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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Aluminium Bronze.

This material was invented by the
French chemist, Deville, in 1859, and
was used experimentally for the man.
uracture of domestic utensils and ar
ticles Of jewelry. 1t has the color of
gold, and retains it's brilliancy, not be-
ing attacked by salt water or the at
mosphere. 1t consists of 10 per cent.
of aluminium to 80 Of copper. The
former great cost of aluminium pre-
vented the extensive use Of the mate
rial. Since aluminium is now easily
procured, it is suggested by H. LIE
Chatelier that aluminium bronze might
be largely employed. 1t is now used
to some extent in the manufacture of
ships screws, and other machinery
exposed to salt water. 1t has the ten
acity of Bessemer steel, and when
heated is easily forged and rolled. 1t
can now be manufactured at a price
not greatly exceeding that Of copper
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

ther trouble if the lid were now de-
stroyed. 1t would be different, of
course, if the mummy could be re-
stored but, as it is, | don't think any
thing can be done.
81 rather wonder, however, that the
authorities at the museum have not
removed it, for they do not like a
number of persons who are inquiring
into the occult going and staring at
it. There was a very fine and rather
curious scarabaeus which they re-
moved on the ground that they were
not certain that it was genuine. 1t
was in a glass case, and whenever
| placed my fingers upon it l per-
ceived a heating and tingling of the
hands. Others found the same curl
Gus effect. l tried it several times
with the same result, but / did not
find the same effect with the other
scarabael. Why 1t was do not know"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
1M@KILI 1M@KI22flG1nEN 1@KI2fl1n
|Y2a49ABINET

full of grated cheese-the ordinary
kind. When the cheese has melted
pour into creased pans. Let stand UNI
til cold. When wanted to serve, fry
in little butter after cutting 1t in
slices.
Cheese and Eggs.
This is dish similar to a rarebitI
but easier of digestion. Cut fine or
crate half a pound of cheese. Put I'M
a sauce pan with a cupful of rich
milk or thin cream, tablespoonful Of
butter, dash of salt and pepper Stir
over the fire until the cheese is melt
ed, then add four well-beaten eggs.
Serve with, or on, toasted crackers.
Cheese Roll.
This Is a most appetizing way of
serving cheese. Take a cake Of cream
cheese, one cupful of grated New
York cheese, dash of red pepper and
half a cupful of finely chopped pimo-
las (stuffed olives), enough sweet
cream to mold in a roll. Serve on a
plate covered with doiley.
Cheese Souffie.
Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter,
add three tablespoonfuls of -four and
when we'll mixed add half a cupful of
scalded milk. Then add half a tea
spoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne
and a fourth Of cup of grated
cheese. Remove from the fire, add
the well-beaten yolks of three eggs.
Cool the mixture and cut and fold in
the beaten whites of three eggs that
have been beaten stiff and dry. Pour
into a creased baking dish and bake
20 minutes in slow oven. Serve at
once.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

custom house in the city Of New York
on Lady Day, the Annunciation of the
| Blessed Virgin Mary.
While the residence has been some
what modernized by the building OF
a veranda and other minor changes,
the structure retains many reminders
of the perilous times. The hand-hewn
served the strong door which opened
into the south end of the house,
against the casing of which a British
officer stood when a Yankee from the
hill on the south bank of White Creek
picked him off with his gun. The
door is in a good start of preservation,
and on 1t is the massive old lock
which in early days would have prov
en- an obstruction to a person seeking
TO unlawfully enter the building, but
10 the modern house breaker 1t would
be as toy. The lock Is ten inches
long by five and half inches wide
and one and half inches thick The
original brass key, six inches in
length, Is still in position to shoot the
bolt.
In the days (which tried mems
souls" the building was used as
postofIce, and an inn, before 1t be-
came the headquarters for the Brit
ish officers under Colonel Baum. In
those days each inn and tavern keep
er was required to enter into recogni-
zance to the people of the state of
New York in the sum Of ESQ, not to
keep a disorderly house or suffer any
cock.fighting, gaming or playing with
cards or dice, or keep any billiard
table or other gaming table or shuttle
board within it. In regard to the sell
ing of strong liquors, exceptions were
made for the sale of metheglin, cur
rant wine, cherry wine and cider made
by the inn-keepers. At each tavern
at least two spare beds, with good and
sufficient sheeting and covering, were
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
rItanIum Abundant Element.

Among the unexpected results of the
chemical work done by the United
States Geological survey is the dis
covery that titanium, hitherto regard
ed as a relatively unimportant consti'
tuent Of the earth's crust, is in reality
the ninth in abundance Of all the
chemical elements. 1t follows imme-
diately after hydrogen, provided that
the amount of hydrogen in the ocean
is included in the estimate. The
heavy metals" says DR.. F. w. Clarke,
with the sole exception of iron, are,
in their total combined amount, sta
tistically less important than titanium
alone" In absolute amount the IT,
tanium in the earths crust is esti
meted to be about fourteenth of one
per cent
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

one of the persons connected with 1t
went to Africa to shoot elephants
He wounded a gigantic animal, that
charged at him and literally tore him
to pieces with its trunk and feet. The
attendants fled in terror, and when
they returned only fragments of his
body remained"
And what would 20 do" he was
asked, with the coffin lid at the Brit
ish museum that is supposed to have
caused so much mischief"
81 would leave it," he replied,
where 1t is. Beyond a recent case
of young lady who made great fun
Of 1t, and thereafter met with a seri-
Gus accident, the disasters that were
reported to be so numerous on its
first arrival at the museum have ap-
parently ceased. If 1t is true that the
spirit is earth-bound, and Is attached
to the case, it would only cause fur
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
POPULAR GERMAN ORDER

or all the orders bestowed on
women of nobility, none is more
coveted than the Order of Louise. The
only women In England who are
privileged to wear this distinctive en-
:biem are Queen Mary and the Duchess
of Argyll. Three years ago the honor
was conferred on them by Kaiser Will
helm of Germany. The Order of
Louise, which ranks as the most high.
lly priced decoration that any gentle
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Household TIPS.

The label on a glass jar will keep
clean and in its place longer If pasted
on the inside. OF course this applies
only where dry materials are kept.
such as rice. tapioca, etc.
To clean the water bottle shred q
page of newspaper in bits, add to
strong soapsuds and shake at inter,
vals for a half hour. 1t will come out
as bright and clean as ever. Try the
same remedy on vases.
Charcoal or a lump of dry lime
should be kept in the refrigerator,
They absorb impurities and act as q
disinfectant
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Pandora's Prize.

Pandora was observed to be ap-
preaching with the mysterious box
under her arm.
What have you there?" asked her
friend, curiously.
why, a bandbox," laughed Pan
dora. 'It contains my new fall hat
from Paris, and l am trying to get Il
past the customs inspectors"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
TeEH:- NsL,<..eA-.

fore retiring is often found to be an
excellent preventive of insomnia.
The old suggestion of counting
sheep jumping over a fence or the
waves as they wash in on the shore
are by no means foolish ways of WOO
ing the god of sleep.
Sometimes few bites of a dry
cracker will give the stomach some.
thing to do and draw the blood away
from the brain, SO bringing on sleep.
A glass of warm milk is recommend.
ed to be taken in sips just before re.
firing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Cheese Dishes,

Cheese being a highly nutritive
food, takes the place of meat during
the hot months on many tables. I'm
less carefully prepared it is difficult of
digestion. One reason that it is hard
to digest is, 1t being such concen-
trated food it needs careful mastica-
ton, which 1t doesn't always have.
Uncooked or cooked at low tenn
perature is best.
The Italians appreciate the value of
cheese and have many delightful ways
of preparing it. The following is one
Of the many:
Polenta.
Make a thick mush Of cornmeal,
season well with salt and pepper.
Cook over hot water for an hour. Then
for each pint of mush stir in one cup
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Private Executions.

Great Editor-Send a man to that
execution tomorrow and tell him to
keep It down to two columns.
City Editor-No reporters are to
be admitted.
Great Editor-Is that so? Tell him
to make 1t five columns-New York
Weekly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

woman can receive, was founded in
1914 in memory of the beautiful Queen
Louise, mother of Emperor William
l., and great grandmother of the pres
ent kaiser. Her courage and self-sac'
rifice in the face of the heartless
treatment she received from Napoleon
and her early death, fastened by her
heart-breaking experiences in the
time of her country's trouble, have
earned for her the highest esteem Of
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
DaiIv Baths.

A daily bath is a necessity If the
body is to be kept sound and sweet.
If ones constitution will not permit
of daily plunge, the sponge bath will
prove sufficient for all purposes of
cleanliness and health.
Whether the bath shall be a cold
one in the morning or a hot one at
night is determined entirely by the
physical strength Of the bather
A cold bath is tonic to most, but
If after the bath there is a sense Of
depression and feeling Of chilliness
It is best to leave off taking them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
NOVEL CABINET FOR FILING
Ingenious Device Arranged so That
Weight Opens Up Series Of
Shelves When Desired.

A novel and ingenious filing cabinet
has been designed by Michigan man,
Wien closed the device is about the
size of an ordinary cigar box. but
when open It presents long row OF
shelves in which lie the various pa.
pers required and all of which can
be seen almost at glance. The
shelves consist of fat surfaces strung
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Could Understand.

The czar's expenses are enor-
nous"
"Um."
They are said to battle the imagin-
alton"
"Oh, don't know. l spent $50
on my vacation trip"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
For the Sleepless.

The head should be kept as low as
possible to insure good circulation of
the blood in the brain.
Do not lie in a crouchod position,
but stretch every limb to it's full
length. Sleep only on the right side.
When you lie on your back you court
dreams and nightmares. If you lie on
your stomach you impede the free
working of the lungs, and If you lie
ON the left side the digestion and the
action of the heart are handicapped.
A brisk walk or a shower bath be.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Ready for the Storm.

81 intend" the poet wrote, ito con.
tinue to storm the citadel Of your af.
fections."
Storm away" she wrote back, but
I've just succeeded in getting in out
of the wet by becoming engaged to a
dear old man who has $9,000,000."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
$H42:Ht;3zx3SR So H42fHa4t 8
IMITATION and emulation

A4EA break up homes without
number. The woman whose husband has
one thousand a year IS trying to do the
same as the woman whose husband has
five thousand. OF course the result Is
failure. Don't initiate. What the world
hurgers for is originality. We can all be
original, there's no other me there's no
other you. BE like the flowers, each goes
along in its own little line of business
ana the daisy doesn't try to be rose."-
NJ NJ. Caldwell
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
HOLD BRUSH IN PAINT PAIL
Wire Frame Supported In Such Man.
ner That 5ristles Are Held Sc
cureIy In Mixture.

The accompanying drawing illus.
trates very simple device adapted to
suspend a brush in paint pail so
that the bristles will be submerged in
the paint and thus be prevented from
drying, says Scientific American. 1t
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Well Named.

Clerk in Music Store-Heres very
pretty piece; it's called the "Hobos'
March"
Ignorant Customer-What is it
classical?
Clerk-Oh, no; it's ragtime.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Chinese Concrete buildings.

Reinforced concrete buildings of
Chinese architecture are being built
for Chinese use by Chinese contrac-
tors. Wages are going up and lumber
Is In much demand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Had Noticed Thlnus.

Miss Flirty-I never allow a man to
kiss me unless we are engaged.
Miss Bright-Dear me! Don't you
find so many engagements trouble
some?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
One Way.

Il think I'll take a trip abroad J
want to write a volume of travel"
why go abroad? Just take guide
book and supply 1t with anecdotes"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

consists of wire frame adapted to be
supported on the top Of the pail, and
bent back upon itself a number of
times to form fingers between which
tAe paint brush or brushes may be Sc.
cured at any desired point
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Woman's Misfortune.

She-I don't see why women
shouldn't make as good swimmers as
men.
He-Yes, but you see, a swimmer
has to keep his mouth shut.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
Rubbing Il In.

Sapleigh an awful
cold in me head, doncher know.
Miss Caustique-Well. you ought to
be glad there is something in it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

her eountrywomen and explains the
reason why the order named In her
memory is so widely craved.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15
"a HE WHO Knows what is goo

A I'd III W Ffy hHOWS WHdI IS BUUU
-AAl and chooses 1t, who knows
what is bad and avoids it, is learned and
temperate. Socrates.
Let each man keep his heart at ease,
No man died of that disease"
beaumont & Fletcher
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

HE world will be better when
R@ women as we'll as men learn
that temperance means care in speech
as we'll as in eating and drinking"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

M w me we'll and wisely and the
A cares of life will slip from
you; its veXations and annoyances will
dwindle into nothingness."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

l33 years ago-a battle which has
been described as fought by New
Hampshire militia upon New York
soil and named for Vermont-the bat.
tie Of Bennington.
True. the site Of the old St. Croix
bridge, destroyed by the retreating
militiamen to check the advance of
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-15

ISTORIC associations cling
about many places along
the lower part of the Wal.
loomsac valley In the re-
gion of Walloomsac and
North Hoosick (the st.
Croix Of Revolutionary
days.. and despite the
lapse Of time many evil
dences still remain to re-
call the battla fought thera
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07

sheets now and examined intentfy the
form OF the Will The terms we're clear
and uneauivocal: he noted the chanRs
OF word and phrase here and there. In
every case an Improvement In the IN
terest OF dlrectness and clarity. There
was no question as to the meaning OF
the will. Real estate was not to be
sold except by permission of the court;
and proceeds were to be reinvested In
other realty. There was good sense In
the idea, but had Dameron sold the
Roger Merriam addition entire to the
sale to the court7
The question must be answered, and
he went TO the court house and asked
permission Of the recorder to look Mt
the deed from Ezra Dameron. trustee,
to the Patoka Land and Improvement
Company. II was In the hands OF
clerk for transcribing. but Morris was
allowed to examine IT, II was written
in Dameron's hand and had been
copied from printed form OF trustees
deed. The consideration was twenty
thousand dollars. the receipt OF which
was duly Acknowledged. Leighton was
a lawyer and he felt a lawyers disgust
with the situation that the case pre-
sented, Dameron was clearly In seri-
Gus need OF ready money or he would
not be selling real estate at ridicu-
lous figure. II was also patent that In
his necessity he had turned TO Balcomb
as a man who would not scruple at
obiique practices.
Morris went the next day TO the Of
nce of title company where he was
acquainted and waited while the Sec
retary made up list OF the property
held by Ezra Dameron, trustee. He
found that the sale OF the Roger Mer-
riam addition, which had just been re-
ported, left the creek property. The
Beaches and the old Marian home
stead the only realty remaining In the
trust.
IL thought Mr.. Dameron was a heavy
real estate owner" remarked Morris.
That's a popular superstition" said
the secretary; but he's sold II or rap
idly during the past two years TIC
owns nothing personally. and he has
been converting his daughters prop
erty very fast hope there's nothing
wrong about H."
II don't know. Are you sure he
hasn't been buying other real estato7
OF the kind Ia required by
the terms Of his wife's will"
Not In this county at least" The
secretary was silent for a moment III
would be a delicious irony II Ezra were
to turn up broke. wouldn't III" he SAID
grinning
"That depends on the point Of View
remarked Morris
ITO be continuod)
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07
MILADY OF THE
FORTUNES
By PHILIP KEA N
lOopyright. lsiO, br AssocInted LIterarT Press.l

The dust was thick on the long
white road: sun and glare and heat
held the MONDAY world in bondage.
Even the birds we're languid as they
sat with dropped wings o.. the fence
rails. On the grass by the roadside a
woman lay asleep. half hidden by the
bushes. Now and then cart with q
slow horse and drowsy driver ratified
by. Nothing disturbed the woman,
however. until there came from the
distance the "honk. honk" OF an auto
mobile horn. At the unusual sound
in this far country she sat up. When
the big car reached the blackberry
bushes in the fence corner. she was
at the roadside. her hand held up. At
her signal the car stopped.
What do you want7" asked the
man who sat beside the chauffeur.
Lot me tell your fortune" Her
great eyes pleaded. supplementing the
softness OF her voice.
From the back seat came pro
test. why should he stop here In
the heat. oswald7"
The man was studying tho girls
face. 1T will take only a moment"
he said.
Again the feminine voice protested.
Give t,r some money and we will 20
on"
The girl by the roadside cast q
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07


Public untidiness IL a national fault.
II IL more noticeable IN cities. by ita
masaing there than elsewhere. but
even the roadaidea In tho sweet. pure
country" are often terribly unkempt
and have the air OF being made a
convenient dumping ground. II. q.
Wells. when In this country. was
much struck In his railroad Journeys
by the slovenly look OF village streets
and by the appalling amount OF waste
matter everywhere hung about. We
have so long been used TO having all
outdoors In which 20 throw things
that We are In danger OF forgetting
how much like the nelghborhood OF a
Zulu kraAl We often make our outly.
ing regions appear. Travellers from
abroad are invariably impressed BY
this, and not fayorAbly. while many
returned American tourist. after a
scjourn In neat France. for example.
is painfully struck by what one patri.
otie youth called the "slouehy" ap-
pearance OF his own land.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07
Ridiculous European Laws.

A decision OF the courts at Trieste
Is causing great indignation among
young people in Austria. Hencefor.
ward lovers will be liable 10 a sum
mons for lese majesty n they vary the
Official position Of a postage stamp,
whether on card or on letter. 10 in
dicate their sentiments. To stick a
postage stamp at certain angle 10
express "undying love-" 'disappoint.
ment" tender memories" aud so
forth is decidedly a mark OF disre-
speet TO the sovereign. say the courts.
The sender OF a post card at cattaro
who had used the emperor's efhgy to
tell his sweetheart that he would love
her always has been condemned and
fined for the offense.--London Express.
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FISHING IN THE CONWAY.
An Angler who Hooked Trout and
q. sf.sw

An Angler who Hooked a Trout and
Landed a cow,
An incident OF a somewhat amusing
nature was witnessed few days sgo
near the Cover bridge, Llanrwst II
appears that a visitor armed with rod
and line was plying the gentle art ana
entlcing the willy trout by insinuatins
his dies on the placid surface OF tho
deep pool which forms that portion OF
the Conway river.
Above him on a high bank stood q
COW. Suddenly a big trout rose like
iiaAh and secured ono OF tho fies. with
tho result that the reel Immediately
began TO whirr.
Tho angler. with galvanic sudden
nosa. jumped back and struck. His un'
expected manouyer. however. startled
the COW. with the result that she slip
ped and with a somorsault and
heartronding "Mool" fell with q
mighty splash into the pool beneath.
The rod was struck from the eng
lers hand and after a few spaamodie
movements fioated gently down
stream. while the trout, adapting him
self 20 such favorable opportunity,
disgorged the indigestible moekery on
the hook and dashed out OF the zone
OF danger and turmoil The angler,
who lad undergone the pleasures OF a
generous shower bath. having collect
cd HIS scattered thoughts and con
ylnced himself that he was not implb
Gated IN the throes OF violent earth
quake. hurled torrent OF theological
terms on the innocent COW, which was
making futile efforts 10 regain terra
hrma.
II soon became evident. however,
that the animal was drowning. so the
angler, with the generosity OF HIS
kind. called for assistance, and ultt
mately the half drowned COW was res
eued by means OF ropes, II is antici
pated that the angler when he next
visits his club Ia England will rsgals
the company with "reminiscences OF his
fishing exploit In the Conway when hs
hooked a trout and landed a cow
Field.