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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-11

rum the boston tU&t.
over year ago n revolution in the
style or tho ihca,cr hat took place In
Paris. whom Ia belle .'arislcnne. taught
INC personalities latent In tiny hats. con-
ccived the Idea. mcrciful TO man. az
wearing for her theaier hat the tinIest
affair imaginable. Often these first
hats were nothing more than the
graceful Napoleon wreath"-its lau-
rels executed In tho sheercst OF net.
pailletted In the way all Paris loved. or
as orten seeming like fairy gold. 40
NSht and 80 exquisite. and withai SO
sparkling. was Its texture.
Then Germany took Il up and evolved
az wonderful things. some Of them
bearing resemblance. though only I'm
the faintcst. most artistic way. to the
famous Mercury cap. I'm the way stlfr
Wings sprang OF Mt each side.
And both OF them were nothing more
nor less than an outcome OF the quaint
est idea ever cryEtaliixed into n bit az
headgoar-the juliet cap. beaded with
pearls or made up OF tiny June roses.
This year comes n note from Paris
81 treatment M pretty as ~ In diff
ierent from the things that have gone
bcforc--n treatment OF plumca, or.
rather. OF one long. sweeping. usually
.incurled plume. which. by virtue OF It's
1cry softncss OF contour. ~ wonder
fully becoming To maid and matron
alike.
A bit OF trimming goes with the
simplest ARRANGEMENT Of the plume--a
rose or a band OF black velvet that
fashions a tiny hat like n coronal. or
perhaps aigrettcs add their frail beauty
To the creation. A wreath -. pansics
With ono ~ the stunning half CLOSED
Willow plumcs. made up so-caIIcl
hat" that suited the high couture uf
It's wcnrcr as nothing else could have
done.
Often they arc black or white: some
times a black plume In set OF with n
white flower OF weird. unnatural. but
unmiatakablc beauty. nr-hut hero u,
the secret of In bells Parisienno's sue
,css--it IL depended upon To make tho
spot Of color with which the whole cos
tune In given character and indivldu-
Atty. the spot OF color which IL aimed
At In scarf err Jewels or any one OF the
many charming accessories of dress.
In such n case. IL may be OF tho
softcst rose color or the brightest
scriHc. OF pale. dull green or with q
lash Of vivid orange In the hearts Of
the vclvc,y runsics. a single red rose
with black plume may echo n charm
Ing combination OF ideas OF colonial
bellies and Spanish beauties. nnd-but
YOU might go on indefinitely. pillng up
descriptions or what already exists aud
letting your fancy riot over what may
be made 10 exist.
But--onc important word OF warning
suit your quaint little hat to your
couture and to the type OF your face.
and then choose tho color with oven
greater care.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-11

Tor some time; head has achcd and
back also; has slept poorly. been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy. and heart beats very
fast; then that bcaring-down feeling.
and during her periods shc is exceed
ingly respondent. Nothing plcascs
her. Her doctor says: Cheer up: you
have dyspepsia; you viii be all right
soon
But she doesn't get "all right" and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you TO despair. with your nerves
NIL shattered and your courage gone.
but take Lydia +. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound. See what IL did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams. of SO i:th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late Gen.
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
II cannot tell you with pm md Ink what
Lydia e Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has dono for mo l suffered with female
troubles, extreme laSsitadc. tho blues
advised to try Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and IL not only cured my female
arrangement. but IL has restored ma 20 perfect
health and strength The buoyancy OF my
younger days has returned. aud do not suf-
fer any longer with Dependency. as i did no
fore. | consider Lydia T.. finkham's Vege-
table Compound a boon 10 sick and suffering
women"
n you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkhain, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-11

Il changed. changed rapidly. Now. one
would be beaten TO death and despoiicd
by n clique OF fellows: again. weak OF
rash ones would be cut on I'm siren
uous battle. often. most often. some
too-powerfui or too-arrogant member
would be secretly assassinated by .
jealous associate or by n committee of
internal safety. OF course. I do not
mean literally assassinated. but ms
snssinated. cut on. destroyed. In tho
sense that n man whose whole life IL
wealth and power In dead when wealth
and power are taken from him.
Actual assassination. the crime OF
murder-thcse gentlemen" rarely die
anything which their lawyers did not
advise them was legal or could be made
legal by bribery OF one kind or an
other. Rnr,ly. I say-not never. You
will see presently why 1 make that
qualification.
had my heart set upon membership
I'm this band-and. ms I confess now
with shame, my prejudices OF self-in-
terest had blinded me into regarding IL
and It's members as great and useful
and honorable captains OF industry.
Honorable I'm the main: for. not even
my prejudice could blind me TO the al
most hair raising atrocity of some OF
their doings STILL morality " largely
n question OF environment. had been
uftu w tuut tnNlTOuultut. EsNtu tut
atrocities I excused on the ground that
he who goes forth To war must be pre-
pared 10 do and 10 tolerate many acts
the church would have tn strain point
To bless. What was Columbus but n
marnuder. n buccnnere Was not Drake.
In law and In fact. n pirate? Washing
ton a traitor 10 his soldiers oath of nj
iegiance 10 King George? i had much
to learn. and To uniearn. l was to
ind out that whenever n Roebuck puts
his arm round you. II In invariably to
get within your guard and nearer your
NTH rib. was to trace the uglies
dcformlties OF that conscience OF his,
hidden away down inside him like a
dwarfed. starved prisoner In an under
ground dungeon. ! was TO be astound-
ed by revelations OF Langdon. who was
not believer. like Roebuck, and so
was not under the restraint of the feel
INK that he must keep some sort OF
conscience ledgers against the inspec-
ton OF the angelic auditing commit
tee In the day OF wrath.
Much To lenrn-and TO unlenrn. IL
makes me laugh as I recall now how. on
that May day. i looked into the first
mirror I was alone with. smiled de-
lighted ns an idiot with myself and
said: Matt, you are OF the kings
now. Your crown suits you and. as
you've earned u. you know how to
keep 10. Now for some FUN with your
subjects and your fellow sovereigns."
a little premature. that preening!
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II 4.
CAME A WOMAN.

In my suite In the Textile building.
just OF the big main room with the
blackboards and tickers. had a small
Office In which ] spent a good deal
OF time during Stock Exchange hours.
IL was there that sam Ellcrshy found
me the next day but one after my talk
with Roebuck.
II want you to sell that steel Com
mon. Matt" said he.
"It'll 20 several points higher" said
I. Better let me hold IL and use my
Judgment or selling"
II need moncy-right away" was his
answer.
That's NIL right" said l. LET me
give you an order for what you need. 80
THANK you. thank you" said he 30
promptly that knew 1 had done what
he had been hoping for. probably count
Ing on.
( give this Incident To show what our
relations were. lie was young fellow
OF good family. TO whom ] had taken n
liking. He was lazy dog, and as out
OF place In business IA "A cat I'm a choir.
had been keeping him going for four
years ut that time. by giving him tips
on stocks and protecting him against
loss. This purely out of good nature
and liking: for 1 hadn't the remotcst
idea he could ever be OF use To me be-
yond helping TO liven things up ut n
dinner or late supper. or down in the
country. or on the yacht. In fact. his
principal use To me was that he knew
how To beat the box well enough To
shake fairly good music out OF it--and
am so fond OF music that can MI In
with my Imagination when the per-
former isn't too bad.
They have charged that I deliberate
~ ruined him. Ruined! The first time
gave him n tip-a.l that was the sec
ond or third time ever saw him--he
burst into tears and said: You've
saved my lie. Blackjack. I'll never tell
you how much this wlndfall means To
me now" Nor did I with deep and
dark design keep him along on tho
ragged edge. He kept himself there.
How could build up such n man with
his hundred ways OF wasting money.
including throwing IL away on his own
opinions OF stocks---for he would gam
bic on his own account I'm the bucket
shops. though I had shown him that
the Wall street game is played always
with marked cards. and that tho only
hope OF winning Is to get the conf
dence OF the card-makcrs. unless you
are big enough TO become n card-mak-
err yourself.
AS soon as he got the money from
my teller that day. he was rushing
away. followed him To tho door
that part OF my suite opened out on
the sidewalk. for tho convenience OF
my crowds OF customers. I'm Just
going to lunch" said l. Como with
me-"
He looked uneasIIy toward n smart
little one-horsc brougham at the curb.
''Sorry-but I can't" said he. I've my
sister with me. She brought me down
In her trap"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-11
MIR. BLAcRLocR.


When Napoleon was about TO crown
himself-so l have somew here read
they submitted tn him the royal gen.
calogy they had faxed up for him. He
crumpled the parchment and lung IL
In the face OF the chief herald. or who
ever IL was. MY line" said he. dates
from Montcnottc." And so ! say. my
line dates from the campaign that
completed and established my fame
from wild Week"
shall not pause To rccite the details
OF tho obscurity from which I emerged.
IL would be an interesting. n romantic
story: but Il is n familiar story. also.
In this land which Lincoln so finely
and 80 fully described when no said:
The republic Is opportunity
One fact only: I did not take the
name Blackjack.
was born Blackjack. and christcned
Matthew. and my hairs being very
black and growing so that n lock OF u
often falls down the middle OF my fore
head Is n coincidence. The malicious
and insinuating story that used tn go
under another name arose. no doubt.
from my having been n bootblack In
my early days. and having let my GUS
toners shorten my name Into Matt
Black. But. as soon as ] graduated
from manual labor. resumed my
rlghtful name and have borne it,
think | may say without vanity--in
honor TO honor.
Some one has written: ut was n
great day for fools when modesty was
made virtue" I heartily subscribe
90 that. Life means action. action
means sclf-assertion. elf-assertion
rouscE all the small. colorless people To
tho only sort Of action OF waich they
arc carablc--to snecring ut the doer rs
cgotistlcal. vain. conceitcd. bumptious
and the like. So be IL! l have an In
dlvlduailty, aggressive. restless and.
like all such Municipalities. necessarily
I'm the lime light: have from the be-
ginning lost NO opportunity To impress
that individuality upon my time. Lot
those who have nothing To advertise.
and those less courageous and less
successful than i ut advertisement. jecr
and spit. ! ignore them. ! make no
apologies for egotism. I think. when
my readers have finished. they will de-
mand none. They will see that I had
work To do. and that I did IL In tho
only way an intelligent man ever tries
to do his work-his own way. the way
natural to him!
Wild Week! Its cyclones, rising
fury on fury To- that historic climax Of
chaos. sing their mad song In my ears
again m ] write. Hut I shall by no
means confinc my narrative tn busi-
ness and finance. Take n cross sec
ton OF life anywhere. and you have n
tangled in,crw eaving OF the action and
reaction Of men upon men. Of women
upon women. OF men and women upon
one another. And this shall DO a cross
section out nf the very heart Of our
life today. with it's big and bold cner-
g.cl and passions--the swiftest and In
tcrscst life ever lived by the human
race.
To begin:
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(continued Next week.)
Girl a Member OF a Stock Exchange.

fTofl the hefnpnts Ncws-scttnitar.
Miss Leah Klein. aged n. who east n
vote In the Merchants exchange election
this week. is perhaps the only woman
member OF an exchange In the United
States. II not In the world. She represents
a Chicago grain company. She goes on
change and buys and sells with ms much
ease and compOgure as tho oldest veterans.
and her ventures are generally successful
Miss Klein came into prominence with
the exchange recently. n grain company
called It's manager TO Chicago some time
ago and left Miss Klein temporarily In
charge. Another manager was To have
been sent TO take tho place ar the former
one. but 80 we'll did Miss Klein perform
her duties that the company has failed TO
send another man. and abe Is now the
general manager.
The members OF the exchange became
aware OF the fact that Miss Klein would
east vote for her company and prepared
for IL. As soon ms she had voted and was
ready 10 leave the hall a committee COM
posed OF III. ID. Scuiss and L. u. Andrews
escorted Miss Klein TO the stand. and
President Harry T.. Johnson presented her
with "A diamond ring.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-11
LOOSE TEETH

made sound by Eating Grape-Nuts.
Proper food n0urishes every part OF
fhe body. because Nature selects the
different materials from the food we
eat. TO build bone, nerve. brain. mus
Gle. teeth etc.
All We need Is 20 eat the right kind
OF food slowly. chewing II velour
digestive organs take II up into the
blood and the blood carries IL all
through the body. 10 every little nook
and corner.
III some one would ask you. lis
Grare-Nuts good for loose teeth.
you'd probably say. $40. don't see
how II could be-" But n woman In
Ontario writes:
For the past two years have used
Grapc-Nu,s Food with most excellent
results. II seems 10 take the place OF
medicine Ia many ways. builds up the
nerves and restores the health gcncr-
ally.
"a little Grapc.Nuts taken before
retiring soothes my nerves aud gives
sound sleep" (Because IL relieves ir-
reliability OF the stomach nerves, being
n predIgcs;ed food.)
Before I used Grape-Nnis my teeth
were loose In the gums. They were so
bad I was afraid they would some day
eli fall out. Since have used Grape
Nuts I have not been bothered any
more with loose teeth.
"Ali desire for pastry has disappear
ed aud have gained In health.
weight and happiness since began to
use Grape Nuts" Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich. Get
the famous little book. The Road to
wcllvIiie.- In pkgs. There's d reason"
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TcAcs iMCeopGo IN ROCKS.
Mouths Closed Through Ages Of
pisusc.

Disucc.
From the London Mall.
Shropshire seems tn he flied with n
substratum OF buried toads.
AZ recent gathering OF the caradoc
ind Seven Valley Field club. Mr.. For
vest. naturalist OF repute. who has
been engaged by Lady Warwick To de-
liver n course OF nature study lectures
In warwlctrhirc. exhibited n lively
toad or small size which had. he said.
been buried In solid clay six feet un-
derEround ut Borscley. Its mouth was
cnid tn be quite closed through disusc.
SO that IL could not now feed IL ~
wanted TO.
Quite recently. also. another small
and active toad was discovered at
Borseley "c.nteddcd I'm solid rock. |"
which cxcavators had split while OBJ
tanning material for one of Lady For
cxter's hoy pitfalls now In course OF cree
ton. This also had Its mouth closed
and for some time IL was kept by n
local chemist In n stoppered bottle.
passing then Into the possession OF DIR.
Gtpp. the medical officer OF health at
Shrewsbury.
Nnturalisis. 81 course. deny that such
cases or buried loads In solid rock or
clay can possibly occur They allege
that eyea "A creature which possesses
the remarkable Vitality of q toad must
soon die when deprived OF oxygen
They also say that the most important
evidence IN always lacking--nameiy
the imprint OF the animal In the stone
or clay. where II was supposed TO have
been embedded.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-11
Preare.sive Ma.rimonY.

From the Kansas City Journal.
You can always tell "a young husband
from an old one by the way he acts when
he goes after a bucket OF water" says
Uncle Hiram. Three months married.
he swings the pump handle. whistles. and
casts covert gianccs at tho house as
though some one were looking ut him
from, tho window. one year married. ho
swings the pump handle more slowly.
smiles occasionally. and seems 20 be an
noyed because tho meal IL late. Two
years married. he looks sour and glum.
kicks the cat over the coal-housc. and
looks at the house an II he would like 20
choke somebody. Three years married.
he sits on the door step, and smokes.
while his wife works the pump handle"
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state Of Ohio. City Of Toledo. Lucas coun

~. sa:
Frank J. Cheney makes osih that he IL
eeuIor partner ~ the nrm Of y. J. Cheney
Co.. dring brsIn-ss in the City of To-
Sedo. County aud State aforesaid. and that
aald hrin viii PAY the sGm OF ONE HUN
ORED DOLLARS for each end every case
% Catarrh thar cannot bc cured by the use
% Halls Catavrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
sworn to hrforr me ard subscribed Ia tny
rrwsencc. this 9th Gay OF December. A. ID
lASi A. W. GLEASON.
(teais No;ary Public
Halls ratsrrh Cure n taken internally.
ord acts directly an the blood aud mucous
surfaces ~ the system. Send for trsiimo.
siais. free. " J. CHENEY q TO.
Toledo. q.
$nId nv az Druggists. TJr.
Take Halls Family pIlis Tor eoustipation.
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Cheap Coetorina.

From the New York Weekly.
Anxious Mnmn-"ilttlc Dick Is upstairs
crying with the toothachc.'
Practical Papa-"Taks him around To
the dcnilst's."
II haven't any money"
You won't need any money. Tho tooth
ache win stop before you get there"
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How She SURPRISED Him.

They had been engaged for fully thlr-
~ minutes by the cuckoo clock.
II have n surprise I'm store for you.
Alfred dear" she said. II can cook Ak
well as I can play the plano
THAT being the case. darling" he re-
piled, ut will be well for US to board"
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This win ru,ere.t Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Ch,,'
dren. used by Mother Gray. a nurse IN 'hN-
dren's Home, New York, cure Constipation
Feverishness. Tecthing Disorders. stomach
Troubles and Destroy Worms: 3o.ooV iesh'
monials OF cures. All druggists. 25c. sam
pie fREE. Address Allen ;. olnsIed' lie
Hoy, ". T.
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To Wash q Carpe.

TO clean an ingram carpet that Is badly
soiled. rip the widths apaF, aud shake.
Have ready inb of hot Ivory Soap suds
and wash width at n time on the ma.
chino. USING several waters. Rinse and
run through the wrin;cr. Add handful
81 salt To the last water to set the colors
and spread or the grass To dry.
ELEANOR X. PARKER.
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Has many q,
weaknesses a
mont, OF the I
toms 81 fem
headache. dix
dark spots nos
Ing sensation
bearing down
region. dlsagr
organs. faints
III any conslc|
symptoms are
that wNEive
maRput Aro
P,rrecsSSS
years OF cur
hyigoratlngt|
Wpn1.knowntc
OF The gIyceric
nal roots foul
tains not q dru
habls-forming
oil printed on
ttstd under O.
Every ingrc |
vorin PrcscriI
dorcmcnt OF
writers OF all {
uce-moro val
non-prufcssionl
latter are not
tributed volun
In numbers 10 |
given to any {
tho cure OF wor
You cannot nj
OF unknown CO
for this well
COMPOSITION, q
make a little m
interest In rcga
10 any selfish
insult To your
10 palm OF uH
know what yor
ness 10 supply
DIR. Picrcc's
original -Little
by old DIR. Pier
much initiated
q
ANDY.
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From the cSicss" tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
with stcaithy footsteps the burglars
made their way INTO the business office OF
ehs merchant whose store they had just
entered.
Washing n dark lantern around the
poom they saw that the door Of tho safe
Wna partly open.
On small table near the safe lay sev-
orAl documents.
Tho burglars inspected them.
One was bin for automobile repairs.
Another was an Ice BILL
Both were rcce.pted.
sPetc." said one OF the two men. I'm q
e0arsc whisper. 'thcr' amt no use look
In at tho other dockyments. We're too
1ate.''
softly making their way back toward
ia window through which they had en-
eorcQ they climbed out Of the building and
disappeared In tho darkre&s.
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Jinks-"Do you suppose a man with
family can I've on a dollar n day and be-
. Christian
Bilnks--"of course. lie can't afford TO
b anything else
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Mons Shoes. So
TO 3t.o5. wosler|
Miss o. q Chtlir|
Try W. T.. Duu.l
Childrcn's shoe
they rxd
II I could tan
factories ut Bros
you how careful
arc made, you v
why they hold
wear longer, ar
than any other
Wherever YOU Il|
Douglas shoes. HI
on the bottom, whit
prices and interlor
fufe. Ask your ic|
and insist upon ilav
fast Caisy { yeicts q
Write for iliustra|
w. L. DOUGLAS, |
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rirs. winsiov's rooruIwu -1nug -or Caiidrus
foethtnel soften. tho wuns. inaam Agloa ~
sayr PAIN. cures wind collie - ccnt . oottls
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The number or Chinese students In
Toxic. IcO--excccas the number OF
Japanefc students there.
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Eichrcn pcnniiess.
Returned Travclcr-"Nr Hickman could
draw his check for million when left
How much money has he now"
Citixen-"iic hasn't any"
'Ehy Wha.--- III. he fall
mo. ne died
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a Positive
CURE
sly's Cream Balm
10 quickly absorbed.
- I.


Gives Relief al Once.
IL cleanses, sooihcs
heals and protects
tho diseased men,
brane. II cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away q Cold in the
Head quickly. Re.
stores tho Senses OF
-
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Tasto and Smell. Full size so eta, at Drug
gis,s or by mail Trial Size 20 cts. by mail
L. Brothers. &c Warren Street. New Yur...
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-14
DESERTED IN berlin ].
returns TO Q. PARENTS u !
Quick End to Romance of Young
Married w oman, Who Re a.
d Gently Eloped.
! CIV Associated: Press.l


NEW YORK, March Is, MRS: Marsert
seidle, pretty. well-dressed and twenty
two years old, who says she is the wife
of q wealthy real estate broker Of Phil !;
adelphia, ana that she cloped from 4iiln
with travelling salesman, who took her
to Germany two months ago. and there
deserted her, was to-day permitted to
land from Ellis Island by the lmmigra-
stion authorities. She returned from Ger
many yesterday Storage passenger.
Mrs. seidle said that she left her hus-
hand ilst after New Years. why. sne
rcf,,sed "a 10 say, and she also refused to
give Ills first name and address. She said
3thatl her parents live mt No. 1e6 North
Fortv-second Street, West y tladelp hin,
gnndffrnt she has been married two years.
shs also gave tho name OF the travelling
salesman with whom aho said she fled to
Europe on Jnuary. 4th. They had been
iii Berlin only IL short time. she said.
when her companions treatment of her
shattered what remained OF her affcc-
tion for him. Soon after that he deserted
her. and being peniless and hungry, she
nnnenled to tho American consul general
who paid her passa go ba cls to New York
In tho steernge. 81 l,
Mrs. Seidle snId shc intends to return
al once to her parents, She went to Phil-
.nlclnhin to-dny.z -