The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

But the German "Kriegschatz,' or
emergency war chest fund, only amounts
to e6,000, 900. and II Is lying not in h
at Berlin, but In the VAULTS
Of the Julius tower, in the fortress Of
near the capital, against y
coming Of Germany's mex evil day. 1t
has been lying there as q dead fund
ever since Germany received from
France her war indemnity Of ESQ.,
Q 1000. from which 1t was taken.
The introduction Of tungsten lamps 10
doing much to advance h use OF cleo
tricity on farms. It is possible for the
farmer with q small plant. driven either
by o gasoline engine or by damming q
stream, to obtain sufficient cur
rent to light his house and barn with
this economical type OF inoandescent
lamp. The use Of electricity on the
farm, by the way, IL growing and, az
pointed put by the Electrical World,
farmers will In time come to consider
electricity a necessity. Then II will be
found profitable to establish central
generating stations for farming dis
dividual plants % being installed.
Interesting remains of Viking rule,
believed to be the first of their kind
IN Brittany. have Just been discovered at
Port Maria, on the southern Breton
coast. It is an ancient Viking burial
ship such as were set afire In the days
Of old and sent adrift with a Morse
chieftain's dead body on board. Exca-
vations Of q tumulus known as Erguel
disclosed the remains Of q half burned
sloop 80 feet long and eight feet wide
containing bows, arrows, b~attleaxee,
bucklers and swords, and gold and
bronze ornaments. all OF which were
badly damaged by fire.
In all Of the United States an Ameri-
can woman forfeits her rights as an
American citisen when she marries a
citizen Of another country, and this
though she continues to live In the
United States and to carry on her oc-
ample Of this is Harriet Stanton Blatch,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's brilliant
daughter. BY her marriage to an Eng
lishman she has forfeited her Ameri-
can citizenship, though she has lived
and worked in the United States %
stantly since her marriage.
The Chicago Record-Herald says:
"Plans are In contemplation for giving
the University of Chicago the finest
physical laboratory in the United
States, II not in the world. II is said
that before all the plans are consum-
mated h plant will have cost $1,000
200. All OF he money is to be furnished
by Martin Ryerson, president Of the
also was the donor Of the present Ry-
erson laboratory at the university"
Colonizers Of all races seem to be
careful savers Of their earnings In the
countries to which they emigrate. In
recent years there has been a consid-
cradle migration of East Indian coolies
TO the Island Of Trinidad, 1898 having
landed there last year There was q
return to Calcutta Of 726, carrying with
them $685. 900 In money. besides q large
quantity OF jewels, In which the coolies
invest their savings. In h yea there
were also remittances to India Of about
$4,000.
The only coin in use In China until
recently was the copper cash COT which
shere are about 1000 to the Mexican
dollar, or 1850 to the American dollar),
but these are fast disappearing except
in the more or less remote interior. A
new coin or "ten-cash piece" has been
made at the provincial minis, and 1t
10 rapidly dispiacing the old copper
ash. The relative value between these
n silver dollars or taels is luctu-
ating.
In Devonshire any person bitten by
a viper IS advised to kill the creature
at once and rub the wound with it's
fat. This practice has, to some ex-
tent survived in this country, where
the flesh Of the rattlesnake is accounted
TO be the best cure for its own bite,
but as a rule the leading superstition
In the United States is Of the efficacy
OF numerous potions Of whisky as an
antidote for snake bite.
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At "a William Pitt was chancellor of
the exchequer, Ruskin had written his
Modern Painters in fve volumes,
which established his reputation as
England's greatest art critic: Sheridan
had produced THE Rivals" Byron
published the first canto of "Childe
Harold" and Rossini produced his most
popular opera, The Barber OF Seville"
At 70 Browning wrote "Paracelsus,"
Bailey gave us "Festus," Wagner had
written "Lohengrin," Emmet had
thrilled Ireland with his pathetic elo-
quence, Michael Angelo had completed
his "Pieta" and Newton had discovered
the law OF gravitation.
One may read in a guide book OF
Venice, compiled for the benefit Of
strangers, this notice: When visiting
this palace strangers should show
themselves especially generous in their
tips. as the prince who occupies this
pdidCc udb IN JULIET means or SunDOrt
tina to share in the money given TO
his domestics."
In an address before the American
Civic association, Herbert M. Wilson.
chief engineer in the United States geo
logical survey. places the annual dam
age and waste by smoke In the United
States at $500, o00, 900 in the large cities
alone, or about IS to each man. woman
and child Of the population.
~ T~wenty-four electric locomotives IN
be used In the New York tunnel ex-
tension of the Pennsylvania railroad
are now being built. Each weighs $40
600 pounds. n will develop 1000 horse
power, which Ii about three times as
much as q giant steam locomotive.
November was the coolest a. well
as the wettest month in The history of
the Isthmus Of Panama. The maxi
mum temperature in the sun at Gu
Zebra was only SO and the average tenn
perature was below that Of any pre-
vtous month on record.
Former Vice President Levi p. Nor
ton, at S6, sur the chairmanship
of the board OF one Of the two largest
trust companies in the country.
More than $50, 000, 900 worth Of Amer
lean merchandise was carried by rail
across the isthmuses Of Panama and
Tehuantepec in the fiscal year 1909.
and In the calendar year the total will
probably reach s75, 200, 900 in value.