Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-12-07


grower for both packing and market
ing is 35 cents a box.
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There is a group OF African rodents.
designated scaly tailed squirrels, the
members OF which seem 60 have felt
the necessity Of additional aid for the
purpose OF tree-Climbing. They have
accordingly developed on the under sur
face OF the tail certain structures which
may be compared To the climbing irons
used by workmen These take the form
or few transverse rows of large, tri-
angular hoiney scales, with their
points directed backward. There scales.
when pressed against the bark OF q
tree, must afford material aid In
climbing
Sue Moon, Chinese, was brought
before the Melbourne magistrate the
other day charged with having work ed
after o'clock on a Saturday after
noon, contrary TO the provisions OF
the local factories act. He pleaded
that he had washed only one collar
after the statutory closing time.
What! only one collar from to 3
o'clock?" exclaimed the chairman
Him vclly dirty collar" reiolned Sue
Moon. This defense was deemed too
thin and Sue was fined $3.50. After
paying he remarked "Fackly act
make Chinaman very lazy fellow"
College clubs are becoming wonder
full employment agencies and the uni
versities themselves also The Yale
club OF New York and and the Bureau
of Self-Help OF the university i'm New
Haven report q greater demand for
Yale men than they can supply. and the
same story Is true of Harvard. Recently
wealthy Pennsylvanian, a Harvard
graduate, came to Cambridge and won
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graduate who had Just entered the law
school. The university was the medium
which brought the two together.
Experiments are i'm progress at the
New York Skin and Cancer hospital. $3.50
Second avenue. for the alienation of
pain by the use OF intense light. So far
the physicians are unwilling To express
any definite opinions as to it's efficacy
and content themselves by saying that
their hospital tries every device which
promises TO be cf assistance I'm curing
or alleviating caA~er. The results with
the light cure" however, have been
sufficiently satisfactory to induce them
to continue the experiments.
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The best eyesight is possessed by
those people whose lands are vast and
barren, and whose obstacles tending to
shorten the sight are few. Eskimos wiz
detect "A white fox in the snow at n
great distance. The Arabs of the deserts
of Africa have such extreme powers of
vision that on the vast plains of the
desert they will pick out objects invis-
ible To the ordinary eye at ranges of
from one to ten miles Among civil
ized peoples the Norweaians have the
best eyesight.
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Women's hats are both common and
costly, az a rule, but woman in
Brunswick. who made no great pre-
tentions to fashion. holds the record
for the highest price paid for an article
of millinery She bought "a hat with "a
lottery ticket which the merchant ac-
cepted In place OF the money. a few
weeks later the ticket drew the great
prize OF E15.00O. and though the wom-
ans husband tried to induce the mer-
chant to share the results. he only re-
ceived e25. That hat cost e14.975.
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The road over the Andes which Chile
and Argentina are building and which
is the last link In the line across South
America between the Atlantic and Pa
cific, is nearing its completion. 1t Is
said that the entire line will be open to
trade next year. The Andes section OF
the road begins at Mendoza In Argen-
tina. crosses the Andes through a tun.
mel four kilometers long and extends tc
the Chilean town Los Andes, which has
rail connection with the Pacific
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In his report for the quarter ending
September 80 the fishery officer for the
northeastern district states that he re
ceived one marked crab during the
quarter. II was captured at Boddin.
close TO Montrose. Scotland. 1t had
travelled from four miles north of Scar
borough castle. distance OF about l55
miles, in 6S9 days. Unless the crab had
"A lift on the way from some sportive
person il must on the average have
crawled not less than 500 yards day
All the czars Of Russia have been
crowned III the Kremlin i'm MOSCOW. the
treasury of which contains the most
historic Jewels and the choicest plate
now owned by the Russian crown.
There is $500. 600 900 worth OF gold sill
Yer and precious stones in that treas
ury. Among the more notable items
are basins OF gold as big as small
bathtup and two card tables built en-
tirely of solid silver
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On small economies the following viii
be difficult TO beat for smallness. A
laboring man who hands over his week.
ly wages TO his wife is allowed by her
an ounce OF tobacco a week. She buys
II herself I'm two separate half ounces
In order she declares, to get the ad-
vantage of the two turns of the scale
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Immense figures were handled easily
nj the general convention of the Epis.
ccpalians. it being shown that the total
resources OF the church for 1907 for
all purposes were s52.257219. as com
pared with $4,000 400 In 1904.
Thomas Nelson Page. the virginian
writer. has, II is announced, decided to
go into the raising of mules on an ex-
tcnsive scale on a l.000-acre plantation
near Beaver Dam. Va.
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This world contains altogether 1.75C
submarine cables. totaling 100000 miles
in length and dropped into their watcry
bed at a cost of S275.00O.0o0.
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Antwerp and Amsterdam lead Europe
as the most healthful municipalities
Madrid is at the other end of the list
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Wild animals killed 2.0S4 persons in
India last year, in addition, 10 %, ,S54
who died from snake poison.
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More than 49.00 600 food animals were
slaughtered in the United States during
the last calendar year.
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Nearly every Japanese follows the
trade or profession of his father
The letter ''e" occurs on an average
OF 137 times in thousand words.
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Great Britain's annual import of ap.