The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Deserted by it's mother, little bun
ME rabbit strayed to the residence of
b. H. Wheeler, who lives on Black
ridge. near Lexington, KY, and 1t was
adopted by an old cat which was nurs-
Ing litter of kittens. The little rab-
bit has become so much attached to
the kittens and the old cat that Ii will
not leave them, and the old cat cares
for the youngster with the same afSec-
tion which she has for her own babies.
Locusts are proving hardly less de-
structive in German Southwest Africa
thaA the three years rising of natives.
A settler not long ago attempted to de-
fend his little plot of land by digging
all around 1t ditch one yard wide and
of equal depth, at the bottom of which
swarmed into the ditch till the flames
had been eStinguished by their accum-
ulated corpses. ..
Occult powers are attributed to a
aoutch boy, son of Cornelius van der
Westhuizen, of Roodeport, Farm. near
Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, who
has developed remarkable gift of To-
eating water. Whenever the boy
stands over water in walking over the
lands he stops involuntarily and Is
seized with facial contortions and mus
cular movements Of the arms and legs.
Hydraulic sluicing is being employed
at Seattle, Wash, for the removal of a
large hill in the residential section Of
the city. The material consists princi-
pally of blue clay, which is exceedingly
tenacious and hard to move, but 1t is
easily handled by q six-inch giant noz-
zle at 120-pound pressure hydraulic.
The supply of water is taken from Pu-
get sound, $500 feet distant.
Emanuel Lasker, the chess expert,
was discussing the ethics OF certain
style OF play. WELL" he. ended, laugh
ing, II suppose 1t is all right; but it IL
intricate, eh? 1t is like the subject dis
cussed In the debating society, rs It
wrong to cheat a lawyer?' The decision
after thEee hours argument was: Not
wrong, but too difficult to pay for the
trouble"
Tho Angel Of the Isthmus' is what
DR.. Gorgas was called by one Of the
men at a meeting Of workingInen held
at Corozal during the recent visit of
the congressional party writes Repre-
sentative Mccall. Of Massachusetts, in
Golfers. DIR. Gorgas is the head Of the
sanitary department and is directing
affairs with remarkable skill and
energy.
The Spanish government has just
laid submarine cable from Barcelona
to Palma de Mallorca, in the Balearic
islands. The cable is 1T miles long
and was put down bv q London COM
pany In less than two days. The con-
tract price, $146,995, will be paid by the
Spanish government. The line has LONG
been needed for commercial purposes
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The Youths Companion tells of q
Z busy. doctor who had engaged a young
assistant and was asked IL he really
intended to intrrst him with his cases
l"Oh, no." he replied. "He will listen
to the patients, look sympathetic, and
report to me In the fewest possible
words A sick woman has to talk just
so much. and haven't time to listen >
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In Brooklyn recently, according t
Automobile Topics, thirty aged and in.
firm people who had not been able e
go to church for years, were taken tC
the communion service in automobiles
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Women compositors Of Christians
and Bergen, Norway, are to be paid
the same rates as men, after FIVE years
apprenticeship and passing test OF
full qualification.
The efficiency OF the human heart ii
greater than that or any piece OF ma
chincry, taking into consideration the
size. 1t pumps nearly eight tons oi
blood daily.
The mother of the king Of Portugal
Is said to have been bankrupted
ithrough her passion for dress. The
king has virtually hanished her "a
Italy
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