Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-03
INTERESTING ITEMS.


A suit has been brought in Buffalo
to recover So. 1000 for alternating a boys
affections from his father.
Glynn county, Georgia, has a woman
hermit who has only spoken TO three
/ persons In sixteen years.
The material for an ak head has to
Nc heated FIVE times and pass through
Ne hands Of forty workmen before it
isin proper shape.
Seals sleep upon land; they also do
so iNpating upon their backs in the sea.
This@ habit they mostly indulge in
wheiAdhe weather is fine and the sea
calm.
In 1870 Stdkt md Eisen, Ger
many imported from Sweden and Nor
way 1859 tors OF iron ore. Of which
GIGS tons wenSt 70 Westphalia and
G5,94l tons to upper ~Schleswig.
The bones of Jumbo, Barnum's big
elephant, that was killed a few years
ago at ST. Thomas. Canada, weighed
even 2,4)O pounds. The total weight
of the body, bones and all, was six
tons.
Under the conviction that the plu-
mage of canaries can he altered in
color by varying the food DIR. Beddoe
thinks that the color Of the human
hair must eventually be influenced by
particular diets.
Lady Mary Somerset says some
pleasant things Of us who are so for
tunate as TO be American women by
birth or adoption. For one thing, she
says women in America are better
posted on current topics than men.
There is "A church in the town of
Bergen, Norway, that Is built entirely
oipaper. IL can seat 1000 persons in
comf1rt, and has been rendered water
proof BY a solution of Iuicklime, curd-
led milk and white of eggs.
A single seed Of an Asiatic pempe-
rion planted on Trevsy grounds, Ber-
lin, p~ropagatcd a vine as large as a
mans body, which In nine weeks grow
TO n total le1gth Of nearly 500 feet and
ripened more than $4,000 seeds.
Nurcmburg, the great toy-making
center, has had a banquet to celebrate
the completion of the sd, OO0th model
steam engine by a certain well-known
maker. The same factory has turned
out more than $3.50 magic lanterns.
There arc now twenty thousand
trained nurses in England, Ireland and
Scotland, The largest hospital in Lon
don employs 25) and the seven next
i'm size aggregate 1000. So where
such q number goes becomes quite
comprehensive.
The measles bacillus. discovered in
Berlin by DR.. Canon, varies from one
three-thousaudth TO one one-thou-
sandth Of an inch in length, and pos
sesses characteristics said to be "dif-
ferent from those OF any other bacillus
known"
Black glass was once used for mir
rors, as well rs transparent glass with
some black substance on the back. IL
Is related that the Spaniards found
mirrors Of polished black stone, both
onvex and concaye, among the natives
Of South America.
1t has been found that cattle fed on
distiiIery Stops. which require no chew
ing. soon begia 10 have diseased teeth
and gums. aud that their teeth decay
IN the same amer rs the human
teeth. while those that chew natural
food have sound teeth.
More first magnitude stars are in
The field of vision in winter than in
summer. Sirius, Aldebaran, Procyou.
Betelgucse, Rigel and Capella are
bright stars seen in the winter months
which are not visible in the evening
hours during the summer
Thistles. according to the London
Vegetarian Feierai Union are desira-
BILE articles Of human food. II boiled.
they arc Like delicate turnip tops and
nIay Is eaten like spinach on toast.
with poSched or fried eggs, and with .
little oil lie oil or mixed with cream"
In the JIebridcs sea beans are sup
posed to Sbe fairies eggs. Whether
this is n correct belief or not it is cer-
tain that all people OF the world living
near the ocean have entertained faith
that It's waters were inhabited by hui
man-like creatures more or less super
natural.