Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

NJ others daughters only, while, sadder
SIN. the sons of several were taken
away 10y the grim angel early In life,
the longing ambition of their faith
for an extended family tree was
Washington, Madison, Jack
and Polk had no issue. Jefferson, |
Monroe, Fillmore and Johnson had no
sons. Buchanan vas a bachelor.
Pierce's two children, both boys, died
before reaching maturity. Two sons OF
Abraham Lincoln died young, leaving
Robert, who also lost a boy, but has an
other living. Benjamin Harrison's son
has "A daughter, and his daughter has a
son, but there Is no male child to per-
petuate his name. George Washing
tons desire for a son must have cost him
great disappointment. In his waning
years he gratifed parental longings by
adopting the grandchildren of his wife.
These were George Washington Parke
Curtis and Nellie Curtis. But even
Washlngton's adopted son had no male
issue, and his only child was married
10 General Robert e. Lee.
a new invention OF interest to railroad
men Is an electrical weeder, which viii
run at an express speed and cut down
all weeds hat line the track. An Z
nary Hat car is equipped with metal
brushes, which extend out over each
side OF the car. Their height is rcgu-
lated so that they will brush the top OF
the weeds as the cars move along. "A
dynamo On the car, run while the train
Is in motion, is connected with the met
allie brushes. which receives the full
fore OF the current. The circuit is then
GROUNDED tnrougn tine NhSrIa 10 the
rack. When the current is turned on II
passes from metal brushes through the
weeds 10 the ground, thus completing
the circuit. The current Is SO powerful
that the weeds, which serve as "A con-
ductor, are Instantly shrlveled up. II
is necessary to wet the weeds in order
to make them good conductors, 50 the
mowers wait until "A rain.
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A unique law is still in force at Star
gard, in Prussian Pommerania \ para.
graph of the police regulations of 1870,
which IS still being enacted, reads;
Smoking in the streets or p~romenades
of this town is positively prohibited, vio-
lators of this law being punished by a
fine, OF eventually by "A number of LASH
es with a switch equivalent TO the mum
Der Of marks the fine amounts to-" Upon
the strength of this law some reaction
airy friends of the due avs have recent.
ly hauled a number of respectable citi-
zens before the courts. The magistrate,
having no choice. had to fine every one
Of the accused parties. because they all
freely admitted Of having smoked in
the streets.
A venerable mud turtle was found In
Woodstock, Mich, a few days ago. His
shollship had evidently been seen before
and had been in the hands OF the en-
gravCr, who had cut upon the roo of his
habitatiOn the inscription, -. b., 1860"
This was not all, as the shell was en-
bellished with "a cut representing the
square n cOmpaSses, as constituting
a Masonic emblem. 1t IS not recorded
that the turtle had visited any OF the
lodges in that vicinity, however. George
Bowen. its finder, kept the reptile until
h" ascertained hat ii did not know how
10 "s.ep off" as a Master Mason, when
he headed him oward the prohibition
headquarters and turned him loose.
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Americans are more generous, as a
class, than the English, but they prefer
To he generous to their liking rather
than in recognition Of a claim upon
them. A rich woman died the other day,
a childless widow, and left $50, 900 to a
woman's college, although nearly re-
lated TO her are two young girls who
are crying their pretty eyes out because
hey cannot ave a college education. {
tached two temporary scholarships as
conditions to her handsome bequest, and
thus helped I'm two ways, although the
circumstance of the case We're we'll un-
derstood and more than once deplored
by her.
The newest idea in locks Is one with
olt a dial and which is opened by the
use of the fingers and the sense Of feel
ing or that Of hearing. The action OF a
frame dropping into a number Of CORFU
cations and manipulated by the knob
can be heard and felt. and 1t is by these
sounds that the manipulation is guided
in throwing back the lock. The knob is
turned 10 the right and 10 the left again,
and finally a turn which draws back the
bolt. The lock is capable Of $50 combi-
nations. and the combinations can be
changed at n time.
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\ Pasadena woman Is devoting a
large part Of her time to making MARINA
lade from a species of orange cultivated
for tina purpose-the Sevillian. A Red
lands man Is making syrup from orange
juice. vinegar from the pulp, oil from
the rind, and selling candied peel and
dried rind. These are but examples OF
the m%ultifarious possibilities Of the
orange, which, as yet, is scarcely appre-
ciated in California, and thought OF
merely as a refreshing fruit.
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The English government has recently
assumed control Of all the trunk line or
long distance telephone business in the
United Kingdom. For this purpose s5.-
0O0, 900 has been appropriated by the
house of mmo to purchase existing
lines and an additional sum of 81, 800, 900
has since been appropriated for the cree
ton OF additional lines.
Mrs. Y. $. Grant. wife of the general,
has written a letter to Senator Squire,
thanking him for the resolution which
ne has introduced in the senate provid-
ing for a Grant statue. II have long
looked and hoped for an expression of
some kind from the government" a y
Mrs. Grant. land think our thought, IL
carried out, would be a grand fulfillment
of thai hope. ! thank you, senator"
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Macbeth's duel with Macduff had Sc
rious consequences at a performance at
Chatham. In England. lately. Gordon
Craig. Ellen Tsrrv,s son, who was act |
ing Macbeth, broke his word and gave
Macduff a bad cut on his hand. The
curtain was Jung down, when a rope
broke, and the curtain hit a scene shift
err on the head. knocking him senseless.
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A petr1ied man was found the other
day In a forest near Columbus, O., but
most of the other male residents of that
state will be able to cast a vote at the
presidential election In November.
Search is being made In Chicago for
a Inca descendant of Benjamin Frank
lin to unveil the monument erected TO
his memory in Lincoln park by Joseph
Medill OF the Chicago Tribune. 1t may
be necessary TO send east 10 Obtain tho