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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
Oil What O Lie!

The Harney Peak Tin Mining, Mill
ing and Manufacturing Compauy's
mines and mills were closed down on
the End inst, after short and unsuc-
cessfuI run. Superintendent j. s.. Childs,
who had been in this city in consulta-
ton with the American owners of the
property, stated, it 10 said, that this
had been done in accordance with q
decision arrived at by the owners, and
that the suspension will be permanent
This was to be expected by those who
have followed the reports upon thosa
mines, published in the Engineering
and Mining Journal from time 10 time
There will probably be many explana-
tions of the stoppage, Tut the real cause
is the lack of tin in the ore. There is
now not tin mine in operation in the
country. Engineering and Mining
Journal.
There have been good many rank,
ridiculous stories in circulation since
the shut down at Hill City, but for down
right falsity and maliciousnsss, the
above does take the premium. Supsr
intendent Childs hasn't been in or uselt
New York City since the order for d&
continuance Of work was issued, and
any man possessed of . thimblefui of
brains. knows that If he had been thers,
he would not have authorized any snch
sssssEssS:s - .nc.e credited - him bs.
the e. d -. J. No doubt the editor
Of that reliable C?) publication never
aspired to be anything more than COM
mon every day liar. but to uss q refined
expression, he was certainly running
with . Sunday gearing. when he
fathersd the dsmnable fAtsehoods con.
tained in the editorial quoted. He has
capped the climax Of the unwarrantsd
warfare he has wsaed against the South
ern Hills and the tin industry for years.
He has been given plenty Of rope, and
has finally hung hiIuseif. Driven into :
corner by the success which has % far
attended the enterprise, he has ia his
desperation rssorted TO fabrications
which don't bssr even the semblance Of
truth, and the whole miserable conspi-
racy viii fall just - DAT ~ Il deserve
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

The regular term Of the United States
Circuit and district courts commenced
at Desdwood, Tuesday. Only one Black
Hills man 10 on the grand Jury this time,
and he IL = Deadwoodito eix criminal
cAses are billed for trial before the dfs.
trict court. one Of the def udants being
he cx-postmastur ~ Edgemont.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

North Dakota came within m acs Of
sending . wonan to the United States
senate. OF course II would have been
uninteRtional II the few votes lacking
had been cast, and that sams special
providence which proverhially watchss
over certain class Of people would
have been on hand to make the best
possible ont Of the accident. - the lady
in question would have been fully -
we'll fitted for the position - ninety
nins per cent Of the men who now -
pire TO represent the state Ia the upper
national house. Her name ID we'll
known in South and North Dakota, and
Is Mrs. NJ. l.. Mccormack sioux Falls
pPaaa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11

because they know 1t has no equal as a
hbor and temper saver on wash-day.
The "White Russian" IS great soap to
use in hard or alkali water. Does not
loughen or injure the hands-is per.
kctly safe to use on the finest fabrics
JAS. S. KIRK & co.. Chicago.
buky Diamond Tar Saap Maxi: .:s a: s...s :..i .'S
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27
BUSINESS BREyITfEs.

Florida's orange crop-5, 200, 600 boxes.
day.
Rat-catching Is paying London occu-
patton.
Scotland uses American spinning
wheels.
The principal food export of Sweden
is butter.
Worlds annual coffee consumption
$50, 900 tons.
Over 1000 printers are employed by
one concern in Paris.
Black tea and green tea are the prod
uct OF the same plant.
There are nearly /, zoo, 900 seamen en-
ployed on the high seas.
Hartford Conn., electric inemen use
bicycles on their rounds.
Many large bells are now being made
Of steel instead Of bell metal.
Paper-making ranks fifth among the
industries Of the United States.
Russia has the greatest amount Of live
stock OF any country in Europe.
The aluminium buggy, pneumatic.
tired, is the latest record breaker.
Some rich men sleep well on silver.
plated bedsteads costing $500 each.
One-fourth Of the worlds silver is sup.
piled by the mines Of this country.
1t is said that l27 600 working women
in New York support their husbands.
Great Britain has but one medical
Journal, while this country has over 200
Over 10000 persons are employed by
the telephone companies Of this country
There are nearly 600 laundries in Phil.
adelphia, 357 being operated by Chinese
Canes, particularly Of the higher class
are chiefly made in the East End, Lon.
don.
Th9 value OF farming lands in this
country is said TO be greatest in New
Jersey.
Two-thirds Of the gold now in use in
the world was discovered during the last
fifty years.
In 1880 there were 4 ,OO5 600 farms in
the United States, having an area o
534 900, 900 acres.
The largest stationary engine in tho
world IL used TO pump out the zinc mines
at Friedenyillc, Pa.
In the Nebraska State building at Chi
cago the entire process Of manufacturing
beet sugar is shown.
In l740 South Carolina exported 70(
bushels OF potatoes, and was proud o
her import industry.
The total production Of silver in tho
world during the last year was placed al
l45, 100000 ounces troy.
Mexico has free coinage of silver, witt
q circulation Of about $50, 100000, o
which not more than 100000 il gold
A fortune of mammoth proportions
awaits the discovcrer OF process fol
curing leather without the use OF bark
There were mining schools in Saxony
as early as the year 1900. Mines hav,
been worked in that country for 2,00(
years.
he fastest mile by rail is claimed fol
u New York Central engine, which GOV
cred the distance in thirty-hye seconds
on May last.
A steel sailing ship has just been bull
1T Cardiff, Wales, the first at that point
All her standing rigging, rs well rs tn,
hull, is OF steel.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27

telegraph tolls. lie also decided to dis
continue the river and food-room work
and at an early date place the river fore
cast in charge OF observers located on
the principal rivers. AS result Carl
Barns, f. II. Bigelow and Thomas f..
Russell, professors OF meteorology, will
be dropped from the rolls this month
along with a number OF clerks and other
employees. In his forthcoming report
Secretary Morton will make two impor-
tant recommendations One relates to
the indiscriminate distribution OF garden
seed, and the other to the duplication of
experiments by stations, now being done
by the department.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The appraisement of lots and parcels
Of land in the townsite Of Port Angeles,
Wash, by the commission appointed by
Secretary Noble has been approved by
the Interior Department. The commits
sion Of the general land Office is now
preparing instructions to the proper Reg
i,ter and Receiver for the sale OF said
lots and parcels Of land. The settler
under the law are entitled to purchase a.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27
Perfume Instead Of rumica,e.

The practice Of tumgating room By
burning pastiles, powders or other sub
stances that emit a smoke is condemned
10y doctor. who advises In their stead the
pouring OF eau de cologne or vinegar upon
a heated shovel, or the using Of a sprayer
inst charged with fresh water auI then
fragrant waters, recommending especially
those that contain turpentine. extract Of
pine, etc.-New York Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27

cent per month unul the IUurueeiium
month, when the maximum price is
reached. During the fifteenth month
the price will be 30 per cent Of the max
lmum price; IN the sixteenth month 10
per cent, and so on, decreasing per cent
per month until the thirty fourth month,
when the applicant may apply for his
discharge without payment. No man is
allowed to purchase his discharge a sec
ond time, and those procuring discharges
by purchase forfeit all benefits due to
continuous service or honorable dis
charge. A discharge by purchase is not
an inherent right, but privilege which
mDvbe Granted bv the Navy Department
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27

tlFst Iheatergoer-How was the new
play last nighU 'A9 "e"
Second Theatergoer-oh. IL. grand,
Nvs' realistic dramatic success Of tha
age They've got a real hydrant ON the
t;.Ase-spoats :. real water. Y'ousht 4 see
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27

Young Lady familiar with museum col.
lectionsl-What are those South SEA Island
slaughter clubs fori
Dealer lblandlyl = Those are paras0l
hAndles.-Sew York Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27

owing principally TO the immense
amount Of snow in the mountains ~
No,orado this year, the water thus fur.
u'sned tor the gold placers and silver de.
iS posits will be utilized to a greater extent
than ever before.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18
GOOD PEOPLE
LIVE HERE.

of cities. But it is not likely tina t
their hidden meaning has been dis
covered by more than a few.
One of the oldest tramps on the
road recently confided to New York
Journal man some of the secrets Of
the "prOfesh."
You see, it's this way" he said
People is so different in the ways
they treats US poor tired men. 1t is
too bad the way some folks sets dog
on US. Some get guns. They don't
often shoot, but, then, few of us cares
to take chances. Then some folks Is
good to Us. So we does our duty and
leaves our footprints where the next
man as comes along can tell how he's
agoin' to be treated.
Significance of Trsmps' Signs.
a go along the road and see a pic.
5ure Of a church on gatepOst.
known that means good people live
here The little sign tells me that l
will get well treated in that house.
I'VE mostly draws with chalk, but
little mud does just as well when
the fence or gate is white, he con-
tinued.
"A Sign like this, and the tramp
rev what he called "a bad dog" in
the dust, means that a fierce dog is
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18
Not On Our Road.

One night we were coming in on
the train when we encountered the
flercest looking storm l ever saw. !
knew the conductor of the train very
well, and he knew | wanted to see a
cyclone So he took me forward aud
put me on the engine, telling the en-
gineer to show me the first cyclone
that crossed our path. The great
black cloud was stFeaked ever and
anon with lightning as forked as a
snakes tongue. l could hear the
roar of the wind above the tremend,
Gus breathing of the engine. ltrwas
a grand and terrible scene to me.
The engine seemed to be driving
right into the storm center. ! looked
every moment to see the smokestack
twisted from the boiler and the cow
catcher hurled into black night !
closed my eyes for moment, for it
seemed to me my time had come.
When l opened my eyes the sky was
clear. The stars were sparkling like
diamonds, and the storm lay in the
back ground like a monster that had
been overpowered. l looked at the
engineer. He was as calm as if he
had been at harvest dance. As
soon as l could catch my breath ]
said to him.
mo cyclone YETI"
He gaZed at me fixedly a moment,
then he asked. -
Have you been asleep"
Not so far as / can. remember"
answered meekly.
"Young man." said he, solemnIy,
mo cyclone ever tackles this engine
They get out of the way when they
see it coming. One tried il once and
went out of the business the next
day. If you were on the road
you would have seen the cvke. 1t
loves to daily with that road, not
with our'n. Sorry we can't accom-
modate YOU. Conductor ought tc
have known better than to take you
on-in."
80 l go back home with no cy
clone story but this, hey?"
you've had the best that we car
give you. stranger"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18

The wonderful advance that has
been made during the last third of a
century in the construction of ma
chinery, and particularly in the equip
ment of ships with propelling power,
is well illustrated by comparisons
presented by an Eastern journal. 1t
is well known that the Great East
ern, that wonderful leviathan of the
seas which was the talk of the world
some thirty years ago, was in all prac-
tical respects a complete failure. The
reason for this will be understood
( when it is stated that engines Of only
1850 horse power were provided to
propel a ship $50 feet in length and
81 feet in breadth. In those days
engines of such power were conSid-
cred very remarkable, and it does not
appear to have been suspected at the
| time that the failure of the great
ship was due to a lack of sufficient
power to drive her vast bulk through
the water and render her manage.
able.
She was abandoned and allowed 70
go to ruin because it was believed
that the limit of size had in her case
I been exceeded. But when we COM
pare her I, $50 horse power with the
20, 605 horse power of that modern
greyhound, the City Of Paris, a YES
| sci l20 feet shorter and nearly 20 feet
narrower than the Great f stern, 10
is plainly seen where the trouble lay.
Such an equipment of machinery as
the great steamships of our day carry
| would have been entirely beyond TIE
] comprehension of the engine builders
of thirty years ago.
But after all it appears that we are
only just beginning to develop tho
| possibilities of the steam engine, and
that there are no longer any limita-
tions as to the dimensions that may
| be chosen for steamships. The Cam
| pania, just launched from an English
shipyard, is $40 feet in length, or only
sixty feet shorter than the Great
Eastern, and is equipped with engines
, of 30, 900 horse power. The prOpel-
| ling force which these figures indi-
cate is almost incOnceivable.
The new American steamships now
| building for the transatlantic busi-
ness viii be smaller than the Campo
mia, but larger than any of the other
liners now atioat. They will be pro-
vided with engines propOrtiOnately
powerful and representing the high
! est modern skill.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18

political mission that they had
met; and that stong mutual attach
ment he'd formed between them, the
date OF their nuptials being fixed.
Such alliances were at that time
little favored; aud this aroused
the hot ire of all her kindred. They
conspired for my fathers re-
moval from the position he occupied,
and his consequent banishment from
the country. They succeeded in their
malevolent designs; though it was
secretly arranged between the pair,
that they should afterward meet at
Havre. Her trip-entered upon but
never fuished-was by vessel; it being
shipwrecked and many lives lost.
Years afterward she married one of
her own race; my beloved one being
the first of that union. The story was
a revelation. 1t explained my fathers
quiet habits, his almost continuous re-
serve. And it solved. to my sstisfac-
tion the mystery of my own complex
nature; that twofold association of
thoughts and feelings so mysterious to
myself; and, as shown in my various
ldiosyncrasies, SO puZZllng TO my
father, Established with the vast
patrimony left me and happily welded
in that sunny cline so congenial TO
my nature, there is nothing about me
| or of me that is in any sense peculiar.
And, now knowing the nature of my
fathers early and great disappoint.
ment l readily see and realize that the
chiefest good, the one: great desider-
stum of both his life and mine, is OBJ
tanned in my union with the daughter
of his former betrotbed. And the uged
Sonora also feels herself in a way re-
united to the man of her youthful
choice, the love of her life.
How far the law of compensation ex-
tends, or how closely separate individ-
ual entities may be correlated, L can
only conjecture-not determine. But
these facts of such vital force and pc
culiar moment to myself, L willingly
yield to the reader for whatever theory
he may wish to form.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18
GATE-POST LANGUAGE.
HOW TRAMPS COMMUNICATE
WITH EACH OTHER.
Drawings and Signs Which Tell thu
Nomads What They May EIpcct-A Ger
tain Freemasonry. Among This Class of
Wanderers.
Told by a Tramp.

When a tramp reaches house he
can tell almost at a glance what re-
ception he will get inside. He eX-
amines the gate-pOsts .attentively ana
generally finds some sign upon them
which tells him what sort of people
live there.
These signs are the letters of a
universal language known to every
tramp in the country.
There is a certain Freemasonrl
among tramps which has unwritten
but thoroughly understood rules.
These rules are those of liberty,
equality, and fraternity" Every
tramp will do all he can to assist his
fellow, whether he knows him or not.
One of the duties of tramp is to
leave behind him wherever he goes
signs by which the tramps who come
after him can profit by the results of
his experience. These signs may be
found on the gates or fences of al
most all houses in the country. They
have been noticed, doubtless, by most
farmers and dwellers in the outskirts
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18
A GOOD DOG

kept on the premises, and that the
owner does not mind turning him
loose at tramp. A picture like this
tells Inc that dog is kept, but that
he is disposed TO be friendly"
The old fellow drew another dog,
differing but slightly from the former
in general appearance, but its tail had
an upward curl, while the other curl
ed ominOusly downward.
Yes, it's all ia the TAIL" said the
veteran tramp. Good dogs carries
their tails in the air, bad ones hangs
'em down low. Every tramp in the
world knows the difference, and
steers clear of the house with the bad
dog"
/ He was asked what were the most
encouraging signs in the tramp's sign
dictionary.
"Sit-dOwns and widders," he re,
Piled, decisively. This is a sit
down, and he drew chair and a
table, with some things upon it, that
he said to the experienced eye of the
tramp meant lots of good cheer.
If you see that Sign on gate you
can be dead sure of a square meal
with a chair to sit down on. They
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18

center of the brain is affected, pro-
ducing an effect like switching of
electricity from a keyboard, and un-
consciousness follows almost in
stantly.
II is a common observation amonk
nurses that babies get crosseyed just
before they fall asleep" Almost in
variably the eyes are directed inward
and generally downward, though
sometimes upward. True hypnotic
sleep, if undisturbed by suggestion,
soon turns I'M 70 what we call nat
ural' sleep, as is shown by the sleeper
awakening refreshed as from natural
ileep.
A writer who was formerly afflicted
with chronic insomnia effected a per-
mauent cure by what he terms the
hypnotic method, and gives his recipe
with illustrations for the benefit Of
the many sufferers from the tortures
of prolonged -wakefulness. Its worth
may be easily tested by any one with
strong will power. That many emil
rent men-Napoleou, Horace Greeley,
William II. Seward, for example, pos
sessed the secret Of going to sleep at
will is well known.
In using the following directions
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18
oil for Fuel.

The use Of petroleum as fuel foi
locomotives seems to be spreading
in places where coal is dear. One of
the locomotives of the rack railway
up Pixies Peak uses oil, and it has
been extensively employed for many
years past on the Grazi- -Tsaritsin
Railway, in Southern Russia. 1t has
Il slight use in England on the Great
Western and Lancashire and York
shire Railways, and has an extensive
application in The Argentine Repub-
lie, where the native petroleum is
much cheaper than coal. In Western
South America oil is being rapidly
adopted. The Oroya Railway of Peru
uses a residum oil having a fire-test
of about 300 degrees Fahrenheit. On
the locomotives of this line. the but
| tom, back aud part of the sides of the
fire-box are lined with brick. The
oil comes through Il 1t-inch pipe to
the bottom of the front part of the
f1re-boy, and is then sprayed into the
space within by steam supplied
through half-inch pipe. The bricks
do not serve in any way to break up
the oil, but merely act as a white
hot retort, in which the air and va
porized oil are mixed in the proper
proportions. The supply of steam,
oil, and air can be regulated at will.
In firing up preparatory to a run,
steam from another locomotive is
used, although wood can be used in
case of necessity. The burner is
very simple, consisting Of single
casing, and differs greatly from
the complicated apparatus usu-
ally employed The objection to pc
troleum firing has generally been that
1t Injuries the boilers more than coal;
railway, after a run of six months,
| showed no signs of leakage in the fire.
box nor any signs of straining.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18
SNOWY DAISIES.

! have Just been learning the lesson Of life,
The sad sad lesson OF loving.
And all OF its power for pleasure or pain
Been slowly and sadly proving;
And all that Is left of the bI light, bright dream
With its thousand brilliant phases,
handfu' of dust in a coffin hid
A coffin und-r the daisies,
The beautiful, beautiful daisies,
The snowy. snowy daisies.
And thus forever throughout the world
Is love a sorrow proving;
There's many sad. sad thing IN life,
But the saddest of all Is loving.
Love often divides far greater than death,
Stern fortune the high wall raises,
But better far than two hearts estranged
Is a law grave starred with daisies,
The beautiful, beautiful daisies,
The SNOWY, snowy daisies.
And so am glai that We lived as we did
Through the Summer Of love together,
And that one of Us tired and laid down to rest
Ere the coming of Winter weather.
For the sadness of love Is loves growing coid-
And it's one OF loves surest phases,
So bless my God, with a breaking heart,
For tfat grave eastarred with daisies,
The beautiful, beautiful daisies,
The snowy, snowy daisies
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-18
OFFICER LIVES
HERE
GOOD FOR A
@SIT DOWN. u

isn't many. ] could tell you every
'sit-down' from here to Philadelphia
or to Boston. There's not twelve on
the way.
But widders is meat!" he sighed
Most widders is open-hearted to US
gents. This means that a widder
lives here and you can ask her for
money" he added, as he drew the end
OF house with smoking chimney
and a big dollar-mark on the wall.
THAT is one of the we.cOmest sights
that ever greets the eye of a weary
man"
two circles in the dust.
THAT means that an officer lives
there and you'd best give the house a
wide berth. 1t is put on the door or
fence of all cOnstables, game war
dens, and sich. They has no liking for
US, and we has none for them"
He then explained that a single o
meant No use asking for anything
here, as you will get nothing" He
added that it was the commonest Of
all the signs, and the one most fire.
4uNhOAJ ~ DC oSSh; OopCOidily ucdl
cities.
Another sign that was all too fre,
quent, according to the tourist, was
a rude representation Of saw horse,
though it bore but a remote reseH-
blance to that emblem Of toll. That
sign upon fence meant that the vis-
itor would be given something TO eat
after he had chopped or sawed lot
of kindling wood. 1t was sign that
caused tramps to pass by unless driven
by ill-luck and hunger.
THE next picture he drew was a
house with a big hand sticking out
from the back door. In the hand was
something.
That means,' he said, that the
place is good for haud-Quk.---i