Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28

Ing a brand new hat, an Engllsnman
entered a restaurant IN Berlin one even.
ing The two visitors fingered on and
on until IL was very late. When, at
last. they rose TO 20 the Englishman 5
hal was not tLsbe found What sort
of hat was II, mein herr inquired
the person in charge II was new
top hat. said the Englishman. some.
what annoyed. "Ach hut mein herr,
all the new hats have been gone for
half an hour sald the German pla-
eddy.
The first competition for the Harvard
Menorah society prize viii take place
this year The prize is Sl00 which VIII
be given by Jacob ~ SChin every
year until further notice" 90 the under
graduate writer ~ The best essay on a
subject connected with the work and
achievements Of the Jewish people. 'rhe
students - Harvard have received no
tice that essays on subjects which have
been approved by The prize commission
must be handed in not later than
May l.
The Woman's Trade Union league, OF
Chicago, supplies medical consultation
and advice 70 working girls who are
members OF trade unions for 10 cents
81 year The lea cue has announced the
appointment Of Dr Rachel s. Karros
OF Hull house. as its STAFF physician
Or. karros has ser aside portions OF
three days In each week for these con
sultations and win give special atten-
tion 10 diseases which are the result ot
occupations followed by women
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remarkable piece OF work was re-
Gently shown at q German exhibition in
the shape OF well-executed landscape
made OF colonies OF different colorcd
bacteria thriving In gelatin and meat
mo
exhibition Of eccentric art. where there
were also artistic compositions in spin
ach and egg and other effects secured
by resorting go the use OF spices Of diff
terent colors instead Of paint
After 1--WE years work. Australias
great transCouuncntal rabbit-proof
fence has been completed It's length is
2,036 miles, and the cost OF it's cree
tion has been nearly G250 900 II is
furnished at intervals Of FIVE or six
miles with systems of traps in which
hundreds OF rabbits are captured and
destroyed daily Inside the barrier
there appears as yet no trace OF their
presence.
Il Is mainly from Africa. America
md Australia that the world draws it's
supply of gold. some 10000 O00 worth.
won regularly every year Africa leads
with about Sl50000.00O next comes the
United states with about s95 zoe, goo
Australia ranks third with nearly Ss5,-
100000, while Russia, both in Europe
and Asia. Mexico Canada and several
other countries make up the remainder.
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Few people win have had the courage
10 sit down 13 at table for the greet
lngs OF new year. Bui lve and fifty
years ago Lord Roberts was one of
- VINO sat Down TO dinner on New
Years DAY al Peshawar. Eleven years
later though most OF them had been
through the indian mutiny and half of
them had been wounded they were all
sl3ve. And Lord Roberts is still very
much alive
The reconstruction OF the bridge or
'Notre Dame, at Paris has been COM
menced. None OF the bridges across
the Seine has undergone more trans
formations than the one which takes
its name from the great cathedral.
Originally, like the Ponte Necchio at
Florence, u was covered with houses
but these were demolished in 1856 i.ist
before the revoution
Miss Blanch Bates. the actress. in the
course of a luncheon that she gave at
Sherrys. in New York 10 Miss Gerald
Inc Farrar said witty thing about
marriage. I'm heaven, we are told"
she remarked. there is no marriage
nor giving IA marriage. No wonder
when there are not men enough even
here 10 go round"
The Rev. John La Fargo of the
jesuit order, son Of John La Fargo the
great landscape and figure painter. mas
accepted profesorship IN modern Ian
suages at Loyola college. Baltimore. He
Is one or the youngest priests in the or
der, being only y years old. He is
said TO bear striking resemblance TO
his father
october 70 last the Chilean gold peso
sold AT a premium of SO per cent in the
paper currency of the country. This
disturbed business. especially in the ex-
port line. Since the beginning OF July
The gold peso has been fiuctuatinq be-
tween 40 and % per cent premium re-
Gently, when II reached above the
mark
Members OF the royal family always
SEND their own wine to public dinners
and. IN many cases, their own special
brands OF cigars also. The wine IS In
the charge of a responsible servant in
the employ of the royal household.
whose duty IL s 10 stand behind the