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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
Automatic Fire-Igniter.

Charles Z. Ortiz, a bright young me-
chanical genius living at No. 1888 st.
Clair street. has perfected a device for
the automatical ignition Of fires which
Is different and quite superior TO any
thing so far invented. Some months
ago Charlie was employed at the
Morgan Autograph works, at the or
ner of st. Clair and Wood streets, and
he occupied a position which necessi-
tated him arising at A o'clock in the
morning to start the fires. Although
a good hard worker he, like everybody
else, did not relish the idea of getting
up so early, and he began TO figure out
a scheme which would make it un-
necessary. After many sleepless nights
and a great deal of labor the thing was
completed, and now he is exhibiting it
to his friends and to all others who
may be interested in it with much sat
isfaction. The arrangement is at once
simple and plain and has the advantage
Of costing but little money. Electricity
and clock work are the means used. A
clock costing not more than 70 cents
is connected with a battery. The
wires are run from the clock TO the
simple little device placed under the
CRATE of the stove. There are several
little ingenious appliances fixed to the
clock. Should a person want a fire
started in his cook stove at 8 o'clock
he would proceed in this wise:
He would place a small amount of
paper, a piece of which should be
dipped Id kerosene. In the CRATE with
kindling wood and coal enough 10 burn
half an hour, on top. Then he would
fill his tea kettle with water and place
it on the stove where it would boil
readily when the fire got to going. He
would next take down the electrical
device from a hook behind the stove
and afix it to the CRATE. LASTLY he
would "set" his clock at the hour of
six and could then go to bed and know
that when he would arise ia the morn
ing he would find a warm, cosy kitch-
en- and a boiling tea kettle.
The hour-hand OF the clock erves to
open the current of electricity. When
II arrives at the figure six it touches n
piece Of brass. The electricity passes
through it around the rim of the clock
and upon a wire to the stove. Here a
tiny piece OF platinum wire is heated
to a white heat by the current. and
this ignites a match resting against it,
The paper saturated with Kerosene i'm
mediately blazes up and there You
have a fire. A quarter of an hour
later another current is opened by the
,lockwork and the electricity rings a
bel! in the bedroom, awakening the
sleeper.
All this is not in the least compli-
Gated and is made with little cost.
Young Ortiz has successfully operated
he thing in his workshop for the last
few weeks, and it is pronounced by all
who have seen IL TO be the best device
for the purpose yet made CleCeta.d
Sun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
Orchid Jewelry.

Orchid jewelry has not yet become
the fashion, althoug hone sees at the OPP
era or at a great ball now and then "a
gentlewoman whose corsage is adorned
with a single magnificent orchid of
gold and enamel. The one ieweler in
town who has attempted the orchid
jewels has produced about 100 of them
In three years. aud has sold only n
small percentage of that number.
When an orchid is TO be produced in
jewelry a perfect specimen of the flow
er is obtained, and an exact model Is
made in pure silver. This a he done
before any change has taken place in
the blossom, as the metal is soft and
easily worked. The model preserves
imperishable material the form of one
variety of orchid. AT the same time the
coloring of the blossom is reproduced
on paper by a skilled draughtsman.
From the silver model a copy of gold
is produced. and this forms the ground
work of the jewel itself. Gold is chosen
because it is best suited for enameling.
The latter process is the most dlficnlt
of all. since it is necessary TO initiate
not only the color but the textile of the
flower. The enamel is applied with "A
brush and hardened by exposure to a
high temperature in an oven. Ii the
jewel is to be enriched with dimonds, a
dimond-setter must have a hand in the
work. Some Of the most striking yarie.
ties of the orchids have been thus repro
duced. and they make peculiarly mag.
niticent jewels. The largest are
from four to six inches in diameter,
and in some the coloring is Of the most
brilliant sort. One outcome OF the ex.
periments with eli amelcd orchids has
been the reproduction of small fruits
In gold and enamel. -NeU York San.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
Lead wster-Pipcs and Ciste-ns.

According to the Investigations made
by r., John Crowell the instances Of
Poisoning from the use of leaden pipes
in the distribution of potable water are
very rare-the practical fact which in
terests the users of water CO nducted
through leaden pipes being rather that
when mineral salts are present in the
water their action with the lead causes
an insoluble coating upon the inner sur
face of the pipe, which forms a protee-
ton against ali the harmful effects of
lead poisoning, II is well. however,
when lead is used for service pipes, to
open the faucet in the morning, allow
ing the accommodated water to run
of before drawing a supply for family
use. DIR. Crowell asserts that, no
matter what may be the chemical con-
~stitueuts OF the water, the contact with
the service lead pipes during a constant
TOW is 50 slight that no harm can fol.
low their use. Lead ~cisterns, however.
arc q so safe, aud, should any metal
be employed, iron is the best for such
purpose. but it should be protected by
a coating OF asphalt paint or black
yarnisb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30

In his recently published Trials OF
Of a County Parson,' DIR. Jessupp tells
some amusing anecdotes picked up in
Already. As thus: 1T is very shock
ing to a sensitive person to hear the
way in which the old people speak OF
their dead wives or husbands exactly
as II they'd been horses or dogs. They
are always proud Of having been mar
ried more than once. You didn't think.
miss. as I'd had live wives. now. did
your All. but | have though-least-
ways i buried five on Fem in the
ch~urchyard, that | did-and three on
EN- bewtiesr On another occasion ]
playfully suggested: Don't you mix
up your husbands now and then, Mrs.
Page, when You talk about themp'
Well. to tell you the truth. sir. ]
really dull But my third husband. he
was a man! don't mix him up. He
got killed fightiug--yon've heerd tell o.
that. l make no doubt? The others
warn't nothing to him. He'd ha' mixed
them up quick enough ii they'd inter-
Tered wi him. Lawk ha! He'd made
nothing Of thsm!"--Sk, Jamss's Gsssts,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30

You have heard the saying, In one
ear and out the other,m said q young
Boston specialist TO a Herald man. Oi
course, the adagc was familiar, and
without waiting for a reply. the doctox
continued. 1--we seer many strange
things in my practice. but the most
startling was a practical demonstration
Of that ancient saw | treat diseases
of the eye and ear. and although you
may know very little Of physiology.
you probably do know that the ear
drum is the instrument of hearing.
There are strange peculiarities OF
that same eardrum. For instance, |
once had a man come to me who could
hear very little and had a pain In bis
head. He did not know what the
trouble was, aud when, after an ex.
animation. ! told him that il would be
necessary 10 make an opening in his
eardrum, he said that he supposed
that be would never be able to hear
again. You see, he held the popular
notion that when the drum head IL
broken it gives no sound.
"After some persuasion he consent.
ed TO the necessary operation, and,
cutting both ear drums. / removed the
accumulation from behind them. The
effect was magical, as he could then
hear perfectly. The organs grew over.
but the internal trouble continued. and
the operation was repeated several
times with equal success. Another pa
tient of mine suffered from a disease
of the ear which had almost entirely
destroyed the drum. Only the merest
shred Of the tissue remained on either
side, and Yet his hearing was good.
These are queer cases, and rather
undermine the popular theory in re-
gard 10 the hearing, but the one I
started in TO tell y u was more won
derful. About two years ago a boy
came TO me for treatment for a dis
ease of the head. with q long name,
that j don't suppose you care for. All
the openings in his head were Of I'M
usual size. His mouth and eyes we're
large, he had a big nose, with wide
nostrils, and his ears were in proper
ton. | performed the necessary oper-
alton, and cleared out the cavity. With
a strong blast from my air pump
over there | blew a powder into his
left ear. He interrupted me In this by
saying that the medicine seemed TO be
coming out on the other side. Ismiled
indulgently at what | told him was his
imagination, aud at first paid no at
tention to the matter. He persisted
in his assertion, however, and to satis-
fly him that he was wrong | examined
his right ear. There was no doubt of
it; the powder was going clear through
his head. 1t was going in n ear aud
! out the other.
VIVA is the explanation? 1t is
simple enough. The large openings in
the boys head permitted the powder,
driven by the powerful blast, to tray.
erse the channel from his left ear TO
the upper part of his nose, through
his nose, and thence by the corresponds
ing channel on the right side of his
ear. All the powder did not get
through, but a co nsiderable portion of
Il did
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
The Modern Need for Sleep.

There is not II man or woman in
ten thousand who can afford to dc
without seven or eight hours sleep,
All those stories written about great
men aud women who slept only three
or four hours a night make very inter,
esting reading; but tell you, my read
ers, no nan or woman ever yet kept
healthy in body and mind for a mum
Der of years with less than seven hours
sleep. Americans need more sleep
than they are getting. This lack make:
them so v and the insane asy.
mms so p~opulous. Ii you ian get to
bed early, then rise early. II you can
not get to bed till late, then rise late
Ii may be as Christian for one man TO
rise at eight as it is for another to rise
at five. | counsel my readers to gel
up when they are rested. But let the
rousing-bell be ruDg at least thirty
minutes before your public appear
ance. Physicians say that a sudden
jump out OF bed gives irregular mo-
ton to the pulse. 1t takes hours e
get over a too sudden rising. Give
US time. after you call us. to roll over.
gaze at the world full in the face. and
look before we lcap.-T. De Wit Tai
mage. ia LADIES' Home Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
Mamie on the silver Question.

Dear me-" said Mamie to Maude as
she showed a soggy caramel under heI
upper lip. you should Rave been with
me when l went to congress" What
did they do?" ''Oh, they talked about
silver aud things; it was awfully inter.
esting." 'sOh. dear. l don't suppose ]
ever will understand this silver ques-
tion." .'It's easy. You see, when you
buy anything aud give a nan money
for it, very likely he'd rather have
paper, because he Fan fold 1t up aud
put it liz his vest pocket. although it's
easier to lose that way. and some men
would rather have silver and gold.
Aud when they get too much gold that
tits the balance Of trade away ver to
one side, and you get all mixed up on
your standards of value. and you can't
tell which is a precious metal or .
baser metal more'n half the time. On
the other hand the country has a large
floating debt. and il you get into all
this uncertainty you can't tell whether
1t is going to sink or swim. Some Of
them want the government to buy
bullion aud coin il, and of curse this
would be buying metallism. Their
again some want the white metal
demonetized aud some don't, and l am
just dying to see how it is all going Ia
come out" Isn't II lovely" said
Maude under her breath.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
Pinch Bugs.

The milk train on the Central rail-
road of New Jersey was delayed at
White House station about half an
hour one night last week. The train
draws two passenger coaches behind
the milk cars. On this night there
were half a dozen passengers aboard.
1t was warm and they had the windows
all raised. The train had been stand
inc on the side track IA few minutes
when a swarm of large pinch bugs at
tracted by the lights in the cars, few
through the windows. In five minutes
the seats were nearly covered with the
bugs. and they had begun 10 crawl
around on the legs of the passengers
aud to use their sharp plnchers. The
passengers tried to brush them off, but
they stuck like leeches. In five min
utes more the bugs had possession OF
the two cars. The passengers fed.
As soon a. the passengers got in the
dark the bugs that had chung TO them
left them and flew back into the ear.
How To get them out Of the car before
the train got orders 10 go ahead was
a problem, Finally one of the passen-
gers suggested building a bonfire out
side as a counter attraction. One of
the brakemen went into the cars and
turned out all the lights, while the
other trainmen and the passengers
gathered brush wood for the bonfire.
They had enough TO make Il roaring
blaze in "A few minutes. 1t was a sue
cess. The bugs deserted the car and
the passengers went back, shut down
the windows and sat in the darkness
until the train started.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
'on what day Of the 0 did Q

'On what day OF the month did you
say you saw him?" he asked.
'On the tenth of August" / replied.
Just n year from the day he was
Killed. he remarked.
What does it meaup" | asked. ''The
man who awoke me and led me over
the mountain was as much flesh, bone,
aud blood as either you or /, and he
said his name was Jack Long. He
was a short. scuare-shouldered man,
and when speaking his voice was not
much stronger than a womau's,' :
THAT was Jack, all over, but how
could It bep" he added, in the same
breath, and thought be looked at me
suspiciously.
My friend" said I, You can an.
swer that question as well AS I; but
there Is this about ii, | never saw
Jack Long nor heard Of him until the
tenth OF this month. / have been work
ing with the same engineer for the last
two years, and last summer we were
working in Missouri. and only came
out here In June. Now all YOU have
to do to learn II ! am telling the truth
is TO go and question him. What OBJ
iect could have in showing you a sill
yer mine, when there are boys In u
W company who would have been
too glad to have bought an interest In
such a prospect? If you are afraid TO
go alone with me, take some one with
you. No, | should not have come TO
Laguna to give you a half interest in
the lind If ] had not promised Jack
Long would do so. Now, If you
want to 20 and see whether ! can
prove my part Of the story, well and
good; II not, say so. and / will take
some of my friends and go, for | know
where it is and am going to claim that
mine
I'VE will start tomorrow morning"
he replied, you and /. have horses,
and everything we need. Come over
to my cabin and we will get ready for
the trim
We arrived at the foot of the noun
tain about noon, and after eating our
dinner we started to make the ascent.
l felt nervous and excited, but was
confident ] could go 10 the place. |
soon found the trail, and went to the
top. and down the other side TO the
canon, then to the right, and there was
the bowlder. Beyond this, a few feet,
must be the ledge.
A cold sweat bathed every part of
my body. Suppose there should be no
mincrnlP never halted until | reach
cd the same spot on which / stood with
Long, and where he had bid me good
night. / looked on the ground at my
feet; there was the mineral. / looked
TO my right, there was the ledge, with
the wire silver in sight. l turned to
my companion, saying:
Now, what do you thinkpn
He was aS white as chalk, and his
voice trembled as he uttered the one
worn:
"GkOStr'
We sold the property to a company
for enough to make us both indepen-
dent. Now who, or what was it that
took me to the ledge?'-W, W.. Cart
ser, ia y. y. Weekly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
Edwin ArnoId's New Poem.

Sir Edwin Arnold recently read to a
visitor at Toxic the open chapters OF
his new poem, The Light of the
World" which treats of the character,
career, and history Of Christ. The
scene opens in Nazareth, and the time
is five years subsequent to the cruel
fiction. Pontius Plate returns TO
Judea. and the only house ia the viii
lage suitable for his reception is that OF
Mary Magdalene. Plate and Mary
meet during the evening, and Plate
asks her:
"Knowest thou who l am?"
IL know thee; l forgive thee" is
Mary's answer.
With this BEGINNING the character
of Christ Is discussed. and the subse-
quent chapters of the book will follow
on these lines. Christ. according to
Arnold's embodiment was not God.
but a perfect mana link between God
and man.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
TWENTY DuNkARDs WITH AN r..
A Telegrspher's Biunder That Startled a
Ntafion Agent.

A Telegrspher's BIunder That startled a
station Agent.
Last year a party OF twenty-five Dunk
ards was en- route to the general confer
ence via st. Louis. No agent accom-
panied them, and a telegram was sent
TO Union Depot Passenger Agent Bon
nor 10 meet twenty DYnkards," says
the Jacksonville American.
The religious education OF the tele-
graph operator who received the mes
sage had been neglected, and. s%upposing
q mistake had been made, he just IN
serted the letter "r,' and when Bonner
received the message 1t read; Meet No.
4. Twenty drunkards aboard. Look
after them"
Bonner was somewhat taken aback.
He did not know but that an inebriate
asylum had broken loose. but any way
prompt action mas necessary. The
twenty drunkards must be desperate
men or the dispatch would not have
been sent, and murder might have been
committed on the road.
Bonner posted off to police headquar-
tiers, and his story did not lose in the
telling. The chief Of police, alive TO
the ~exigefce 81 tho situation, made a
special detail Of ten policemen and a
patrol wagon.
The policemen were drawn up in a
line at the depot. and intense excite
ment prevailed among the numerous
depot l%oungers, a rumor having gained
currency that n desperate band of train
robbers Sas on the incoming train.
In due time the train arrived. but no
party OF registering drunkards alighted.
The party on the train was composed OF
several pious looking gentlemen with
broad brimmed hats. who stood around
as though expecting some one.
bonner approached one OF them, and
said ihterrogaiiycly:
Had you any trouble on the road?'
mo, brother" said the gentleman,
none that ! know OF. And nov I'll ask
you a question: 10 you know a gentle.
man named Bonner?'
"Yes; ] am Mr.. Bonner was the
answer.
well, these brethren and myself are
Dunkards. and you were TO meet US and
put us on the right train. Didn't you
get a telegram
Bonner was completely done for. He
excused himself. and calling the ser.
geant of police aside he told him thai
1t was all a mistake and he and his men
could go back 20 headquarters. Then
he disposed Of his religious friends,
went around and cussed ont the tCle,
graph operator, after which he had t
''set 'em Up" for the whole police force
or the promise TO keep mum.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
Japanese Fishing Tackle.

In the window Of a fishing-tackle
store in Fulton street. New York. is
displayed a Ay-rod three feet long and
tapering from the thickness Of a lady's
pencil at the butt to the size Of a pin at
the tip. 1t is made of japanese bam-
boo with a tip Of whalebone. There
are three joints in the rod. The line,
of the length OF the rod. is of fine gut.
At the end of it bangles a tiny yellow
fiy, ~concealing a barbless hook. Tho
rod was made in Japan and is a speci-
men OF those in use there in the cap
ture Of minuows. which are regarded
as a delicacy by the natives.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30
Our Domestic Dog.

The varieties of the domestic dog
have lately been discussed by French
and English naturalists. NJ. G.. de
Mortillet, in a paper read before the
Archaeological Society of Paris, as
suming from negative evidence the
uon-existence of the dog in the earlier
Quaternary epoch traces his presence
onward from the she'll heaps in Den
mark, in which his remains commonly
occur. Passing from the prehistoric
ages in Europe, he considers at length
the evidence hat can be advanced of
the existence Of several varieties of the
dog among the Egyptians, and later on
among the ancient Greeks and Romans,
and in the fact that the innumerable
varieties of CAMS domesticus, the author
believes we have one of the most con-
elusive proofs of evolution. Messrs.
Winder and Humphreys have also
read a paper before the Geological
Society of London on some cranial
aud dental characters of the domestic
dog. based On the results of the meas
urements of a large number OF dogs
skulls of various breeds. Its object
was to ascertain whether cranial and
dental characteristics afforded suti-
cient information to permit of a scion
tific classification of the breeds. or
would throw any light upon their
origin. The conclusion so far arrived
at was that iuter-breeding had been so
extensive and complicated as to make
it impossible to distinguish the various
forms scientifically from the characters
examined" A. ID. Bartlett, the vet.
eran keeper of the Geological Gardens
of London, at a later date brought be-
fore the Geological Society some obser.
vations on wolves. jackals, dogs aud
foxes. His remarks tended to show
that all the varieties of domestic dogs
owe their origin to wolves and jackals,
and that the habit OF barking has been
acquired by and under the influence OF
domestication. He also maintained
that the dog is the most perfectly do.
mesticated of all animals.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-30

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