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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17
Boys Are Liked Best.

Japanese boys are thought more OF
by their parents than girls because the
Oriental man holds himself superior TO
woman. This shows itself I'm many
ways. II a husband and wife are walk
rhg In the street, the IA gees I'm front
and IL there are bundles To carry the
woman looks after them. A few days
ago I sat down 10 dinner with two
American girls at a hotel In a country
village. The Japanese waitress n
very particular to give me the largest
piece OF meat and the best looking
apple-not that she sized me UP as be-
Ing n hearty eater, but because ! was a
man and therefore lin her estimatIon)
entitled TO the best treatment.
The manner In which little girls are
pressed into service to carry babies
often weighing nearly half as much as
themselves. while their stout brothers
run about and play. Is another illustra-
ton OF Partially I'm favor OF the sterner
sex. IL In no wonder these patient
little pack horses grow to be hump
backed women. IL a little girl has no
baby brother or sister her parents fire.
quentiy rent her services TO neighbors
who have small charges hat they de-
sire TO be rid OF during the day. She
frequently performs double duty.
namely, carrying the baby while she
does some other kind OF work. An en-
ploye In n tea firing house told me that
he knew OF several cases like this.
The revival OF nightcaps IL suggested
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17

Dss Moines, "a, Special: Abraham
Simmer. OF wayerly. most eccentric OF
American millionaire philnnthropists.
has just given 5000 TO the Sinai Hos
pital association OF Milwaukee for n
new building. after attaching h novel
conditions he Ankles to every gift.
Simmer In a follower Of no religion
and q believer IN no creed. He 10 a
philosopher. living upon the humblest
fare. wearing unpretentious clothes.
sleeping In n woodshed and trying TO
unburden himself OF his wealth I'm n
way TO alleviate the suffering In this
world.
lie gave his home. worth $50. 200. to
The sisters OF charity for a hospital,
but required hat 70 be dedicated as a
n~on-scctarian hospital. He retired from
his apartments TO the woodshed IN the
rear OF the lot. where he now resides.
NE says the associations OF the prop
erty are too dear for him TO leave Il EN-
ffreiy. 10 he has asked that he may
spend his remaining years In keeping
zap the property for the sisters.
To him money appeals little. He says
chat for his happiness all he wants II
. OF bread. n place To lay his
n clothes to keep him comfort
able. He say the happiest moment
OF his life will be when he Ia TO unbur-
den himself of all his wealth and start
on an equal footing with his fellow be-
ings In The struggle for sustenance.
He came TO this state n poor boy.
Here he amassed wealth through busi-
ness shrewdness and good fortune BY
buying. feeding and selling cattle. then
clearing land and selling lumber. md
finally by investing his accumulations
in banks and real estate.
Helping old people In the hobby OF
Mr.. Simmer. He n given thousands
OF dollars for hospitals. homes for the
friendiess and old peoples homes.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17
THE IOoD5 HE1" IR. .MUTfEP5 QU4RzEP5:T OP THE
RE<LALNnER az EJ LIE

But he drives his bargains well. dem-
o~nstrnting the shrewdness by which he
gained his money. II he gives money
for some home he draws the papers
himself. He had laughed In the faces
OF lawyers who have been employed BY
religious societies to break his contracts
tina; they might violate some OF the pro-
visions therein. They ave always been
found too strong.
Mr.. Simmer In a bachelor. and I'm
making hts contracts there In always
one clause. That II that there shall be
no women on the board OF directors. He
has no confidence In their executive
ability. He says they are quarrelsome
and arouse strife detrimental 10 the
welfare OF the institution. He 10 against
marriage-that In n part Of his philos-
ophy. Those who say they marry be-
cause they feel Il 10 be a part or their
duty" remarked the philosopher. "or
because they feel Il incumbent upon
them to ~perpetuate the race by repro
duction. are hypocrites."
Another clause In his contracts In that
no inmate OF any institution TO which he
gives money shall be asked TO 20 TO re-
ligious services. He e not object 10
services being held In n institutions.
but wants the inmates left TO their own
discretion as TO going. Because" ex-
plains the philosopher. "old persons
might not like TO refuse TO 60 to SER
vices. and they are bigoted In their
ideas. They might hear something that
would arouse their anger and make
them miserable. l am trying 20 make
their VI years those OF perfect peace
and happiness"
with no creed he believeshe II growing
rich In the smiles bestowed upon him
for his kindness. Believing that II Will
be harder for n rich man to enter the
kingdom OF heaven than for a camel
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17

To pass through the needles eye" he In
rapidly doing away with his earthly
gain. He exclalms:
What In money? IL II the capacity
to curb oAe's own wants. n has a
corresponding capacity 10 do good for
others and 20 make others happy.
My possessions are n trust FUND:
which will have TO be disposed OF
some time, and there n no better time
to dispose OF them than while ! am
here TO plan n figure out what IN
best to do with them.
1T IN not charity. I cannot take the
money with me when I 30 from this
field OF human activity. I cannot wear
Il or eat A.. I cannot sleep more than
other men. and II I could that would
cost me nothing. Money generally lies
heavily upon mems stomachs n gives
those who have the most or IL sour
faces. Remove the money and they
will have more pleasant faces and hap
pier lives.
II have tested my system by my own
conscience, and know IL II right. II
Mr.. Rockefeller viii let mo handle his
money for n while he win die blessing
me after I have spent II all. He 10
now a pauper In everything but money.
Carnegie will ever be happy until he
gets down 20 true life and relieves dis
tress and sorrow and suffering ard hu-
initiation.
Simmer does not believe In building
monuments for himself In the way of
Libraries and schools. He contends
that true charity IL to nurse the
wounds Of flesh and conscience among
his fellow beings.
In his woodshed he eats for hts
breakfast hot water and toast. His
dinner he usually takes with some
friend. and his supper In hard bread
and coffee. He 10 a sturdy man. though
OF slight build.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17
MAKING OF BOGUS PEARLS.
Most Extensively Initiated Of All ths
Precious Gtones.

Among all precious stones few are so
extensively initiated as the pearl.
The real article Is a silvery white.
iridescent gem. extracted from the
pearl oyster. The genuine pearl 10
really an ~unfructined egg O { oy-
ster.
Its imitation IN arrived at by n chem
ical process. The liquor employed In
the manufacture IL called essence
d'orient." The base OF this compound
Is prepared by throwing into water OF
ammonia the brilliant scales OF a small
river fish called the blay.
The scales are first carefully washed
and put TO I'm water, when tho
pearlylike film falls away and forms a
sediment at the bottom OF the vessel.
This sediment is worth 20 the manu-
facturer SIS an ounce.
White wax OF mucilage or gum ara
bic forms part OF the mixture proper
for the more important and expensive
limitations. UGH an those made 90 int
tate the rare n oriental pearls which
fetch fabulous prices.
The emerald IL another stone which
In cleverly Initiated. A perfect emerald
II the rarest stone In the world. though
the trade ranks it after the ruby and
the diamond. The best emernlds come
from Puru, the limitations from France,
and a few from Birmingham. The
real article becomes electric by friction
and herein lies the difference between
II and the Imitation
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17

year after her NTH experience OF wild
owhood. Manuel Hudson came 10 the
house and. after n short courtship. they
were married. Hudson was n lobbyist
and would 60 to Frankfort when the
Legislature convened. There a jealous
partisan for the other side" shot and
killed him during an argument. Six
had then been mad I'm the little
cemetery and six sravestones had borne
the same legend.
Then one Dumesnil AZ preached her on
matrimonial bent, ms n little later the
pair were married. They resided I'm
Mercer county. where Dumesnil was
a merchant. One day he went TO Gin
cinnati and fell dead from heart trou-
BILE iu a hotel there.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17
MATILDA JANE HApkMyS -ErIEr -BoknDS-
iEIcTON LOWl1AN -LOWhAN HUDSON DUfT SNIL -ERS

night as he returned home he was shot
dead from ambush and KILLED. He left
n large estate. and Matilda Eilet
Boards was wealthy. as mountain
riches go.
For several months she waited In
the big house Boards had built for her.
and then there came down from the
hills young Edward wicton. n moon
sinner. Matilda Jane would listen To
no other suitor. but married the hand
some young moonshiner and went with
him TO the mountains, where he and
several sisters operated n moonshine
still. One day n posse OF ~'revenuers."
as the m~ountainecrs call them. raided
the wlcton cabin. Edward was away
from home. but his sisters attacked the
officers and were fighting them when
Edward appeared. He stood behind a
tree and killed two officers and wound
ed one or two others. until they re-
turned his fire. and then young Mrs.
wicton went back to her old home.
once more n widow.
She was then 10 years old. Two
years she remained single. but at last
she heaskened TO loves song when Il
was warblcd by Andrew Lowman. n
sweetheart OF her Kirlhood days. Two
years they were happy together. and
Andy was gathered TO his fathers.
In the little cemetery another grave
WAS mhue anu hnotncT grave stone
added.
Nat Lowman. n brother OF Andy. was
so kind TO the young widow In her
hour OF trouble that nothing was more
natural than they should wed. Four
years they lived together. One day Nat
took his AK To the mountains TO chop
wood. At midnight he had o re-
turned and Matilda Jan went to search
for him. When she found a huge tree
lately cut dorm she looked Under ~ and
there lay her husband. crushed TO death
and horribly mutilated. the tree having
fallen on him. For several hours the
brave mountain girl rugged and cut AT
the limbs hat encircled the dead body
and at last. as daylight was coming.
she dragged ~ two miles to their home
and tainted at the side OF the crib OF
her small baby.
She was III a long time. but when nj
last h regained her health. there was
a swarm OF woocrs burning around. One
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17

Louisville. Ky. special: Down among
The hills OF Taylor county lives Matilda
Jane Ayrcs. known from one end OF the
state to the other as the I'M who
has married nine times ms never yet
has been separated from n husband by
the divorce route. She has just been
married for the ninth time and Is be-
iieyed TO hold the worlds record for
much married women. She is now only
80 years old and almost as pretty as she
was when. at the age OF is. she eloped
from n little country school house with
Morgan Ellet. a handsome young noun
faineer.
Eight graves. all headed by grave
stones exactly alike. mark the resting
places OF the eight husbands who have
tasted the joys OF being loved by this
brctty mountain girl. The gravcstones
have all cut out In them. Beloved hus-
bard OF Matilda Jane -. Till we
meet again" All that Is different from
the others Is hat the name of the latest
decedent II inserted In n blank space.
She has certainly had her share or ro-
nance. When only i6 years OF & fate
decreed that h should love q young
mountainecr named Morgan Ellet. One
night she and Ellet eloped on horseback
10 Campbellsville. ten miles away, and
were married. Her father. who had OPP
posed the match. followed them on
horseback and met them on the return.
The old man attempted TO shoot hts
n~ewiy-made son-in-lnw. but the girl
wife stepped In front OF her lord and
master and deGed the father to shoot.
He did not.
Eleven months after that %eventful
night Morgan Ellet went hunting. He
climbed n fence. his gun slipped. the
hammer struck "A rail. and Matilda Jane
was a widow. For ten months after
she had started her private cemetery
Matilda Jane remained = TO her first
love. m at last there came a-wooing
Stephen Boards, a wealthy skinfiint,
who held n mortgage OF the humble
nome OF Mrs. Ellet. Instead OF fore
closing the mortgage he held. he laid
siege to the heart OF the pretty widow
and they were married. One day
Boards rode away TO foreclose a mort
gage on somebody's property. and that
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17
The WILLOW TREE INN.
A Fifth Avenue Saloon Long q Cab
mems Retreat.


mems Retreat.
New York sun: The last Of the old
buildings which nave for many years
stood In humble contrast with the
s%plendors OF modern Fifth avenue In
very nearly rome from Fifth venue
and Forty-fourth street. Workmen
have been wreckinE them for n month
to make room for "A new tailoring cs-
t%ablishment and for the all-night bank.
II is a sad blow TO the Cables who
wait outside Delmonico's and Sherry's.
The Willow Tres Inn. the bedraggled
frame gin mill which occupied h
building I'm the middle OF the plot or
the Fifth avenue boundary. was n life
saving station for the cabbies. IL wal
a high stoop house. and "A moth eaten
stub OF "A poplar grew In the space be-
tween the stoop u the sidewalk.
Hence the Willow Tree designation. IL
was pointed out as the only saloon In
Fifth avenue. the description was not
v~eracious, because there are n lot or
shanty saloons above Carnegie hill. to
say nothing OF places like the Waldorf
Astoria and the Holland house owe
down.
The property was formerly part OF
the Paran Stevens estate. IL was for
many years the site or the stables OF
the Fifth avenue stages. Thirty years
| or more ago the stables. which were
also frame buildings. were let TO the
New York Cab company rs a storage
house.
Mr.. TIetzman. who ran the saloon for
several generations OF cebbies. kept a
particularly heady variety OF ale. which
he mixed TO the exact satisfaction OF
| the rubicund cabbies whose vehicles
roasted I'm ~Forty-fourth street on either
side OF the avenue. On colo nights
messengers from the restaurants never
wasted time looking UP and down the
| streets for a cabby. They made straight
for the bar OF the Willow Tree.
This place was not q TO attract the
custom OF persons who were on their
way to or from Delmonico's. Now and
her a searcher for quaintness and an
| ciert charm found hts way In. The
only reward was usually embarrass-
ment. The cabbies always seemed TO
regard the place as their W prsvate
retreat from the surrounding atmos-
phere OF l~uxuriance. and resented any
sign that the Philistine rich were going
10 make the place uncomfortable. Inc
walls were saturated with scandais re-
gardIng the conduct or people whose
names are always treated with respect
.elsewhere. IL Marse Henry watterson
could only get hold OF the s~tripped-off
MASTER and extract the yarns which
have been confided TO II his paper would
nave 10 print a daily supplement TO
contain his wrath.
There Is n tradition that the place
was once a famous road house; II PROB
| ably has no better foundation h that
the saloon satisfied the hearts or the
stage drivers after the line was ex-
tended 10 F~orty-fourth street.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17
Siiuhtiy Mistaken.

Indianapolis Star: "Ah. how I love
20 hear your daughter sing" said
Archie. as he waited In the parlor.
shes practicing her exercises nov
isn't she. What n beautiful tremolo."
mo-" replied the scornfully.
she has had the sor throat for three
days. She's taking a gargie."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17

The petrincation agate was named for
the river Achates. 10 Sicily. where 10
xaa nrst found
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-17

The revival OF nightcaps II suggested
a. a cure for insomnia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
RICE ELECTED MAYOR.
He and His Ticket Got Safe Major
jty in Houston Primaries.

Houston, Texas, May 3O.-The city
primaries held yesterday resulted IN
the nomination of H. B. Rice and hlsI
entire ticket for mayor and aldermen.
The vote was very close in each OF
the wards. It was thought that Rice
would lead Sittig 2 to l in the Third
ward and Sittig would get to In the
Fifth ward. In the former Rice led
his opponent by only TIA votes, while
In the latter the vote was nearly even.
There were surprises all the way
through. The victory, however, was
won by Rice for mayor by about $50
votes, with all his commissioners, j.
q CASTOR, James Marmion, James Ap-
pleby and James Thompson elected
There were fourteen commissioners In
the race. The four winners were the
ones that Rice selected to run WIFI
him and asked their election.
Hon. H. Baldwin Rice has been may
or of this city before, and is known
to be a man of broad views and pat
triotic impulses. With a full board
of his own choice ne will have perfect
harmony and unanimous support in
the execution of the city government
The commissioners are: From the
Sixth wa-d, CASTOR; from the Fourth
ward, Appleby; from the Fifth WARD
Marmion, and from the Second ward
Thompson Thus a representation is
given to all parts of the city. The vic
tory was complete for Rice and his
ticket.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
RUSSIAN DEFEAT CRUSHING.
Togo's Great Victory May Be Beginning Of the
End Of Far Eastern Struggle.

among the Russian people. Rojest,
vensky's defeat has given rise to re-
newed talk of peace. 1t is pointed out
by the Associated Press st. Peters
burg correspondent that Russia in this
crisis will turn to France through its
Foreign Minister, Delcasse, while
from Washington comes information
that President Roosevelt, in accord,
ance with his promise announced a
long time ago, is taking steps to do
all in his power to bring about peace
negotiations.
Nothing has been heard from Vice
Admiral ROjestvensky. In Toxic there
is some belief that he has persisted
while another source says he was res
cued by a torpedo boat and that he
is wounded.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
In Record Time.

Piney Flats, Tenn, May 18TH
fSpecial-Cured in two days OF Rher
matism that had made his life tor.
ture for two years, D. S. Hilton OF
this place naturally wants every
other sufferer from rheumatism TO
know what cured him. It was Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the grand
est pill on earth" says Mr. hliton'
81 would not take any sum OF money
for what they did for me. For TWO
years | had what the doctors calieo
rheumatism. could hardly walk
around the house. 1t seemed to be
in nv back and hip and legs. | trie1
everything but nothing helped me tui
I got Dodd's Kidney Pills"
1.-TWO days after I took the first
dose all pain left me and 1t has never
come back since. can't praise Dodo .
Kidney Pills too much" -.
Rheumatism is caused by uric ac'o
In the blood. Healthy kidneys take
all the Uric Acid out OF the oiooo'
Dodds' Kidney Pills make healthy
kidneys.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
Boon to Mankion.

Rhineland, Wis: A local chemist
has produced liquid which is 1000
times stronger than the best quality OF
beer, and one dropped of it placed in
a large beer glass and filled with ice
water produces a glass of pure beer
of the finest grade. The extraction
contains an alkaloid from hops, just
$500 times stronger than crude hops,
and the active principle Of malt, 1880
times the strength of common malt,
made from the best barley.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
Duo Pounds Guilty.

Palestine, Texas: After being out
till nearly Il o'clock Saturday night,
the jury in the case of the State vs.,
Dug Pounds brought in verdict OF
guilty of manslaughter and assessed
his punishment at two years in the
penitentiary. The case was one of I'M
usual interest by reason of the fact
that the man slain was an old man, d
Confederate veteran, and the slayer
was very young man. The best lega
talent in East Texas was engaged il
the trial for and against.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
Leus Cut Off,

Hearne, Texas: Bon Byers, a col.
ored youth, who left here some time
ago, was killed by an International &
Great Northern freight train near Italy
Wednesday night. 1t is presumed that
he had his legs cut off in boarding
the train. His relatives here were no.
titled of his death yesterday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02

Toxic, May 29.-It is officially an
nounced that Admiral Rojestvensky'S
feet has been practically annihllated.
Twelve war ships have been sunk or
captured and two transports and two
torpedo boat destroyers have been
sunk.
According to the latest information.
the battle between the Russian and
Japanese naval forces for the suprem-
acy Of the Oriental seas, on which
hangs the outcome of the Far Eastern
struggle, has begun, if it has not ter
minated decisively. All the dispatches
received by the Associated Press point
to a Japanese victory, though it Is
not yet known whether the full force
of Roiestvensky' fighting ships took
part in the contest, whicn. according to
the dispatches, took place in the com
paratively narrow waters of the Straits
of Corea.
The first information came in
dispatch from the American consul a.
Nagasaki to the state department a
Washington, telling that the japanese
had sunk one Russian battleship, fouI
other warships and a repair ship II
the COTean Straits, and this was fol
lowed by a dipatch received by thu
state department. the date Of which
was not give, that the Japanese gov
eminent had made the announcement
that it's fleet had engaged the Rus
slams in the Straits of Corea Saturda
and held them
The state department also receive
information two of the vessels repor
ed to have been sunk were the battle
ships Orel and Borodino, and tina
three of the other ships were cruz
ers.
From Tsingtau, the German port
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
Presidents Program.

Washington: President Roosevelt
will be the guest of the citizens OF
Brooklyn on Memorial Day. He will
deliver an address at the unwilling OF
the statue Of Gen. Henry W. Slocum,
will review the Memorial Day parade
of the soldiers of the civil and Span
ish-American wars, and if he should
have time will visit the naval 7. M.
C., A. at the Brooklyn navy yard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
Bio Safe Robbery.

Wolfe City, Texas: The Fulton
Drug Company's safe was robbed last
night some time, about s1,25Ot worth
of jewelry and about $40 Or $50 in
cash being taken. The robbers G. aimed
an entrance in the back way. BY an
oversight the combination to the safe
was not on, SO the robbers had easy
access to the contents. Nothing else
was missed The officer have wired
to Greenville for the dogs.