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The leader., 1905-07-12
A DEPARTED FRIEND.
The Old BIue-Back SpeIIer Is ReIeeat.
ed 20 the Rear.


On reviewing the list Of school
books lately adopted by the State
Textbook Commission, we con-
Tess to d large measure of surprise
and disappointment that the learn
ed educators who made the seIec-
tions should have failed to recog-
nize the incompatible merits 81
one book which was the very cor
ner- stone of education twenty
years ago and to which now the
majority OF people owe what abil-
ity they possess to spell the
English language Webster's
Blue Back Speller.
What pleasant recollections
hover around the very name Of
that Anticipated volume! Close
your eyes and let memory illu-
mine the pictured You are a.
freckIe-faced barefooted, bolster
Gus boy, Willing away tediuos.
hours in the old unsightly school
house. In your hand, its blue
back SCARED and hacked almost
beyond recognition, its pages
dirty and blurred, is a book filed
with words, words, wordsl
Eight sylIables' is your lesson,
and dismay fills your youthful
heart as you seek to master the
many letters of the jaw breakers.
But time for studying is up, and
the stern old master, with the long
keen hickory conveniently near,
calls the class. With others in
like predicament, you line up in.
front of that awful parsonage and
the lesson begins. In-com pre-
hen-si- biI-i-ty, the word is fired
at you like a cannon ball. Forth
with you begin to call in all the
physical aids which then so might
lily assisted your mental processes.
Your eyes opened wide, then
closed; long red tongue rolled
out of the hole in your face and
sought vainly to lick the lobe of
your left ear; a dirty, disreputa-
BILE foot, with a big toe in an enor-
nous rag, came up from the floor
and lovingly stroked the sunburn-
ed calf Of the other leg, as with
hundred other distressing contor-
tions, you managed to get as far
as fhe "han. y Then fha stinpin0
rebuke from the long hickory
brings the poised foot back to the
floor, while the stern command of
the master sends you numbering
back to your seat. You have lost
your right to play marbles at re-
cess and your heart is burdened
with the woe of the world.
But these are delights which
the Mississippi boy or girl in
these latter days of educational
progress may not taste. Danish
ed already from the curricula of
urban schools, the old Blue Back
is now an outcast from his most
favored haunts, the rural district
schooI-house. With one stroke of
the pen, the members of the Text
Book Commission, who doubtless
themselves learned from his pages
how to spell the very words of
their memorable decree, have for
ever consigned him to the realms
of oblivion. Webster's Blue Back
SpeHer is exiIed from Mississip-
pi. Magnolia Gazette.
The leader., 1905-07-12
A Bit Of Life History.

Hon. John w. Lowry, of New
Orleans, La, son of ex-G Gov. Rob-
ert Lowry, of this State, has just
presented to the Department of
Archives and History a splendid
oil portrait of the Governor,
which Director Rowland has Civ
en- a prominent place in the Hall
of Fame.
Gov. Lowry is a native Of
South Carolina. During bis boy
hood he removed to Smith county,
Miss. He adopted the law as a
profession, and during bis early
manhood represented his county
and district in the House and Sem
ate of the State Legislature. He
enlisted in the Confederate army
as private in Company B, Sixth
Mississippi Infantry, and on the
reorganization of that regiment
was elected major. After the
battle of Shiloh be was promoted
Colonel for gaIlantry on the field.
He led his regiment at the battles
of Corinth, Port Gibson and
Bakers Creek, and took an active
part in all the campaigns of the
Army of Tennessee. On the
death Of Gen. Adams at the battle
of Franklin, Col Lowry succeed
ed to the command of the Sixth
Brigade, which embraced some of
| the most famous Mississippi regi-
ments in The Army of Tennessee.
He was appointed Brigadier Gen
leral BY President Davis, Feb. Is,
1865, to take rank from Feb. 4.
1866. He took an active part in
| the campaigns in Georgia, Ten
nessee and the Carolinas, and par-
lticipated in The battle Of Benton
willie, which was the last engage
ment fought By the Army of
Tennessee. After the war be re-
turned to Mississippi and actively
pursued the practice of law until
1851, when he was elected Cover
nor Of Mississippi to succeed Gov.
John Marshall Stone. On the
expiration Of his first termof four
years be was reelected III 1885,
/ his term as Chief Executive being
| the longest continuous service Of
any Governor of the State.
(5nv Injury raEirpd 70 frIVAfn
The leader., 1905-07-12
BRookHAyEN
Citation Notice.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, /
TTNCnTN GnrTNmv

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
LINCOLN COUNTY.
To the heirs Of Catherine Mitchell, and all
In the following described land. lying In Lincoln
County. Mississippi, defendants:
/ You are commanded to appear before the
Chaneery Court OF the County of Lincoln. in
said State, at rules on the second Monday Of
/ August, A. ID. 1906 to defend the suit in said
Court of the State Of Mississippi by r. G. APP
| plewhite, Sheriff and sEscheatOr of said County,
wherein you are defendants
The purpose of the suit is to have the court to
udicially declare, as eScheated to the State. for
want of heirs the following described land In
said County; Of which the said Catherine Mitch
ell died sieZed and possessed in said County,
and In which county she res ded and died in the
ssFiye acres in SA Of SwA Section %, town
ship s, range s east, more particularly described
as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner
Of John Mitchell's 10 acres Of land purchased
from Robert Montgomery, running south to
said MitchelpS southeast corner, then east,
north and west to the beginning so as to include
/ five aereS.n
Also lots FIVE and twelve in section %, town
ships range east. containing twenty acres
more or less.
Also five acres more or less lying adjoining
Il and due north of five acres sold formally by me
to said M tchell in lot five, section 49, township
s, range east; bounded on the west by nds
| belonging to me and on the east by lands be-
/ longing to Bob Howard. Also fOrty-tive acres
more or less lying in lot six, bounded on the
| west by lands of Bob Howard and on the east
by the Illinois Central railroad, section %, town
| ship 8, range east.
Also all that part of lot eleven south of Indian
Trace and west of the Illinois Central railroad,
section 80, township s. range east.
i Also five acres of land, more or less, known
as the Ibby place, lying in Lincoln County. Mis-
sisSipp, being part of lot six section 20, town
| ship s, range 8 east, lying II of q mile west of
the Illinois Central railroad and u Of a mile
south of Montgomery Station
Also five acres of land, the eastern boundary
OF which begins at point on line dividing
lots five and twelve, ten chains west of the
southwest corner of lot six, running thence
north $50 chains, thence west 500 chains thence
south $50 chains, thence east GOO chains to the
| in section %, township s, range east, south of
/ Indian Trace in said County and State.
II. w. McNAIR, Chancery Clerk.
A. C. g. j. w. MCNAIR.
The leader., 1905-07-12
ELIHU ROOT APPOINTED SECRETARY
OF STATE.

On Saturday the President an
Aounced that he had selected Eli
hu Root, of New York, to succeed
the lamented John Hay as Secre-
tary of State, and that Mr.. Root
had consented to serve. Mr..
Root served in the Cabinet of
President Mckinley as Secretary
of War, after Alger retired, and
under Roosevelt in the same posi-
ton until Jan. 1, 1904, when he
voluntarily retired to resume his
law practice. This is what Presi-
dent Roosevelt said of him while
discussing his retirement from the
Cabinet with Walter WeIIman,
the well-known correspondent, in
JANUARY, 1904:
I'm John Hay | have great
Secretary of State. In Philander
Knox | have a great Attorney
General. In other Cabinet posts
| have great men. Elihu Root
could take any one of these places
and fill it as we'll as the man who
is now there. And in addition he
is what probably none of these
other gentlemen could be-a great
Secretary of War. EIihu Root is
the ablest man | have known in
our governmental service. / will
go further. He is the greatest
man that has appeared in the pub
lie life of any country, in any pc.
sition, on either side of the ocean,
in my time"
With this exalted estimate Of
him, it is most logical that the
President should now turn to hin
and offer him the first place in his
Cabinet.
The leader., 1905-07-12

The Hammond Live Stock and
Dairy Association adopted resoIu-
tons at mass meeting at HAM
mond, La, denouncing the report
that impure milk was shipped
from that place. ! - -s..s .-.,. 81.
The leader., 1905-07-12

What il large Iodgeg said
the little gosIing Shakespeare
don't repeat said the old goose
saga big lodge
The leader., 1905-07-12

HWentyssix persons were killed
BY a tornado at Noeona, ii North
Texas. Fourteen were killed at
Montague.
The leader., 1905-07-12

Rev. w. If. Mcintosh, the elo-
quent Methodist evangelist IS
conducting q meeting at Summit:
The leader., 1905-07-12

An old criminal was once asked
what was the first step that led
him to ruin and be said The
first thing that led to my down
fall was cheating an editor out Of
Two wears subscription. When /
had done this the devil bad such a
grip Oh me tlIat ] could not shake
him of Meteor
The leader., 1905-07-12

You are wise not to leE the
world know how foolish you arc.
The leader., 1905-07-12
SOULE BUSINESS COLE 8.

sOULE COLLEGE is the Leading and
English training schoolin the South.
It is recognized everywhere as Wide
Awake, Practical, Reliable, Progressive.
Popular and Successful School. II nlakeb
no decisive promises to secure students.
SOULE COLLEGE owns and occupies
the Finest Business School Building in
America. IS Experienced Teachers Book
keepers and Stenograpfefs recommended
Send for New illustrated Circular.
GEO. SOULS e Soma
The leader., 1905-07-12

Beware Oil be ware (
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-31
| could b. no doubt. Here was the thief

could be no doubt. Here was the thief
walking right into n prison cell.
Crafty hastily summoned his assist
ant and bade him watch and remem-
Der everything lie could see through
that hole. Crafty crept noiseiessly
down the steps and waited In h % street.
In an hour the man carefully tiptoed
out of the ~postoficc door. Before he
could lock n behind him Crafty had
him by the throat and wrists. His shrill
whistle brought h assistant In q
hurry. and by mean OF the thiefs own
dark lantern they looked into the face
of-Postmaster Hanks.
They took 500 out OF his pockets and
led him 10 his home. Sachels packed
for n journey were I'm the hallway and
Mrs. Hanks was sitting up awaiting
her husbands return. Craftys last
chance" had been well taken. The
postmaster alarmed by the fortune told
his wife. had gors 20 the postofiice to
feather his nest before taking a jour
ney.
He did take n journey that same
morning I'm company win Crafty n
his assistant. The town OF Y Y y did
not know the truth about IL until the
time OF the trial IN the federal court.
The people still believe he IN innocent
and they cry out Mt the government for
running a splendid n But Postmas-
ter Hanks II I'm the federal prison and
the evidence hat convicted his was
crafty's statement:
II caught him with the goods"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-31
Money Making Fairs.


There Is one new plan by which the
maximum OF money Is made with the
minimum OF work-this In the sample
fair. The manufacturers OF everything
salable are solicited for samples OF the
goods. such as cereals. soaps. pickles
and preserves. bluings, oco and
syrups. With what IL sent In response
all that In left to be done In to rrange
n room, place the goods on tables n
sell them At the same prices charged
I'm the shops. Often some cocoa manu-
facturer will be glad to serve hot choco-
late by way % advertisement, and that
with biscuits or small cakes also fur
niShed free OF cost. viii provide refresh
ments, and the net result Will be a
surprising sum. The fair. however. does
not compar I'm attractiveness with one
where some pretty idea Is carried out.
such AS In the poppy fair. where all the
booths are done In white crepe paper
decorated with red peoples. u all the
girls are dressed To correspond In white
gowns and paper hats covered with
peoples.
sill another attractive bazaar In a
Dutch fair. The invitation N tickets
! are printed In red. OF yellow. the booths
are decorated IN yellow. and the girls
who serve wear Dutch costumes with
little Dutch caps. and everywhere tulips
are placed. In reds and yellows. For a
grab bag there is "A flower garden
where one Fan pull up tulips which
have small bundles In place OF bulbs
last OF all comes the rainbow fair.
Here each booth IL In one OF the rain
how colors with a colored rainbow ben;
over It's top, and the girls within are
dressed In colors which match ths
booth.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-31

Jersey Shore. Pa. Aug. 2S-spe
cial.)-"Dodd's Kidney Pills have d0na-
worlds OF good for me-" That's whnt
Mrs. c. ID. Earnest OF this place has to
say OF the Great American kidney
Remedy.
II was laid NO sick" Mrs. Earnest
continues, ''and had not been out OF
bed for i've weeks. Then I began TO
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and now I an
SO 7 can work and go 20 town without
suffering any. I would moi be without
Dodd's Kidney Pills. ! have good rea-
son 90 praise them everywhere"
Women who suffer should lcarn q
lesson from this. and that lesson 10
'cure the kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
pills and your suffering will cease
woman's health depends almost entire
ly on her kidneys. Dodd's Kidney
pills have never yet failed to make
healthy kidneys.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-31

Hnzst In bothering wheat growers:
and. Il seems that our scientists are all
at sea about it. Professor Bailey. OF
North Dakota. In working hard on the
probiem. Here II what he says:
Last year. 1904. we found that the
berry OF the wheat was. often attacked
by the stem rust. Later Investigations
teach us hat In many samples OF the
seed wheat which was. grown upon the
rusSad crops OF 1904 there was as high
as - TO 30 per cent. OF the wheat
grains which were internally attacked.
This Is "A discovery entirely new to
.tmlents OF wheat rust. We have fur
ther found hat all such wheat grains.
which were not otherwise injured.
sproutcd and grew normally. We have
not as yet been able to prove definitely
that such wheat grains become attack
ed from these internal spores.
The spores are found I'm such tn
fected grains usually ut the germ n
lust over or under the embryo wheat
piaat: but we nave found them In
other parts OF the seed. One can
usually tell all such informally infected
grains by the fact that they arc black
or brown on the seen End So far we
have been able to end only the spores or
the stem rust on the inside Of wheat
grains: but both the summer spores
aid the winter spores ooevr In the
spore beds.
I'VE have accumulated many other
observations which indicates that both
these species OF rust may come from
inside OF the seed. u the absolute
proof Is yet wanting"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-31
Care Of Glover Seed

There 10 q nne prospect for a big
clover seed crop his season. To secure
seed OF high quality requires careful
handling and grading. or all h grass
seeds coming into the market clover 10
the most mixed. largely due TO careless
cutting and no cleaning mt all Hers
is what w. III. Munson. Of the depart
ment Of agriculture. says along this.
line: Il have gathered - samples OF
clover seed from differeDt parts OF the
world. Eleven OF these samples were
obtained from various places n the
United States. They were tested IN
two different ways TO determine their
terminating qualities. One test was ~
putting the seed under molstened blot
ting paper and the other by wanting 10
In the soil under the usual conditions
that ~ must undergo. The result was
that under the biotting paper ~ per
cent Of this clover seed grew, while
IL per cent Of the seed grew that Was
placed In thu ground. One sample
from Minnesota that showed n Germin-
ating test OF - under blotting paper
shove a terminating test OF 81 Ia the
hold. OF q sample from Denmark that.
showed q test Of % under paper only
II grew In the soil test. The soil test
OF the seed grown In the United states
8ttGa ~ ~ - ~ Nt@ ~
average OF 81. The results of this cx-
pertinent teaches three valuable les
sons. and explains the cause OF the fire.
quent controversies that N ariseni
over the o of clover seed that
should be sown In TO get n good
n Those who read h agricul-
turai papers and visit the farmers In
stitutcs have noticed that 10 In seldom
that two farmers win agree on tho
proper amount OF clover seed TO SOW to
the acre. AL the way from ? quarts
TO a peck In recommended This differ
ence could easily arise from the clover
seed having such n great difference In
terminating qualities. The lessons
Taught are that clover secd should get
better care than Il usually receives be-
tween cutting and threshing time.
There In no doubt that much OF its
vitality is destroyed by being left for
months on the ground during the damp
weather In the fall OF the year. IL
should never be sown without being
tested. and the testing should be done
Va the soil and under similar condi-
lions TO It's being sown In the f1eld. and
IN hnying this seed a, few dollars should
not be permitted TO stand I'm he way OF
The purchase OF bright. plump seed. Tn
preference to seed that 10 shrunkcn or
&C n dull color.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-31

From the Washington star.
-The Dad TO n mans heart lies
through his stomach senator Brice IL
quoted an having once said" remarked
n well known naval officer et h Ed
bitt today. lately home from n foreign
station.
And that aphorism cannot ind more
fitting application h In the havy."
continued the oficer. "A commissary
steward who In n good Joilier can do
wore to make tho rank and nie or the
ships men satisfied with navy rations
than the most diplomatic efforts on the
part OF the commanding oficer. This
question OF feeding the men In often
the source OF great annoyance to a Wen
Intending oficer. I have been assigned
TO ships where kicks over the food
became 30 serious and menacing that
the captain was forced to appoint q
board OF inquiry TO look after the mat
ter. Our best efforts often failed TO
trace the real cause. and we were eis-
posed To think that the whole trouble
was largely imasfnary. However; De
a. 10 may. on board OF ships where
the commissary steward 10 a close. or
even superficial. student of human ma
turv "a can be seen that the men In
dulse In remarkably little OF that
grunsbiing over the food. l had a good
chaEca to observe this on h ship 1
have Just returned home In The com
misaary steward was a bis. good mt
urcd IrlLhman. w. ready To see the
brighter side OF things. and always had
on tap n witty. entertaining story. Ho
was very popular with che men. and.
IN fact popular with the efacers. too.
Every day Just before meal time he
could he scen going among the men,
Hlapping one or more OF them ON the
back. snifing the air as IL he smelled
something good TO eat nearby. and at
the same time making funny taclai
contortionA He would follow this up
by saying: Well. boys. line up Tor
dhe best meal you ever had Iva your
Hfe.'
Saline odd story. I s~uppose-sait
horse and Biscuits one OF them would
Interrupt
Mot or your life.' he would 90 on.
fcouicn't be better at home. Frtcassa
OF spring lasno n dumplings. mashed
potatoes. stewed corn. apple fritters
with champagne sauce, and. IL you're
favorite brand served up.
Now can you beat that for sweh
service ," he would end up.
This whole recitation would sound
so incongruous TO the rest or n crew
that Il could not fail to appeal to their
sense OF humor. The result would ne
that when they filed down TO mess
call there wouldn't be n among them
who had nerve enough to kick mt any
thing.
AFTER ALL" unused the oficcr thought
fully, what 10 better In life than n
little we'll directed jollyy' We all OF US
at some time fall 10 It's subtle Influence.
the high and the low. the meek and hs
mighty"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-31
FACTS O ALFALFA.

Alfalfa seed weighs sixty pounds to
the bushel. For a hay q sow 20 To
30 pounds OF seed per acre. For a
crop OF seed. SOW IL to ~ pounds per-
acre. Sow clean seed.
Sow alone. without any nurse crop.
The latter IN often Just as harmful
as the weeds
Screen alfalfa seed before sowing to
separate b dodder and other weed.
reed. Dedder Is tho worst enemy OF
alfalfa.
Sow alfalfa In the spring. as soon an
the groond Is warrn-from the middls
OF MAY. Sow I'm oTilis or broadcast
DO not the seed'too deep.
Alfalfa does not attain maturity un-
al the third or fourth year: therefore.
10 not SOW Il expecting to get the best
results I'm less time.
Alfaifa grows best on n deep. sandy.
foam. undertake by n loose and perrea-
tie soil. TX win not grow II there IL
sn excess OF water In the soil. Thu
and must be well drained.
Alfalfa Is a deep feeder. Piow land
deeply.
Cut hay when the FIRST flowers APP
pear. IL cut In full bloom the hay Will
be woody and less nutritious.
Cut for seed when the middle clust-
FRS OF seed pods are dark brown.
To make alfalfa hay cut In the fore
noon and let "a wilt: then rake into
| hlUuToMh. ~ EtAobAa w ~ IA AAA
cows and cocks, n stacked or put
In barns with rs little handling al
possible. before the valuable leaves be-
come too dry or brittle.
II L. not safe To pasture either cattle
or sheep on alfalfa. as they are liable
TO bloat, when IL is fed green. Feed
them the hay.or practice soiling.
There il no better or cheaper way OF
growing hogs than TO pasture them on
alfalfa. One acre Will furnish pastur-
age for from ten To twenty hogs per
zenson
Horses can be pastured on alfalfa.
Alfalfa IL a perennial. q lover like
plant with oblong shaped leaves and a
~taproot which, often extends eight or
more feet downward. The plant gtows
10 a height OF from 2 TO . feet aR its
blossoms are purple In color. bols.N In
long. loose clusters.
Alfalfa hay In a not complete ration
The best results are got by feeding a.
with corn fodder. ensllagc. wheat or
straw or roots. Alfalfa contains large
amounts OF protein.
six 20 10 bushels OF seed II the usual
per acre.
Keep the weeds moved and raked OF
the FIRST season or they will choke out
the crop.-Bloodcd Stock.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-31
COLONY HOUSE FOR CHICKS.

The idea that a chick Is able to care for
itself and stand all sorts OF weather as
soon N Il In old enough TO leave the moth
er's wing II wrong for tho growing period
"a the most important In their lives and
during this time they must have .he best
OF care n they are 10 amount TO any
thing. The coop known as the colony coop
is built Ia different ways according to the
idea OF the builder. but unless q is NO con-
structcd that Il viii keep the chicks dry
and otherwise comfortable Il In OF little
use. The ideal coop IL madc ample In size
TO accommodate the birds placed In IL and
this varies according TO tho SIC OF the
house. but 70 In important that the birds
are not crowded. The house should set up
from the ground 40 there Will be a good
REGULATION Of mir under u thus preventing
dampncss: the roof should slope aud three
quarters cf the front, behind which are the