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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

NEW YORK.-A gun that, its inven
~ tor says, can shoot million bull
lets an hour at a cost of $50; that
uses neither powder nor compressed
air, and that fires bullets that do not
require shells, was shot for the en-
lightenment of a delegation Of New
York reporters. The reporters saw
the gun shoot, but they were not per-
mitted to see that part of the gun
out of which which the little steel bull
let's came with such rapidity.
A Swiss named Bangerter was in
troduced as the inventor. In order
that the secret should be maintained,
that part of the mechanism that it is
said causes the rapid shooting was
covered with oilcloth. Only the motor
that operates the gun and the little
bucketlike receptacles into which the
bullets are poured by the quart were
visible to the reporters.
There were targets made of a series
of big boards arranged in box fashion,
each plank about foot behind the
one IN front Of 1t. There were four
boards in each target. When the
bullets started to fly. they riddled the
target into pile Of splinters foot
high, and they did It in less than a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

THICAGO-Public drinking cups are
- dangerous. They are excellent
mediums for transmitting the germs
of disease. Especially is this true in
public and parochial schols, where
a large number of children are COM
pelled to use the same cups, according
TO the health bureau.
Statistics show about one person in
sixty has tuberculosis, and among
school children thera always are
those who have some Of the commun-
icable diseases in light form, and
these undoubtedly are communicated
by the use of the common cup.
So fully is this understood that sew
eral states have passed laws abol-
ishing the public drinking cup, and
compelling railroads and public car
riers to supply individual ones. The
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
TELESCOPE IS USED IN LUNG
New invention With searchIight EN-
pIoyed to Locate Pin in Bronchial
Tubes of Patient.

BY the use OF a newly invented min
iaLure earchlight-telescope passed
down the windpipe and into the bron,
chial tubes of patient who had swai-
lowed a shawl.pin, one OF the sur
geons of Kings hospital of London.
Eng, was recently able to see the pin,
to remove it with forceps and to save
the life OF the patient. who was APP
parently beyond human aid.
The instrument, called a broncho.
scope, resembles small bent tele,
scope fitted with lenses at different
angles, and has a tiny electric light
which can be passed deep into the
lung. The day after the pin was
swallowed an X.ray examination show
ed its position beneath the sixth rib,
about an inch to the right of the
breastbone The patient was chloro-
formed and then a 20 per cent solu-
ton Of cocaine was sprayed over the
iarynx and windpipe. The telescope
tube was then passed through the
mouth and larynX down the windpipe.
Peering down, fixed head downward,
in one Of the branches Of the wind
pipe at a distance of IS inches from
the mouth
A pair of very fine forceps on the
end of long, flexible wire passed
down the hollow telescope tube was
then made to grasp the pin, and the
pin. forceps and telescope were then
withdrawn together. Within a few
hours the patient was able to return
to her home none the worse for an
accident which before the invention of
the lung telescope would almost in
evitably have proved fatal
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

DARIS. Textile first and only mu-
i nicipal cbattoir and animal reduc.
tion plant n the United States is in
this city. and has been in successful
operation for several months. 1t marks
the beginning Of a new era in munich
pal ownership of industries that d.
rectly concern the welfare of the peo-
pie.
1t is said that the idea is practical
for all cities and that It would work to
particular advantage in towns of TO-.
900 to 100000 population. If generally
adopted It may lead to a solution of
the problem OF high cost of meat and
other food products.
In Paris. with an estimated popula-
ton Of $4,000, the municipal sanitary
department found it very difficult to
supervise the several separate slaugh.
ter houses maintained by the butchers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
HAVE ANTIDoTE FOR LOCKJAW
Physicians Declare They Have Mas
tered This Dreaded Scourge
Of Mankind.
G. M. WOOD.

The popular belief that a wound
from treadIng on rusty nail is very
lirely to cause tetanus is quite correct.
This Is not because II Is nail or Is
rusty, but because by lying on the
ground it has become infected with
the germs OF lockjaw. Moreover as
the punctured wound caused by the
nall bleeds but little and this blood
dries up and excludes the air, the most
favorable conditions for the develop
mcnt of tetanus exist, for, rs Kitasato
the Japanese bactcriologist, proved
the absence of oxygen Is most favor
able for the growth of the germ.
The germ itself looks very much
like tack, according to a writer In
Harper's Monthly; it Is so virulent
that It's toxin In doses of 1900 ,00Oth OF
been found by experiment that the
poison is carried UP to the spinal cord
not by tie absorbents nor the blood
vessels, as are other poisons, but
through the motor nerves.
Fortunately an anti-poison or anti
dote has been developed. but so
prompt Is the action of the poison that
in an animal two minutes after the in
lection of fatal dose of the poison
twice as much of the remedy Is re-
auired as II it had been administered
with the poison; after eight minutes
ten times the amount and for ninety
minutes forty times the original
amount is necessary. This antitoxin
is entirely harmless.
AS result of antiseptic methods
lockiaw is now almost unknown ex-
cept after neglected wounds, instead
of being frequent as 1t formerly was.
When it is feared the antitoxin is used
as preventive and when 1t has de-
yeloped as a cure. In animals, for ma
turally horses suffer enormously more
feouently than man, the same anti
toxin is used In 1853 horses that had
operations performed on them, but
were protected by the anttoXin. not
one developed tetanus, whereas OF
eight cases unprotected by the anti
toxin five developed tetanus.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Drunk on Ether.

Ether is consumed by gallons to
get drunk on in small part OF Scot.
land. The origin of this peculiar and
limited abuse is strange. In lS4S
bad epidemic Of cholera broke out In
Glasgow. Among those flying from 1t
we're some who came back to Drap'
erstown, their native place. With
them they brought cholera mix.
ture which they found exceeding
comforting" A rascally doctor, know.
ing that the comfort proceeded from
ether, laid In a whole cask. He made
his fortune, and started the habit
that lasts till yet. Ether is sold over
counters in Scotland, the penny a
drink. An old ether topper can drink
two or thre ounces a day, but one.
half ounce is one big dram in water
The drinker gets hilarious in min.
ute. 1t is far wilder and more dan
gerous than alcohol
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Merchants Offer inducements to Wed

Bass soloist to sing I'm Glad I'm
Married" at the ceremony.
Church deacon to pass the hat for
collection for the welded pairs ben.
eft.
Brass band to play the wedding
march and other appropriate music.
Bridal presents, mostly useful arti.
cles for furnishing home. particular.
ly the nursery.
Motor launch for the honeymoon
trip.
Steady employment for the BRIDE
groom.
Employment for the bride every au-
tumn at screening cranberries II she
desires it.
Lawyers to give legal advice on any
subject except divorce.
Free shaves for the bridegroom, his
clothes pressed without charge-not
by his wife. but by a tailor
To further its purpose and to make
the path to happiness even smoother,
Wareham has established a wedding
bureau. They will consider applica,
tions Of those yearning to be married
from every point Of experience. ths
wise city fathers consider.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
The Ideal lidht.

The Society of Illuminating Engin-
GERS in England has lately discussed
the question of the best means of
avoiding glare from artificial lights. It
is beginning 10 be recognized that the
recent introduction of intensely daz-
zling points Of light raises problems
IN the solution of which the oculist
must take hand. Two Berlin profess
sors urged in communication to the
society the "advisabi,ity of initiating
daylight" The quality Of daylight is
it's diffusion. whereby the eye is saved
from injury. II has been estimated
thai the diffused daylight from clear
sky is about 60 per cent. of the direct
sunlight. 1t is pointed out that the in
furious eye effects Of artificial lights
are not confined to the light centers,
but arise also from the glare reflected
from the surface Of shining paper and
other bright objects.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

VIZ AREHAM, Mass.-The merchants
w of this ambitious Cape Cod town,
desiring to increase its fame and popu-
lation, present and prospective, offer
extraordinary inducements to sweet
hearts to marry here. The merchants
could offer no more, save to marry the
ladies themselves, and the law against
bigamy is very strict.
or course certain conditions are at
tached to these generous proposi-
tions; the chief is that the married
couple must reside here. Wareham Is
altrulstic, but 1t does not propose to
help to add to the population Of any
other town.
These are some Of the marriage In
ducenents offered By Wareham:
Bridal dinner.
A free wedding. including marriage
license and clergyman's services.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Gun Fires Million Bullets an Hour

minute. All in all, 1t was estimated
that no less than $1,000 bullets
pierced the target.
The reporters were permitted then
to enter the gunroom. They saw q
motor from the wheel of which belt
was operated. The belt connected the
motor with another wheel which was
part of the mechanism on the top
of which was the oilcloth covered
weapon out Of which the bullets came
They also saw the little buckets, on
either side of the gun, into which the
bullets are poured as they are need
ed. The reporters asked to see the
gun in operation. Mr.. Bangerter or
dered another target swung into posi-
ton. There was another whirl and
second storm of bullets struck the tar
get. The fusillade lasted about ten
seconds. Again was the target de-
molished.
But Mr.. Bangerter and his asso-
ciates refused to say anything about
what was under the oilcloth In the
little gunroom. They did give out
typewriter statement, however, say
ing that one of these guns could face
an army of thirty regiments Of sol
diers or 10000 men, and could NOW
down that entire body Of men as easy
as knife cuts the grass. There is no
earthly possibility for any army to
successfully face the IRE from a gun
Of this kind which pours q veritabls
hailstorm of bullets into the attack
ing forces, who must either sacrifice
their lives or turn In retreat"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Balloon Gas BAGS.

Gas bags of modern balloons are
made of a cotton fabric, coated with
India rubber In the most careful man.
ner. in order to assure perfect imper-
meability without sacrificing lightness.
For all large balloons, and especially
for dirigibles. two layers of cloth are
superposed and cemented together.
The outer skin is covered with india
rubber on one side only, but the inner
skin is coated on both sides. AS India
rubber. even when vulcanized, is alter
ed by exposure to light, the canvas 10
colored yellow In order to arerst the
violet and ultraviolet rays. which are
the most active.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Read Somemhat Peculiar.

That there is not much in a name
after all was proved amusingly a day
or so ago, says the Philadelphia Times,
when a prominent business man re-
ceived a postal from his son and
saying: I'VE are on
our way to He'll, but it's not as hot as
you would expect. More than that"
ontinued the postcard. its as easy
10 get cut Of as 10 get into" The
news came as quite surprise to the
man, rs, knowing his son and daugh-
: -er-in-law, he scarcely pictured them
on their way to the internal regions.
It turns out, however, that He'll Is
yillage in Norway OF 1888 inhabitants
and is in nowise rival to Its name
sake. Il wouldn't mind 1t at all" de-
clares the recipient of the news, IF he
only hadn't sent 1t on postcard"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Old-age insurance is compulsory in
Germany.
Germany and Austria together have
$50 cooking schools.
A 40O-pound halibut was recently
displayed in London.
Among the 4,002 public schools for
girls In Prussia there are S54 in which
no instruction in gymnastics Is given.
In order to give the London police
man q day of rest each week 1t has
been necessary to add 1.500 men to
the force.
Fujiyama, the volcano that appears
in all Japanese pictures, is 1855 feet
high and 10000 pilgrims ascend it
every year
Jeweled sunbursts in which one set
Of rays is made to revolye over an
other by clockwork have been invent
ed by an Englishwoman.
A wire contrivance. patented by an
Illinois man, to lift pie from an
oven. is designed to operate in such
way that the edge Of the crust will
not be broken.
A Scotch inventor has perfected a
sledlike machine which, when drawn
over road, accurately records on a
paper covered cylinder all irreghlari-
ties in the rOaG's surface.
According to a French authority the
custom of trailing ivy on the sides OF
buildings is injurious to either new or
old cut stone wall, does not harm
brick walls, and is a positive benefit
to old walls built of rubble.
In new German invention of value
to balloonlsts Illuminating gas is
forced through tubes maintained at a
high pressure This separates out
most of the carbons and about dou.
bles the buoyancy Of the gas
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

laid bark upwards along the top to
keep out the rain. and the whole thing
looks like a long, dark caterpillar
crawling along the ground beside the
stark white tree. This Is called
range" and 1t remains there for
couple Of weeks or a month, with the
air freely circulating, until the bark
Is brown all through and quite dry
and brittle. There Is now no fear or
its getting mouldy, SO 1t Is piled up
into ricks or taken under cover into
barn, where it remains until the au-
tumn. when the "hatchers" arrive.
With their draw shaves" "a knife
with two handles) they scrape off all
the rough outer bark and lichen, leav.
ing only the inner bark. The scrapings
used always to be saved for the curing
Of bacon. but owing TO the introduc-
tion OF creosote there is not now much
demand for them. Finally, the inner
bark is cut up into small pieces and
sent in bags to the lanyard.
c. M. WOOD.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
DRAWING ELLIPsE OR OVAL
Very Simple Method Is Shown IN n
iustration-Piece # String and
Two Pegs Needed.

To draw an ellipse or oval with a
string and two pegs is very easy. and
the rule for finding the length of the
strings and the distance the pegs
should be apart is also simple. Draw
two straight lines, a b and d, equal
TO the two axes and bisecting each
other at right angles. Set off from C
half the length of the great axis at
and +, which are the two focuses Of
the ellipse. Take an endless string as
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Hard Fall. Indeedl

The effect of kiss on the hero OF
a novel was: Sophia returned my
kiss and the earth went from under
my feet; my soul was no longer In
my body; l touched the stars. l
knew the happiness of the Seraphim."
Poor fellow, It must have been a sad
thing for him when he landed on the
terra firma OF matrimony!
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

long as the three sides of the tri-
angle, C (, fix two pins or nails in
the focuses, one at and one at (,
lay the string around and (. stretch
it with a pencil g, which then will de-
scribe the desired ellipse
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-12
MET AWFUL DEATH
TRYING TO ESCAPE
New York Man Jumped From
Burning BuiIding-lmpaled
on Picket Fence.

New York. NOV. 1.-two persons
were killed and four seriously injured
in a fire that destroyed two upper
floors Of the Rosalind apartment house
on Manhattan avenue in the upper west
side Of the city.
William II. Abbott, a real estate
operator a. years old. jumped from
the front window on the fifth floor
and was impaled on a picket fence
dying instantly. His wife, 40 years
old, was burned to death
Serious injuries were sustained By
three other occupants of the building
and by one OF the firemen engaged in
putting out the blaze
But for the heroic work Of the fire.
men it is probable that many more
persons would have lost their lives.
Miss Alice Cullen. % years old.
telephone operator, who lived on the
top floor. was the most seriously in
jured OF the rescued tenants. Her
clothing was ablaZe when the firemen
reached her.
Two other fires of the morning oc-
casiOned much excitement. The Al
CONAN hotel, on West FOTty-fOurth
street, was wrecked in one blaze, de-
stroying the apartments of Frederick
Thompson. the theatrical man, who es-
capped with some of his most valued
trophies.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-12
STANDARD OIL REBATES
Trial of Suit Against Indiana
Company.

Jackson, Tenn, Nov. 1.-THE suit Of
the United States against the Standard
Oil company Of Indiana broadened this
afternoon 10 the extent of bringing for
ward the indictment allegations that
the freight rate concessions charged
were made through scheme and device
and revealed the Standard Oil company
of kentpeRy as the eOnsignes at
Grand Junction. Tenn. Charles Van
OVerbeak. traffic manager of the
Standard Oil company of kentucky,
was on the witness stand the greater
part of the day. At the outset he eX-
planned that his company acted as a
marketing" company, serving particu-
larly the southeastern territory. and
that they owned no refineries. AS oil
was needed by their stations. IL was
ordered from different concerns. the
Indiana corporation among them, he
declared
SO far as the freight charges north
of Grand Junction were concerned. he
knew nothing. Beyond that point he
arranged with the railroad companies
for settlements.
On crOss-eXa minatiOn. Mr. Van Over
beak denied the dealings ne described
were other than legitimate barter and
sale between the two concerns. They
were he said, identical with transac-
tons with other oil refineries.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-12
DEMANDED $4,000
FROM OIL MAGNATE
Young Hungarian Arrested for
Sending Threatening Let
ter to Rockefeller.

New York, Nov. 11.-ChaFged with
writing a threatening letter 10 John ID.
Rockefeller, demanding $4,000, Peter
LllliJohn, a Hungarian. 2S years old, is
held at police headquarters here.
Hugo kardOff, who accuses LillijOhn
of sending the letter to him TO be for
Warded. made the complaint.
kardOff told detectives he received
two letters from Liilijohn this after
noon. One written in Hungarian was
addressed to the Standard Oil chief and
contained the demand for $50 000 The
others were addressed to KardOff. and
directed him 10 translate and forward
the message TO Mr.. Rockefeller under
threat of death.
The letter addressed TO Mr.. Rookie
Teller, translated. follows:
II have been sent by the Anarchist
society and the Black Hand 10 demand
$4,000 from you. and should you re-
fuse TO pay this amount we win kill
you. Fifty thousand dollarsi That
does not amount TO much, and If you
refuse TO pay il you viii be killed. We
have other people who contribute week
ly. monthly and half yearly, but we do
not want ii this way from you. We
want an immediate payment from you"
There was a second letter threaten
ing Mr.. Rockefeller with death, in
tended to be sent If no reply was re-
ceived to the first.
Lillijohn was arrested in the offices
OF a firm of Hungarian money eX-
changers where KardOff. the complain
ant. Is employed. The prisoner had
trustingly sent his threats TO the firm
for translation.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-12
JUDGE lands
NOT DESIRED
Counsel for the Indicted Beef
Packers Demand a Change
of Venue.

Chicago, Nov. 11.-Judge Lands of
the United States district court and
author OF the famous $4,000, coo fine
against the Standard Oil company, is
not desired By indicted members of the
so-called beef trust" TO preside over
their trial on a charge OF conspiracy
in restraint OF trade
Judge Lands was patiently hearing
some minor cases this afternoon when
a quartet of counsel for the packers
entered the courtroom and demanded
change of venue on the ground that
he is disqualified from sitting in the
case by reason OF having acted in the
role or special prosecutor. or AT least
investigator OF similar charge
against practically the same defend
ants several years ago.
File your petition with the clerk
OF the court. and / viii hear argu-
ments next Wednesday" remarked the
court, and then gave his attention to
the case in hearing. The petition de-
cleres that fifteen years ago charges
were made in the newspapers and in
public speeches in Congress that GER
tain Chicago meat packers We're in a
combination in violation OF the Sher-
man antitrust law TO control the price
Of livestock and the price of meats.
Judson Harmon. then attorney general
of the United States, appointed Kene-
saw Mountain Lands (the present
judgc) a special attorney 10 inVesti-
gate the charges and 10 take them
before grand jury II he found il ad-
lands spent the batter part of the
year al the work, and eventually a
grand jury indicted the late GustaVus
divers other persons, TO the Jurors un
known. charging violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law.
The alleged beef trust" of 1905 and
the one OF 1910 are identical, and the
charges practically so, the petition sets