The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-03-23

Birmingham has had n nalf.million-
dollar fre. This nearly puts BirminG,s
ham into the Baltimore class OF mu.
states the Atlanta Jour
nal.
Medical societies are urging US %
cultivate ambidexterity. In this age
OF grab, the man who can use but one
hand 10 apt to fare poorly. opines the
Washington rost.
A permanent watch II hereafter 70
Se kept on the Frederick the Great
statue. states the Buffalo Courier.
Thus do gifts bring increased re-
sponsibiiities and expenses. But bet
ter have the cranks try to blow up
bronze or stone men than live ones.
comments the westchester Globe.
The great majority OF homicid<s.
not only here. but In other large cities
OF the United States. are due directly
to the ever ready pistol. says the Chi.
cago Post. Give US the most strin-
gent law practicable for the cure OF
this great evil. Make the penalty for
carrying concealed weapons so severe
that even the most hardened Grimm
ais will hesitate when tempted to dis
regard this law.-Chicago Post.
A carriage which belonged TO John
Sherman, and which, during the
greater portion Of his public life In
Washington. carried most OF the presi-
dents for half n century rs well M
princes. potsntates and other persons
visiting this country. Is doing duty
as a hack In Ashland. Ohio. Some
OF the hacks In this city lock "a
though they might have been In use
when General Lafayette visited this
city In 1924. the Alexandria (va) Ga
zette comments.
Numerous women In New York con.
template using foreign food products,
In preference TO domestic. because
they believe the latter are generally
adultsrated, says tho Newark IN. JJ
Sunday Call. The tariff laws require
the importers to mark their goods
plainly, and they are liable TO seizure
II there Is deception. The severe
laws against adultsration In European
countries-especially In Germany
also afford protection to consumers
which is lacking here.
Part OF the British force Is stili In
Tibet. occupied In exploring the great
western province opened up by the
provisional treaty. OF this region,
which extends at least eight hundred
miles from Lassa TO Gartok. the capt.
tai is Tashilumpo. Here the Tashi
Lama. now the Dalai Lamas success
sor, was formerly governor. The mon
astery OF Tashiumpo. here described.
is half n mile south OF Shigaste. II IL
finer than the Potala at Lassa and
stretches for two miles along the foot
Of n rugged hill. and up the south
side, dominated on the east by an
immt nse jong. or fort. No white man
has been there since 1883. but the
Tibetans have welcomed the Further
Mission most cordially. and have pro-
yIded the members with an escort.
Trees have usually been consider
ed safe recipients OF all forms OF con-
fidentlal communications and valu'
able secrets. Never since the world
began. until now. have they been In
dfScreetly loquacious. The communi'
catIye tree nc Paducah which chal
lenges attention by an explosion and
then In audible and articulate IAN
guage proclalms that there Is buried
nj its roots treasure worth seeking.
Is perhaps not normal tree. II GER
taInly 10 not behaving as weiicon'
Quoted tree should. and II II II true
that Il has been killed by the tramp
ling OF the multitudes which have
come TO hear II proclaim It's secret,
the general verdict will be that IL
served Il right. That II keeps on
talking though dead Ii disquieting.
Obviously It's reputation for veracity
IS not good. No one appears to be-
lieye what II says. and IL the treasure
Il tells about Is really at It's roots, IL
n probably in the safest place which
could be found for II.
The London Spectator says our
Judges lack the standing aud prestige
that the English judges have. and
that rich men dare not openly defy
the law In England as they d, In
America. There Is some truth In
that, admits Harpers Weekly. Sue
cess in money making has overshad-
owed all other kinds OF distinction In
this country In the last forty years,
and besides that. there Is not the
same reverence for Official power and
place In this country that there Ia In
England. England IL still an aristoc'
racy, where inferors instinctiyely look
up 10 their superiors. Part OF the
prestige OF the British judges Is due
20 the habits OF mind OF the popula-
ton they help 10 rule. Our demo.
cratic communities will hardly be In
duced 10 regard with like awe the
Judges who serve them. however wor'
thy they may be OF the highest re-