The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-03-05

TABOR. SOUTH DAKOTA
II am sending this package 20 q mis-
niOnafy friend OF mine who is about to
sail for India said the man who got
on at Clifton You couldn't
Gaess IN q thousand years what is In
81 70 IN tell yon. It's insect powder
2 couldn't give q present that q mis-
eionary would value more highly. We
see the Ignorance and superstition and
nice that the missionaries have to con-
tsnd with. and those things are bad
enough, but there are other trials still
harder 70 bear that the gospel workers
The opehtng ceremony OF the new
ludo-Ceylon railway will take place
February a.. Lord Pentland. governor
OF Madras will preside at the function.
which also will be attended by the gov-
OF sCeyioh gnd q large assem-
lon. The occasion IS to be marked by
- great banquet to celebrate the COM
Fplettcn az IN enterprise Of vital tmpor-
tance to transportation interests in the
orient
Al dogs, address book has Just been
published In Frankfort. Germany. by
d society Tor the protection Of animaiss
Rnd IL is provided that every dog whose
name is entered In the directory is to
carry q badge hearing the number
against the entry. II a lost or strayed
dog Hho1ld be taken To the society's
Offices, the owner can Immediately be
tnkornled and be restored quickly to
the possession Of his pet
The civil and Military Gazette or
Lahore India, says that the p~ostoffice
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 49, V-.1l@-
having found the employment Of motor
traction Tor the conveyance OF mails a.
great hccess In Rangoon Burma, is
seriously considering the introduction
of motors ia Calcutta Bombay and
Madras. 70 replace the enormous nuns
Der OF horse vehicles at present used
81 those towns.
Turkish csgarets. exquisitely Favored
nj scented, are the passion Of the
cEa o1 Russia, who scarcely ever
smokes anything else, His cigarets
are made from specially Tnatured to-
bhcco exclusively grown Tor him in
Turkey. zach cigaret. by the time 1T
reaches the czar. costs almost q penny,
and the Russian ruler gets rid OF as
many az 40 or so q day
Lord send an airly spring prayed
the ~shiysring Billville parson, Not
AAM4.II - Nl AtA1 y SNt4A llHAtA w dAA1 oNAlG
earthquake chills In Il, and snakes too
frequent but q clear ~springtime OF
nEh and freedora, hammock and hap
piness, with Jest. enough plowin' for
exercise. and time enough TO rest on
tho river banks OF life and dream that
we are rich
Near Limoges are three large mills
for preparing rabbit hair. the skins be-
ing collected from all parts OF France.
Practically all the process is mechani-
.ce2. The average wage Tor women, who
constitute two-thifds Of the 400 em-
pioyes fs rs cents and for men 50
cents Tor a working day OF 10 hours.
AT a meeting OF tie Doughnut club
OF Worcester, Mass a. eix-inch dough-
NUT was presented to one OF the EN-
beers or the club who had reached his
g9th birthday. The club was formed 38
years ago, when the charter members
used to meet for ~doughnuts and coffee
az ope OF the Worcester restaurants,
IN
Roman antiquaGies are beginning to
think that the story OF Romulus and
Remrs is not q myth. Commentators
BonL. who IS IN charge OF the ex-
~pioratton work. believes that he has
found the tomb OF RomnIus and also
the remains of the FIRST city which the
foundsr traced with his pillow.
HNfWN|NN|W L4N ELL
IN Riverside, Cal, a M who was
convicted or stealing rose bushes from
q private estate vas told to take her
choice Of a sentence or or restoring the
bushes She chose the latter. and un-
der the direction OF the court planted
SO rose bushes along the side OF the
road near the estate.
Al man i'll east Manchester, N. HI.
pcsseases an unusually intelligent
horse, which can tell ITS own age, strik-
ing its hoof on the ground 25 times, and
chn Indicate by mods whether or not II
has Ind dinner. It follows its master
without d halter and drives without the
use Of reins.
The cotton seed crop OF Smyrna last
year was estimated at l3.6S4 short tons,
or about 20 per cent less than the pro-
dWction OF the previous season, the
hh0rtage being accounted for by the
lack of rain at sowing time. The quail
ity of the seed however, was excellent.
Celestin Demblon, whose books en-
denv0r to prove that the plays att
tffbhted TO Shakespeare were written
by Lord Rutland, will come to this
country ia the spring TO lecture on his
theory. He Is q deputy and professor
of literature at Brussels university.
ch0wfa Maha NaJirayudh, who sue
yEceeded his father on the throne OF
siam Is modern in his Ideas and plans.
He IS literary, writes poetry and has SO
far forsaken the ways OF his ancestors
that he travels BY automobile, having a
number Of fins cars.
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When Sir Isaac Newton was dying
he was told that the many things he
had added to our knowledge should
comfoft him. but he replied that he
felt .like d child who had picked up a
few shells on the shores OF a limitlegs
ocean or truth
The marine disasters OF 1918 amount
90 to $35,0O0,00 la British insured
efiips and cargoes, totally lost, as
roxnpared with s26. 500, 900 In 1912. The
fixtres for the latter year include the
Titanic. representing underwriting
claims Tor about $6,25Q,00O.
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The Island Of Trinidad is SIS miles
long and 40 miles wide, and ms IN