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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-14
Homestake Report,

The Deadwood Times of the 9th inst.
contains the annual report Of Supt.
Grier of the Homestake Mining COM
pany for the year ending May lst, 1889,
very interesting document, from
which we condense the following:
That there has been no shaft sinking
done during the past year, operations
having been confined to levels already
opened. That the results of exploita-
ton have been gratifying so far as the
quantity of ore uncoyered is concerned,
and that from present indications, next
years product will be in excess of that
of the past twelve months. That the
ore now in sight is sufficient to keep the
mills in operation for four years.
Total receipts from all sources during
the year were..............".-Sl l35, ,277 .66
Total disbursements-......... l,lI4,655.1l
A material item in the expense ac-
count is that of dividends, which aggre.
gated $275,OOO.
Labor bills in all departm ents aggre-
gated $437, ,576.41.
Total timber and wood expenses
$l44, ,406.49.
Powder cost, t40, ,S91 .35.
Cost of water, SAC, ,295 .63.
Amount OF taxes paid on company
property. $21, ,l30.25.
For transportation of bullion, includ-
ing mint expenses, the company paid
$lO,5Sl.lS.
The expense incurred in setting up
and experimenting with the steam
stamp, which was finally shut down as
failure, is put down at $3s,350.31.
Total number of tons of ore milled
during the year. 2S5,774.
Total value of ore product, $970, 1923. "A
Best months run was December,
amounting to SOL 4l5 "a. Smallest
months run was September, which
amounted TO $74,054.94. Comparison
with proceeding year shows decided i'm
provement, as follows:
1878 1879
Ore milled...... 247,3 2S5.774
Grand cleanup S903, ,407.20 s97O.744. .3S
Net returns.-.. s93,703.71 60,2O0.5s
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-14
LATER.

There is said to be one lawyer in
heaven. How he got there is not pos
itively known, but 1t is conjcctured that
he passed himself off for an editor and
slipped in unexpected. When his
dodge was discovered they searched the
realms Of felicity in all their length and
breadth for another lawyer to draw up
the papers for his eiectment. but they
could not find one, Of course. he held
the fort.--Ex.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-14
Sunset Cor DYING.

A New York dispatch Of the 9th inst.
says: "An evening paper says that
Congressman s. S. Cox is dying at his
home in this city. Four days ago he
asconfined to his bed by what was sup
posed TO be malarial fever. This rapidly
developed into acute pneumonia which
has defied the best medical skill. Yester-
day his physician gave up all no pc and
announced that the days of the states
man could be numbered on the fingers
Of one hand"
LATER.
Since the above was put in type a
later dispatch announces the death OF
Mr.. Cox on Tuesday evening at 1888
o'clock. The immediate cause of his
death was :heart failure. His last con-
versation was concerning the four terri
tories whose statehood he hoped to
father. His wife was present at his
bedside when death ensued.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-14

30 Head s horses and for sale low prices and on
liberal terms This ali young Smooth American stock from 900
to lsOO lbs Broke mbrske. few Saddle Psnes at your
Own price.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
A Long Shot.

My hunting experiences have, as rule,
been very tame and uninteresting, but I
had one last month, when on my vaca-
ton, which think is worth recording.
I had been tramping all day in the
woods about Louis Lake and the little
sheets of water at that neighborhood in
the Adirondacks and had bagged moth
ing of any consequence. was just
hungering for deer, and Just as
emerged from bit of forest on the edge
of one of these little lakes my eye fell
upon fine stag drinking from the lake,
but opposite to me and fully half mile
away.
1t was tantalizing, for l am not a
half-mile shooter, and anyway, if shot
the noble fellow, he would only dart back
into the woods to die and l would never
be able to find him. But l was desper-
ate, and raising my rifle "bimmed'
away at him.
The deer gave bound at the report Of
my weapon and darted into the
woods, while set on my way around
the edge of the lake. had not travelled
more than half mile when came upon
the dead body of my deer. He had run
a third of the distance round the lake
towards me before falling | knew it
was my deer by the popularity of his
horns.-N. Y. Evening World.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
1t Was Mean.

Although there is no more true love,
there are still lovers quarrels, and sad
partings. and much irritation. and lying
awake and misery. And when these
quarrels come the man is just as mean
as the woman. They had quarreled,
and it was final. She demanded all her
presents back, and her letters and her
photographs. He sent them. Then she
wrote him a note, saying that he had kept
one little tender present she had made
him in the days when she thought ne
was good and true and gentleman
with the "gentleman" underscored sew
eral times very heavily. 1t was LOCK
of hair, and she could not naturally per-
NIT him to keep that. He sent 1t BACK
with brief note: ut doesn't make any
difference whether keep it or not. NO
body would know it was yours. you
forget you were a dyed blonde when l
got it,"
"It was SO mean" she said, because
my hair had only grown rew si'a~9
darker lately."-San Francisco Chs0n'
iclo
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
History of the Fork.

1t seems clear enough, in the light OF
negative evidence, that the few forks in.
cluded in the silverware of the middle
ages were not used as forks are used to-
day. Since kitchen forks served as spits
and for holding roasts, it is probable that
the high born lords and ladies of those
times. who only appear to have possessed
these instruments, used their silver forks
for toasting their bread at the breakfast
room fire. There is some direct evidence
that they were employed to hold sub
stances particularly disagreeable or in
convenient to handle, as toasted cheese,
which would leave an unpleasant smell;
or sticky sugared dainties, or soft fruits.
the juice of which would stain the fin
gers.
Only one incident is related of the use
of the fork in the Nineteenth century
fashion. This was by a noble lady of
Byzantium who had married doge of
Venice, and continued in that city to eat
sitter her own custom, cutting her meat
very finely up and conveying it to her
mouth with a two pronged fork The
act was regarded in Venice, according
to Pietrus Damianus, as sign of excess
sive luxury and extreme effeminacy. 1t
suggests a probability that til, fashion
of eating with forks originated at the
imperial court of Byzantium and thence
extended to the west. Some hundreds
of years had still to pass before it could
be domiciliated in Europe, for this doges
Byzantine wife lived in the Eleventh
century, while the fashion of eating with
forks did not become general till the
Seventeenth century.-Exchange.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
Frances First Newspaper,

The origin of the newspaper in
France was peculiar. During the
early part OF the Seventeenth century,
a physician named Renaudot resided
in Paris. He was an inveterate COS
sip, and owed much of his professional
success to his reputation as collector
of news, patients seeking him as much
to obtain tidings of what was going on
In the world as on account of his
medical proficiency. In order to in
crease the number of his patients he
obtained permission from the govern.
ment to print sheet every week for
distribution among his clientele. The
first OF these sheets appeared in 1882,
and SO great was their popularity that
the ingenious physician soon had
many imitators. The first publica-
tons in all countries were in the ma,
ture OF news letters, irregular ephem-
eral sheets, with. irresponsible editorsr
next followed tie weekly, and fnally
the daily.-Current Literature.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
The Other WAY.

Awell known Chicago attorney tells a
good one anent the quick wit and ready
tongue of that brilliant lawyer, the late
Emery A. Storrs. 1t was after the ven
cradle Justice Skates had left the Illinois
supreme bench. The justice had specu-
lated good deal and had been unfor-
tunate. He had been sued to recover
certain claims. judgment had been en-
tered against him, and attachments
against his property had been taken out
But none of his property could be found
and the attachments remained unsatis-
fed. On account of the prominence of
the justice, the case was well known
among lawyers. Not long afterward
Mr.. Storrs was defending heavy at
tachment suit, and the lawyer on the
other side took occasion to cite certain
decision of the Illinois supreme court in
support of his position. Storrs was on
his feet in moment. "Whose decision
is that? he asked. cit was written by
Justice Skates replied the other attor-
ney. WELL" said the witty Storrs,
"'Skates on attachments may be all
right, but attachments on Skates amt
worth centl"-Chicago Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20

One saturday night two men eu,nlovod
at saw mlll in Albelnarle county. Va
named Clark sutherland and A. Mart;n'
started to go to their homes near North
Garden, distant about seven miles. fbon
were both mounted. Martin having no
hind him nephew of the former. about
10 years OF age. The night was intenselv
dark. Their course lay across Hardware
river. an ugly, turbulent. rocky strea ~
dangerous at any time to cross On this
occasion it was swollen from the freouen,
rains that had fallen. When thew came
to the.ford Martin, with the boy. was IN
advance. His horse had hardly entered
the stream when he stumbled over ono
OF the many large rocks that Law In their
course, and in trying to recover himself
he entirely lost his footing and submerged
both his riders
Sutherland had not yet entered tho
stream, as his horse had become unman
ageable, and from the darkness coud
not tell what had occurred Martin
after some time. managed to get out
and not until he reached the shore did
Sutherland learn what had happened
and that his nephew was being washed
down stream. He only waited to hear
that the boy was still in the water when
with the rapidity of a deer Switzerland
is strong, athletic, courageous YOUNG
man), he sprang down the side of the
stream, calling to the boy, but not until
he had run about half mile did he re-
ceive response so feeble as to be hardly
heard.
He plunged into the water at a point
where it was more dangerous than any
in the neighborhood to enter. Only in
tent. however, on saving the lad, he
thought not of his own danger, and in
the shortest possible time reached the
nearly drowned and frozen child, whom
he bore in his arms to the shore. The
first words of the little fellow after re-
covering his speech was: "Uncle Clark,
knew you would save me, and not let
me drown. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
The Thankless Beppar,

An interesting anecdore is related by
the "Yugend Freunde' of King Alphonsc
x, surnamed 1.-The WISE" who succeeded
to the throne of Leon and Castillo in
1852. On learning that his pages neg
lected to ask the divine blessing before
partaking of their daily meals, he was
deeply grieved and sought diligently to
point out to them the evil of this omis.
sion. At length he succeeded in finding
plan. He invited the pages of his court
to dine with him. A bountiful repast
was spread, and when they were all as
sembled around the table the king gave
a signal that all was in readiness for
them to begin. They all enjoyed the
rich feast, but not one remembered to
ask Gods blessing on his food.
just then, Unexpectedly to the thought
less guests, entered a poor, ragged beg
gar, who unceremoniously seated him
self at the royal table, and ate and drank
undisturbed, to his hearts content. Sur
prise and establishment were depicted on
every countenance.
The pages looked first at the king,
then gazed upon the audacious intruder,
expecting momentarily that his majesty
would give orders to have him removed
from the table. Alphonso, however, kept
silence: while the beggar, unabashed by
the presence Of royalty, ate all he de-
sired. When his hunger and thirst were
appeased he rose and without word of
thanks departed from the palace.
"What despicable, mean fellowr'
cried the boys. Calmly the good king
rose, and, with much earnestness, said:
"Boys, holder and more audacious than
this beggar have you all been. Every
day you sit down to table supplied by
the bounty of your heavenly father, yet
you ask not his blessing, and leave it
without expressing to him your gratitude.
Yes, each and all of you should be
heartily ashamed of your conduct, which
was far worse than was the poor beg
CARS. The Little Christian.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
A Sample Of Spanish SIowness.

After the late DR.. Prime, of the New
York Observer, returned from his visit
to Spain some years since to impress
Americans with the slowness of the
Spaniards and the sameness of the
county century after century, he told a
story to the effect that Noah on a re-
turn visit to the earth failed to recog-
nize any portion of the earth's surface
until he came to Spain, when in rapt-
ures he exclaimed: ''This is just as
left it." The story is recalled by an
unfortunate incident which has just oc-
CURED in that kingdom, and which also
illustrates the indisposition to any
thing like hurry that characterizes the
average Spaniard. Saturday the Span
ish Government granted reprieve to a
murderer condemned to be executed at
Ossuna. There was delay in transmit
ting the papers, on the reception of
which the fate of the condemned de-
pended, and when they reached the
prison the sentence had been carried
out and the prisoner was dead.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
stanlex,s Peculiar Views.


The great explorer Stanley has some
peculiar views on the subject Of woman.
ly characteristics which win doubtless
be quite as interesting to the average
reader as the report of his latest explora
tons. According to letter written by
him just before his last departure, and
published in The Woman's Cycle, he
seems to prefer encountering a jungle
tiger or Kaffir warrior dressed in 9
string of beads to meeting a soft voiced
tender faced woman, for, as ne expresses
it. Women appear to me so soft, sc
very unlike lat least what l have seen
the rude type of mankind, that one soor
feels when talking to them that he must
soften his speech and drawl or affect 6
singular articulation lest offense be
taken where none was intended. Hence
men are seldom sincere to women.
Il am absolutely uncomfortable wher
speaking to woman unless she is sucf
rare one that she will let me hear some
common sense. The fact is, l cant
talk to women. In their presence l am
just as much of hypocrite as any other
man, and it gals me that must act and
be affected and parody myself for nc
other reason but because | think, with
other men, that to speak or act other.
wise would not be appreciated. 1t is
such false position that do not care
to put myself into it"
Stanley is quite traveller, but thers
is an undiscovered country he has never
explored, whose labyrinth he has never
threaded, whose mystical. intricate river
courses he has never traced, whose
mountains of inspiration and valleys OF
despair he has never measured, and
which might prove as difficult of in,
vasion, as wonderful in revelation as
the interior of the Dark Continent, and
that is the heart of a woman, for he says
further: "For the life of me cannot sit
still a moment when anything approach
ing to love comes on the tapis." One
woman friend only has this peculiar man
of fame to whom he can speak, for ''af-
ter the first few minutes of strangeness
have gone she soon let's you know that
chaff won't do" and he concludes his
singular letter by sending to this friend a
message: please say a hearty friend
wishes her daily enjoyment of her life. y
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
A Lesson in Spelling.

Pay great attention! What does this
Well, &C
cording to the following rule it spells-it
spells Do you give it up? 1t spells pc
tato, viz.-gh stand for p, as you will
find from the last letters in hiccough;
ough for o, as in dough; phth stands for
t, as phthisis; eigh stands for a, as in
neighbor; tie stands for t, as in gazette,
and eau stands for o, as in beau. Thus
you have p-O-t-a-t-o. Who will give
Yenowine's News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
French Polish.

"That young man is terrible green
said farmer, who did not fuune III,
airs of a neighbours son. just ,e'u u4,,d
home after years post gi' II "'''0 '''
in France. an con
why pa uVr +bo f-rre daugh-
ter ter Such sple4didly ED q, young
man and he's been in Iaris. 'ooV
you never heard of such a thing as farlS
preenr'-Youth's Companion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
sen, =. the Old Stand.

The big Lick telescope, the largest ss IN
the world. has caught on to some distant
stars not to be seen by the ordinary 1eis
acope. but it hasn't revealed the ANU
scape of the moon or discovered a Ola
thing startling about the make up o. o.s
Sol: Sol & Luna are still doing Ou smsrs
St the old stand, where all cuseoiue4'
win be promptly attended TO-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
How He Spelled It.

Jessie-Don't you agree with me, Mr..
Doodleigh, that Miss Jiltem is the most
artless of girls?
Doodleigh ian unsuccessful wooer)-
Certainly. Awfully artless. (Sotto voce.)
But ] spell it with an "h." -Pittsburg
Bulletin.
A Dogs Fad.
Mr.. Jaeger. of Rochester, N. r., was
frequently puzzled by the absence of his
dog. The animal was frequently absent
half day at time, and last week was
missing for two days. His owner adver-
tlsed for him.. and on the following day
ne was returned by man who had dis
covered his peculiar mania. 1t was for
riding on street cars. He will get aboard
OF any car he sees and ride until he is
put off. Mr.. Jaeger proposes now to get
season ticket, good on all street rail-
roads, and attach it to the dogs collar,
SO that the animal may indulge his street
car propensities in proper and legal
wav.-C Chicago Mail
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
WHAT is GOOD.
"whatis the real goodf'
Issked In Inusing mood.


whats the real goodf'
Issked In musing mood.
' order, said the law court;
knowledge, said the school;
Truth. said the wise man;
Pleasure, said the fool;
Love, said the maiden:
Beauty. said the page;
Freedom, said the dreamer;
Home, said the sage;
Fame, said the soldier;
Equity. the seer
Spake my heart full sadly:
1.-The answer is not here"
Then within my bosom
Softly this heard:
Each heart holds the secret:
Kindness ia the word"
-JohnNBoyle O'Reilly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20
Waiting for the Syndicate.

Charitable Lady-It must be very tire
some to sit here day after day playing
the same tunes over and over?
Organ Grinder-That it is, mum! Oh
vas afther given it up phwile ago, but
d t'ink now Oi'll sthay till Dim bought
out by wan O. thin English syndicutl-
Texas Siftings.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20

-het: Merensky, superintendent of
me missions, and for number of years
missionary in Southern Africa, gives
-he following statistics of missions in
.frica: There are at present in that
country $50 evangelical mission stations.
The members of the churches number
100000 souls; 10000 children daily at
tend evangelical schools. The annual
increase of evangelical Christians is
$4,000. Within the last five years about
sOo,o negroes died 2 matyr's death.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-20

hao Aioi Ohiy WOH Ill race. Lucy GrIeO
to cheer him, but wi, little success, for
her own heart ached too sorely for him.
Their mother met them at the door,
and, at her greeting the poor lads
brave struggle to appear cheerful and
resigned to his own loss was touchingly
apparent.
Lucy, instinctively, threw her arms
lovingly around him, and started to say,
"Pn help you bear it, dear Ted; ZIP
when her mother, with curiously glad,
yet puzzled look shining through her
tears, caught Ted by the arm in a way
that made him stop.
Then she led them both silently into
the parlor. Lucy started soliciting the
basket fall-then Ted cried out:
"What is it? Why are you acting so?
Mother, why don't you speak? There's
something you're not telling me-"
Without replying, his mother led him
across the room and gently pushed him
down on the organ STOOL In a dazed
way he CROPPED about and his hands
touched the keys. He seemed unable to
| comprehend it, and raised his hands and
held them out helplessly. His mother
caught them eagerly, and he said:
Mother, it's-it's here yet. What does
| it mean?
Heres letter for you," she replied.
"Read it. Lucy. Quick" Ted cried,
excitedly.
Lucy quickly tore it open and ex-
claimed: "Why, it's receipt in full
The organ is yours, Ted. What does it
| mean?'
Ted stood silent a moment with q
ciouded face, and then said, half re-
proachfully:
"Motherl LQcYl You've sacrificed
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-19
4. %
JOHN G. MYERS,
= 90
ALBANY, II. ~. "
~.: December 25th,
CHRISTMAS DAY,
COME AGAIN.

So it comes, year by year, as the
wheels OF time revolve, with the same
exactness and certainty ever since
Time was created. Civilized man
strives to divide and measure time by
instruments of precision. At first his
success was but very imperfect, but
continued progress through genera
tons has brought him near the goal.
|, Just think Of it, 1900 beats OF a
watch balance each hour, one million
and eighty thousand beats in a day.
In week, month, year, reckon
it and see how many. Isn't it wonder.
full how near to exactness a watch
can be made to run. Five beats a
second, variation OF five beats in
$4,000 makes one watch gain or lose
one second in an hour, this will be
"a seconds in day or IL minutes a
month. Does it seem possible that a
watch jolted and Jared as all our
watches are could run as close as this
and yet many watches run much
nearer to correct time than this. Well,
the long and shorl Of it is that