Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

samembers OF the solar system. There
fore. F. y. Alien claims that there can
De no such life as oucs on any of r
heavenly nodiea but life may exist IN
der their conditions Tor aught Fhat ~
known.
German cheraists have seriously in
terfefed with the business OF ndigo
raising in British india by the produce
don OF artificial indigo; 3 madur
OF France ere frightened by
Inc synthetic manufacture OF that col-
BRING matter; and now the govern
naent monopoly OF camphor-making w
FOrmoSa lis threatened by a plant near
New York. which Is making artificial
camphor.
Nearly everyone mas heard OF the pet
ri1ed forests OF Arizona, but that ~
Montana, which DR. Merrill, curator Of
geology OF the National Museum az
WashSrgt0n, q been exploring, AZ
hardly known, though IL is believed 20
he at least equal IN extent. The north-
srn forests have curiously enough
Aornec to opal lnstead Of agate By the,
TcfrA1 Of the clements
An electric fan fhat heats the air cur
rents that 1t delivers has been devised
Nv IL. de Mare, n Belgian electrician.
The Apparatus consists of an electric
motor ana q rotating fan, the blades OF
which are of mica Upon these mica
blades are fastened resistanee-coils,
which are heated by the passage
through yhemi Of currents Of electricity.
Thc Emitted states has a parcel post
arrangement with GerMaany. Mr.. James
u. Cowieg sent a suit case from New
York directly to New Haven. The
stamps cost $S.6S. He could have sent
II Via Germany for $3.50 Onered at any
postofice as fourth-class matter, II
would not have been accented at all, II
Weighed eleven pounds,
N. BERNARD reports Ia Annaics de
PInstftute Pasteur that he finds that
arsenic Isl d constant constituent Of the
organism. and that all parts Of the
hens egg contain appreciable unanll-
ties OF arsenic. the yolk containing the
greater part. In the 1920 Of q mill
gram found Ia one esq from one-half
10 t~wo-thfrds Is found in the yolk.
The officers and men who have tried
the new rifle are practically unanimous
III IT'S favor. The infantry board and
the cavalry board unanimously recon-
mend the adoption of tw~enty-four
inches as the length OF the barrel for
All arms. Exhaustive tests Of q car
fridge FOR the new rifle have proved
most satisfactory.
The commerce Of Colombia has not
been reduced 20 figures for several
years. because OF the state on intermtt-
tent war. The total volume OF trade in
Yss7 was about $20,u00,O00. OF this about
one-fourth came 70 the United States
hi the shape Of coffee, sold p silver
are. hides, tobacco and drugs
At technical school for leather work
ers has been opened in London under
the direction OF an efficient corps Of in~
strGctors. it isSto give practicaE teen
nicaI training in tanning. cuEIyHle,
leather dressing dyeing staining ana
nnishlng.
TN victorian churches Of Christ
Christian Endeavor Union, Australia
have now sixteen metropolitan
fbraGGounty societies. The aim or me
bye Z society ~ every
Ex-Governor James n. Eagle III Ar
kansas was elected president Of the
Baptist state convention recently re-
Gently held in Little Rock. a position
which he has flied for twenty~one sue
cessiye years.
The greatest automobile Ia the world
IL the traction engine used in hauling
borax ont of the Mohave desert. Ths
Hrarhine can make Death valley pros
duec.
The Canadian plan Of preferential
tariff tn favor Of Great Britain and the
British colonies ls now being adopted
in tho British colonies Of South Africa.
The secretary ct the Aeronautic So
Getty OF Great Britain expects the kite
70 be the base OF the future instrument
of aerial navigation. the aeroplaue.
S~nao6eless powder machine guns ana
quicK firing rifles tend to make the att
FafktnG Of small states BIZ powerful
more and more lmpcSxfbga.
81.
The United States has gone into the
ppQpagatirg business t0 the extent III
Matching and distributing nearIy IL
100000 600 hsh a year.
4
The Birds nests used Tor goufs are
sikkle Geiatkious things made np prin.
einaliy from the saliva AZ tiny birds VI