Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-06-08
JOSEPH kuHLER. Publisher


A man was coriing up from Chun-
chen province with sum or money
whicE had been subscribed for the pay
ment OF the public debt. He was met
by robbers, who took the money and
then started away. He called aftes
them that the money was a Euhscrip-
tion to the fund for the raising OF the
debt, whereupon they came back and
HANDED him the money and begged his
pardon for Their mistake and they gave
him ten yen extra as a contribution Ola
their own part. Eo asked their names
To publish Ia the 5apsrs, but they said
they did not wa. TO obtain notoriety
In that way and declined, but said they
were glad to pay something toward
helping the country
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The annual migration OF New Yorl's
Indians has begun. Among the greater
city's 100000 population there are not
more tnan a hundred descendants or
the original Inhabitants who have their
permanent homes hero. In winter they
pose for artists and art students, make
baskets, costumes, moccastns and bead
work, and sometimes appear In
shove" but spring always calls them
10 the open and they close their apart
ments--most OF them live south OF
Bleeker street, between Hudson and
Tnompson-and go TO the reservations
in the northern part Of the state to
spend tfse summer out Of doors with
friends of their own race.
Two Coluubia students have been
making about $40 a week each ever
since the first signs Of spring, Each
has organized a boys club, recruiting
members from among the children OF
the rich who have passed the nurse
maid ID aud anita q 10 "a IN fhafY
always socially occupied mothers The
students take these youngsters out for
two hours On three afternoons a week
TO Central park for a romp or game
of tag, 10 nearby vacant lot for a
game Of shiny or to the Bronx Park
zoo. The parents know that their boys
are in good hands and gladly pay the
club manager for his work.
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Golfers employed in certain pits In
the Manchester district are now work
ing half a mile below ground There are
collieries IN Ashton, Bradford (Man.
Chester) ana Pendleton which are more
than half a mile i'm depth, and Others
are about TO be sunk in the southern
part Of Lancashire which viii be nine
hundred yards down. The men working
at these great depths have TO take
huge quantities of liquor with them
owing 10 the great heat which prevails
many VI AAANlIl Assh4AE TWO ludIAS OI
cold tea in big tin cans. The PendletoE
pit Of Messrs. A. Knowles IS more thar
1000 yards In depth
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"Of the many riots aJd disturbances
which have taken place in China during
the last half century or more it woulG
be safe to assume that the secret So
cieties with which the country is
honeycombed are more or less respon-
sible for most, says North China Daily
News. 1T is questionable whether
foreigners have any adequate concep.
tion Of the power possessed by thess
organizations the ramihcatiGns o.
which are so comprehensive. They ar.
countless in number, pgotcau In form
and invariably shrouded In mystery
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Or. Dougal. of Keith, who was made
an honorary member Of the Aberdeen
society in 1895. had a reputation Tor
bluntness. A laxative woman went &c
him one day and said TO him Doc
tor, what is the matter with my
tongue?' Just Bee1in a rest, he re.
piled, shortly. On another day a pa
tient went 50 him and complained: u
have deal to suffer with my eyes, doc
tor" whereupon he answered. Better
suffer with them than without"
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One day the famous DR.. Chcyne wac
summoned to attend Beau Nash, the
uncrowned king Of Eath. lie pre-
scribed for him and tGo prescription
was duly sent 70 be made up. Next
day the physician called TO see his
patient and IN tho course Of his ex-
animation inquired whether the pre-
scription had been followed. mo, T.
faith, doctor" replied Nash, laaSuidly.
IF | had followed il / should have
broken my neck, for / threw it out Of
the bedroom window"
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The decoration Of the Order Of the
Morning Sun was conferred on DR.
Louis klopsch editor Of tho Christian
Herald. recently, IN New York, by
Baron Takewo Ozawa, personal envoy
of the Japaneee emperor. The decora-
ton is conferred on Or Klopsch in rec
ognition Of the work done by him in re-
Heving famine sufferers in Japan last
year More than quarter of a mill
lion dollars was raised by the Chris
tian Herald for the purpose.
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No fewer than six automobiles, pat
termed after the euphoniously named
Long Island Scooter, are said to be
building for various Arctic explorers.
who viii use them In attempts to reach
the pole during the summer of 1908.
Two of them are under construction
for DR.. Frederick A. Cook, OF Brooklyn,
who once accompanied Peary, and a
third is for Anthony Fiala. of Ziegler
expedition fame, while the remainder
are for other expeditions.
On one point the Turkish censor of
the drama is inflexible--there shall be
no murder committed on the stage.
This IS in order TO prevent corruption
by evil example. Consequently, the
dramatic effect of many plays Is some
what marred by the manner In which
,a Ia aad - ~
rushed or the stage and. after receiv-
ing the fatal thrust out of sight OF the
audience, stagger back from the wings
to sing their death songs.
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At Berlin academy OF sciences
meeting paper by Professor Kroneck-
err OF Berue, evoked keen interest. II
summarized the experiments OF this
scientist on 'the mechanism OF the
phase OF death of the heart" The pa
per said the heart does not stop beating
suddenly. but its regular contradictions
give place 20 a state OF irregular
formulation of the cardiac nerves,
which is due to insufficient circulation
in the heart.
A clergyman has posted the following
at the LeedD Church institute: "As the
gentleman who took a married mans
umbrella (26-incll ribs) in exchange for
a bachelors umbrella (24-inch ribs) OF
the same pattern from the church IN
stitute on the afternoon OF April 16 can
nave no possible use for II, he cen come
into possession Of his own again by ap-
plying to the secretary"
The Leyland liner Darien, recently
ran ashore off Barranquilla, Colombia,
and was rehcated. The beach on which
she lay has been moving at tho rate
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