Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-11-29

HE CHRONICLE
CUSTER SOUTH DAKOTA
JOSEPH kUBLER, Publisher.
The town OF Grojetski, Russia, 1
connected with the outer world by
railway, which derives the major par
of it's revenue from Jews travelling L
seek p~reternatural aid from the rabbi
OF Grojetzki, a reputed miracle workel
n divine healer, who, by the way
as spiritual shareholder OF the railway
had recommended his followers to us,
IL. At the last shareholders meeting
however, a conflict Of opinion arose
between those present which resulted
in the sale by the rabbi of his stock
AT the same time he strictly prohibited
his followers from using the road, ow-
ing to which the trains are 10Y run
ming entirely empty.
The famous French geographer.
Elisce Iaeclu@, who is nov in his I'D
year, lives at Brussels in great seclu-
sion, the only place where a stranger
can meet him being at a vegetarian
restaurant, where he takes his meals.
He has been q vegetarian all his life,
HiNA NtNAtiNo lidl TIC llIlt Will Olll
when Europeans will look on beef-eat-
ing with the same horror that we do
on c~annibalism. One day he came to a
friend pale and agltated. MY wife is
deceiving me-" he exclaimed: and
when his friend looked at him in as
constituent he added: Il nave sur
prised her when she was boiling my
spinach i'm %boullion."
William *. Vanderbilt and Grover
Cleveland received, respectively the
largest and smallest checks ever issued
to individuals bv the United States
government. At one time Mr.. Wander
bilt owned $50, 900, 900 worth OF govern
ment bonds, ard this amount drew an
nus interest OF 81, 600, 900. At the close
of Mr.. Cleveland's second administra-
ton IL was discovered, in settling up
his accounts for salary, that the gov
ornment owed him one cent. A check
for that amount was forwarded to him,
and as 1t has never been presented for
payment, 1t is probable that the re-
cipient preserves 1t as a curiosity.
The X-ray is being used in dentistry
with considerable success. IT sometimes
happens that the permanent or sec
Cnd,' teeth are not properly cut. The
nnouth Is thus d~isiigured by the loss of
the first set of teeth and the non-ap-
pearance Of the second teeth. With
NilC A-Idy the dtlllSI can determine
whether the second tooth is in the gum,
mad If SO, why II has not appeared. The
obstruction Is removed, a passage
opened and the tooth works gradually
down to it's place.
Nikola Tesla. the student of electric
ity, was drawn for jury duty in New
York city, but vas excused from SER
vice because he is opposed to capital
punishment, and could not agree to a
verdict Of guilty when by so doing he
would endanger the prisoners life. Mr.. |
Tesla does not agree with those who |
would return a verdict OF guilty in a
murder case while disbelieving In the
death penalty, holding that they are
not responsible for the law as II
Rather a grewsome report is about
to be issued by one of the city depart
lnents. 1t concerns the unknown dead
and the many reported missing. The
number of unidentified dead taken to
the city's morgues will average a little
more thar one a day, and less than
half of them are Identified. The num-
Der OF people reported as missing to
York's officials. and whose reap
oearance is never reported, averages
600 each year.
w. f. King, chief astronomer of the
of Canada, has been APP
by the British government a
commissioner to mark the forty-ninth
from the Rocky mountains to
he Pacific coast. Otto II. Tittman, SUI
)erlntendent OF the United States Coast
nj Geodetfc Survey, has been appoint
"a by the United States government a
commissioner for the same purpose.
Congressman Robert w. Davis, of
was out hunting south of st.
augustine a day or two ago when a
arge black bear took to hunting him.
The congressman took a shot at
ruin and then fed. but the bear was
aiming and the fugitive climbed a tree
in time to save himself. He re-
there several hours before help
anne and scared away his pursuer.
Henry l.. Dawes, ex-United States
enator, recently celebrated his 81 birth
ay i'm his home at Pittsfield, Mass. Mr..
Dawes Is in excellent health. He re- {
red from public life In 1898, after !
pending ~thirty-six years in congress. '
lie Is still chairman of the Dawes In l
commission, and from his home |
irccts the affairs Of the Five Civilized
Don Emilio de Ojeda, the new Span :
II minister Is almost certain to be a :
faNorite in Washington. He has
distinguished appearance, speaks {
nElish fuently, has a wide knowledge
literature and as a painter easily {
light have made q career. Senior de :
jeda is, besides. n man OF ample for g
I
The n poem most often translated Il
to every language of the civilized and a
lCiviliZed world was written by a l.
oman, The ode to Aphrodite," by u
S~hakespeare's works have h
)rne the test Of but three centuries; n
lppho's have stood through twenty 4
re centuries. j
Representatives of the Smith family G
applied for space for a building at +
.e Worlds fair at st. Louis, to be the s.
of the members Of that "
family when visiting the EXPOSE
on. Some genius has calculated that
are Ia, 000. 600 Smiths in the world.
President c.. Stanley Hall of Clark .
diversity has been studying the al
OSt total absence of insanity among
gTOCS. He believes il is because. he CT