The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-29

The Tabor Independent
d. A. pVoRAk, Publisher.
TABOR, S. O.
Dynamite is less dangerous than nj"
troglycerin, although the recent expo
sion near Baltimore was sufficiently
terrible. The fatalities caused by MI
trogiycerin in transport in England had
such an effect on the public mini that
in 1869 an act was rushed through par
lament excluding it from the British
market. Two years previously to TINS
Alfred Nobel, after experimenting with
sawdust, ~brickdust, paper, rags, ana
numerous other materials. had discoN-
cred that kieselguhr would absorb nj
t~roglycerin and render 1t safe to nan
die. The new explosive, christened 'dy-
Mantle" made him a millionaire
6t
James Donovan, farmer, who lives
near Wilmington, Del, has a pet
goose which Is a wonder. 1t is as at
tached to him as a dog to it's master.
Donovan is in the habit of taking maps
during the warm weather under ms
large shade trees, and the goose stands
beside him picking off the flies ana
MOSQUITOES as they alight on his sleep
ing master. Donovan mas refused
H good offers for the goose and is sat
isfed that should he sell ii IT would
find its way back to his home.
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Dormant accounts" in saving banks
are those which have not been added
to or subtracted from for a certain
number OF years. varying in different
states. In Massachusetts these ac-
counts eventually, after being adVer-
tised, revert to the state. Boston pa
pers recently contained 80 columns or
names of persons owning these dor
mant accounts" Most of the deposits
thus abandoned arc, 1T is said, small
In amount.
Strict regulation of all orphans and
children's homes in Los Angeles is pro
s#vided in a new ordinance passed by the
board of supervisors which has gone
into effect, The ordinance recommend
n ia by DR.. Il. O, Sawyer. county health
NJ officer, is TO prevent the starving OF
babies and children in orphans homes,
q selling them like puppy dogs and the
use Of, orphans homes for begging pur-
poses.
NtIE,
The following advertisement Is pub
lished in the Kreisblatt, a newspaper
n published at Hocchst, near Wetsbaden,
Germany Can any one faVor me
N with the names Of the ballOonists who,
when passing over the village OF Ried
last! Thursday evening. dropped a bag
OF ballast down my chimney and COM
pletely ruined a fruit tart which l was
n cooking?--Julia Schmidt. IA, Britzel-
gasse, Ried.
The old lady from the country and
her small son were driving To town
when n huge I1otOrtar bore down up
on them. The horse began to pranCe,
~whereupon the old lady jumped out,
screaming at the top OF her voice. The
Il chauffeur stopped and offered to help.
That's all right" said the boy, COM
posedly. Il al manage the horse.
You just lead mother past"
The present Lord TennysOn tells in
his charming biography OF his father,
the late poet laureate, that he wrote
t'Crossing the Bar in a few minutes
He had beer dow to SOlCombe, near
Bolt Head. where there Is a bar which
makes q CURIOUS moaning. He sat on
the cliffs listening to it, but it was not
until long afterwards that the great
lyric came nike a fash OF inspiration. -
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The oldest wGrship in the world is
probably the Victory, Lore Nelson's
flagship, at Trafalgar, which is still
afioat at Portsmouth. England. She Is
now 147 years old. having been
launched in 1867. On the anniversary
OF her greatest victory, october Il,
Nelson's famous signal, England eX-
poets that every man will do his duty"
is hoisted on the old ship.
. Newly welded couples of Joplin. Mo,
need have no fear in the future of be-
fr fnar .hhnahn T1FI gritl, GhnNrnTrG nf rico
and old shoes thrown by enthusiastic
friends. John H. Meyers, chief Of po-
lice, has resurreCted an old city ordi-
anCe which puts a ban on the activi-
ties OF wedding "Cut-ups." n he is
sued an order that 1t be enforced.
MorenCi, Ariz., has no street, only
steep trails Owe the rocks and lot
tains. The town contain no automobiles
or vehicles of any kin and sturdy
ponies, mules and burros pack all the
supplies, while funerals mutt be at
tended by train. 1t is said that this
Is the only town in the United States
without a street or a conveyance of
any kind. q
Shop men of the Iron Mountain rail-
way system are to receive a general
increase in wages Of ~ cents an hour,
while the shop men IN the Missouri
Pacific will receive a general increase
OF 2h cents an hour. Also the Iron
Mountain shop men will have greatly
improved working conditions, inClud-
ing an hour off with pay every Satur-
Gay.
Motorboats are used extensively in
Bordeaux, France, not only in sports,
but in as well. Fishermt?l,
discarding old methods, have found 1t
decidedly better to install motors to
( their boats, make a quick run to the
= fishing grounds at the break of day
and return with greatly increased
catches.
Said to be the oldest ship in the world
in active service. the Copenhagen yacht
Constance has been sold to a fisherman
Of Shaw, in Jutland, who will use the
ancient craft in his trade. The Con-
stance was built 1913 Years ago and in
her long life she has sailed into almost
every port in the world. Her timbers
are still stanch.