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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-17

>--o Ss&AN' AhO pOoi 1hilS SOuCs CIy
ing like baby for her dead man"
The miners drew close together,
ashamed and profoundly affected. After
little few Of them went back to the
tunnel and secured Wash's pickaxe,
which had been left leaning against
the wall
I'VE can't bury them here, now,"
said one; 1.-The mine will be worked
again. They mus. lie on the hillside,
where all his old friends of twenty years
ago are laid"
Meanwhile they were talking in low
tones, when suddenly. MINER who
had been looking at Wash's curving
pickaxe, which hardly another man in
camp could have handled, gave cry Of
surprise. In little flaw in the weld
ing of steel to iron a few inches from
the point, was a fieck of wire gold,
broken off and caught there by the last
stroke of the weapon, as it was flung
forward and the man with it, both sink
ing at the foot of the wall of rock.
EFF only Wash could have seen that
before he died, 'twould have made him
knew pocket-mining traces better than
any other man in the mountains. That's
pocket gold; he could have had thou
sand dollars on that bit of yellow WIRE
Wash made his strike himself, without
anybody's powder; but he died before he
knowed it,"
''What makes you say so, Jim?" que
ried a second miner.
Because l helped pick him up. He
jest had both hands gripping his pick
axe handle. and the point of it was
wedged in the rock. He lay jest as he
fell, going down with the stroke, as if
he had felt his heart giving way, and
threw himself and his pick into that last
blow. Twas an awful stroke he made.
/ never saw rock split so by mortal man
before"
Wash had no relatives His wife's
brother came up and took possession of
the claim which the miners had pro-
tected against all intruders. In a few
weeks it became generally understood
in the region that the wealth of the
pocket" was estimated by conservative
miners at a quarter of a million. IL
was managed with consummate skill,
and one of the finest blocks of build
ings in San Francisco was erected by
the shrewd, selfish man of affairs who
had once refused to help 'that crazy
Missourian brother-in-law" of his The
hidden gold of the ''Blue Juniata
pocket went abroad in the world.
blessing or cursing according to the
natures of the men who held it; the
miner and his wife lay in the red hill
side SOIL under the pines, within sound
of the river, their struggle past.
But from the day that Wash fell dead
in his tunnel blight seemed to fall on
the little camp of Ophir. Mine after
mine gave out; miner after miner moved
away. A landslide swept off the cabin
where Wash had lived, and though, as
have said, the ''Blue Juniata" yielded
all that was expected, and even more
and founded one of the great Pacific
coast fortunes, none of its treasures
brought happiness to those who worked
it. To-day the camp is deserted, and
its very name memory. The broken
fumes rot on the hillsides and the
grizzly sleeps in the ancient tunnel
where the Missourian sank dead in his
last wrestle with fate. This is the
story of the last strike at Ophir.-
Charles Howard Shinn, in n Y. indie
pendent
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-17
DEPLORABLE BUT TRUE.
Instead of Being Friend, Woman is
WOr,an's Worst Enemy.

Instead of Being Friend, Woman is
Wor,an's Worst Enemy.
| Woman is the sweetest creature the
Lord has ever made, but it has vet
to be proved that she is woman's
best friend. 1t is harsh
thing to say, but it is fact neverthe-
less, that women do not love one
another. Their sympathies go out to
the feathered tribe, the dumb animals,
the heather, and pagan, the prisoner of
justice, and the male tippler, the festive
tramp, the fashionable roue, the van
pushed slugger, and the hero of the
stage and society, but no compassion is
wasted on the young girl struggling for
footing, the dependent widow or the
wretched woman who could succeed in
saving herself if only given little en-
couragement and assistance.
Women with tender hearts and ample
means will do church work, scatter
tracts, keep the cash in an exchange or
white ribbon restaurant, stand in a
Jacobs well' or bazaar and sell frappe
sweets and fancy goods all day long
for sweet charity. Yet these same
ladies, if appealed to, will refuse let
ter, testimonial or guarantee of good
will which means bread to the suppli-
can't. A dozen pretty, plausible and po-
lite excuses are given for declining the
favor, but pecuniary help is not offered
either, and the applicant goes off in de-
spair and does the best she can, which
is often far from good.
AClr -; Il II L
factory, the muslin factory, the dress
making establishment or any other in
dustry where a forewoman is employed,
and she will tell you she detests the
woman she has to work for.
/ asked ribbon weaver why this was
so.
Because she nags; because she is al
ways looking for something she can
pick at; because she never has kind
word to say to girl, no matter how
hard she tries to please her; because she
carries tales to the boss and because she
will keep back work from the girls she
doesn't like and give the best paying
Jobs to her favorites. IN. Y. Sun.
How Soon We Are Forgotten.
/ w hAAO oil Aohus says u WrlU0f
in the Liverpool Mercury, lis con-
tinuing to fete Mr.. Stanley, it is not
pleasant to reflect that his great pre-
decessor in African exploration, Sir
Richard Burton, is lying very danger
ously ill, neglected and alone in Lon
don lodgings. Yet in his time and in
his own way the elder traveller accom-
plished even more remarkable feats
than the hero of the hour. His romantic
pilgrimage to Mecca and Elahcdinch in
the disguise of Moslem devotee, his
journey through Berberah to the sacred
city of Harah, where no other infidel
foot has ever trodden, were but prelim-
inaries to the great achievement of b is
life, the discovery of Lake Tanganyika.
This discovery paved the way for all
that has been done in Central Africa,
and, but fer the failure of his resources,
Captain Burton would undoubtedly
have reaped much of the honor which
| has gone to others -
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-17

The barn-owl, when she has young,
brings mouse to her nest about every
twelve minutes; and as she is actively
EMPLOYED both atevening and dawn, and
as both male and female hunt, forty
mice day is a. low computation for the
total capture.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-17

MIR. Carpenter-Ihat was nice SIP
of the tongue you made introducing me
to those young ladies as Mr.. Carter. Mr..
Tom Bigbee-Well, / should call it a
slip of the pen.-Puck.
An old farmer saw house wrappers
advertised in the paper, and he sent for
one, thinking it was some new contriv-
ance for rapping the house up to break
fast in the morning. Sitting.
1t is what is done and suffered in the
house, in the constitution, in the tenn
permanent, in the personal history, that
has the profoundest interest for US.
Fact is better than fiction, If only we
could get pure fact<TEmerson.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-17

Great improvement will be found in
tea and coffee if they are kept in glass
Jars instead Of tin boxes.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-17
One JOB Lost.

One JOD LOST.
Uncle Abner (entering).-Say. is this
barber shop.
The Artist.-Naw; it's tonsorial
studio.
Uncle Abner.-Studio, eh? Wa-al, if
you're only studyin' I'll go further. /
want a man that knows the trade!-
Puck.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-17


body.
Ophir Camp woke with start to some
dim sense of its crime. Tender hands
carried Wash ard his wife out of the
tunnel, and did all that could be done
for the poor woman.
A dozen men went back into the tun-
mel from which they had taken the dead
man, and looked at the place where his
last faltering shock had glanced on the
finty rock.
''Boys," said one, sI'll never forget
that 1 told Wash he couldn't have any
more powder, not if he died in his tun-
mel. Well set off them last blast-holes
jest as he wanted. and then we'll bury
him in here where he dropped"
There was plenty of blasting-powder
now to be had for the asking, and in a
few minutes more the face of the drift
was ready for the blast, the fires set
and lighted, word had got around the
camp, and every man was gathered at
the mouth of the tunnel. A few women
were in the old cabin caring for the
dying wife. A long silence followed
the lighting of the fuses, and suddenly
the dull noise of the shock and the fall
of heavier masses of rocks than usual
startled the miners outside.
They ran into the tunnel with their
lights. The blast had opened wide
path into an irregular cavern, cleaning
with gold. Above. below and on all
sides was the shining, precious metal
That last blast for which Wash had
struggled SO bravely, had revealed a
fortune The excited miners rushed
out again with wild shout. A woman
met them with flushed and frightened
face.
How can you make such noise?"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26
OR THE. FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
How to Grow Navels.

Horticulturists who take an interest in
improving fruit trees they propagate,
with the intention OF producing superior
fruits for home use and profit, take
advantage of the experiments of others
who make successes and at the same
time make personal efforts of their own
to emulate others in this commendable
object
Not long ago it was fully demonstrated
that navel oranges could be grown profit
ably by budding them on common Flor
ida lemon stock. The navel is usually
shy bearer when budded On sour or sweet
Seeding orange stock.
Fine quality oranges bring fancy prices
in the same ratio that has always existed
between good article of commodity and
an inferior sort. The day is not far dis
tant when oranges and lemons will be
sold by name, the same as apples now
are. For the propagation of all citrus
fruits, except the navel, the bitter sweet
orange is proving far preferable for bud
ding than any other stock. The bitter
sweet grows wild in Florida, the same as
the sour orange, and both are thought
to be Indigenous to this peninsula.
ROBT. A. Mills.
Chuluota, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26

perfectly just as it suits the nansemond
or Jersey. The fact is the finest sorts of
potatoes are rather high toned in their
tastes, while the common go-as-you-
please kinds will serve to civilize wild land
while growing, and as table potato can
be worried down when man is hungry.
AS to where the kind speak of can be
had, can not say until have seen one
OF our Oldest settlers, who commonly
raises good patch for his own use. For
aught | know there may be many others
who do, but have only seen them as [
have them myself mixed with others.
D. r. PILsBRY.
Sanford. Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26
Keeping Potatoes.
Sanford, Fla.

W. S. Skinner writes as follows to the
Southern Cultivator in reference to keep
ing sweet potatoes during the winter:
In the year of 1871 [ noticed that the
hot air was rushing out of the tops of my
potato banks. [ felt uneasy about it, as
I we'll knew that the tubers were not ripe,
for [ dug them early in order to save the
vines for forage before they we're frost
bitten. opened a hole in the side Of the
bank, and on introducing my hand [
found the heat so great that it was I'M
comfortable, and the skin of the tubers
would slip under pressure OF the fingers,
SO / came to the conclusion that they
would rot, and rot they did, but | dis
covered the cause of the trouble, and saw
a way to prevent q like occurrence.
Knowing that cold air was heavier than
hot air, devised means of introducing
cold air under the banks. 1t would
force the warm air and moisture out of
the top through the hole in the top and
keep the temperature at such amoderate
degree that the danger OF rotting would
be avoided. Fortunately had not dug
my entire crop, SO put the idea in prac-
tice OF the remainder of the crop, and
have never lost a potato since.
My process is this | make three boxes
three feet long and four inches square, in
side measure, for each bank, then open
as many trenches at equal distances
apart at right angles to the circumfer-
ence of the bank, and as deep as the pile
OF the tubers; then place one box in each
trench, with one end of the box q few
inches in among the tubers, then bank
with straw and earth in the usual meth
Cd BE careful that the ends of the boxes
are not INSTRUCTED; then leave an open
ing at the topfor the warm air to escape,
and be careful to close the outer end of
boxes in case of a freeze, and open again
when danger is passed. After the sweat
ing process is finished then close all boxes
and top ventilators, and you will have
no more trouble with rotten potatoes.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26
INIE:R|L-AC|HIENI
Has 1900 Acres in Orange Groves that
have had a Wonderful Immu-
nifty from Frost.

1t contains three good hotels, three general
stores, saw and planning mill, bank, money order
postofice, telegraph office, the finest school build
ing in Putnam county, a seed house making seed
Episcopal Church edfGes, public library, q lit
erary club, q drug store, a rose garden of many
acres, lakes unsurpassed in beauty, q society for
culture and refinement found in but few places in
the State. No saloons and no cattle or hogs run
ming at large, This is the kind flown which peo-
pie seeking a southern home are invited to came
and see. If they wish to remain transiently to
spend the winter HOTEL INTERLACHEN ex-
tends q generous greeting at very moderate rates
and very low terms to those who come early.
For particulars write for illustrated Inter-
lachen' sent free to all applicants Address
GEO. W. HASTINGS,
Interlachen, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
The Florida Sweet Potato.

The Florida Sweet Potato.
When the orange growing industry has
taken such a hold upon the attention Of
all classes of people, whether old settlers
Or new corners, the sweet potato like all
other farm crops, receives less attention
than it deserves, and less than it will
when more natural system prevails. A
system OF soil culture that includes farm
crops and stock is the coming system.
Quite likely fruit growing and grove
making will always be at the front, but
stock of some kind or all kinds and suit
able crops for their support and for the
food OF man are subjects that are surely
gaining ground.
1t is idle to say as most of us do that
we can produce pork or poultry or milk
and butter, as cheaply here as any where
if we don't doit. The rapid increase OF the
class of those who raise something in the
way of feed, who keep acowor two and pigs,
points to the time near by when dOmes-
tic animals will be the rule on all farms,
rather than the exception as it now is.
But to return to the sweet potato and
it's varieties as grown here. The fact
that in most cases it is a preliminary
crop, mainly considered valuable as the
best of all crops to reduce new and rough
ground, and is raised without much sys-
tenn, vines for planting obtained in last
years patch, or wherever they may be
had, all varieties mixed up, tends to pre-
vent improvement.
1t is fact that every year more or less
potatoes are shipped to Sanford. A few
settlers, men who keep stock and COW
pen their cultivated land, are almost the
only ones who pursue any system in po-
tato growing. The Providence is the
most popular sort, is very productive, a
creamy color and will grow on any land,
it cannot be called a syrupy sort though
it is in everyWay good kind. But for q
genuine rich, sugary potato, the Georgia
yam is the old sort, grown by old settlers,
the kind they give the children when they
call for lunch, keeping supply on hand
for that purpose, for it's fact that no
cracker child will ask for biscuit when
there's cold potato in the closet. But
there must be a little Of the know-how to
cook them, mot the children, but the po-
tatoes, and for perfection in that line a
Dutch oven or skillet with Goals above
and below, the steam shut tightly in is
the thing. You'll see the children with
knives spoon, or fingers scraping
the candy from the skillet where such
sorts are baked. There are two reasons,
| think why this sort is not grown more
than it is as a separate kind, it does not
keep very we'll when banked, and is par
ticular as to land, not doing well on new
rough land old COW penned land suits it
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26
From st. Joseph Hospital.
Chuluota, Fla.

4 young girl here had been suffering
for twelve years with Blood Diseases I'M
til she had lost the use of her limbs, and
was subject to many troubles incident to
the disease. The physician declared
her case fncurable, and predicted that
her life would come to speedy end.
after taking S. S. S. she recuperated so
fast that it was plain that she had OBJ
tanned new lease on life, and she has
continued to grow better until her per-
manent cure is assured. Many other
patients in our hospital have obtained
signal benefit from S. S. S., and it has
become quite favorite in our house.
THE ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL,
Highland, Ill.
Cured Herself and Her Child.
S. S. S. has relieved me of terrible
scrofula, from which [ had suffered for
years. 1t affected my nose first as ca
tarrh, then carried off the bone and con-
tinued to eat until it destroyed the soft
bone in the right side of the nose. then
went to my throat, and later to my
lungs, and it looked as if was doomed.
S. S. S. has cured me, and has also cured
my little daughter of the same disease.
Mrs. N. RITCHEY.
Mackey, Ind.
Treatise ON Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Atlanta, ga.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26

Send your job printing to this office.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-07-30
GEVIUfI CeIRCIlL DE BLRCMaHl.
Julio de 1904

Julio 3 de 1890.
CG6-Puerto Rico. hi "Oonne
Wifred', embarcados en- Okdix IN
traido 200 sacos hacienda bueno &
la vents, y ell ''MoDtevideos 1877 de
Ponce y 40 de Santiago de Cuba.
La calma del consume 90 In acen-
tuado y aunque los mercados regu-
ladores estan sostenidos las Clases
mediaoas y bajas Sc han fesentidO.
pues unOs 900 sacos de les desti.
nados q Madrid por vapor "San
juan, puestos & Ia venta, clase be-.
ia, Sc han vendido dicese & menos
de pfs. 2l'50 %. sin despachar. 80
sacos hacienda & 2750 "a. despa-
chsdo, y ell hacienda escogido su-
perior estA firme por su escasez; 6S
sacos se han vendido alrededor de
1915 al. sobre muelle. Cotizamos
el hsjo q bueno de pfs. 2V5O &
22'5O Y supe' ior de 23 & 1915 los
4l'60 kilos en- d-p6sito.
SsbOs.-.De Matanzas han llega :,
do $50 barriles para ell consume !;
40 cascos venidos antes de Nueva-
York han pasado 6 los docks. Co.
tiEsmos ell del Bio de Ia Plata, pc.
setas 80 & 63 los 100 ki,os despa.
chado, y 81 de Puerto Rico, pese-
rs los Al go kilos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-07-30

consentimientO de Francia. NJ
RibOt, Mlnistro de NegociOs ex-
tranicrOs, ha cOntestadO que, en-
efeCto, Ia Conferencia de Berlin
obliga d cualquier naci6n que Quie
IRA establecer nm pr0tect0radO gu
Africa, & comunicarselo 4 las de-
mas naciOnes; Inglaterra no pue-
de faltar 4 esa obligation, tantO
mas cuanto que on 1862 ha frmado
IN convenio pOr el cnal 90 comprO
meti6 & respetar Ia Independence
de Zanzibar, y no puede emprendel
absolutamente NADIA sin el consen-
timieDto de IL Francia; perO hasta
ahora no ha hechO ninguua comu
nicaci6n sobrc Ia Influenza que
piensa usar para favorecer ell imp
rio aleman; el Ministro anadi0 que
con declarsciones en- la Eribuna nt
Sc entra en- negociaciones sebre IN
puuto de pOlitica International.
I'm Italia muchas personss te-
men que ell tratado anglo alemap
peSjndique & Ia naci6n; el diariO
La Rlforma" ha publicado uns
nota diciendo que Italia no tiene
NADIA que temer, puesto que nnDca
ha pretendido ejercltar ell protectO-
rado de Vilu nj dc la costa que Sc
extiende hasta Kismayo; Italia
lleva sobre otros puntos 50 influen-
ola y prOtectOrad0. Hl mismo dia-
rio ahsde que Iuglstetra, al Motif.
car So protectorado sobre Zsnzi
bar, ha afirmsdo positlvamente q
go0ieFno del rey que los inteIeset
' los derechos de Italia y de sus
s6bditos 90 reepetaran esCrupulo
samente.
En- Russia 81 tratado anglo-ale-
man ha causado mala Impre-
sion, especialmente para Inglate-
IRA ahi en- ese aCt0 no SO ve MAJ
gus 81 miedo que la graz Bretana
tiene q su joven rival en- Africa.
No hay que olvidar que Russia no
es muy amiga nj de Alemania nj
de Inglsterra.
En- Espala Green ciertas perso-
mas que Ia cesi6n pacif1ca de la isla
de Heligoland tendra pOr conSe
cuencla, mas taEde, que Esp8na
reclame q Gibraltar, Fianeia d Jer
sey y Guernsey, & Italia D Malta,
pues estos terrltorlOs deben de per-
tenecer & Las naciones menCiona-
dRs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-07-30
HELfGOLAND.

Puesto que tanto 90 hsbla de es.
t. isla, me parece buen0 dsr algu'
nos datos sobre los teE.itoIios que
motivan el trstsdo mencioDsdO.
La Isla de Hellgolsnd, que sig
mica isla de los santos J se llams
ba antiguamente "Mvrths ierra),
se halla sltuada en- el mCs del Nor
te, en- Ia embocadura del Elba, 8 81
kilometros de Ia punta oeste del
HolsteiD. Su superficie es de 5 kii6'
metros cuadrados y Cuenta 2,5OC
habitantes que viven Oasi todOs de
Ia pesca +; tiene dos puertos natura'
les y bafios de mar bastanie concu
rridos. Ha pertenecidO 4 DinaDar.
ca hasta 1907 en- aque. la Spoca lot
ipgleses % spoderar0n de ella J 81
possession fGe confiImada por el ira
tado de KieI, firmado en- 1912.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-07-30
MOvIMIENTO DE BUQUEs.
ENTRADAs DE TRAvEsfA.
Ninguns.

EETRADAs DE TRAvEsfA.
Ninguns.
EETRADAs DH oABoTAJR.
Col. esp. Providencia," de Fa-
jardo.
Bdra. espanola "Aguadillana, y
de Ponce.
,T1s - sALIDAs DE TRAvEsfA.
Para San ptiago de Cuba, vapo1
ing. Buleshire," despachado POI
s. de Ezquiaga, en- lastre.
Para May agtiez y es,alas, vapor
esp. "Sau Agustin," despacba 10
por s. de Ezquiags, con carga d.
translto.
Para Arecibo y escalas, vap. esp
"Sln Ju m" despachajo por s. de
Ezqulaga, con carga de transito.
sALrDAs On oABoTAJR
Col. esp. "'Anita," para Vega
alta.
DESPACHADOS.
Col esp" Dolores" para Nagua-
boy Humacao.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-07-30
vapor espanol AvIlEa.

Vapor espafioI AvILES.
III dfa 80 del presente mes saldr6
del puerto de la Habana, con des-
tino & e.te, para prestar ell serviCio
de cabotsje suspendidc por el va
p0r San JHan.n
Efectuara su primera sslida al
dfa IL deF p-6ximo mes de AgostO,
CON ell itinerario que oportunAmen.
te Sc publicara.
Admitira carga y pasajeros.
Vap. esp. MANUELA.
Del 30 al 81 del actual recaIarA
q este puerto procedente de 10 Isls
de Cuba, via Ponce, Mayagiiez =
Aguadilla.
Oonsignatario, L. Duplace.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-07-30
REVISTA COMERCIAL
NOTICIAS Y ANUNCIOS

Col. esp "Oarmencita," pendie1-
te.
Col. esp. 'Boripquen," carga pa
ra Arecibo.
Col esp Petra," carga para Are.
cibo.
Bdra esp "Feria," carga para Ma
yagiiez.
Col. esp. COraz6n de Maria
carga para Manati.
Col esp "Concepci6n," carga pc.
ra Manati.
Vap esp "San Juan," pendlente