Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-18


making soundings along the coast OF !
Ahica with view OF laying cable
from England TO Cape Town. At the II
mouth of the Congo they found re =
markable state of affairs, their maps
and soundings showing that that rivers r
mouth Is an extraordinary marine gully 8
OF no less depth than l.452 feet. The
mouth Of the Mississippi at an equal equal \
distance from shore would only show
thirty three feet and the Thames forty n
feet The Congos incredible depths o
were trace for more than 100 miles A
out at sea.
Many Of the pretty and suggestive a
little words that serve as names for @
Japanese girls are as charming in Eng
lish as in Japanese 1t is not uncom' b
mon for Jap girl to bear the name OF j
flower. On the other hand, however,
many girls in Japan bear the names of
some domestic utensil, as frying pan or :, -
dust brush. Doubtless this results from .,
the custom common among some peo-
pie of naming child for the first OBJ II
ject that strikes the eye after the little s,
one has come into the world. ic
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The Manderaggio, which is one OF N
the quarters of Valetta, the capital of F
the island of Malta, is one of the most fl
crowded spots on earth. In Naletta
itseli the proportion Is $4,000 TO the =
square mile, but in the Manderaggic =
S,544 people dwell on surface two
acres and half in extent, and this
gives no less than 636, 900 to the square "
mile, or l,Ol7.6 TO the acre, In the p
most crowded town in Britain, Liver,
pool, the proportion is only 1854 to the o
acre. I
4, The wedding ring of Luther's wife
has been discovered at Alma, near Co
burg, where it has been in the posses. u
Of family that has had no idea of It's q
interest An inscription upon it has
been deciphered TO mean DE Martino =
Luthero-Catarina Won Boren-15 Juni, :
1925" The ring is ornamented with ]
religious emblems and is like Luther's
engagement ring which is in the art C
museum of Leipsic. a
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; DIR. Alfred Springer, of Cincinnati, G.
has shown new application of the
metal aluminium. He has made vio- p
lin Of it and the instrument, which was '
given public test az Il concert before 3
u number Of musical experts, has been
pronounced eminently satisfactory in
the purity and sweetness of its tone. 6
rheA, lrap nj th,t 70 nf
aluminium sufiiced for the construction O
of the instrument.
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New York is the only state that al p,
lows an uncle 10 marry his niece In a,
Florida and Georgia marriage is pro- u
hibted within the "Levitical degrees
these are set forth in Leviticus xviii, l.
and forbids marriages of nephcws and p
aunts, but seemingly not of uncles with el
nieces. No European country consid. m
ers such marriage lawful. =
One o. the least famous monuments 81
in New York is the statue of Washing
ton which stands on the Riverside drive ~
near the foot Of Eighty-eighth street. - -
Yet il deserves attention more than =,
most Of our statues, for II is copy of ~
the one which was executed by the fs
essNs Frsxuax sculptor, Houdou, An the q
year i7s5, and now stands in the state {
house at Richmond, Va i
A London newspaper relates that 2
few days ago Queen Victoria was i
greatly charmed with a piece of music y
performed by the band playing in pub
lie Mt Osborne, and sent one of her at
tendants 70 learn the name Of the piece. ', !.
The attendant came back and reported !
with some hesitation, that it was en-
titled, "Come Where the Booze Is
Cheaper" O
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"No living germ Of disease can resist
tho antiseptic power Of essence Of cin- ;,
namon for more than few hours" is g
the conclusion announced by NJ. Cham $
berland as the result Of prolonged re- b
search and experiment in NJ. Pasteur's Z"
laboratory. 1t Is said to destroy mi Il
crobes as effectively, if not as rapidly, u
IA corrosive sublimate.
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On a single day recently th" Scilly C
islands sent TO English markets ten j
and one half tons of flowers. This
striking fact shows the amazing pro-
gress Of an industry which was un-
known dozen years ago in the little :.
archipelago The inhabited islands !,
contain only between 5000 and 1000 o
acres altogether. v
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The gold medal for proficiency in thu =
railway mail service at San Francisco h
was awarded last week to a young col. |,
ored man, originally from North Caro- "
lima, but who has served seven years in +
the regular army. He has been in the o
postoffice department about one year
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At one Of the New York hotels there 1,
is a lady guide whose business it is to o
show strangers around the city. She
Is an expert shopper, knows something
OF art and the drama, and is we'll edu- :.
Gated. speaking several languages. Her /,
prices range from IS to $40 q day.
II Is recalled that the late General :.
Beauregard bald the first cable rail- 4
VOnu ap Nike Couutry. Auc rOseA Wbo |
constructed Just after the war ard c<s "a
tended from the city Of New Orleans 70 v
the suburb of Carrollton. b
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The greatest number of people evsr /
killed by an earthquake since the dawn 4
of history was 100, 900. The date Of the o
terrible disaster wax 1903, and the scene {
sf tho most violent disturbance ut
ieddo, Japan. and vicinity.
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One hundred tons of cats tails were
recently sold at once for the purpose of /
srpamenting ladies' wearing apparel. Q
This means that, assuming an average
cats tail to weigh two ounces, no
fewer than l,7ss, 900 pussies had to be
killed.
They have been selling strawberries
covered with falling snow In El Paso,
Texas The incident is exciting wide.