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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03
Crock Meets ar.ak.

G. /. Barnett in Lippincott: In
Sherman's memorable march TO
the sea his forces encountered a foe
which might have turned the tide OF
events had 1t not been for the timely
interference of petticoat protection.
AS the serried columns of soldiers
advanced with great and imposing
pomp and power down the main street
Of Savannah, Ga, a gate suddenly
sprang ope and emitted a rusty, rag
ged negro urchin and a grisly, bench
legged cur, both thoroughly eiectriaed
with curiosity and excitement. with
true canine aggressiveness, the small
dog barked and bounded with audaci-
GUS ferocity, while the terror tsricken
boy, ~paralyzed by the pomp. Of the pam
Drama passing before him, without
movin his eyes or changing his attl-
tude, screamed the alarm:
"Oh, nanny, NANNY! Don't let
Tige bite the ARMY" ,t f -
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Very Unusual.

You newspaper fellows are ordinari-
ly hard pressed for funds, are you
notg" asked the genial stranger.
Our natural pride forbade US to
agree with this outsiders conclusion.
So we said:
"Why--er-not necessarily. What
makes you think SOP"
IN tell you. / am acquainted with
La member of your profession-7and a
fine chap he is too. The other day I
wanted to talk to him, so / called him
up on the phone and asked him IL he
would lunch with me. He accepted,
and at the appointed hour we sat at
the table. l opened the conversation
TINS:
We'll. what's the news? Anything
unusual In your line?" I
Yes answered the reporter,
this @s.Et
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03
small Patlent,s statusl

The nurse on duty In a hospital was
giving the little ones their last meal
for the day. All save n we're pa
tientIy awaiting their turn to be
served; the n in question being a
rosy checked conyalescent who was
Justify calling for her portion. The
nurse was an English girl who had not
yet become quite sure of her aspir-
ates. Nj
"Haren't you a little impatient.
Florence2" inquired the nurse. with
Just a tone Of correction In her voice,
mo, I'm a little her PATIENT"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03
CAMPFIRE TALES.
Monument 10 Veterans.

Great was the crowd assembled in
the county court house yard at Media
to witness the unwilling of the monu-
ment erected in memory OF the SOL
ty who fought and died In the civil
war. "
A parade, in which more than 5000
persons took part. was the first thing
on the program, Fourteen bands were
In line, with many q. A. r. posts from
nearby towns. The veterans marched
with the precision shown when they
were lighting for the union. In the
procession, too, were all the military
companies in the county, fire com
panies, many civic organizations, and
200 school children waving small flags.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03
QUEER OCCUPATION FOR POET
Walt Whitman, Not BeIng Able 10
Make Both Ends Meet With HIs
Poetry Went Into ccmmcrce.

n.n5r.H .aFAJE9 aNHETa@ ----~ WH4NHEH .N#tHN tt
WALT Whitman wasn't as successful
AZ the English poet, Alfred Noyes. In
making both ends meet with his
poetry" said a Philadelphia editor.
Waits muse had nothing like the
shallow. commonplace. commercial
quality OF the young Englishman's.
4 used to visit Walt Whitman In
his old age In his little two-story
wooden house In Mickle street, Cam
den One day--lt's a pleasant souvenir
this, OF old-time Philadelphia--one day
In December I said to him:
Well, Walt. how are things going
this winter Any Christmas subscrip-
tons neededT
"tNo, said the old poet. No, indeed.
I'm working now. I'm working for
George w. Childs. He pays me $50 a
month,
" Good! said /. And what's your
job With Childsg
Riding In he horse cars. said
Walt. I ride about the city, I talk to
the drivers and conductors. I find out
which OF them need winter oyercoats,
and, guessing their size, / notify
Childs, who fits them out forthwith.
It's easy, pleasant work. and 1t saves
Childs, a lot OF trouble over cas-
ments and so forth
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Boy Was Proud.

Washington Star: One OF the mem.
bers of an Ohio post tells this good
one illustrative of the colored brother:
THE lieutenant colonel and major
OF the - Ohio regiment had each a
contraband' negro as servant. Jim
belonged to the lieutenant colonel
and Harve' to the major. One day
h lieutenant colonel, hearing q dis
turbance in the rear OF his tent, went
out and found the two engaged in
h amiable occupation OF throwing
kitchen utensils at each others head.
After quelling the disorder the officer
demanded an explanation of the row.
jim replied in justification, as fol-
lows: sE'F
Dat boy Harbe am de ungrateful-
est niger I eber saw. / fetched him
up ter de majer, an introduced him
ter de maJer AN got him err good place
wild der majer, an now he's putin on
more airs dan de majer. OATS watts
de matter, sah.'n n n
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A novel method Of attaining longevity

A novel method Of attaining longevity
was practiced by Mrs. Yetta Schulman.
who died recently In New York at the
advanced age of 105 years. Mrs. Schulz
man paid no particular attention to
points OF diet, exercise, sleep, etc,
which usually figure largely In rules
laid down for those growing old. She
believed that the lives of aged persons
could be prolonged II they associated
constantly or nearly so with young peo-
pie, and she apparently verified her
theory. for che spent the greater part
Of her time in company with children.
eyen taking part in their sports with
lively interest.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

Paris has a cat exchange, a 'Tbourse
u chats" This establishment Is sit
uated in a big chamber at the rear Of
a wineshop. Here are legions OF cats OF
all sizes and color, which are to be- seen
jumping and heard 'rmiaulent." It is
said that the customers are by no
means tenderhearted old ladies, but for
the most part furriers, glovemRkers and
cooks. A good sleek "matou" realizes
from Pa cents to 20 cents. The skin has
a number of usages and the flesh, ac-
cording to the story, finds its way into
the stewpans OF certain restaurants
possessing more enterprise than scruple.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03
Old Colonial Powder House,

THE old powder house." as the old
building Is generally known, is a relic
Of prerevolutionary days, having been
built two centuries ago by John Mall
lett, who used IL as a mill. It is In
Somervilie, Mass, on a rocky eminenee,
forming the centerpiece OF a beautiful
city park.
From HAT until after the revoiu-
ton the old mill was used as a powder
house by the province Of Massachu-
sets bay. In 1774 the British troops
seized ESQ half-barrels OF gunpowder
from the place. The structure was
the scene OF many stirring ~incidsnta.
both before and during the war.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

For the best essay on the eartlt's
interior the University OF Jena has
awarded O prize TO M. Theme. whose
theory is thus outlined: The mean
density OF the earth Is known to be
more than Ave times that Of water. As
The surface rocks have an average dem
sity OF only 2h and water OF 1, the in
terior must have a density of about II
that Of iron. IT is fairly certain also
that .he rigidity 10 slightly greater
than that or steel. He concludes that
the earth's crust is about $50 miles
thick. Instead OF the so miles Of the
common estimate, and that II incloges
3 very dense and rigid o ( that he
calls the baryspherA
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In the matter OF kindness TO animals
1t Is said that the Turk a not be sur
passed. Thus at STEAMBOAT thu wan
dering dogs are treated with great
g~entlenees and when puppies como into
provised kennels made out OF old boxes
lined with straw and bits OF carpet.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

why do actors 30 often wear long
hair7- Perhaps this In the reason:
There once was q statute In England
under which actors found wandering
were liable TO be branded through the
riKht ear, The long hair concealed the
decoration, and thus the custom was
ataPtad, g ~, ae
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

Endicott Milliken lacked q thumb
A pistol had taken him by surpftses
Sparks from q pinwhesl had scared the
eyes n#
OF Anthony Coilins--he could not come.
Look at the recordI Year by year
Powder and Folly take their toll
Adding names to q mournful roll
It's q glorious Fourth, but II costs us
dear!
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In B~aluchistan even the wolves 80
mad. IN his book, THE Frontiers OF
Baluchistan," @. p. Tate writes; "The
shepherds give q strange reason for
the epidemic OF rabies, According TO
them 1t was caused by the wild beasts
eating dead larks. In some years, they
said, the larks develop extraordinary
vitality and pour forth such q Hood
OF songs as they rise On the wing that
they become suffocated and fall TO the
ground dead. A wild animal which eats
n Of those dead birds infalltbly de-
velops rabies. This 10 q widespread
superstition and seemed not unfa-
miliar to the natives Of India who were
with me"
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THE FIRST FOURTH.
a Letter Written by John Adams to q Friend che Day After the Deo-
cIaration OF Independence, Reproduced From d Newspaper In n
the Possession Of W. 8. Mecrsa Of Chicago

''Philadelphia, Pa, July 5, 1776.
Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was
ever decided among men. "a resolution was passed unanimous
W That these United States are, and OF right ought 70 be-
free and independent states.
The day is passed. The 4th Of July, tits, WILL be 3
memorable epoch IN the history Of America. I am apt to be-
ieve it viii be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the
GREAT ANNIVERSARY FESTTvALl IT ought to be COM
memorated as the day Of dehverance, by solemn acts of devo-
ton to the Almighty God. 1T ought to be solemnized with
pomps, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bon6res and ilumina-
tions-from one end Of the continent to the other, from this
time fcreverl You viii think me transported with enthusiasm;
but I am not. / am well aware Of the toll, and blood, and treas
ue, it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and
defend these states; YET, through all the gloom, / can see a ray
Of Light and glory. / can see that the end is worth more than
all the means; and that posterity viii triumph, although You
and / may rue-which / hope we shall not. Yours, etc,
" WV @ John Adams y
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Denatured alcohol has been success
fully manufactured from fax straw al
the North Dakota agricultural college
The yield OF So gallons a ton does MOI
make II a paying proposition.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

A pulse counting watch has been In
vented for the use of physicians and
nurses In London. The watch indi-
Gates. without mental calculation, the
number OF beats Of the pulse in a min
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The Reason.

"Comeup says he finds it easy to
lake any ones measure"
Il dare say; you know, he used to
be a tailor" ~
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Before photography was applied to
stars the highest number catalogued
was 457,847.t The number OF stars the
camera will show is estimated at over
a~0yO00s000.
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When a young man calls on a girl
he might as well make love to her;
she thinks that is what he is there for
anyway.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

The largest known species OF orchids
grows In Ceylon. The leaves measure
up to 10 feet In length, and q singl.
plant will have as many az 1000 bios
SONS In ons year.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

In 1903 the American merchant ma
rtne carried only III per cent oe the
freight between the United States and
Uruguay.
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THE OLD FASHIONED FOURTH or JULY.
The dawn Of the Fourth-the old annual story #@ ri
The nervous mans dread and the small boys RIory. "@.,A
The east IL yet gray when all the land rumbies, M Az G'
And the small cannon pops and the big cannon gTumbles; +f|
And the tordd sun creeps through a blue base OF powder
And the torpedoes snap and the cannons boom louder So
T. On the Fourth OF July H. @es"
THE old fashioned Fourth OF JuIyl ...' "N# 40
~ The small boys abroad. and his breakfast forgotten. " rs
"" With his long stick OF punk cr his smouldertng cotton;
y And he touches or bombs and crackers and rockets, @w@s
And drops pLn~heels In the poicenans pockets:
Old gentlemen swear and old ladies mutter, "s
And the Chtnaman peeps through his stesl-boted shutter
# rEa On the Fourth, Of July Es."sI "
The old fashioned Fourth OF Julyt t .rG2"
The nervous may funne and sizzae with IRE,
But the rocket will hare and squirt it's red fire;
The police protest and almost profsnely, 49,
And the papers may plead to spend the day sanely; 1,
But remember the days when you were a tacker,
And list TO the boom OF the big cannon cracker
On the Fourth OF July ~
The old fashioned Fourth Of Julyt "##
" 1855 .a-yintor A, Hermann in Judge.
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Ecuador exports about 10000 tons of
vegetable ivory annually, Of which
Germany takes about ons-half and the
lUnitsd btatsa ons-forth. u.|a pHM
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

Part OF Sixteenth street In Washing
ton II 20 have it's name changed to
Avenue Of the Presidents"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-03

The new United States battisship,
Michigan, has bean presented with a
silk nag which cost ss3s.
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TEN YEARS RECORD.

The following list of killed covers the Fourth of July in 10 Of the
principal cities OF the United States for the last 10 years, The figures
relate wholly to Injuries eaused through improper Sc OF hreworks: -
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pal IN a different Languages.
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11
OCTOBER.
Turko- Balkan War Begins.
Colonel Roosevelt Shot.

The big event of October was the
opening OF val between Greece, Bull
garia. Servia and Montenegro on the
one side n Turkey on the other. The
movement to free Europe OF the Turk
Is still in progress after a series OF
brilliant victories of the allied armies.
They carried everything before them
from the outset of the war. the Tur-
kish army betrayed a lack of prepara-
ton and fitness that astonished the
world,
On Oct. II Colonel Roosevelt was
shot in Milwaukee by John Schrank, a
crank. afterward immured as insane.
Luckily the presidential candidate OF
the Progressives was not MORALLY
wounded. although for a few days his
condition gave cause for serious ap-
~prehension.
The baseball season ended in a blaze
Of glory when the Boston Americans.
the Red Sox. won the worlds cham
pionship from the New York Giants.
James S. Sherman, vice president of
the United States. died at Utica, N. Y,
on Oct. 80. On the first day Of the
month began the trial Of the alleged
dynamiters In Indianapolis. On the
18th the Turko-Italian war was con-
GUIDED by the signing of a treaty OF
peace. Tripoli being virtually ceded to
Italy as spoils Of war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11
FE 8
Roosevelt to Accept Nomination.
Labor Men Arrested.

On Feb. is Yuan Shin Kai was elect
ed president of China as a com promise
candidate between the old regime,
which he had served as a statesman,
and the new order of things. with
which he was in sympathy. The
Manchu dynasty abdicated the throne
and received financial allowances. The
United States was intensely interested
a few days later in the announcement
by Colonel Roosevelt that he would &C
cept another presidential nomination.
General James b. Weaver. twice can
didate for president. died on the 9Th.
On the 21st came the great fire in
Houston. Tex, which destroyed 1000
homes and did property damage to the
amount of Sc, 500, 600. On the 18th the
labor world was stirred by the arrests
In various parts of the United States
OF forty-one officials and ex-officials Of
the ironworkers' unions. They were
charged with participation in dynamit-
ing Conspiracies.
Arizona became a state in February
and Mahlon Pitney was appointed to
membership on the supreme court
bench. On the 4th the hulk of the
Maine was raised from the mud of Ha-
vana harbor. Ii received ocean burial
with fitting ceremonies in March.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11
MARCH.
South Pole Discovery.
Virginia Courtroom "Shot Up"

Roald Amundsen Dol his place
among the immortals at the side of
Robert E. Peary on March z when the
world was thrilled by the
ment that the Norwegian explorer had
reached the south pole on Dec. II. 1911.
Sense Of law and order In the United
States received a severe shock on
March "a when a band OF Vir2inians in
the courthouse al Hilisville, Va, shot
up the courtroom TO save one of their
number from punishment for . minor
offense.. Judge Aassie n four others
were killed. The band was led by
Floyd and Sidna Allen. its members
were caught after weeks OF search n
received various sentences. from death
IN the electric chair downward
The big mill operatives strike in
Lawrence. Mass. which began In
ary. was ended on March - after riot
and bloodshed. Two labor leaders. Ell
tor and Giovannitti. with one OF their
followers. Caruso. were later tried for
the death OF q woman shot in the riot
ing. They we're acquitted. One mil
lion British coal miners went on strike
In this month.
DIR. Harvey ". Wiley. "fsthc. Of the
pure food law" resigned from the gov
tynment service on the 18th On the
18th the supreme court decided that
he big meat packsrs were not guilty
u violating tho antitrust Law. Amoas
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11
NOVEMB Der,

In November the big event. this be-
ing a presidential year. was the cleo
ton of Woodrow Wilson and Thomas
r. Marshall. Democrats. as president
and vice president OF the United States.
President Taft finished third, behind
Colonel Roosevelt. the Progressive can
didate.
The eastern football championship
went to Harvard and Wisconsin was
the best eleven OF the year in the west.
On Nov. 10 James Bryce. British am
bassador to the United States. resign
ed, and on the 18th Senior Canaleias.
premier of Spain. was as~sassinated by
an anarchist On the 9th the world
heard with interest that Governor Dix
OF New York had pardoned Albert T.
Patrick. the New York lawyer CON-
victed ten years ago of the murder of
Millionaire William Marsh Rice. Pat
rick's good fight for life won many
friends for him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11

Bio Fire In New York.

On the 9Th the immense building of
the Equitable Life Assurance society
in lower Broadway, New York, was
burned in one of the most spectacular
fires Of recent years. 1t occurred in
zero weather Five persons were killed
and nineteen were injured. Eight days
later Osaka, Japan, experienced a dis
astrous fire, 5000 buildings being de-
stroyed, with a loss of more than S13.-
o00.0 600.
Among the deaths of the month
which attracted more than local atten-
ton -Kfe those of Admiral Evans
{"Fighting Bob"). Alfred Tennyson
Dickens, son of the famous author. and
Henry La~bouchere, the well known
English editor. On Jan. / Sun Vat
Sen became provisional president of
the new Chinese republic. and on the
18th Charles w. Morse, the banker,
was released from the federal peni-
Tertiary by presidential communication
of his sentence. New Mexico became
a state in this month.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11

blue ribbon event, which went TO X.
Macarthur Of South Africa On the
night Of July is Herman Rosenthal, a
gambler. was shot to Heath in New
York. The AFFAIR caused a tremendous
stir and led to the conviction of
Charles Becker. a former police officer.
who. the jury said. hired fou assas
sins TO commit the crime. They were
also convicted and sentenced to the
electric chair.
Mutsuhito. emperor of Japan. Joined
his long line Of ancestors and Yoshi-
hito reigned in his stead.
On July 2 Woodrow Wilson was
nominated for president by the Demo-
Gratis, and on the next day Thomas r.
Marshall received the second place on
the ticket.
William Lorimer was not entitled to
his seat as senator from Illinois. the
senate declared on July I3.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11
DECEMBER.
Railroad Dissolution Ordered.
Peace Conference,
Nobel Prizes Awarded.

The United States supreme court fur
nished an early sensation in December
by orderins the separation of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
railroads. A few days later the courts
decided that the combination OF coal
carrying roads was not Illegal. but
ordered the dissolution OF the Temple
Coal and Iron company
The Nobel prizes we're awarded in
december. the medicine prize going to
DR. Alexis Carrel. a Frenchman resid.
Ing IN New York. 70. his experiment.
IN transp!anting living organs
Representatives OF the Balkan DOW.
ers and Of Turkey met in St. James
palace. London, to discuss terms o,
peace Ambassador Whitelaw Reid
died In London The engagement OF
helen N Gouid to Finley J SheparS
was a matter OF ~vidssnraad ,ptere.,-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11

General Nogi's Suicide.

September saw the virtual close OF
the seasons In the National and Amer
lean baseball leagues. with the "cinch-
ing" of the remnants by the New York
and Boston clubs respectively. Nc
Graw, manager of the New Yorks. and
Stahl, leader of the Bostons. were tho
heroes of that large part of theA meri-
"a %populace which is interested In
professional baseball.
The world thrilled, and wondered as
1t thrilled. When 1t read in September
Of the suicide Of General Nogi, the IA
nous Japanese general, and his wife.
He left a letter explaining his action.
In it he said he desired to live no more
after his emperor and cherished
ter had died. On Sept 8 Maine went
Republican.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-11

tanic will call up images OF horror. No
newspaper reader needs squirting Of the
memory to recall the grewsome details
Of suffering and death in the Icy water
In the early morning hours. The pic
ture Of the tragedy Is lightened only by
tho tales Of heroism and self sacrifice
on the part of some Of the victims and
the wireless operators. with tho other
rescuers- Among those who met death
were Captain Smith OF the titanic.
John Jacob Aston. Major A. w. Butt
r. d. Millet, the artist: Isidor Stratus
and many other distinguished men
Floods Of the Mississippi n tribu-
tary rivers brought death and suffer
Ing. with loss OF Si0.09o. 600 worth OF
property. In the deaths of the month
may be mentioned those Of Clara Bar
ton, General Frederick d. Grant. jus
tin Mccarthy. writer. and Daniel K.
Psarsona. bsnefactor Of colleG>A