The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

house OF cOncrRte around the ruins. III
this protection 10 not forthcoming IL is
probable that "the lost church" as Il is
locally known, wall be again buried be-
meath the sands, which covered it for
so many ~oent$Erfes, IT Is generally be-
Heved 70 be- she original church OF st.
Piran to whom the. Cornish miners
give the credit OF first showing them
tin, and who was one OF the most nota-
Die Of the many Cornish saints.
In 1886, under Louis Philippe, there
were 5000 doctors in France. In 1891
the number had reached $4,000. In the
space Of 46 years, 1S46 TO 1891, the NUM-
Der had almost doubled, the yearly In
creas being l55. In the decade follow
ing this period the augmentation Is
given at 200, and since 1901 the increase
has been much greater. n h NUM-
Der Of students at the medical schools
and the universities continues 10 grow.
The number enrolled on January Us,
1906, wac 1861, and a year later 7,649,
an increase OF 142., In 1903 and In 1909
the numbers were 1896 and S,246, or GIG
ana $50 In excess OF 1906.
II fed him with birds milk" This
curious expression vas used by the old
Sultan OF Turkey while q prisoner ON
his way to Salonika, with reference to
his brother Mohammed, his predecessor
on the thorne. Abdul Hamid was la
menting his own fate and telling his
captors how little he deserved IL and
how kind he had been to his brother.
IN fed him with birds milk, he said.
as IL that were the greatest kindness
he could show. what is birds milk?
Not the Turkish equivalent OF the milk
Of human kindness, but a European
brand OF condensed milk bearing on
the can a picture OF a bird on a nest.
Waterloo, the battlefield, is rapidly
being Invested of its interesting fea-
lures. The houses which sheltered
men who helped to make history there
are being torn down, the roads and
paths are being obllterated and soon
there win be nothing left to remind one
0f Napoleon's last stand but the great
mound capped by the Waterloo lion.
The museum is TO be dlsmantIed and
articles which have been carefully kept
for years win be distributed among
b provincial museums OF Belgium,
where a. Individual exhibits they will
lose much in valr 2.
The municipality OF Paris has made
an attempt to grapple with the problem
OF traffic congestion. Owing to the diff
nculty OF crossing the roads, due to the
constant stream Of motors, underground
passages for pedestrians are to be built
at various points beneath the Champs
Elysees. IL the Champs Elysees tun-
nels prove q success, others will be
built In the center Of Paris, and foot
passengers will In future CROSS not over
streets, but under them. The scheme
OF inclined planes, for perambulators,
has been abandoned on the ground OF
cost, and only s~taircases win be pro-
yided.
What Is regarded as the most ancient
coin In the world is n that raj dis
covered a few years ago by a German
ar~chaeoiogist during his explorations in
north Syria. IL lis n coin OF pure silver,
bearing a perfect Aramean inscription
" Panammu bar Rernb, king OF Scha-
mol who reigned 500 years b. g. UP to
the time his coin was found the Lydi-
n a always been regarded as the
inventors OF money, but this new find
showed that the Semitic Arameans, who
lived two centuries before the Lydians,
are the Oldest known coiners OF money.
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One OF the latest ideas for killing rats
Is a trap into which the animal walks,
attracted by an electric light and q dis
play or food. Once in he can not get
out and an electric current kills him
IN 80 or 90 seconds, The apparatus can
he SO arranged that the eIectr1cuted
animal itself signals its fate to Gny de-
sired place, advising the Waterman by
an electric bell or the lighting of an
electric lamp that there is q dead rat
90 be removed.
Music hatons were hrst used In Eng
land about 1920. 1t was not until 10 or
12 years later, however, that the baton
came into general use. A German con-
ductor WIKI welded one produced such
wonderful results with his orchestra
that IL was thought there must be some
magic power IN the baton, and Il con-
sequently became popular with conduc-
tors all over the country. Before the
advent OF the baton, time was kept by
the nrst viollnist or by the pianist.
The government is going into the no.
tel business, having agreed through its
insalar branch In the Philippines, TO
take $S00,e00 at par Of the bonds 20
provide money for a lew hotel at Ma
Mia, which, with It's working capital.
is TO represent an Investment OF $780,
900. when the Philippines have a cen
tennial, or some other big celebration.
will the tnsular government pu up its
Motel rates on the visiting public9
Signs are not wanting to assure any
one that every year single chrysanthe-
NUNS are steadily gaining in favor,
mainly, OF course, with those whose
aim IS TO grow plants for general deco
t-NeeA 1AM N0A oARpAJ4AB cut lADDLlS LQI
their own table. Single blossoms. Sor~
tunately, are not criticised by the home
grower as TO the size. as their beauty
can not be thus measured.
The new marriage law now under
consideration In Victoria, Australia, has
as It's object the prevention OF clande-
stine mortgages. IL provides that no
clergyman shah perform the ceremony
unless the couple applying shall have
obtained q license. An exception "a
made. however, for reasons unknown,
IN the case OF Quakers. who are not
obliged to come before the marrying
authority armed with a permit.
The OF the monorail system
Tor carrying freight and passengers Is
largely q question Of finding a salts
factory type OF carriage, and expert
ments are now being made In connec-
uon Herewith on short lengths OF roads
N india. The monoraiI system is be-