Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-10-26

track OF all the advic handed him by
astrologers and others. For instance,
last May. Professor" Gustav Meyer, OF
Hoboken, predicted that the president
was in lime for trouble during June and
.Iuly. Meyer culied his information di-
rect from the stars. According 90 the
seer VINO asserted thar he had success
fully predicted recent Russian troubles,
rhe president during the two months
named should guard against burns,
cuts scalds. bruises and feVeriSh COM
plants, plots, schemes and couspira-
cies should take particular care of his
eyes and teeth and should provide
against peculiar accident on trouble
with his knees.
Major General hoad. who was the
Australian officer attached 70 the Jap
anesc army during the war with Rus
sia, saw some amusing shop signs IN
Toxic Head cutter over a barbers
Extract Of fowls" over an egg sellers,
and Ladies furnished on the up
stairs n front OF "A drapers He had
a memorable tweNty-f0Gr hours rail-
way journey IN q compartment cram
med with forty men, women and chill
slren. lie made a resolution not 10 faii
asleep, hut he woke up in the MORN
ing 20 fird that "a patient little Jap
aneae lady mad been supporting his
head on aer shoulder"
T. g. Eehan, the nrst Cecil Rhodes
scholar sent from Melbourne 20 OK
ford. has returned 20 Australia ~ get
married. RI says the Rhodes SCHOLARS
are now settling down and Oxford is
getting nsed t0 them That he de-
fcribes ~ a good thing. because they
we're getting tired 0f being always and
everywhere referred 10 as Rhodes
scholars" The novelty has now worn
1ff. and they have become merged in
the general ruclG He says thar the
yl,50e q yenr attached 10 % Rhodes
scholarship is just sufficient 20 make
both ends meet
IL is a curious coincidence that most
II the stage money flashed by vii
lains IN mclOdrJmas, and for WhiCh
there is So much blood letting and
murder IN sensational plays, is made
"a Washington almost within the shad
NV Of the bureau OF engraving and
printing. The demand for it has caused
il to develop into quite little industry
V fs widely used as property for
regular dramatic productions and al
X for amateur theatricals. Ii is en-
sfaved on green paper ike green
backs
eFhe Canaques OF New Guinea prefer
for defense clubs made Of hard wood. /
highly polished, and ending In curious
Jr artistic forms Sometimes these (
oludgeons are made Of stone strength
ned with wood in an ingenious way a 4
hole IS drilled IN the stone shaft ana
through il is pushed q small branch oi
a growing Duuyan tree IN "A year on 1
two this branch is cut off by this time
1he wood has grown until IL Is a tight /
~ for It's stone case, and the club has
become a Formidable head-breaker.
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SUMMER home Is stretched a large
piece of mating presented TO him bS
Filipinos iE memory Of the days wher
Va WAS head Of the Philippine com
mission. Woven into this mating are
the words al Presidente Mr.. Taft
Mr.. Taft served as q president Just
)nce." When asked how Il sounded Il
he called President Taft, the secre.
tary answered that IN didn't sounG
half so bad as the word welcome over
the door OF Jail
German after having spent one
week Ia New York received letters from
home asking him 10 send back some
thing typically American as a souvenir
II the land OF the free. f5eing "a con
scientious man, he studied conditions
about town for another week before /
attempting TO decide upon any one
commodity representative Of American
~ultnre and habits Finally he made
up his mind. He sent six packages ~
chewing gum.
Now that Mairuaison has reverted r.
the French nation. possessors OF oh.
1ects once associated with il all the
world over are showing themselves
arite eager 10 restore them TO the place
so inseparably associated with the sad
romance of Bonaparte's unfortunate
empress The Bonaparte legend may
be dead enough; the Josephine legend
Is not Her harp is the latest object Ia
find it's way back,
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BY means of new invention schoai
children in Germany are being taught
now 70 swim before they enter the wa.
ter, The apparatus. which Is described
ny popular mechanics consists OF =
broad sling placed under the chest and
a narrow band for each ankle allow
ing free movement 0f the arms an0
legs. The leg sings are balanced on
weights and pulleys 70 allow com.
penSating motion.
In collection Of Egyptian papyrf
Professor Jules Nicoie Is reported tc
have found among some Greek texts
an ancient Latin guide through Rome
As II contains an inventory Of sculp-
ture and indicates the locality where
each piece was located as well as de-
scribes each. 1t may prove Of import
ance in supplying us with data for tho
attribution of as yet nameless statues
The number OF Wholesale establish
mcnts engaged in Strengthening and
meat packing in the United States dur
Ing the calendar year 1904 was g29.
and their combined capital was S237,
Tl4.690. They furnished employment
20 l4,l34 wage earners. paid $40. .326. .97.
in wages. consumed materials costing
sS05.S56,969. and manufactured prod
ucts TO the value of Sg13.0f4.624
Every cottage woman OF Finland
knows how 60 spin and weave These
accomplishments are matters of nation
~ pride, because the women or the
Kalevala. the great national epic wove
and spun, and as we'll indeed. embroid
cred and worked IA silver and bronze
Cremation makes great headway In
the Alps. Geneva takes the lead. both
In point OF number and equipment
but Zurich. Aarau. Borne and Lausanne /
are each building a second cremator-
ium. Five other towns are doing like
wise.