Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-11-16

On fhe eastern Hlds of the rock %
Gibraltar there - curious-lookina
Wcitc patch which recently ted an
American tourist to ash whether the
rock was being armor-plated. ltisreally
a catchment for rain water 60 Increase
an. reserve OF water on the rock. The
tatChment covers tea acres. 1t is made
81 galvanized corrugated iron hXed to
piles driven deer iu:C the sandy slopes
above the village OF Catalan The wa-
Ter collected az tkc foot OF the catch
Inent runs through the rock into tun-
mel 1000 feet Tong ana is delivered into
reservoirs on the western side. The
yield 10 each inch OF rainfall is 240, 600
galicna
TiI.s year, ms usual. the sea serpent
has made iuS appearance. Edward :.
Dodgson, of Jesus College oxford. and
he Rev. r q. Davies NJ A., of Queens
College oxford, saw II when they we're
staying al Tintagel Wales. II was
moving at distance OF about 200 yards
Ve~y rapadly along tho calm surface OF
The sea toward Tmutagel Head IN
about = minute il had disappeared be
hind the cliff that bounds the cove Oh
IN west II was they say. at least
twenty feet long, holding its large head.
with apparently some kind Of a crest or
name upon IL. aloft.
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Minnesota derives an annual income
OF more than Sl,000000 from It's ore
leases, whicl Will Increase rapidly ds
time passes The money goes into
school fund. of which only the inter-
est is available but all that goes 10
help support the public educational In
siitutions in the state. from the kinder
gartens 10 the university. The fund
now amounts - about S9,e00,000 The
royalties run as high as - cents ton
and as low as &c cents Some OF the
leases extend perpctually hut the most
OF them are 70" thirty years
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Ia the Chinatown Of every city the
groCers sell toothpiCks made of Wairus
wAislSers. These are excellent tooth
picks, and in China no fashionable din
ner IL complete without a bundle or
them. From either side OF the mouth
al the walrrs whiskers. at once stiff
ANA pliable pro-, c. They are about
four inches long aud the older the
walrus tbs more elastic are these hairs.
When the Alaskans kill walrus they
pluck out The Whiskers with tweczers.
and, brndlmg them up In neat pack
cts they ship them. when there are
enough. Go China.
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authorities who have in charge some
" Englaud's ancient treasures try TO
discourage the habit of carving initials
on these relics A hnc of SiJ was re-
Gently imposed on man who had
ChiIp his name ln letters six inches
high On one OF the stones in the
''Druds circle near Keswick. Close
To the giant stone glob n Swauage "A
spsCial slab IS provided for the harm
less reception OF The names OF all VINO
are addicted ~ this gelf-advertisemeut
On popular Alpine SUBMITS names are
left or cards in emptied Wine bottles,
Senator Franz B Brandegec tells
story OF q man who wanted TO be
trolley ear conductor This man
looked hearty polite and intelligent
ana the j. anager at the car barns
seemed TO think well of him. After
number OF questions the manager
said. Well, vhU pay do you desire
The applicant gave loud laugh Then
he dug The manager I'm the ribs and
said oh never mind about the pay,
boss. Jus give me che job and IN
have ear Of my own in "A week or
two.
With the stem encircled with a gold
ring which must have been on all the
while the Truit was growing from
bloom 20 maturity bunch of grapes
WAS discovered IN Long Beach, Cal.
Charles Schwitzer. peddler, was
weighing some grapes for customer
when the glitter of an object In a
cluster caught his attention IL was a
gold bangle ring around the stem. mid
way II, the bunch, and with grapes
both above Il and below u.
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The drafting o. the young men OF
Germany into tn army has "A ten-
dency 10 draw them from the coun-
try. for after having lived In large
city. with It's attractions and conven-
iences. the return To the small village,
where life is necessarily much slower
and the opportunities for entertain
mcnt much legs. the Gesire to return
where there Is better pay, shorter
hours and more diversity I'm life usual
~ oVerpowers tho home interest.
A hill in the department of Ardeche.
j ance. with cubic measurement of
not less than l.000000 yards has been
undermined by the filtration OF the wa
ter. and IL moving M the rate OF l20
fee an hour. Six hundred feet of road
wav and two bridges already have been
obliterated. and the shifting earth has
damned up two streams which are
rapidly formin~ vast lake.
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Extremely early marriage seems to he
the fate of korea'F rulers THE latest
So sation In Seoul is that measures are
being taken TO find consort for the
prince imperial. although he is only II
years of age. There is talk OF the
daughter OF the presen. prime minister
but whether that Is by the desire of
the prime minister himself or at the
suggestion OF Lady On seems To be un-
certain.
The Berlin Tageblatt publishes the
following from Constantinople One
Of the leading members OF the London
house OF Rothschild is negotiating with \
Turkey 10 raise a loan OF G3.200,0 900, |
the consideration for which is to be
monopoly OF tn, sale OF matches i'm
,sS,. h..sy a..
agreement OF Britain Is now being
sought
THE Imperial household Of Japan"
says a japanese paper. has presented
a carriage and pair OF horses to the
emperor % Korea. This is doubtless IA
timely gift i'm view OF the fact that
the present sovereign OF Korea intends
10 inuguratc the custom OF emerging
from the perennial scclusion OF the pail
ace.
knowledge OF Spanish while nee
essary in all other parts of South
America, is of no advantage I'm Brazil.
Its people are very proud OF their
Portuguese customs and language. and
are apt TO be unfavorably impressed
by any one who does not pay due
respect 10 the difference between their!
nation and those OF Spanish origin.
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Coroner Harburge~, OF New York has
compiled figure which show that the
city trolley cars XII one person every
fifteeh hours. He ascribes this enor-
mcSa death rate to the lack OF means
for properly controlling cars.
new chair has beer founded I'm con-
necrion with the natural history muse
um at the Jardin des Plantes. Paris. 1t
IS for the study OF auiinal psychology.
anc win be under the direction OF M.
Pierre Hatchet-Souplet