Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-08-31

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tosEg4 kusLER, puhlishss.
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The ocrnaa emperor has 5000 ggoi eA
OF cloInlHg, and changes hiH costume
an average Of twelve tisnes day i+e
takes an enthusiastic interest in every
fgnction ile attends. To l9rel@aeF
who remarked upon THIS le one oi me
younger German Drincea, the latter re-
piled That Is part of lathers won
derfuk character for Whenever be az
tends y christening nc thinks be ls
the baby, Whenever he honors a wed,
ding with hls presence ne iUaSlnes pc
IL the bride. and whenever ne ltl@aaa
a funeral somehow or other be M
variabiy manages TO set hold Of the
Idea that ne Is the eorpse.
a Paris paper says tAat on every
Sunday Mrs Mackay receives het
friends iu a secluded corner of the La
tin quarters most famous park ln
Paris. The refreshments AZ chesc enter
tainments are supplied by passing Ven-
doris, such aa old womtu Rao sell
tempting ralsln cake anG other like
dalnries. The paper adds % This acc
count, which, whether or not anthem
tic is pleasant 10 believe thar tnese
novel little Affairs have been MOST sue
cessful and are q great reief a1lef
more formal entertAnnenta
Ergin, which has come iuto quite e1z-
feuSive use in German. "a au OH hy-
dro-carbon obtained fr0H coal tar 1y
a secret process, ane s claimed 90 5e
an idral fuel for Internal combustion
engines af al sizes Ita heat vaiae ls
slightly less than thlt ~ gasoline. IL
csla be highly compleseed without gN~
Ing premature igntipn, can be used iu
alcohol motors aad Ignition Is always
effected with eerralnty at Berlin
where The price "a i.S cents per pound,
tne cusc Der horsepower peF hour is
ABOUT one rent.
d. Maz I.szssT~r, 5f Prague. whQ
was sent 70 the Cnited States 81 the
minister of lgstice of Austria, 90 mako
study OF the American Juverile
courts, IN an elaborate report on the
subject gives high praise 10 the In
stltutIon when. he aaFs. owes It's eN-
istence to the efforts of women Who
realized that nothing worse could hap
pen 10 a child than C. be thrown h
direct contact with criminals of MAJ
ture years" he advocated the estab-
iishmcut of similar courts ia AUs-
ira.
The champion lady shaver of the
world, as she Was known iu London Is
aead. Miss Nellie Wick was only 20
years old, but a8 she had been bar
oer since sne was 4 yeara old. she had
done almost a lifetime work. Her
father Was known as the lightning
barber, and Taught his daughter this
art Of shaving almost lg soon as her
fingers were long enough 30 tWiue
around Tie handle of a razor Her
record performance Waa The sna ing lf
tWenty-one men in la many minutes.
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Among the varied uses 0f peat that
for tho production OF gas 10 perhaps
the least known. II has been used Tor
this purpose. however, FOR the last
thirty years in the steel works 1f $40,
tala, ln Sweden. From i5,800 20 t6,08t
cubsc yards of peat are hds ased year
~. u costs rather more than coal gas,
bat has the advantage of containing
scarcely any sulphur or phosphorus
In several places Ia Europe peat gas
is-9Sed Tor heating and "a glass melt.
Ing furnaces
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Professor Paul Clemen. historian ot
Rrt at the University of Bonn an6
Prusaian Conservatory OF Art FOR Tho
Rhine provinces, has been assigned By
the minister of ingtructiou to lecture
ia the United states from Septem-
bers 907 20 February, 1903. under The
system nf exchanging German and
en- Is q student of Meroyfngiau and
CsTloviaglau art and an authority on
art Of the Charlemagne period
Natural soap batas are not an un-
mixed blessing. The curious soap
spring that forms wonder of a VII
lage IN Timor. East Indian islands.
consists or a small elevated mud cone,
from which bubbles up water heavily
charged with hlkati ard rR1ium. the
discharge giving The appearance Of a
HpauEl ure volcano. a tisadvantaGe ~
tslch q washing place s. thai vegetation
f. ruined for miles around.
The preservation 81 wood with sui
phur applied Ia liquid form. Is gaining
special favor ia Germany. The material
completely hlls the cell spaces or the
fiber. and at moderate temperatures ll
IS little affected BY water, acids and
alkaline solutions, though Sc oxldi2es
readily at nigh temperatures. Poplar
~ best adapted for this treatment re-
sGlts with oak and pine being less sat-
iafact0ry.
Sir William Crookes. as a result OF
his own researches and the experiments
Of Professors kr0w4laki and Moscieki
81 Freibnrg university has discovered
"A process Of egtracrlng nitric acid from
the atmosphere, The process Is avail
9Dle EoI CDt4lLllEEtl.tl1 INDUSTRIAL ana ~
ric cIltural purposes and is expected 20
.ravOlutioaize the nitrate industry and
the worlds food problem.
The Circassians. who 1--we in the
sDorthwestern part Of the Caucasus, and
who think il Is more honorable 70 1--we
By plunder than by industry. make 81 "a
Ecustom to bring their daughters up 20
be sold as slaves 70 The Turks and Per
SLAMS. CircasNian beauties. therefore.
shine not IN their native and. but IN
Gthe harems Of the oriGut.
The aIgrette in a lady,s bonnet ls the
icrowaing beauty OF an eGret mother
The collector seizes toe bird while Hhe
Is on her nest with the young just
Matched, and tears on her pluines and
wings. leaving her 20 die beside her
little ones. who deprived OF her foster
INK care. also die. victims OF womau's
vanity
Two OF the most attractive places for
instruction In New York city are the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
American Museum Of Natural History.
yet there are thousands OF residents Of
L.,