The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-01-21
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sir Hiram Maxim,s prophecy as to
the use OF airships In war Is q serious
parallel to Horace Walpole's facetious
s~peculation. made IN I7S4, after Blanch-.
ards first ascent-in E~ngland--in q
hydrogen-flled balloon. THE sea-
ports,'' he said, ''will become deserted
villages, and Salisbury plain, sew,
be utilized as dockyards for aerial Ves-
selc; there viii be lights in the air with
wind guns and there will be y pro-
dfgfouR increase OF land for tillage by.
the breaking up Of al public roads as
useless
Andreas Pellisarti, who said he lived
somewhere IN Mulberry street, was ar
raigned In h New York childrenis
court charged with playing ball In 2
street. Don't o know It's wrong,
asked Magistrate Olmsted. Yes, SIR
sobbed Andreas. Don't you know that
you are likely 10 hurt somebody? The
streets don't belong TO you. Now teh
me. son. to whom do the streets be-
iong7, 'sDe automobiles" answered the
culprit. discharged, said the judge.
The z friction saws In the world
are used In one OF Chicago's huge con-
struction plans, says Popular Me-
chanics. They cut through q 10-inch
steel I-beam in IA seconds. These saws
or disks are so made that they generate
enough heat at the point OF contact
literally to melt their way through the
metal being cut. The cutting edge of
the disks is r~Lughened by simply mack
ing with a fish-taii chisel.
The method OF DISCRIMINATING locusts
most generally adopted In Panama mas
been to dig a trench about so feet In
length, two feet wide and one foot deep,
with perpendicular sides, in which the
focusts are driven by men beating the
grass and trees with switches. In this
wa millions are collected and are de-
stroyed with q solution Of strong I've
soapsuds. The trench Is then reniied
with earth so as to allay the odor.
Our consul general to France writes
of q rubber asphalt pavement which Is
being used In that country. The ma
teriai is a product resulting from the
association Of asphalt and rubber. IL
Is said to be more plastic n more au-
hesive than pure asphalt and to resist
higher temperatures. Experimental
work covering a period of six years In
such cities as Paris n Lyons has
given good results.
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]. Pierpont Morgan and Waldorf AS
TOR are on the advisory COMMITTEES OF
the Golden West, an American indus-
tries exhibition which is to be held In
Earlscourt, London, next May, for
which extensive preparations have al
ready been made. Associated with
them on the committee are about every
one OF note in Burke's peerage and
other distinguished men, including Al
fred Aliatfn.
1t is reported that more than 500
women have already registered at Wal
than, Mass, with the intention or vot-
ing for DR.. Eloise Sears for the school
committee. DIR. Sears was nominated
for the Office by the republican, indie
pendent and democratic parties. Be
sides the votes OF the women or Wall
than, IT is believed that she will re-
ceive a majority OF those cast by the
men.
While the dear old country gente-
mar and his wife were walking on the
beach one evening they suddenly no.
siced the revolving light of a lghtship.
The old lady gazed at II with open eye
for some minutes, then h turned TO
"Wen,. she exclaimed, m the man In
that ship hasn't lit that light this 40
times, and It has gone out every time.
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Mrs. Isaac L. Rice, the anti-noise
crusader, Is the wife Of the president of
the Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat
company. She sold her beautiful home
on Riverside drive, New York, cause
the tugboat captains, against whom
she began her anti-noise war, took spe-
cial delight in footing their whistles
at all hours of the night when they
passed their houses.
All the women prisoners at the Clerk
eiwell sessions recently appeared in the
dock wearing their hats. The rule OF
mo hatpins'' was strictly enforced, but
their absence in M way troubled the
women. Indeed, n balanced a hat
more than six feet in circumference
without the slightest trace OF anxiety.
How she did 1t only a woman can tell.
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Al space 10 feet square on a bill board
facing Lafayette square, In New Or
leans, has been given to h members
OF the New Era club by Junlus Gar
rick, and will be made to help in the
suffrage club Is carrying on. Each week
important facts concerning the love-
ment will be announced on the space.
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Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's reply to Mrs.
Humphrey Wards paper on the suf-
frage question In America has been
published as a leafiet and copies are
being bought by the thousand. The
majority OF the orders are from the
various suffrage clubs OF this country
and England. q
Motorists who suffer with cold hands
while driving their cars may have relief
by usinr a steering wheel provided
with electric heat An English inven-
ton describes a steering wheel with a
core h a carries two electrically heat
ed coils insulated one from the other