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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
me slayor's sweet Duty.

In Newcastle. England. the Mayor
enjoys the privilege Of nee n year
being allowed Ia select ana kiss any
young woman who takes his fancy
among the coal City's Inhabitants. The
kiss Is rather costly, however. for Il Is
the custom 10 present the young per
son kissed with n sovereign $50. while
n further Gift Is made her by the lady
Mayoress, no doubt 70 disprovc jcal-
ousy. The sheriff. not Ia be outdone,
also bestows n kiss upon a fair by
stander. at the same rate OF cxpendl-
mre. The occasion IL known rs Barge
day. when the Mayor and corporation
proceed In a procession of four Gaily
decorated steamers and W. old state
barges 10 claim the soil of the River
Tyne. Their journey over, the Mayor
stands upon the boundary stone. and
IL IS here that the kissing ls INDUCED
In. II Is evident that those persons
who declaim against politics, who pro.
Tess to see nothing In the game that Ia
good or worth a mans white. are to-
tally un OF the sweet duty that
goes with Newcastle's Mayoraity.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
Cauph, by HIS own Discipnne.

Discipline Ia all very well when II
works its rtgors ON the other fellow.
but A. ]. CasSatt found IL rather un.
comfortable tine other day when run.
ming over 10 New York from n Penn
sylvania town. The conductor rccOg.
nized him and passed by without ask.
Ing TO see his pass. Mr. Cassatt cal'sl
back la the conductor and chkled him
for not asking for his pass. "No mat.
ter ~ you do know who I am" lac said
In reply 10 the conductors excuse. ~
am entitled 10 a free ride only when I
am travelling with n pass. You don't
know whether | have ittor moi" The
conductor. a little ncttled. thrr asked
Ia sec the pass. That's righ,,' ex.
claimed the President. "llcrc-why-
whcre-wcll. ! declare, I must have
left Il at the Office" "rhcn you will
have to pay your fart" said the con,
ductor, firmly. And Mr.. CnsSntt did.
A real estate agent isn't many un
less he has the bedonair business down
lne.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

Geo. VI. Walter. who travels for
III. A. Janda & Co. Sioux City
wholesale dry goods firm, arrived
in Yankton this morning from
Scotland and brought news of a
connagration which occurred in
Vodnany early yesterday and de-
stroyed the business section of
the city which included the gene
raj merchandise establishment of
]. Janda and the towns one sal
Don and dance hall.
The loss to Mr.. Janda is estim-
ated at about 50. 600 including,
stock, building, household goods
and wearing apparel. He carried a
stock which would easily invoice
$4,000 and the loss was total. The
family escaped from the burning
building in their night clothes just
before the walls collapsed and
barring the clothes they had on
did not save even a safety pin.
The saloon and dance hall build
ing was valued at $1,000 and it is
said cannot be replaced for this
amont. The saloon keeper car
ried a stock worth with the fix
lures, probably $1,000. Nothing
was saved.
Vodnany is a town OF about 100
inhabitants. 1t is located in the
northern part of Bon Homme
County about IL miles west OF
Scotland and perhaps is miles
north OF Tyndall. 1t is said that
both the stores and saloon build
ing will be rebuilt. -Yank,on He
raid.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

a good way TO obtaine a JAG
ket or any other piece OF wearing
apparel free OF charge OF with the
aid OF a gab akin to the one that
kissed the Barney stone, is 10
nlrc a rig in a livery barn in one
town and when arriving in the
other point let the livery man
there take care of the vehicle. Al
ter sirolling down tae street with
aristocratlc snObbgry usually dis
played by bankruptcd nobIemcn,
accuse the hardworking and hon
est iivcryman of doing away with
your piece OF clothing which you
lett in the rig-apparcntly, Such
4 confidence game, however, can
not be worked Oh the iiveryman
of Tabor, even by some smartics
residing IN a larger town.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

Sale bills are done at the In
dependent in both English and
Bohemian languages with neat
ness and dispatch and at a low
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

The Sioux Falls Daily Press Is one
Of the cleanest papers In the state.
The Press has the full Associated
Press reports and Is one Of the best
papers published In the northwes, for
market reports. The Press takes but
little interest In politics aud Is clean
fair, non-political paper. The Press
has made IA great hit by It's universal
fairness In Its treatment Of all public
questions. Two bright young men
travel continually Tor the paper and
they cover the entire state. The
Press owns Its horse and buggy for
rural driving aud today The Press has
y people ON It's pay roll. The daily is
80 a year. DotSUn & Bowen, the pub
fishers, also own and publish the
South Dakota Farmer, u bright l6-
page paper. IL Is issued every week
at 10 cents q year. Write for sample
copy OF either paper.
J. w. Harper is the acme Of
excellence in whiskly production
safest and most satisfactory for
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
MILWAUKEE RY REDUCES RATES

Farmers Natl Congress: Richmond
Va. sept l. To 22ud one fare Tor
round trip.
Chicago, Ili.-Fall Meeting Conn
mcrcial Assn. Aug, y-l6-23 Ia 30, Sep.
i To Is, Nov. l u :.
FL ~. Paul or Minneapolis Fail
Meetings twin city and Northwest
crn Merchants Assn. July - o. Aug.
3, Aug. II 10 -, Aug. 81 To Sept. |,
Oct. ~ TO Nov. 2nd.
81. Louis. Nn-Fall meeting inter.
state Merchants Assn, Aug. . Ia Ii,
Aug. % 10 30, Sept. q u IL, sept, 20
To u.
st. Joseph, Mo.-Fsi Meeting Job
bcrs Transportation Bureau, Aug. 2
to III. Aug. ~ TO 80, Sept. q To II, Sept
20 10 9th.
Omaha Neh.-FAll Meeting Job.
bcrs and Manufacturers Assn Aug. y
~ III. Aug - To 10 Sent. q 70 IL, Sep.
81 Ia 2.th.
Kansas CITY, Mo.-Fai Meeting
Kansas CITY Transportation Bureau,
Aug, y 10 Ii, Aug. - 10 10, Sept. q To
IL, Sept. % To -.
Found. A Levcllyn setter. Black
and white, 8 nllcs north OF Tabor
last Thursday. Owner can haze
same alter p.yIns expense
M. Petrik, Tabor ). ID.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

Mtg. BY NATIONAL -EDIcAL cO.
Sheldon, Iowa.
For sale by
FRANK HoRAcEH. Tabor, :. O.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
An Indian Legend.

An Indian story that has been hand
ed down and is still believed by many
Indian tribes is one about the trans
formation Of leaves into birds, says the
Kansas City Journal. Long years ago,
when the world was young, the Great
Spirit went about the earth making it
beautiful. Wherever his feet touched
the ground lovely trees and flowers
sprang up. All summer the trees wore
their short green dresses. The leaves
were very happy and they sang their
sweet songs to the breeze as it passed
them. One day the wind told them the
time would soon come when they
would have to fall from the trees and
die. This made the leaves feel very
bad, but they tried to be bright and do
the best they could SO as not to make
the mother trees unhappy. But at last
the time came and they let go of the
twigs and branches and futtered to
the ground. They lay perfectly quiet,
not able to move except as the wind
would lift them.
The Great Spirit saw them and
thought they were SO lovely that he
did not want to see them die, but live
and be beautiful forever, so he gave to
each bright leaf pair of wings and
power to fly. Then he called them his
birds" From the red and brown
leaves OF the oak came the robins, and
yellow birds from the yellow willow
leaves, and from bright maple leaves
he made the red birds; the brown
leaves became wrens, sparrows and
other brown birds. This is why the
birds love the trees and always go to
them to build their nests and look for
food and shade
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
SOME PHYSICAL ADVANTAGES.
One Benefit of Military Training Is
the Exercise 1t EnfOrces.

One Benefit of Military Training Is.
the Exercise 1t EnfOrces.
The tendency among students is to-,
stoop, and it is not surprising that ILL.
health should follow such a habit. In
the military training the young man is.
required to make an effort to stand
erect. He is expected to carry his
head set squarely on his shoulders,
that his outlook on life may be one of
directness and consequent fearless
ness. His shoulders are required to be
even and fiat and upright, ready to
bear responsibilities with resolute will.
He is required to carry his chest well
up, giving his lungs space in which to
live healthy life and fill themselves
with pure air. Finally the student is
required to walk with his legs alone,
using neither his shoulders, his arms
nor his hands to aid his movements
in walking.
Now, to acquire an erect carriage is
no easy matter, unless one has been
instructed in it from boyhOod days;
but if being upright in one thing helps
a person in being upright in another,
should not the being upright in car
riage help a person in being upright
in character? And is the result not
worth the effort? In any case, erect
ness Of carriage is one of the results Of
the military training in the colleges Of
our country.
The trouble with the average Amer
lean who earns his bread by the sweat
Of his brain is that he does not sufl-
GENTLY exercise his body. He gives
himself little or no time in which to
get out of the rut of his especial call
ing. His mind frequently becomes
narrow, and his body oftentimes be-
comes diseased. He should, every day,
when his work ceases, give his atten-
ton to some form of bodily exercise,
entering into it heartily and contin-
uing it steadily. He will then enjoy
his food and rest, and will be able to
begin another days work with his
mind clear and his body alert. For
those who engage in college athletics
no physical recreation is, of course,
necessary; but for those who forego
athletics, exercise, either in the gym
nasium or elsewhere, must be provid-
ed. Habits of exercise early acquired
are easily continued, and as the mind
becomes more vigorous SO will che
body; for if the body be weak or dis
eased it will lessen the faculties Of the
mind, and will, as rule, prevent the
accomplishment of the desires of am
bition-St Nicholas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
renee says merely, Eat all you can


Farmers are often In doubt whether
an exceptionally large yield OF any
thing, resulting in low prices, is as
advantageous to them as q short crop
at high prices. The consumer of -four
or fruits or cotton goods who has to
pay higher prices when there is a
shortage has no doubt where his in
terest lies. The farmer sometimes
overlooks the effect of a short supply
and a high price in stimulating com.
petition which may prove permanent.
When cotton Is reasonable in price the
Lancashire spinners are content to
rely on this country for it, but if I'M
der scarcity or speculation they are
compelled to pay too much, they begin
to look for other sources Of supply.
Every year Of high prices greatly
stimulates this search. The higher
wheat goes in Liverpool the farther
settlers will be pushed into the interior
Of Argentina and Saskatchewan to
raise it. The farmer everywhere de-
cides by its average return how many
acres to lay down to any particular
crop. He cannot take advantage of
speculative conditions, but must plan
on averages. When meat was so high
in the United States few years ago,
certain beef-packers, who had built
up a trade abroad, carried on business
there at loss. They had spent thous-
ands of dollars to gain customers who,
they believed, would be lost by an
advance Of prices. The big crop, at
fair price, is better all round in the
long run, in spite of the temptation to
desire the exceptional returns which
may result from scarcity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Tennessee Praise.

Dayton, Tenn, Dec. 11-(SpeciaL(
Among many prominent residents to
praise Dodd's Kidney Pills is Mr.. n
Il. Roberts of this place. He tells Of
what they have done for him, and his
words will go deep into the hearts Of
all Who are suffering in the same way
He says.
i was a martyr to Kidney Trouble.
but Dodd's Kidney Pills completely.
cured ne. | shall always keep them
on hand in case there should be any re-
turn Of the old trouble, but am thank
full to say they did their work so we'll
there has not been the slightest sign
OF my old complaint coming back The,
pain in my back used to be terrible.
Ii | got down l had hard job to get.
straight again. But my back is like a.
new one now and l can stoop as much.
as | please. l don't believe there ever
was any medicine half SO good as.
Dodd's Kidney Pills."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

pellets would be to crumble when dry.
But the swallow tribe is supplied
with a mucous secretion which en-.
ables it to gum the particles together.
The swallows nests, from which the
Chinese birds nest soup is made, are
constructed of this mucous matter
only. An Indian swallow, which
builds little boat shaped nests against
the trunks Of lofty trees, practically
makes them Of dried saliva.-B Brooklyn
Eagle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

The dangers and brutality Of foot
ball are not essential features Of the
game. They can and must be elimi-
mated, or else the game itself must
60 Properly played, football is a
capital game, interesting alike to the
spectator and the player. But the
man or boy who cannot in the heat
and excitement Of the game control
his temper and remember the rules
has no proper place on the football
field.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
A BRAIN WORKER
Must Have the Kind of Food that
N0urishes Brain.

Must Have the Kind of Food that
Nourishes Brain.
II am literary man whose nervous
energy is great part of my stock in
trade, and ordinarily I have little pa
thence with breakfast foods and the
extravagant claims made of them. But
cannot withhold my acknowledge
ment Of the debt that l owe to Grape
Nuts food.
II discovered long ago that the very
bulkiness Of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one clear head, the
power of sustained, accurate thinking.
| always felt heavy and sluggish in
mind as we'll as body after eating the
ordinary meal, which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
Il tried foods easy Of digestion, but
found them usually deficient in nutri-
ment. l experimental with many
breakfast foods and they, too, proved
unsatisfactory, till l reached Grape
Nuts. And then the problem was
solved.
"Grape-Nuts agreed with me perfect
ly from the beginning, satisfying my
hunger and supplying the nutriment
that so many other prepared foods
lack.
II had not been using it very long
before I found that was turning out
an unusual quantity and quality Of
work. Continued use has demonstra-
ted to my entire satisfaction that
Grape Nuts food contains all the ele-
ments needed by the brain and ner-
vous system of the hard working pub
lie writer" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich
There's a reason. Read the little
book. 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

Is there not some essay on the horse
as fine as Maeterlinck's essay on the
dog? Few kinds Of dogs are of serv-
ice to men; most dogs are only pets
The horse is a beast of burden and
q pet, too. These remarks are inspired
by the frequent suggestion that the
automobile will drive the horse out
of existence. The suggestion is not
based on a knowledge Of human
nature. Men love horses. If wishes
were automobiles, beggars would ride
in the honking gasoline carriage, but
lovers Of horses would still have
Dobbin or Maud S., if only for the
pleasure of rubbing noses with a four
footed friend.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Worse Than u Battle

The Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker Of the
City temple, London, once had a COL
lection made, to the announcement Of
which he added with deep pathos
widows and orphans will not be ex-
pected to contribute" A few SUNDAYS
later there was another collection for
the same object. 'This time" said the
preacher, nobody will be exempt for
no battle ever made so many widows
and orphans as the announcement
made on the previous Sunday"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
A Sure Thing.

A doctor who posed as something OF
a wit was passing stonecutter's yard
when he stopped to speak to the pro-
prietor, who was at work on a tomb
stone.
"Ah," said the DOCTOR II suppose
when you hear some one is i'll you get
ready for contingencies; though, of
course, I suppose, you never go beyond
the words: In memory Off"
"Well, that all depends" was the re-
spouse. IF you be a-doctoring Of the
patient 1 goes right on" -Harper's
Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

There's one place in the play where
the characters all come to the front
and cheer for fully two minutes"
"Well?'
"Well, those society people who
were making all that noise in one of
the boxes got up and left in a huff.
and thought it was a premeditated in
suit" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Danger of Realism.

David Belasco was talking about stage
realism.
1T may go too far" he said. ct is
a dangerous thing"
He smiled.
"A stage manager" he said, "oncs
had subordinate with realistic ideas.
! ne manager was producing a play con-
talnlng snowstorm and the subordinate
had charge of the snow.
'Confound your said the manager,
at the end of the snowstorm scene.
What on earth did you mean by max
ing the snow out Of brown paperY
"'Ain't the scene laid in London? ask.
ed the other.
"'Yes, but what of that?'
"'Well, that's the color of London
snow Philadelphia Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

People eat and sleep too much and
don't work enough" said Thomas
Alvah Edison. Eat heartily and
sleep long," said Frank r. Lawrence.
"As rule" he continued, "the vice
OF American people is not overeating.
1t is overworking." Mr. Edison, who
has tested his own theory of living,
is busy, hale and hearty at SO. Mr..
Lawrence, who is president Of the
IOtos Club, a familiar figure at great
banquets and active in many ways,
presents at 60 the appearance of a
man less than 30. We have, then,
two types of fine, vigorous manhood
exploiting what seem to be directly
opposite views on the vital questions
OF eating, resting and doing. Really
there is less difference in the preach
ings Of the two men than appears on
the surface. Both are against glut-
tony, but while Mr.. Edison advocates
ebstention as preventive Mr.. Law
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

"A man well advanced In years put
an end to his life a few days ago,
saying to those who came to his re-
lief that it were better to let him go,
that he had no friends, no money, no
work because too old for it and no
hope. In his pocket after death was
found paper whereon he had writ
ten that he was lone Of those who are
ostracized by age" He used the
wrong word. Advanced years never
ostracized anybody. He should have
said osleriZed, for he also had in his
pocket a large number of newspaper
clippings discussing DR.. Osler's declar-
alton that men are Of no affirmative
account after they pass 40 and ought
to be finally killed off after 60. 1t is
true that there must be something
wrong in the mental constitution, or
at least the mental balance, Of any
man who is moved to suicide by any
such manifest absurdity as dwells in
DR.. Osler's dictum, yet it is also true
that just such self-destruction has
been precipitated by reading and
brooding over this dictum. It might
be tnjudicious to push too far the
postulate that to invite death so fire.
quently for such reason only proves
the extent Of unbalanced mentality
among men, because the boundary
might include the doctor himself. 1t
ought to, for saying such a foolish
thing in such form and style as that
omniscience itself could not have
recognized 1t for joke, as the doctor
said he intended it. He might object
that in making what he meant for
a joke he was not bound to furnish
both the humor and the capacity to
understand it, yet he was surely bound
to furnish one or the other. This is
an age Of great respect for science
as past ages were Of ecclesiastical
authority. Respect is felt in exag-
gerated degree by those who do not
understand, and the scientific taIker
should take himself more seriously as
a scientist, for he can never guess
what effects may flow from scien-
tific joke in the unscientific mind. Of
all the unscientific minds on earth
that which is contemplating suicide is
most erratic and unaccountable. 1t is
even claimed that the New York law
making the act or the attempt
criminal offense has actually had some
effect to check it. One would think
such law could make no earthly diff
ference to suicides, but many say that
it does. Some years ago man wad-
ed into the lake in front Of Chicago
with the purpose to drown himself.
A Jealous policeman, learning his in
tentiOn, Waded in after him with his
pistol in hand and shouted to the
wOuld-be suicide that if he did not
get out Of that water he would kill
him. 1t seemed a most absurd threat
in the circumstances, but the police
man knew humanity, for the startled
man scrambled out and surrendered.
The chances are, after all, that suicide
is largely fruit Of some condition
of nervous ObSeSSiOr and If one can
administer a nervous shock it may
alter the vibrations so the patient will
take the matter under advisement,"
and If he does that convalescence, as
a rule, has begun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Their Weakness.

The college professor led us across
the campus and showed us the female
football team.
But" we protested, "they all have
short hair. We thought football play
ers wore long hair?'
"Only male football players" eluci-
dated our guide. IF girl players wore
long hair they would begin hair-pull.
ing match during the first struggle"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

It appears that one of the life in
surance companies was in the habit
Of lending money at ~ per cent in
terest to favored persons. By turn
ing the cash over to savings banks
the lucky borrowers were able to clear
~ per cent without assuming any
risks or being subjected to any trouble
1t must have been one Of these lucky
gentlemen who invented the phrase
"easy money"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

According to rumor circulated a
few weeks ago, Panama and Costa
RIGA were to be married, but when
these countries heard the report they
expressed great surprise that any one
should suppose that they ever con-
templated union. They denied the
report without even saying, as Mark
Twain once said Of the rumor that
he was dead that the report was
greatly exaggerated.