Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-10-03


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They are telling Of a family of 100
persons who lived up in little village
in Ontario few years ago Eighty
six of these now reside in the United
States, twelve are dead and two still
live in their native village, And yet
Canada is astonishcd at her dwelling
census returns.
A southern genius is credited with
the discovery that very fine article Of
sugar can be made or distilled from the
long despised cotton seed. The prod
uct is claimed to be fifteen times the
strength of an equal quantity of cane
sugar and twenty times the strength of
sugar made from beets.
The mad king of Bavaria sometimes
smokes Us many as 100 cigarettes a
day. For each cigarette he uses an
entire box of matches, touching off
the others to see them burn after he
has used one to secure a light. lie
made for him twice every week.
Two New York canoeists have
reached st, John, n. b., after jour
ney from Moosehead lake to the mouth
of ST. John river, distance of 5Oi
miles. They had three canoes and
three guides and made the trip in
twenty-four days, ten of which were
spent IN camp fishing and shooting.
The theory of the light of the aurora
borealis was evolved from the analysis
of its light by the spectrescope, which
showed that it was caused by electri-
cal discharges among the particles of
meteoric dust in the atmosphere The
broad red liue of the spectrum of iron
is shown in all these cases and thus
upholds the theory, as it is well known
that the principal part of meteors is
metallic iron.
Since the discussion among the doc.
tors upon the value of music as an
agent for convalescence, guild of st.
Cecilia has been established in Lon
don, with the aim Of training musi-
clans to soothe patients nerves with
music, under the directions of the ply
sicians. Every member must possess a
sweet, gentle voice and delicate execu-
ton. Miss Florence Nightingale is
among the ubscribers.
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A gigantic tunnel, which is estimated
to cost $3.50, 600 and require ten years
to finish, is being constructed in the
Leadville mining district for the pur-
pose of draining the mines 1t will be
at least five miles long and will, when
completed, leave to easy access mill
ions Of tons of good ore that cannot
now be properly got at and probably
never can be handled without the use
Of proper drainage.
The practice Of placing green boughs
of eucalyptus, or blue gum tree in sick
rooms as disinfectant is growing in
Australia. DIR. Curgcnven states that
if placed under the bed IN cases of
scarlet fever they will thoroughly dis
infect the couch and every article in
the room The volatile scent has also
favorable influence on consumptive
patients as an antiseptic and sedative
tending to promote sleep.
What the Detroit Free Press thinks
must be the shortest speech on record
and that, too, made by woman--is
heard of in Indiana. A woman walked
seventy miles to hear sermon, and
the pastor was 50 pleased at this ap-
probation that he called upon her to
tell the congregation how she came
there. Rising slowly, she looked them
over with great solemnity, and said:
Il hoofed it" Then she sat down
again.
An Augusta, Me-, man, who is the
proprietor of hair tonic, is getting
up some testimonials TO spring upon
the suffering public. One of his
friends who loves joke sent him this
very sweeping Endorsement, which
may be printed on the outside of the
book cover and may not: Dear sir
A few days ago accidentally spilled
some of your hair hatcher on the straw
mattress at my lodgings, and when /
returned home l found hair mat
tress."
Some German scientists, interested
in forestry, have recently furnished in
formation in regard to the ages of
trees. They assign to the pine tree 500
and 700 years as the maximum, 425
years in the silver FIR, 275 years to the
larch, PAS years to the red beech, 2lO
to the aspen, 200 to the birch, 10 to
the ash, and las to the alder and 100
to the elm. The heart of the oak
begins to rot at about the age of 800
years The holly oak alone escapes
this law, il is said, and there is in ex-
istence near Aschaffenburg, at Ger
many, tree of this kind which at
tanned the age of 40 years.
About three years ago Michigan
man disappeared. and soon afterward
the body of man who had been muir
dered was found and identified as that
of the missing man. HIS family buried
IL. Some time ago they received let
ter from an Indiana hospital for the in
sane saying that the missing man had
been admitted to the institution. He
soon recovered his reason and last week
returned to his people. His mind Is
blank regarding his life UP TO the time
he was taken to the hospital.
The school Of ID. A. 40, X. Of L., Of
New York, discussed citizenship"