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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

The late Judge Andrew wylie. OF
Virginia. had a happy gift Of illustra-
ton. The judge cast la lseo the only
vote for Lincoln h n was given IN
Alexandria, Va. In an Address ON Lin
coin he once illustrated ia an odd way
the power OF perseverance. Lincoln
~perseyered,' he said. and II is only
those who perscvere. they who concen-
trate their energies. who succeed. Don't
give three years to journalism. ~
then, discouraged. try the law a while.
Don't learn the grocery business and In
n little while take up placer mining or
plumbing. Consider. rather. the post
arc stamp. whose usefulness depends
ON It's ability TO stick To n thing UNI
Il. AZ gets there"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
TITLE GiRL KILLED.
Caught in T%umblina Rod Of Machine
and Terribly Manaled.

Hudson. =. H.. Jan. Hattie Mus
tard. "a I-ycar-old girl. was 40 badly
injured by being caught I'm the tum-
bling rod OF "a horse power To
"a corn shelter that she died within
an hour after the accident. The little
one was terribly mangled, nearly every
bonc Ia her body being broken. The
accident occurred seven miles east of
here In Garfield township. Sioux coun-
~. Ia. ON Thursday afternoon. Mr..
Mustard II "a renter on one Of Louis
MillCr's farms.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
IMPROVEMENTS AT ALEXANDRIA

Alexandria. $. H.. Jan. 1.-The aggre-
gate cost OF building improvements for
Alexandria for the year just closed is
upwards Of $50. 900. of which the new
Touring mill built by the Clark Land
and Loan company, ut a cost OF &c.
100: the new Farmers Bank building.
costing s.. ZOO. and the residences OF At
torney y. A. Zollman and Peter lard
Ing. costing s. 900 each. are the princi-
nal factors.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
SOUTH DAKOTA

Mrs. Roosevelt a been amusing her.
uelf collecting old china, remains OF
dinner sets OF fortacr occupants OF the
White House from y time of Martina
Washington down 60 the days OF airs.
Mckinley. The dishes are In mahogany
cabinets kept in the basement OF the
White House. where any u may see
the priceless china. There are the
precious goid-rimmed cups OF Martina
Washington's regime. and the last adj
dition to the exhibit was made 10y Mrs-
George r.. Elliott, who presented Mrs.
Roosevelt with four pieces OF the Mon
roe china. A massive soup turecn Win
deep yellow border and plates with a
cluster OF Wild roses In the center OF
each make up this pretty addition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
ESCAPE SCANTILY CLAD
Sioux Falls Masonic Temple Building
IL the Scene Of q Serious
Early Fire,

Sioux Falls, =. D., Jan. Fire
threatened To destroy the large Masonic
Temple building this morning. The IRE
vas discovered In the occupied by
The Queen city Tailoring establishment.
conducted by Charles Bennett. Firemen
prevented the fire from spreading TO
he remainder OF the building. but the
eighty tenants OF the block were driven
from the building. some OF them thinly
clad. A portion of the room In which
The fire started was occupied by the
National Cash Register company,
which In the heaviest loser.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
n BARN BURNS.

McCkling. :. d., Jan. "A large barr,
an r. "a. whittaker's farm burned to
the ground Saturday morning. causing
a loss OF about $1,000. Five work horses
persisted in the flames, besides twenty
tons OF hay n some farm machinery.
The origin OF the blaze. which started
In the hay loft, IL unknown. Mr.. Whit
iaker carried some insurance on the
barn. but cannot tell how much until
The policy Is forwarded from Missouri
VALLEY.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

The Monte Rosa has heretofore been
assembled mostly from the Swiss side.
the Italian side having presented al
most insuperable difficulties. The Ital-
ian Alpine club mas now undertaken TO
erect huts and place chains I'm the
stcepest places. so that II will be pos
sible even for ordinary climbers to
ascend the mountain from the Italian
town OF
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

Ttnfoii as a Wrapping material for
fatty matters and other articles In be-
ing largely replaced In Germany by n
kind Of parchment paper coated with
aluminium. The aluminium Is made to
adhere by spirit varnish and pressing
by rollers. and the so-called aluminium
paper Is cheaper than ttnfoil.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

The Paris Journal offers prizes to
makers OF automobiles for Cd n field
gun mounted on an automobile car
riage: CD an automobile wagon for the
rapid transport of field pieces mounted
on the carriage at present In use. and
(3), an automobile ago for bringing
up provisions and ammunition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
Is TERRIBLY BURNED.
South Dakota Woman 10 Expected to
Die as a Result Of Severe
tniuries.

Armour. s. D.. ban. l.-whiie clean
eng n stove with backing mixed with
gasoline. gas exploded and Mrs. r. I.
Lewis OF this city was terribly burned
about the head. face ~ hands. She
lnhaled the flames. DIR. Ward. the
physician. "A y that Il IL very doubt.
ful whether she ecovers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

According TO the Russian census OF
1897 there were then I'm the empire
96. sss,s Gas peasants. l3.3ss.3 92 lower city
jewellers. S.s97, $50 nomads and SEMI
barbarous Inhabitants. 2.s2S.s42 Co.'S
sacks. LEO. ls9 hereditary mobiles, e20.ii9
personal mobiles and officials, 5Ss.9i7
priests and ministers OF all denominn-
tons, 342.927 hereditary n personal
citizens OF honor. and 2Si.i79 mer-
nAnnAn
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

Reno. Ncv.-This city has been infested
for weeks with countless numbers Of fieas.
and now in addition To the discomfort
causcd By tho biting properties Of tho In
sectS comes the statement Of DIR. j. ".
Mason OF Chicago that the nsa plants the
germs OF pneumonia IN IT. victims. The
doctors makes ;his statement after = series
~ experiments.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
COY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.

Burlington. Ia. Jan. i.-Karl Breisch.
Il year old. was fatally shot Sunday
xhile hunting. He fell down. his gun
exploded and the charge lodged In his
body.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

An advertiser In n British magazine
says: "Old ARTIFICIAL teeth bought. Call.
or II forwarded by post. utmost value
per return. Messrs. Smith. manufacture
Ing dentists. oxford street. London. Es-
tablished 100 years"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

A French farmer. who kept n num-
Der OF dogs and cats. constructed hi-
Eeniously. IN order to protect the lat"
ter from the former. n vcritable cats
nest. which he placed among the
branches Of n stunted oak tree.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

The kniser has decided 60 ornament
the terrace on the Lustgarten side OF
his schloss by the erection Of -four
statues OF the house OF Orange. I. e..
william OF Orange. his son Maurice
Henry. Frederick OF Orange and VIII
liar II
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

When all the railways now building
On that state are completed. Texas VIII
not fall far short of having 20 per cent.
more main track thar did Illinois.
which was the state OF greatest mile.
age until recently.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

Herbert Spencer. Charles Darwin.
Thomas II. Huxley and Louis Pasteur
at various times In their lives thought
tina they had discovered the secret OF
life. but repeated tests proved that they
Nefe mistaken.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

The inhabitants OF the village Of Cas-
tiemartyr. In County Cork. have bought
the fee-simple interest In their dwell
tngs and premises from the Earl OF
shannon on favorable terms. The pop
ulation OF Castlemartyr IL about GOO.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

The Swiss village OF Zofngen, In the
Canton OF Aargau. vas decorated with
fags recently In honor OF n hen which
had laid her t~housandth egg. Five ad-
tacent villages sent Populations. accom-
panied by bands. which serenaded the
industrious hen.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

FIFTY thousand acres OF alfalfa were
rnised In the Greeley district OF Colo
rado this year. three crops being cut
during the season. The average yield
90 the mere for the three cuttings was
Eve tons,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

During his visit TO the west OF Eng
land. DIR. Torrey. the evangelist. has
learned that Captain William Torrey.
from whom he is descended. left combe
81. Nicholas. IA Chnrd. Somerset
shire. for America I'm the seventeenth
century. and founded Weymouth.
Mass.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

The Earl OF Cranbrook. th~ oldest
surviving British ex-cabinet rntrrist er.
IN 81. ssld was better known ca n for
mer generation under his Am OF
Gathorpe-Hardy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
a DEADLY ASSAULT.

fermillion. -. D., Jan. Upon com
plaint NJ his brother, Hans j.. Johnson.
Andrew johnson was arrested by Sher-
IN Gundcrson and arraigncd before
Judge J. a. Copeland on n charge OF
assault with intent to do bodily harm.
over wages. and Hans ordered the
brother from his home. One word
brought on another. which finally ended
in the brothers each taking n shot ut
The other. one had "A rifle and the
other n shotgun. Both shots went wide
of the mark. and as "A result the family
scrap will be- decided on the ground OF
assault. Defendant has been held In
the sum OF $500.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

PittsburE. Pa-DaVid Gold. the Western
Union operator ~ Kew Brighton. west CT
,Pittxburg. dropped dead at his key while
receiving a message from PittsburR. An
hour later Mrs Gold. who was an operator
On her younger days. entered the office.
nnding her husband dead. She raised an
alarm and. being the only remaining opcr-
ator in the town. she went to the key and
reported her husbands death to tho Pitts
burg office. She then tainted and n man
aaS srut from PiitSbusg TO take charge.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

In Uruguay. until within n few years.
the sales " hides was the only part Of
The cattle industry hat yielded n
rash. the meat being mostly discarded
% OF no value.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

THO railroads % the United States
have this year placed 0rders for $500
passenger cars. 2iT 90 freight cars. and
4.t,o locomotives. And yet they are IN
fuficiently equipped.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

A chimney sweep. at Blackburn. Eng
land. TESTIFIED that he could not pay ms
debts because people no longer Rad
their chtfpneys swept. They set 'en
afre." ne Safd.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

The clock In Exeter cathedral. Eng
land. is 100 years old The dial IL seven
feet ir diameter. The dinls show the
2ims of tbs day and the moons age.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
FUND FOR cnILpREN,s HOME.

Armour. s. D., Dec. 2s.-The churches
OF this city took up n collection for the
Children's home at sioux Falls. Ths
handsome sum OF $40 was collected ana
forwarded to h proper ~authorities-
The churches OF this city annually a
up n collection for the home. and se'-
eral OF the lodges make ~ annual con
,tribution TO the cause.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
FATALLY

Deadwood. s. D.. Dec. 25-Nels Boyce.
a T~-year-old boy OF this city. vii. prob,
ably die as the result OF accideniAL
shooting by his older brother.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04

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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
II Tax. b. HzLna1a5.
G1)MNS. d. steer

Fig l. is simple standing lug, SO calieu
because it is not shifted on each tack as an
ordinary lug has to be.
In the ordinary lug the luff runs in the di-
rection of the dotted line, and the tack Is
made fast forward of the mast to the vino
ward side of the boat. In the standing lug
the tack comes short at the mast at A.
The luff of the sail is cut very short ana
the head given a good deal OF peak, Wnlcn
make the leach very much longer than the iul e
The head of the sail is bent to small yaru,
and the halyards, which lead through sheave
in the mast, are seized to the yard so as 10
set the sail fairly. 1t is necessary to get the
yard slung just in the right place or the san
will not set. You will have to shift the seizing
along the yard until you get it fairly slung|
about one-fourth from forward will generally
sling the yard properly. This sail IS, most
suitable for any ordinary canoe For rae
ing canoes, different and larger sails are
used.
Fig 2 is lateen sail. This is very handy
sail for rowing boats, particularly with far
wind, as the sail being on boom swings
across tile boat and sends her along very
steadily
In souall, however, it is more dangerous
than the lug, as it has boom, and letting go
the sheet may not spill the wind out OF the
sail, which it will certainly do where no boom
is used. The sail is laced to yard at AA, and
there is boom at BIB. The halyards are bent
in the same manner as the. lug.
AS to making the sail, the first thing is the
plan. You must measure what sized spars are
easily slowed away, and having determined
this, mark off on piece of paper the length
of the mast, say on a scale OF one inch to the
foot. You must also draw sheer plan of your
boat and put the mast in the position you in
tend it to be. -.
When sailing is not desired (by sailing
mean beating against the wind in contradister-
nation to merely putting up a sail to run be-
fore the wind or on reach( it is best to have
the sail as small as possible, as it is more
easily slowed, and, what is of the greatest
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

The ropng is only continued as far as B
on the foot of the sail, and the rope is ta-
pered off there to nothing, the foot of the sail
being simply turned in and sewn.
At each corner of the sail, a triangular
piece had best be put in on each side and
firmly sewn.
Small pieces will do at the head; but at
the tack, and especially the clew, where the
sheet is made fast, the pieces must be large
and strong.
Along the head of the sail small holes must
be made and sewn about six or nine inches
apart, to lace the head of the sail to the
yard.
In small sail this may be saved by lac
ing with a twine-needle under the roping of
the head.
The roping must have the small brass GRIN
giles put at the proper places and the rope
seized at the nip to secure them.
The ends of the rope are then whipped and
the roping placed around the sail and neat
ly sewn to it over and over with tarred sail
twine.
The yard of lug is fitted thus
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

Importance, far safer, if your boat is not con-
structed or ballasted for large sails, by the use
of which in such boats most OF the deplorable
accidents you hear of occur.
Put your mast as far forward as you can,
as the boat runs better and steadier so, and
YOU have more room aft to sit comfortably.
You must next mark off the length you intend
the foot of the sail to be. Now mark off the
luff and then the head of the sail, with the
peak (that is, angle from luff to leach) you
intend giving it, Then mark the leach You
can now see how the sail looks on your plan
and alter it if required. When completed to
your satisfaction, you have only to multiply
your measurements by twelve to get the size
in feet your sail is to be.
The best thing for small sail is twilled
cotton sheeting, as it is cheap, and you can get
it broad enough to SNAKE a small sail without
much if any joining.
You will have to get stronger stuff for larger
sails. Light duck is the best. The breadths
must be cut out, commencing with the after
part of the SAIL which had better be in one
length, and each piece must overlap so as to
allow it to be firmly sewn together
For large sails two rows of stitching are re-
ouired side by side, to each seam You must
have reef-points in the sail if it is large one
either a narrow band of the same material
as the sail or little tabs of canvas must be
sewn each side where the reef-points come
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

When you reef the sail, the snotter must
be lowered down as far as the depth OF the
reef taken. The luff of the spritsail must have
small holes, as in the head of lugsail, for lac
ing to the mast.
A mizzen is very useful as steering sail,
and also a very nice little sail in an ordinary
rowing boat, when rowing with strong wind
little on the bow, when it can be set close
hauled, and keeps the boat from falling off as
the wind presses against her bow.
In carrying a mizzen, if you use tiller, the
mizzen- mast must be stepped little on one
side, and the tiller made of iron, with curve
mast must be stepped as near the stern as pos
sible as the farther forward it is, the greater
the curve needed in the tiller.
A lateen with boom makes an excellent miz-
zen for rowing boat.
As for the ropes, you will find MANILA about
the best to use. The best is cheapest in the
end.
You may fit your mast with small truck
that is. a round piece of wood with square
hole cut in the middle to fit the top of the
mast, which is squared to receive the truck.
At one side Of the truck is fitted a small
brass sheave to take the signal halyard, to
which you can bend your burgee.
You should be now able to rig any small
boat. As to the rigging of schooners, cutters
and yawls, why, l don't suppose you have built
one vet, except model one. Perhaps some
other time we may have paper on such
matters.
voted their attention to model yachts. | here
give dimensions of spars and sails suitable and
Esed at present by a very successful three
foot racing model. You will see there are
tbree suits of sails-one for fine weather, one
for strong breezes, and one for half gale of
wind. N. NJ 4,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
g. 1DaCbt am0 Canoe Butq0tno0 @

and a small hole may be made in the middle
of the tab through the sail properly sewn
around, and the cord for the reef-pont cut
long enough for each side, and then passed
through the hole so as to allow an equal length
each side of the sail, and sewn firmly to the
sail where it passes through the hole. The
sail must also be turned in and sewn at the
head and foot.
When finished, it must be roped. A thin
piece of good rope or cord, according to the
size of the SAIL is taken, long enough when
shrunk with wetting to go around the sail,
allowing for cringles at each corner and for
the reef thus:
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
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1t is then pulled taut and is ready for the
halyard to be made fast with hitch. In a
small sail you may make the halyard itself
fast to the yard.
A traveller made OF galvanized iron is gen.
orally used to slide up and down the mast,
to which traveller the halyards are made fast.
The sling on the yard is hooked on to the
traveller, which has small hook for that pur-
pose. The mast must be long enough to allow
of sufficient drift Chat is. length of halyardl
properly.
The sheeve is put into hole cut in the
masthead to receive it about four inches from
the end of the mast, and small hole is bored
in the mast TO push the pin of the sheave
AL. X.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
2===s=s=zs5=i - n ~
zazzE=4i : - -

One end is put into the peak cringle OF the
sail and the other in snotter on the maA;
which is merely a grommet passed arouhu
the mast in the same way that the sling was
passed around the yard of the lug
The grommet must be of such dimensions
that when passed around the mast, and the
blight pulled through, there is only enough
room in the blight to slip in the end OF the
spirit. Thus the strain on the blight jams the
hitch and keeps it from slipping.
Should, however, the grommet be too large,
you have only to seize one end of the blight,
leaving enough room for the end OF the spirit
to fit in.
You have only to take out the spirit and
slip the grommet up or down the mast to
get it in the exact position requisite for set
ting the sail.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

as at A A, as the strain on the sail soon
pulls it straight, and the foot cut with a
sole falling below the boom, as at B B. This
applies to all the sails. The corners must be
strengthened with extra pieces sewn in, and
the tack at G should be rounded off-not as
shown above.
The mast, bowsprit and boom should be
for three-foot model, about ive-eights Of
an inch in diameter, tapered toward the end
very slightly from about the middle. The
gaff may be three-eighths of an inch at Jaws
to a quarter of an inch at the gaff end. The
boom must be fitted with piece of copper
wire bent around tne s nas'. =. ana with ends riy-
G). The jaws of the gaff can be fitted the same
way, only in two pieces, not joining in ring
around the mast.
Continued ON Following Page
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

You had best fit a small iron or wooden
cleat on the mast, to belay the halyard to,
and have a small eyeboit to lash the tack to,
or pass a grommet around the mast for that
purpose. Gig, Al, y;
secured to the mast, above the thwart-yo1
can, if necessary, at once lift out the mast, sail
and all, which is often very desirable-for in
stance, when shooting low bridge
The sheet you should never make fast, but
hold it in your hand, ready to let go in case of
For boats simply intended for sailing there
are, of course, many rigs suitable to different
kinds of hulls. One Of the simplest for a
small sailing boat is the spirit sail Gig.
3, s..
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
Copyright by James Elvcrson'
SPARS AND SAILS.

ITO build sailing boat, you must un-
derstand and appreciate some OF the
principles of masting, sparring and
NgMINI sail-making to enable you to get
S==.s= good results from your craft.
However well the hull OF sailing
boat NAV be formed, she cannot be success
unless the same attention is given to the sail
plan. coupled with an intelligent appreciation
of the principles involved.
Should your boat be one intended for row
ing. and you merely wish to have sail to
avail Yourself when the wind is fair, it is not
of so much consequence as to the sort OF sail
you use. This applies equally to a canoe OF
the same description. For such boat you
must study conveniences in slowing the mast
and sail away, and perhaps the best form OF
sail will be-for a boat, lug or lateen' ana
for canoe simple standing lug, thus: