The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-01-20

4. A. .DvoRAk, Publisher.
TADoK, SOUTH DAKOTA
Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal
secretary OF state, IL q great lover of
outdoor sports and In his younger days
he INDUCED In cycling, shooting and
riding. He vas the first to introduce
shorthand, typewriters and the tele-
phone into the vatican. His eminence
has q wonderful memory. After the late
pope had delivered a long address In
his native tongue he turned to the car
dinal and asked him to interpret it.
Without the least hesitation the secre-
tary OF state translated the address.
repeating most Of the pope's express
sions word for word.
Modern steamships have a very brief
life az compared with the old sailing
vessels. The Princess Mary, which con-
veyed King William III to England
from Holland in 1888 and was then
over 70 years old, lasted until 1887.
This vessel was retained a a royal
yacht until the reign Of George l., by
Betsy Cairns she sailed in the West In
dies and back for over 80 years and
then. after another change Of owner
ship was employed as a collier until
February IL. 1927, when she struck Q
rock and was totally wrecked.
There is at least one Judge out in this
state OF Washington who does not be-
lteve in old-time judicial customs and
y willing to fight any law that forces
them on him. Washington's legislature
1t. its last session decreed that its
higher judiciary should wear gowns.
Judge Mitchell, Of Thurston county, op-
posed the law, but when 1t became eff
fective bought a robe at a cost OF $7b
and sued the counties in his district for
the amount, ~contending that as the ex-
ira expense was forced On him by the
peoples representatives, the taxpayers
should settle.
John Daniel, jr., whose home is at
1rvington-on-Hudson, has determ. ned
to ~perpetuate the now familiar HUI.
son-Fulton celebration flag by flying 1t
at his home each Sunday. His place
occupies n Of the highest points OF
land In Westchester county, n he has
had a flagpole 102 feet high erected
there. On week days the national en-
sign is flown, but every Sunday the or
ange, white and blue is broken out. Mr..
Daniel Is trying to induce other own
ers Of estates along the Hudson n
masters of vessels plying the stream to
follow his example.
In some Of the Hebrides islands great
faith Is had in perforated, water worn
stones called snake stones" These are
dipped in tepid water, which then is
given to cattle which have been bitten
by snakes. If no stone can be obtained
The head OF an adder dipped in the wa
ter gives just as good results. An cells
skin worn as a garter around the naked
leg IL a fl preventive Of cramps, and
IN some localities 1t Is equally good as
. bandage for a sprained limb.
A candidate for al exalted position,
In h Ancient Order Of Mean Men has
been discovered by "Simplicissimus."
He IL an ~apothecary In whose place Of
business a young a%pprentic committed
suicide. When the weeping mother
you, n also that your son died in my
shop. You have my sympathy. Here
fs his last weeks pay. OF course, / de-
Quoted 80 pfennigs for the poison which
he took"
The Baccara (France) glass factory
has just produced a new class Of glass
which. when heated to boiling point
and then plunged into water at freez-
ing point, will not break. The principal
object was the making Of safety lamp
tubes superior to those made of the
Jena product. The composition of the
glass Is, says the Revista Minera,
roughly 70 per cent bicarbonate Of soda,
Is carbonate Of manganese, 8 oxide Of
zinc and s oxide Of lead.
The Women's Industrial and Educa-
tional union Of Boston has started the
work OF introducing the system Of saw
ings bank, life insurance and old age
annuities among the settlements in and
near Boston. The plan is to instruct a
class made up Of representatives Of CO.
operative social settlements in savings
insurance. Nineteen organizations have
agreed to send workers to the lectures,
which are to be given nee each fort
night.
Miss Ida Lewis, keeper Of the Lime
Rock lighthouse at Newport, r. l., has
been elected an honorary member Of
the Newport Yacht club. Miss Lewis
IL also to be honored by having the
new life saving launch at Prices Neck
life saving station named for her. She
is known as the American Grace OAR
ling. having rescued more persons from
drowning than any other American
Liverpool is at present experimenting
with flaming arcs n tungsten lamps
for street lighting. A row of flaming
arcs is set o posts in the middle Of
one of the principal streets. The arcs
are 20 feet above the ground and 10
feet below each is q circle Of 35-watt
tungsten lamps. At midnight the arc
lamps are extinguished and the fla
ment lamps are used in place Of them.
In ancient British courts of quarter
sessions, when the jurymen were en-
Joined to lay their heads together, they
were expected to dive beneath the level
Of the box. The usher stood neal them,