Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-04-03

ItiE CHRONICLE
ouss-R SOUTH pAkov.
JosEpH kUslER, Puhllsh.a
The British income tax is not onl.
the heaviest, but the hardest, most in
quisitorial In the world. The three
year average having been done away
a man now Is assessed on his profits
or gains during the year OF assessment
The death duties are fearful burdei
on all classes. Since they were Inn
posed. In 1894, they have yielded ovei
e220,000000. Many landed estate!
have paid twice or three times swithir
five or six years, with the result tina
they are utterly crippled. Fine houses
have gone to ruin, and hundreds o
agricultural laborers have been thrown
out OF employment. For socalled free
trade country, the duties are very high
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Even the kitchen can boast it's mar
tyrs. Chief among these was Vatel
the chief cook OF Condc, who ran him.
self through the heart with a sworC
because the fish had not arrived IN
time for n banquet which his master
was giving Louis XIV. Vaters pane.
gyric is to be found in the concluding
volume OF the "Almanach des Gour-
mands": so noble a death insures
you, venerable shade, the most glorious
Immortality! You have proved that
the fanaticism OF honor can exist IL
the Kitchen as well as in the camp, and
that the suit and the saucepan have
also their Catos and their Deciuses."
The suffrage papers OF England re-
port that the number OF women elected
TO Office In ireland during the last IL
months has been gratifying to all ad-
vocates Of equal suffrage. Five wom-
en-, Mrs. l.. A. Barr. Mrs. Griffin, Miss
Hamilton, Miss G.. Leake Griffin and
Lady DoclSrell. were elected as urban,
district and town councillors. Forty
three women were elected as rural dis
trict councillors, 20 OF them for the first
time. As poor law guardians 1913 wom-
en- were elected.
The Argentine government, during
the last year, has begun the develop
ment of new petroleum field at Com
odoro Riyadavia, on the Bay OF St.
George, east coast OF Patagonia. The
frst oil bearing stratum was found at
depth Of 1.77O feet, in a cretaceous
formation. The government well yields
IL or IA tons of oil per day, without
pumping. The OIL is dark brown and
very heavy, and seems especially
adapted for fuel.
The Floyd county commissioners, ii is
reported, have ordered 10 dozen suits
OF pajamas for the county's convicts."
Is there another county in Georgia or
another penal institution in the United
states that provides its prisoners with
he fashionable "nighties?" says Sa-
vannah News. Who wouldn't rather
he a pajamaed prisoner in the Floyd
county chain gang than no nightshirt
freeman on the plains of windy Kan
sas.
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No longer is the Bank of England the
greatest institution of it's kind. In vol
ume OF business transacted. at least, 1t
is surpassed by the National City bank
of New York. Eighty millions of dol
lars rush through this millrace every
day, and not one penny Is misplaced.
The giant safe, which is protected by
door with "a bolts, contains a for
tune Of S99,000,000 in gold and half
DILLON dollars I'm first class securities.
The traveller exhibited a peculiar
nervousness on seeing the long legged.
slim, fierce look ing hogs that roamcd at
will over the country. At length he
asked native sitting on fence by the
roadside: Aren't these razorback
hogs rather dangerous" Il never
heard OF none or them doing any
HARM remarked the native. Il think
they must be safety razorbacks."
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A young woman. public school
teacher In New York suburb, has
formed lunch club for the mothers of
her pupils, to assist them in putting up
suitable school lunches for their chill
dren. She noticed that the majority Of
her pupils brought few cents to
school each day and with the money
bought their lunch at n shop nearby. |
AS a rule they bought the very things |
they should not have.
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The chief justice of the supreme court |
s Melville w. Fuller and the associate /
justices are: John NJ. Harlan, Ken
lucky: David ]. Brewer, Kansas; Ed
ward ID. White, Louisiana: Rufus w. |
Peckham New York; Joseph McKenna,
Oliver w. Holmes, Massa-
chusetts; William II. Day, Ohio; and
William II. Moody. Massachusetts,.
At the battle of Marengo, the French
army was virtually defeated; and,
while Bonaparte and his staff were con-
their next move, Dessaix sug-
gested that there was yet time to re-
trieve the disaster. Napoleon rallied
his men, renewed the battle, and won
great victory over the Austrians,
though the unfortunate Dessaix lost his
own life on that field.
The biggest map in the world will be
by the celebration commit
tee on the south side OF Greensboro :
bridge. in New York. II will be 3724
'eet long and So feet high The prin-
cipal towns and cities affected by the
bridge viii be shown by green lamps,
electrically lighted. and at night it can
De studied at almost any point along
he East river.
His wife's mother had been visiting
Il the mans house steadily for seven
months. on towards Christmas time
he said to- him: John, am going to
lave my photograph taken as a Christ
mas gift for you and Minnie. What
ress do you prefer me in?" your
raveling gown, dear mother" the SON
nlaw replied. .
Scotland long ago lost its forests
n the time of James VI II was la
1ented that the country was almost
aked and "mony yeirs ago spoiled of .
IL the timber within the same" With
n the last hundred years, however. !
reat tracts, notably in Perthshire and |
that once were bare, have
cen reclothed with thinner"
Two London cabbies were glaring at
ach other "Aw, wot's the matter
nth you?" demanded one. "Nothing's
ne matter with me, you bloomin' i'd
)t." You give me a narsty look" per-
lsted the first. Me? Why, you GER
ainly ave q narsty look. but / didn't ,