Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

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tcnic scale in perfectly Just intonation
in any desired key. II differs In out
ward appearance from the ordinary
piano only in having, in addition TO
the usual pedals, a bank OF a single
octave, somewhat like organ pedals
which actuatc bank Of sliding bars,
and these in turn move the bridges on
which the strings rest and adjust them
simultaneously 10 any key. This II be-
lieved to be the first practical solution
OF the problem Of just iutonation for
Instruments with fixed keys
Following on a complaint made re-
Gently by lady member OF the
Hounslow education authority as 10 the
lack OF manners displayed by the chll-
dren TO visitors at the schools, the
education committee has obtained
manners chart" for display at the
schools The chart provides "a copious
supply of "don'ts' for the guidance OF
the children. Including an injunction
against conveying food 10 the mouth
with Il knife The cnart also advises
children 10 salute visitors and min
listers. who. il is stated, viii salute IN
return
Hello. Central Give me Upper SEN
cQsaI" Telephone lines have been
opened on the borders Of Upper Senegai
and the Central Niger region. The sec
tions are from Kayu 10 Medlne tronh
hai io HaHltidhu, "lN' -, - 80
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nehtloheu hheS elc .'l 'uat,s t,.,,,as' IN
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mobile CIub OF ram He t,,,
the congress lS uiNiutu ~ - -,
of technical ana e,onoinC ,lioi,, ra'.ar,,
when VIII nrins ou, ~ a',s.tria1 i, a.,
phcalions' such as 10 uolpis 70 IL.
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congress Wlb ehpface tne WIZ 9up y,
Ject. includhg the hlaHula0'uIe 40 W"
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tapit nEeS 'ooN H., ,ra any,
seen on lh' htapT' pu' '"'9
thjug hnt SlfaiEHt as lh'g Nt pN 'Ai'
ocean floor Or klot%, OF Cahadd, salu
in recent lecture that the great "a
cific cable. S,OoO miles lonS' pelWttn
vancouver ana New Aealahn was 'ilr I'M
and again d2iiected from a slralghl me
between The lsland Stapohs ~ WHl1h
II touched IN oruet 10 aNolu 'oNeii"E
submarine mountains OF crateIS o'
ground ihal was baVd or otneI WIS., ~
cable
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The Countess Won Linden is publish
ing in the "Biologlsches Centralblatt
the very interesting results OF her re
markable researches regarding the en-
durance of hunger among butterflies.
she finds that one Of these animals
NAV liVt, fpr II dnVs without food haN-
ing lost in the meantime two-thirds of
it's initial weight; whereas birds and
small mammals die in nine days. los
ing I'm weight only from one-hfth TO
tmo-fifths.
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The Oldest yev tree not only i'm Scot
hand but I'm Europe grows at Fortin-
.,au IN parthehtra According to "A
scienti6c calculation OF it's age by the
tate Sir n Christison II is at least well
over 3 600 wears. If Sir Roberts esti-
,nata is correct tbe FortIupall yew must
bava haen a .'poodlv size" AZ the time
when I<,ng solomon reigned over Israel
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Nf;ss Mic-nou Nevada daughter of
Emma Nevada the American singer
has made her debut 10 the world OF art
in the Costanzfe theater AT Rome A
large audience. including many diplo-
mats and noted musicians, was pres
eut. She was repeatedly called before
the curtain and received many floral
trib1f,.S
Production OF gold in the United
States fell Off $4,753.401 i'm 1907. as
against 1906 whereas the amount Of
silver produced was Increased by over
1000 600 fine ounces Alaskas gold pro-
duction fell off little more than 49,
director of the mint
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In London massage by the blind is
an accepted and successful profession.
Some doctors VIII employ no others. In
Japan until recently none except the
blind were allowed To do massage, and
in Yokohama alone IL is stated that
out OF 900 masseurs earning a livel-
hood 800 are blind.
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SaWdust is turned into "A transpOrt
able fuel by the simple device of be-
ing heated under high pressure steam
until the resinous ingredients become
sticky. when IL is pressed into bricks.
Ons man with a two-horsepower ma
Radium acts upon the chemical con-
stituents of glass. porcelain and paper,
imparting 10 them n violet tinge
changes white phosphorus to yellow.
plates and produces many other curious
chemical changes.
Professor Cook, of Washington. re-
phor as an animal secretion. The ami