The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-13
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country.
Magnetic Iron sand has recently
been discovered on the south coast of
Java. and II In reported to lee very
valuable.
Tho new parliament building Ia
Stockholm. which was begun ten
years ago. In now completed. IL lies
ON n small island.
A peculiar fact II that 1905 began
.on sunday. and therefore has hfty-
three Sundays. This will not occur
again In 10 years.
The Trappist monks Of Aigicrs
have sold their buildings. and land.
and. like most Of the persecutni
French orders. have gone 60 Italy.
Among female Moors birthday eele-
brations are unknown. 4 Moorish
woman. considers II a point OF honor
90 I've absolutely ignorant of her age.
Jules Verne seems doomed 10 disap-
pointment.. His great ambition Is t.
Ice elected to the French academy. but
the prospect OF It's realization Is not
bright.
German soldiers are TO have new
tunic. cut like blouse. with low
stLndup collar. Visibility OF bright
buttons on the TUNES Ii To be- tested
ut various distances.
The French government has he
slowed the decoration Palmes Acad-
emiques on Miss Frances Johnston. OF
Washington. ~. q. Rut one other
American woman has bccn honorcl
la this way.
Down In one of the southern Kansas
towns. the other day. the preacher at
funeral made sad mess uf u when
hc attempted 10 read an obituary or
the dead woman. She was horn Ia
lstradgyulas. Glamorganshlr". Wales.
Kansas city Journal
The peninsula OF Arabia has an area
OF some 100000 square miles. with
u population estimated NJ from $3.50.
uDU To iO.OG.OUI. The Turkish prov
ince Of Yemen Is most populous, AMI
Is highly fertile. Alden commands
total export aud import trade of somn
SsO,OO0.Oco.
In the course ~ ease nc Lambeth
County Court. London. II was In crl'
dcnce that old hard felt hats, which
were valuclcss NJ tu u few months
ago. could now br sold for Sil u ton,
and the market was rising The hats
are burned 60 get the shcllac. which
is worth ~ cents pound,
Military critics claim that the swoTl
as part Of the field equipment OF 90.
GERS Of the infantry Is doomed. Its
us.lcssnoss H. this connection has
been realized for many years. AMI a
pruposition that II h" done away with
"a understood Ia have the approval II
the authorities of the United States
War Department.
Among the curicslticS recently pre-.
scented io the Maritzburg museum, in
South Africa. j. chain twenty-five"
feet six inches long. carved from the
trunk of tree 10y "knohnosc" nj
tives. tribe In the IoutSpauberg dis
irict. Transvaal. The chain j. contln'
nous, requiring phenomenal patience
and skill Ia carving.
II Is said that there are In I.ondnl
about 200 charitable institutions AMI
organizations Ia advance the cause oI
progressive and advanced civilization.
The number includes large AMI small
institutions. afTorllng more err less re-
lief 10 the afflicted and those I'm dis
trcss. They are supported almost M
tlrcly 10y personal contributions.
Some of the farmers near Santa
Rosa. Cal. are experimenting with
tea growing, and their efforts sccm Ia
be meeting with success. IL l. said
that there Is no reason why t"i
should not he grown In some sections
of this country. though The earlier
South Carolina experiment Is 10,
known To he making great hcadway.
Swedish doctors never send bills H.
their patients. Each patient pays
what he deems Just ar Is able Ia give.
whether they have need or his str
vices or not. II he has been once re-
tanned by them. The poor. IL they
possibly can. pay him II small sum,
ana the very poor pay him nothing.
Yet he attends the poor ~ faithfully
az he does the rich.
Prof. Goldlob has been telling the
Christlania Academy OF Science the
results OF his Investigations into tn"
mIgrations OF whales. These creatures
hang about the coast NJ Norway and
Finland until the spring Is well nd.
vanced, and then ~ away ON their
travels. Some go 10 the Azores, 9th.
crs 20 Bermuda and the Antilles, and
they cover these enormous distances
In an incredibly short time. Some OF
them bring back harpoons which bear
the names OF ships and other evil
dences OF where these migrants have
hnep FOR their Summpr HOLIDAYS