The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-19


J. A. DvoRAk, Publisher.
TABOR. SOUTH DAKOTA
Most persons probably think that
winged seeds from trees travel 10
great distances on the wind. But the
studies OF DIR. Ridley. OF the Botanic
gardens. at Singapore. indicate that
winged seeds have "A far narrower range
of hight than do powder" seeds and
plumed seeds. The greatest distance
Travelled By the winged fruit OF "A forest
tree. observed by Dr. Ridley, was LOG
yards. Under the most favorable cir.
cumstances. he calculates. IL would
take mis- plant 100 years To spread W,
yards, and 10000 years TO spreao
from the Malay peninsula To the Phil
ippines, II IA long connection existed.
Fourteen years age n bottle manufae'
turer, Claude Boucher. In Cognac'
France. was forced TO close his factory
by the continuous strikes and exaciioni
OF his employees. He then set To WORK
60 invent a machine for the manufac-
ture OF bottles. This machine is now In
use IN various parts OF the country,
25a. 900 bottles are turned by ~
daily. A single machine produces S5.OVs
bottles In tw~cnty-four hours: and any
one can learn TO run IL In n week. Ths
bottles are stronger and look better
tha those made by the blowers.
Julian Trask. formerly labor com
missioner OF New Hampshire. STAN.
mers greatly In his speech. and this
regularity is well known throughout
the state. one day he was approached
by n who, after some prelifn-
mary talk, confessed that he had %
son who suffered. He was anxious &c
have the lad cured and asked MIR.
Trask for advice regarding the matter
The labor commissioner reflected grave
liz for n few moments and then re.
sponded with all h emphasis ne couiu
commando "S-s-s-hoot aim
Ever since 1870 the skull az Sir
Thomas Browne has beer on show In N
museum at Norwich. IL n now been
restored TO the vault whence X was
taken. Sylvanus Urban. In the Gem
tieman's Magazine, condemns the NOR
bldness and that OF certain people VINO
proposed to have Shakespeare's skul
similarly examined. Let such shoni-
lshly inclined busybodies," he says. m
r~hatically. "confine their attention 10
the anatomy OF Jonathan Wild"
Asbestos stockings are now being
manufactured for use by workmen IN
boiler rooms and foundries. In these
and other situations the floor often be-
comes intentionally hot. though not
hot enough TO burn through the soles
OF shoes. The workmen In these posi-
tions suffer torturcs from their feet.
and Il Is declared that the non-con-
Quoting properties Of asbestos enables
them TO Withstand higher temperatures
with absolute comfort.
There Is a plant In Chill and n sim
liar one in Japan called h flower or
the air" II rs SO called because IL
appears to have no root, n In never
nxed TO the earth. II twincs round a
dry tree or n sterile rock. Each shoot
produces two or three flowers like n
iily-whitc transparent and odoriferous.
IL IN capable OF being transported 500
20 700 miles and vegetables as IL travels
suspended on a tvig.
In view of the astounding fact that
In one year 1854 London children have
died in consequence of injuries re-
ceived from open iireplaccs, an effort
II being made to have "A law enacted
20 punish parents who leave children
AANk az 'AAA NAAAAN - N@NHs
nrcplaccs. \ similar inquiry might bc
made with important results In Amer
lea. Is the comment made by the New
York Observer.
Captain T. Bentley Mott. for several
years our military attache nj Paris. In
advocating n radical change In the
present training OF the American army.
With Aldershot as "A model, Captain
Mott advises the concentration OF large
bodies OF troops. 40 that the general
officers In the army may have cxper-
fence I'm handling brigades md divis-
ions In actual war.
A young Japanese who recently COM
United suicide by lcaping into the era
ter OF the volcano at Asnma left be-
hind him a note. I'm which he said:
suffering n feeling OF despair impels
me To throw myself into the crater OF
vehement Asama. thus winning n
splendid death. and ascending the
mountains smoke to y lofty life above
the sky"
The evidence before the British army
stores commissioners as To graft dur
ing the Boer VAR shows that there
was only one regiment the contractor
were unable to cheat. That proud dis
tinction belongs to the Seventh Hus-
taBh. Infy WtlEnfu fNtFgtnlnE anu
checked the quality OF everything sup
piled them.
All the efforts made by a Liverpool
firm to promote the cultivation OF cot
ton in Palestine have been fruitlcss.
even though labor costs only 20 cents
a day and land IL one-tenth the price
of Egyptian land. The chief cause OF
the failure IL sale to be h incapacity
mud luzlpRga nf the natives
A gallant motorist had rescued beau
~ In distress from "A dog cart In n
ditch. where "A scared horse had landed
70. says Motor Illustrated. when the
lady lispcd swcetly: Thank you 30
much. Would you mind doing IL again.
We do so ant our horse TO get used
TO those horrid things"
The following notice was recently 20
be seen outside n church door In a Sur
rey village: THE Rev. T.. T. will
preach his farewell sermon on Sunday
next. The choir will render AN anthem
OF Joy and Thanksgiving. specially COM
posed for the occasion"
Bertha l.. Fowler. a l2-year-old girl
OF Lewiston, Me-, "a been astonish-
ing patrons Of the fair grounds there
by driving n big Hnmbletonian PAGER
In something under ::30 on "A half
mile track. She began handling the
reins when h was half her present