The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-23
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Some kinds OF lizards break In two
when suddenly startled. In the bush n
Australia the traveler often comes
across a number Of these little silvery
reptiles basking on a log or piece OF
old bark. AS soon as they perceive n
invader there Is a great commotton;
they dart hither and thither so quickly
that the eye can scarcely follow their
movements. The effects OF the
are evident from the quantity or wrig-
Cling tails lying about which have been
cast OFF in the hurry; while the multi
ated owners may be seen scurrytng
away to safety still wagging the stumps
that remain.
1T is curious" remarked the grocer
on the corner, that there is no fruit In
the world which people are such poor
Judges Of as cantaloupes, n h is
more curious is that they do their best
to spoil them after they buy them. The
first thing a woman does with a can
ltaloupe is to stick It int the ice box.
Now, cantaloupe, like most OF our
fruit, are picked a trlfie. green, and
when they come from the grocer's they
should be put out in the sun forfa whole
day, turning them over every few
hours. and then putting them into the
Ice box at night"
LM-WMH ..
Consul General John p. Bray, OF Mel
bourne, reports that during the last 1--WE
years the, deposits In the government
savings banks in Australia have In
creased largely. In the year 1902-'03 the
total depositors' balance held was $175,-
O24.S 55, which by 1906-'07 had grown to
$204.S N, 1924, making $162.75 the average
amount to the credit OF each depositor,
and representing $49.55 per head Of the
total population OF Australia. The an
nual amount paid In interest to depos-
ftors In these banks in 1906I07 was S.
5os.iO4, against s4,2e5.S4S in 1sO2-'oS.
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General Lord Grenfell, who was re-
Gently promoted to the rank of field
hands OF Miss Eunace Henderson.
speaking to a peace society In England.
HE has been a soldier for about As
years" she said, land his men have
killed human bsings in many parts of
the world. But let us remember to his
credit that he published an order as
general commanding the forces in Ire
land against cigaret smoking by the
troops"
The German emperor has a we'll
equipped pottery which brings him in
$4,000 a year, The king OF Wurtem-
berg owns two large hotels which yield
him a yearly income of some $40, 200.
The king of Saxony owns the famous
porcelain factory at Meissen, and the
regent OF Llppe Detmoid runs a large
model farm from which he sells butter
and milk and eggs. The king of Servia
Is said to own q barber shop and an
~apothecary shop, In addition ito which
he holds an agency for motor cars.
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It is a disgrace and a shame that In
q city ! X Los Angeles, populated by
10000 educated Americans, the very
name OF the town they live in and are
proud of and have helped to make
should be wife beaten at their daily
hands. Even of late. 1t is time now to
make a crusade for the official pronun-
citation which will be followed by every
self respecting person with the fear of
God n the love OF California before
his eyes. And that's easy to set and
easy TO get: Loce-Ang-el-ess.
N4#tNH .MF FL .."Es
In some parts OF Australia the horse
rs shod with leather instead Of iron,
the feet receiving better support; but
this novelty is employed only in re-
gfons where the ground is permanently
covered with grass or fine sand.
Though the leather shoe is more expen-
sfve h the iron shoe the higher price
Is repaid by the superior advantages.
1t is not impossible the innovation
viii soon extend to every county
where the nature Of the soil permits
1T to be used.
In Pennsylvania alone there are
about J. 200 fire bosses and assistant fire
bosses receiving salaries probably rang
ing from $76 to 500 per month, and
there are about 1900 mine foremen and
assistant mine foremen who probably
receive salaries from 800 to $125 per
month. There are also 40 inspectors,
each receiving a salary of $4,000 per
year. There are thus over 1000 certf-
fled men directing the mines.
The total foreign m of the
United States during 1907 amounted to
$S.6S2,S40,9S9. This is at the rate of
$lO.OOO,0OO a day. The inland COM
mere OF the United States last year
probably amounted to at least $25, OOo,-
100000, which is at the rate of $685.
100000 a day. The inland is
therefore nearly seven times as great
as the foreign
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OF an annual output Of manufactures
valued at SIS, 200, 000, 900. we export
only about 5 per cent. and IL from this
amount we deduct such nearly crude
manufactures as copper, petroleum and
its products, iron and steel in bars,
pigs and rails, we have an export of
the more highly finished products of
0AAAS &0O4S - WIN VI ouA NOIAA Gldu-
ufactures.
Study of weather charts Is now gen
eral in the elementary schools of Han
over and Schleswig- Holstein with the
object OF making their value in agri-
culture better known. These charts
are supplied by telegraph and post to
all schools in Germany, but systematic
instruction on meteorology is only
gradually being introduced.
Data compiled by the Texas railroad
commission Indicates a loss by the rail-
roads OF the state during the last nine
months of $4,000,000 as against twice
hat amount reported by the compa-
MES. The commission asserts that so
per cent of the losses claimed by the
railroads is fictitious, due to the new
system Of bookkeeping.
Compensation being refused for a
cut finger, an Ilford, England, domestic
servant left her situation and wrote to