, smaIiness of chin and short
ness of face. The true Dutch type has
length of nose, narrOwness of forehead,
thiaacSs of feature, gauntnesS Of body
and often considerable length of limb.
These details are subject to modilica-
tions. The types more nearly approach
ing il are those often seen in Denmark.
You can wander for days through
the streets. museums and public places
of Amsterdam, Harlem, The Hague
and Rotterdam and not meet a hand
some woman, young or old, unless she
is a foreigner. The climate, like that
Of Boston, proves more trying to the
gentler sex. This absence of personal
attractiveness in young women and
girls is not without q certain rathos.
The faces of old become thin
as a blade, the nose sharp al a needle,
the complexion preternaturally clear
and white. There is no room for
wrinkles on a surface so small and
thin. Surmount this queer face with
one of the close fitting, white native
caps, and put about it a quantity of
the curious gold ornaments of the
country, and you have n personal en-
semble to be rcmembered.-Holland
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

"Can q school girl chew gum and be
a LADY," is a question ~propounded by
the Hartford Journal, and which stares
us full in the face. That may depend
upon how old the school girl is, as to
the LADY" part of the question. With
reference to the first proposition, we
unhesitatingly answer, "Ies she car
chew gum, provided her teeth are in
good order"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

The man who SHIPS up on an apple
pairing at this season of the year shows
the correct Fall STYLES.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
Churches.
Methodi-t Church.

Rev. II. A. James, Pastor Services In the "
F. Church every sunday at II o'clock a, m, and
7:80 O'Clock p. m. All are cordially Invited.
Sabbath school at ~ O'Clock n. M.
COnere xa tiouai Church.
Rev. w, D.. J. Stevenson. Past0r.-Divino serv.
ice every sunday at II d. IN. and $50 p. IN. sun
dav school ut 70 a. IA. An address every We'd
nssday night at 7;30 TO which all are earnestly
invited.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

Iron Hill has advanced TO 81 ID.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18
United States Land office.
County OFFICERS.

Register-J. p Ilsc Dcadwood.
Raceiyer-John LaFaber, DeadwoOd.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-18

Deadwood has the scarlet fever.
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