The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

Bantam chickens came from Bantm
town In Java,
The number Of divorces is ~lncreaslns
'1pidly in England.
France leads the countries of Europ
IN theaters, having 994.
About 100000 persons are EN-
.ioyed In the coal mines of the world
Marion Martineau says you can make
Jour arms plump by rubbing olive OIL
,nto them.
A shipyard at omlnato, Japan, still
N operation, was established 1900
!cars ago.
All ~carnivorous animals lap up water
with the tongue. Herbivorous animals,
as the horse and OK, suck 1t up.
Near Redlands, Cal, a discovery Of
very high grade onyx and white and
colored marble has been made.
China has ten railways in operation,
with a total mileage of 2,235, or about
~one-tenth that Of Great Britain.
Lake Balkhash in Asia is remarkable
foe the transparency Of the water, the
limit Of visibility being eighty feet.
Bright red spectacles, accompanied
by internal doses Of calomel, form a
new German specific against seasick-
ness.
For selling beer brewed in Amster-
dam as Munich beer, a London saloon.
keeper was fined $50 and costs the 9th,
er day.
The use of bells in dwelling houses
for summoning servants was not known
In England until after the time Of
Queen Anne.
Among the little trades of Paris Is
that Of selling food for birds, either in
the street or in a corner of the mar
ket place.
In Hesse, Germany, a tax has been
put On bachelors, who now have to pay
% per cent more In taxes than mar.
ried men.
W. P. Firth, r. A., received $4,000
for his painting OF Before Dinner at
Boswell's Lodgings" Three years later
it sold for $4,000. ~.
The ruined gamblers who kill them
selves at Monte Carlo are buried to-
gether in a cemetery within half a
mile Of the Casino.
st. GATHERINGS lighthouse, Isle Of
Wight, has been fitted with a fash
light which Is estimated to be equal to
100000 candle-power.
Afghan women ride In closely hooded
palanqulns borne on the shoulders OF
four sturdy servants, with a relay Of
bearers following behind.
Poisonous nicotine in tobacco is re-
moved by sleeping the leaves in a solu.
ton of tannic acid. This is the method
adopted by a German chemist.
Prof. Ernest Haeckel, in a recent
lecture In Berlin, stated that, in his
opinion, 1t is absolutely certain that
man is descended from the apes.
Soldiers in France are allowed to
cultivate gardens in any spare ground
about barracks, and to help out their
ratlons by growing vegetables.
Harry K. Devereux, of Cleveland, is
the only living model of the three who
posed for the famous painting, Yankee
Doodle" portrayed by willard.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury re-
Gently said In a public address: 1.-THE
Child who has not learned obedience
at the age of two never learns it,"
The Hot Lakes district of New Zea,
land includes seven lakes ranging IN
area from three to thirty-one square
miles, besides many of smaller size. =
Four burglars, arrested in the act
hy the London police the other night,
were all wearing gloves. in order not
to leave finger prints behind them.
The worlds merchant marine Of
gent steamers of over 10000 register
tons now includes flfty-six vessels,
thirty-one Of which are under the Eng
llsh flag.
There is a beacon In the Arizona
desert to guide travellers to a water
hole. This is lighted at night, consti-
tuting a lighthouse several hundred
miles inland.