Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-08

-. r. tlfF Af'l iil4tl .Al'ft sstii r '%h'f
yellow people have been recognized "s
superior IN certain lines. Thus they
have remained well up in frout as aero
bats sieight % hand performers an0
5Egglcrs. SOuie tricks OF theirs fan u'
executed 6ply b. people OF their f"er
A not.lblc ole of ,his kind Is now
fcs aure OF one - our thc1icrs. IM'
yuung Chinese hang b. their queues
fro.I long ropes suspended over tht
stare and with thcir whole weight pI
ihcir hair so through mGny symna ,it
tN0lutipns Firglly theT grasp b. the
hardS TWO other acrabats who TUG "nd
pui az ;he hands of The swinging inea
Mhiic ahey stre an exhibition Oi
Steergtn ana agility The periormancf
maSes one narvs. at the strength oi
the hair and scalp Of these people
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II i& . matter of common observation
tina; lldss does not grow 50 well close
10 ;rees as in She opDn. The same Is
true of grains Experiments In England
and na this country have hoWn that
tho daletcricus effects of thr near
reiehborhood OF Grass and trees are
mutual. The trees suffer as we'll as the
srass ana gam This IS especially trnc
oi fruit trees The cause is ascribed 10
the eNcrctiOn by tEe trees, on the one
uanG. of substances poisonous 20 the
grass ana by thc grass on the other
hand. OF substances poisonous to the
frees il ,nug appears that the failure
~ grass 10 grow wen near trcrs should
not be ascTib "a TO too much shade, but
70 -he cEhaustior by The ,rcc roots of
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TIE astronomer J.. Strocbans eX-
p.aii.ed 80 the French Academy Of Sci
cnces recently the utility ~ long pose
astronomical photographs Ia furnishing
data for calculating the orbits Of COM
cts, Such photographs record the
traces of faint comets when they are
too far from the sun 90 90 seen with
telescopes Thus they greatly extend
the distances over which he path Of
the conset can be marked out. and this
IS of extreme Importance in calculat-
ing Wth accuracy the elements of its
orbit. Nhcn new comet mas once
become visible the method pursued
by Stroobant IS 90 search Tor its earlier
traces on the Photographic negativCa
OF the observations.
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"Thc Merry Widow and it's waltz
certainly own tho town Just now This
was brought decidedly to the atteation
Of 4 man who lives Ia a house uptown
the other nignt He ieft his house
after dinner az his wife began the
famous wal-z Two doors down the
street he picked up the second Meme.
coming from a Tower window. Next
door the third rsfrain reached his ear,
and al the corner he was able 10 say
he had heard tho whole waltz pro-
gressiHrly tor l.e was ~ time 10 hear
tho coda
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In New York city alone Tie postof-
nee handles no less than 100000 pic
lure postal cards every daR and IL is
The same story eisewhcre-n Chicago
San Francisco. New Orleans, Buffalo.
u, slf s.t4f
II Is not IN the United states alone
that these conditions exist. In Europe.
too all the postal services are actually
inundated with postcards. II is Of
iicinllv stated that no lesn shan SOC.
O00 600 pnssed through the British
postofiicc during l906.
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At dinner IN Washington tho bish-
OF az London told q story. rs the ci-
gnrs came on. about one OF his pre-
decessors when DR.. Creighton was
bishop OF London" he said. he rode
or q train one day with small. meek
curate. DR.. Creighton. an ardent l0ver
of tobacco. sooa took out his cigar
case and said. You don't mind my
smoking, ] suppose The lncek, pale
little curate bowed ard answered hum
bly,: Not 81 your lcrdship doesnt mind
my being sick.
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All the larger towns and cities in the
Philippines show the result of Amer
lean initiative. The local native mayors
ipresidentesj aud councilmcn are glad
60 adopt the suggestions of the con-
stabulary officers, school teachers, army
mcr, and commercial, men with whom
they come IN contact Street lighting
grading. pure water sanitation. inn
pruNed school buildings and a thous-
and and one features arc being car
ried ont in evofy sizable community in
the islands
Since ite establishment the depart
ment Of agriculture has cost Uncle
Sam r,ore than 100000 G0D. Ii has
given employment ut different times TO
$1,000 separate ana distinct experts,
professors abd nuckrakers. and has is
sued 1875 publications. varying in
size from elegant three volume. half
ieyant hand tooied treatises ON the
boll weevil TO puny six-page pamphlets
on sheep iicks. barbod wire and horse
radish
Consul General John p Bray. Of
Melbourne. reports that 1901 tons of
tin valued at over 81, 800 600 was pro-
duced I'm Australia during 1906. being
1.725 tons more than IN 1905. The fol-
lowing quantities of tin were mined
last year in each OF the producing
states: New South Wales. 1890 TONS
Queensland, 1923 tons Tasmania. 4.473
tons. and Western Australia. l,495 tons.
Consular Reports.
The Nevis is small British island
near st. Kits, as round as your hat
and consisting OF one lofty mountain
peak and a lovely shell road some
celebrated ruins and the finest min
eral springS-real, hot, rotten smelling
sulphur water being brought from the
at a
few baths In this water, AT 1903 or l04
degrees win renew your youthful vieor.
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Some varieties Of fisn can stand any
amount OF cold without harm. Perch
viii live IN ponds which are frozen
practically solid IN winter. The white
fish OF Canada, caught through holes
in the ice have been picked up frozen
so stiff that they would break like brit
tie sticks. yet when carefully thawed
our showed signs Of life.
During a recent period of bad
weather, whom the water supply was
unusually muddy a young woman of
Philadelphia asked Dr. 5. Weir Mitch
ell, the author and physician, how she
could best safeguard herself i'm drink
ing the local beverage. First boil it,
DIR, Mitchell answered. then filter II.
and af;erward-drnk ginger ale"
James G. Courts. who has received a
appointment as clerk of the appro-
priations committee of the House OF
Representatives. is now serving his
Both year in the employ of the House.
having first been appointed by Repre-
sentative Atkins. OF Tennessee, in 1877.
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Present operating costs for the
movement OF every car and engine in
the country total l.400.000.00o in one
year. BY electrtication this would be
reduced by about S259 900, repre-
senting that much actual and net saw
ing.
Ar Investigation OF $500 OF New
Yorl's ..90e street cars made recently
showed that l05 We're filthy, 401 had
finf ,,.hnnlo "a ,.,AtIn1 90 -, IL. nan