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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
increase in Negro Property.

..# # rTOm TIC century. H "E@.
Starting at the close OF the war with
almost nothing in the way OF property,
and with no traditions and with little
training to At them for freedom, negro
farmers alone had acquired by 1890
nearly as much land as Is contained In
the European states OF Holland and
Belgium combined. Meanwhile there
has been a marked improvement in the
character Of the negro farmers home.
The old, one-roomed log cabins are
slowly but steadily disappearing. Year
by year the number OF neat and COM
Portable farmers cottages has In
creased. From my home In Tuskegee
/ can drive in some directions for a
distance of five or six miles and not see
a single one-roomed cabin, though 1
can see thousands OF acres OF land that
are owned by our people. A few miles
northwest OF Tuskegee institute, In q
district that used to be known as the
big Hungry" the Southern Improve
ment ASSOCIATE IN has settled something
! k over so negro families, for whom
they have built neat and attractive lit
tie cottages. During the first six years
nearly all of these settlers have paid
for their houses and land from the
earnings OF their farms.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
FRIENDS HELP
s., Paul Purk Inciden

81. Paul Park Incident.
"After drinking coffee for breakfast
4 always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning dE
ties. Then In about an hour or 50 q
weak, nervous arrangement OF the
heart and stomach would come over me
with such force l would frequently
have to lie down.
"At other times I had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affected
and digestion SC impaired that had
serious chronic dyspepsia and constipa'
ton. A lady, for many years State
President OF the W. G. T. u. told me
she bad been greatly benefited by quit
ting coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee; she was troubled for years with
asthma. She said 1t was no cross TO
quit coffee when she found she could
have as delicious an article as Postum
Another lady. who had been trou'
bied with chronic dyspepsia for years
found immediate relief on ceaslng cot'
fee and beginning Postum twice a day
She was wholly cured. Still another
friend told me that Postum Food Coffee
was a Godsend to her. Der heart trouble
having been relieved after leaving Oh
coffee and taking on Postum.
$50 many such cases came to my n"
tlce that | concluded coffee was toe
cause OF my troubie and | quit and took
up Postum. nm more than pleased to
say that my days OF trouble have dis
appeared. | am well and happy"
There's a Reason" Read "The Road
to MELVILLE" In plgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time:
They are genuine, true. and full OF
human interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
A Test Of Faith.

LA go ri. .
They were cross-examining In a Chi
cago court recently, a bookmaker who
had been caught in the tolls for playing
some other game than his own. The
third sub-assistant district attorney
was intent upon a conviction. however.
and was doing his best. none too sue
cessfully. to shake the testimony OF the
defendant.
YOU'RE sure OF THAR" ne yelled, as
the ebookmaker stuck TO an assertion
that did not suit the case of the state.
Sure, / am certain" came the an
swer.
you remember that you are under
oath?"
II do that"
And you'd swear 20 this statement
OF yours?"
swear to it? why. Mr.. Lawyer
and judge, your honor. I'd bet q hum
dred on IL any day"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
Fresh.

Dundee Advertiser: The woman who
was doing her marketing vas difficult
to please. She had overhauled every
comestible I'M the shop and Insisted on
getting the best in stock at twopence a
pound cheaper than the marked price.
and now IL was a question OF eggs.
Are you quite sure these eggs are
fresh" she asked.
They are, madam"
You will guarantee them?"
IT will. madam"
But how am I TO know that you
know they are fresh?"
my dear lady" said the exhausted
shopman, with inclsive emphasis, "if
you will kindly step to the telephone,
and ring up our farm, you will heal the
hens that laid them still cackling! I'm
afraid / can't say any more than that"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
A. W. GLEASON.
When the servant Reians.

Three things make earth unquiet,
And four she cannot brook;
The pious Agur counted them,
And put them In a book
These Four Tremendous Curses
With which mankind Ii curst:
But, A Servant when he Rctgneth,
Old Agur counted first.
A Handmade that IS Mistress
We need not call upon;
A Fool when he Is full Of Meat
Will fall asleep anon.
An Odious Woman married
May bear a babe and mend
But A Servant when he Reigneth
Is Confusion to the end.
His feet are swift to tumult.
His hands are slow to toll;
His ears are deaf to Judgment,
His lips are loud In brotl:
And, IL his folly opens
The unnecessary bells,
A Servant when he Reigneth
Throws the blame on some n else
-Rudyard Kipling In Golfers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

From fhe3|Mlhdelphia Inquirer.
senator F13tt, seated on the porch 4,
his hotel at Manhattan beach, con-
demned certain new trends in politics
Theories, theories he said. with !.
wave OF his hand. Theories and theos
rists-they are apt to err, very apt d
err, I
Looking out at the white beach ana
the snnlit blue sea, he shook his head
and chuckled. L
Theorists go mad" he said, 'tova,
their theories. You know the theorv
that Bull wrote God Save the Queen
william Chappeli and Joshua Maid.
win were the most ardent supporter,
OF this theory, but one day they found
an announcement entry in q rare Ola
Tudor manuscript that threw ~
Eravest doubt upon theft claim. =
I'm this case what did they do? Thev
dubbed together, bought the mann.
script and burned 1t with great "a.
crecy, solemnly calculating;
4" Thank goodness, we have now got
rid OF that objection 70 our Theory
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
MAKE THE HAIR o

To make the hair bloom is not
difficult, but II depends upon the
color Of the hair. Hair differs In
texture and In color and n treat
ment will % do for all. There Is
a drabbish hair which must be
shampoOed with soap jelly and
rinsed with borax water. This kind
OF hair needs a further shampoo OF
soda TO rid II OF its dust and oil;
and then II needs to be ventilated.
Hair that Is made to bloom must
be polished, or II will not keep It's
luster, and q velvet brush Is the
best polisher known. II can be
made at home by covering q stin
hair brush with a piece OF heavy
soft velvet. After the hair has been
dried and the snarls taken out
few drops of oil a be rubbed in
the palm OF the hand after which
the hand is rubbed on the hair IL
is then rubbed down with q velvet
brush.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Mrs. Boorman Wells, the "suffra-
gette,' said at a women's luncheon IN
New York: You may ridicule as you
please, but When, we get the suffrage in
London we shan't abuse 1t as some
of your Colorado women do. / heard
two Denver men talking at dinner the
other night. Hello said the first,
vented b~uttonless underwear ooh.
that's nothing said the second, i've
worn 1t yer since my wife got a
Votebn
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
a STARTLING Dish.

Prom the BOsIoh HtTaIu'
over in Chelsea a schoolteacher was
engaged in her task OF teaching a class
OF foreign children the English lam
guage. She was trying 10 make ner
n,Ipils understand the meaning OF the
word fright, and asked IL any n In
the class could give q sentence CON
tanning the word.
Quick and confident was the reply OF
one little girl: II have a sentence,
teacher. We had fright Eggs for break
fast this morning"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

After the recent discovery OF a new
rubber plant In Cochin-China comes the
discovery In Brazil OF a new family
group OF a plant which promises to be.
come a valuable source OF rubber, the
demand OF which for many purposes Is
constantly increasing. Al report OF the
Royal Botanical Garden and Museum
at Berlin mentions the results Of exper-
iments with three new species OF man
ihot trees, which were discovered on a
trip through the forests of the province
of Bahia rubber syndicate. Two Of
these are considered the rubber plants
OF the future for dry and little fertile
regions.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
THE COAT sHIRTWAIsr.

This is the very newest thing. AS it's
name suggests. II has the appearance
of a coat worn over a vest or shirt
front. To produce this effect a double
breasted vest, with a shawl collar. Is
attached to a stiff ehemisette. This de-
sign occurs in white butcher linen and
the cuffs to the bishop sleeves are often
some contrasting shade OF linen, which
Is ais used in facing the shawl collar,
1t is easier to be a fool without try.
ing than II is to be a wise man work.
ing "A hours q day at it.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
NINE TO N

20. where are the hats Of yester- :
Year," :
He asked OF the maiden gay, :
AS he stood on the corner and :
watched the hats, :
Surge by him on Easter day. :
20, the hats Of yesteryear are :
gone,o :
Was the answer she made to him, :
For II takes nine hats they used :
to wear I
To make one Merry Widow !
brim." :
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
sTArs ~ OHIO. clrr oy ToLrDo.

Germany sends 29, 600. 900 feathers q
year to England for millinery purposes,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Frank j, Cheney makes oath that he d
senior partner Of the firm OF r. J. Cheney 1
Co. doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
arm Will pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case Of Co.
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use Of
Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK j.. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A, D.
1885.
(SEAL) A. W. GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
and acts directly ON the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testimS
mails free.
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Helm an independent voter. I gl-
ways vote for the best man.
She--How can you tell who Is the
best man unttl after the votes are
countcdf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23

Cambridge goes long distance back,
but not quite far, perhaps.
Oxford makes very marked difference
in the garb OF a graduating minister and
lawyer, for instance. Cambridge still
further dfferentiates betwe students
of its various colleges.
The ordinary academic dress of today
consists of cap. gown and hood. and in
the United States the system has been SO
unified that a very definite code has been
abiished.
In 1894 an intercollegiate commission
met at Columbia College with Seth Low
as chairman and Col. McCook of Prince
ton. DIR. Palmer of Yale and Chancellor
McCracken of New York University. as
members of the commission. They made
careful study of academic costume in
the various universities of Europe and
out of the chaos they evolved an orderly
system. which is the one followed now
by all the greater universities and colleges
in the land.
There are three types of gowns. which
are marked by varying cuts of hoods to
represent doctor, master and bachelor de-
grees The doctors gown has full. open
round sleeves. faced with velvet and with
three bars of velvet on The sleeves.
The masters gown has a closed sleeve.
square at the bottom. falling below the
knees The arm enters through slit
near the elbow The bachelors gown has
long, pointed sleeves.
The doctors and masters gown should
be silk bachelors of worsted stuff. The
doctors cap has a gilt tassel. while the
others have silk tassels-
How the Hoods Vary.
The three grades of hood vary in cut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23
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tinales in its orangeades and champagne
cups. There are no other drinks
That the paddock Yes. behind the
roses. Round and round. they lead the
high bred horses. They are true aris-
tocrats. the horses: but the men are not
bad ASK question The polite boys
touch their caps and answer. Where are
the hard sports and bully trainers. sassy
jocks and surl" owners Evidently. else
where. Wasn't ne polite. the saort man
who told Frank that horses name
What. he is Edmond Blanc? And the
slim. sallow. melancholy man who mark
ed MaudS program for her? Ephrussi,
Really? Come. III show you Rothschid.
Which? The baron. naturally Also
Baron Edouard. Baron Maurice and plain
James and Leopold from London. There
are Lord Carnarvon. Maj. Eustace Loder
and Miss Ursula Templer. who owns
.'Astra-C Castro"
Soon the president of the republic will
drive UP in state. escorted by magnificent
c,iirassiers and dragons. Last year he
had the King and Queen OF Denmark
with him. This year il is the Prince OF
Wales. The Grand Prix will be run when
they arrive.
Another orangeade beneath the creamy
awning, What a multitude and yet no
crowding, oh. the golden afternoon OF
dignity and leisure, No one hurries-but
the horses. STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23

as much as do the three grades of gown.
They are made of the same stuff as the
gown, but are generally lined with the
color of the institution granting the de-
gree. They trimmed with a color
that stands for the department from which
the degree emanates. This trimming is
generally of velvet.
Arts and letters are represented by
white trimming. which is copied from
the white fur found on the Oxford and
Cambridge bachelor of arts hood. Theol-
oSy and divinity are always indicated by
scarlet, the traditional color of the church,
standing for zeal. Law is indicated by
purple, the color Of kings courts. or pos
sibly this is a retention Of the old purple
stripe on the senatorial toga.
Green stands for medicine. originally
signifying the green of the herbs. The
pink Of music is copied from the pink
of music.
Philosophy is blue. the color of truth
and wisdom. The yellow of science indf-
Gates the wealth that science has for
the student. yellow being the traditional
color of gold.
The introduction of many new depart
ments has led to the adoption of distinc-
tons for them. Pharmacy is Indicated
by the russell band, dentistry by the lilac,
colors of the institution shown In the
hood are arranged in the old principle OF
the cclors on a shield.
Both in its ancient origin and in the
care which has been bestowed upon 1t by
modern educators. the academic gown is
worthy symbol of the great event il
marks in the life Of the student.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23

Special Correspondence IF The Star.
PARIS. May 16 1905.
-HE Pacific railroad was built
merely (said a Scotch philos
opherl that few men in frock
coats might see the Grand
Prix de Paris
II is still the most spectacular of horse
races: and more. 1t is worlds dream of
itself in strength and beauty: civilizations
triumph bright with art and fashion, lux
ury and joy of living.
Diamond seekers starve for water in the
Transvaal: rubber hunters perish in the
orinoco ooze, and weary men fight sheep
blight on Australian plains-in hope of
seeing the Grand Prix de Paris.
African kings dream in the starlight Of
it: Indian rajahs. Arab sheiks. Siberian
princes. Persian senators.
Then. finally. of a superb June day. we
find that we are all together on the boule-
ward. where sunlight dancing through
the green shade speckles the wood pave
msnt.
Washed and glowing. in new clothes
we've lunched. and now we take our cot
fee on the sidewalk terraces; buy violets
from the flower girls; hasgle for our blue
Turf Chronicle of 1907" glance impor-
family at the Partisan dope sheet. and
laugh for silly gladness at the slow pro-
cession of proud cabmen and Chauffeurs
prepared to gouge US for the Grand Prix
Harvest for Hackmen.
We don't mind the gouge much; it is
their great day; all want to go to the
Grand Prix: and nearly all find customers
to take them. African kings and Indian
ajahs have their livery turnouts ordered
for the race: but most well-posted dia-
mond. rubber, sheep and railroad visitors
will dicker on the curb for the mere trip
out-say two or three dollars. Then.
put In two hours hunting our paid-in-
advance equipage. Well tip the wink to
any likely rig, show gold and ride in tri-
umph to Armenonvlle or the Chateau de
Madrid!
Doubtless the ride out to the Derby is
bowling happiness. as gaudy-colored S
a mescal dream; but it is high-pressure
gayety. alcohol stocked. The vast process
sion to Longchamps is all in tenderer.
cooler tones. Its gayety is sparkling
soda. Paris sunlight. Paris perfumes. the
toilets of hundred thousand pretty
women rushing gayly westward through
the avenues-what need of other stimu-
lants?
The whole 100000 population has gone
tipsy in the air and sunlight.
Half a million get to the race track or
near it.
River steamboats, unload tens of thou
sands. The Suresnes. st. Cloud and Bou-
logne trolleys transport other tens OF
thousands in long trains.
The 1900 cabs and taxi-autos of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23

capital make no nretense of doing work
a-day trips: all seek enthusia stically to
do their Grand Prix;" and even those
who find no fares loaf in, the Bots. get
tipsy and whoop back to Paris in the
universal push when the great race is
over.
In every Paris street the stay-at-homes
are at the windows, sympathetically rub
hering the new clothes bound for Long
champs.
Every couple that pays 40 cents for the
palouse goes carrying the Grand Prix
money Of dozen neighbors. At the cor
ner cafe walters take the bets of the re-
mainder of the population for clandestine
bookmakers. paying Paris Mutuels prices
What 1t comes to. judge by last year s
Paris Mutuels only-money carried open
ly. correctly, to the race track and placed
with the governments officials in a vast
pool on this one race of the Grand PriX
When the race is over the pool is di-
vided among those who picked the win
ners. less 9 per cent raked off for spe-
cifc charities the prizes and expenses of
the august Jockey Club:
Pesaga fashionablel. 1.040.5OO francs
pavilion dollar entrance): 244.o95: pc
louise tpopularl. 1.190.0SN. Total 2474 $50
francs-almost half million dollars. from
which per cent is lifted. Thus govern
ment and Jockey Club charged the Paris
ian public Si0oo0 Just to hold it's Grand
Prix money twenty minutes.
What the Bookmakers Get.
The hookmakers of the paddock raked
off-who knows how much more?-from
the rich, silent sports who bet by mods
and fingers. Leave them out But the
clardestine milking OF the stay-at-homes
is co,;..scd equal to the Paris mutuels fig
ures-sio.0H0 more paid by the Paris
popu'ace in one June day to avenge Wa
terloo,
1853 when the Jockey Club established
the Grand Prix of $4,000. open to three
year-olds of all lands--a fla, run 1g race.
1000 yards. 1t was attacking England
on her own ground, where she had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23
IMPRISONED EGYPTIAN WIVES.
Incidents of Mohammedan Life on
Country Estates.

From the London Standard
Some of the old-fashioned Egyptian
s0ures who have been settled on their
estates for a generation or two and farm
their own land are much looked up to by
their poorer neighbors and exercise a
good deal of influence They have many
of the characteristic qualities which be-
long to their condition.
l became acquainted with patriarch OF
this kind who was an estmable old gen.
tlenan. He lived in a large. whitewash-
ed. untidy old house with big bare rooms
on the ground floor and latticed apart
ments above in which his womankind
lived. He told me. by the way. that his
wife had never been downstairs or set
foot outside the house, had never. In fact.
moved beyond the confines of her second
story prison for twenty-five years.
Merchants, tradesmen. officials like to
invest their savings in real property l
met a young clerk In one OF the pubic
offices in Cairo who had been educated
at an American mission school and spoke
English well. He was three and twenty
and. of course married and parent. He
told me that he had saved enough out or
his salary TO have bought small estate
in the delta His wife and children and
his motherin-law and an uncle lived
there and managed the farm. and he went
down there himself during the long
summer vacation, when most Of the Cairo
offices go to sleep.
Every body indeed. in an Egyptian town
seems 10 have an interest In the land
The Berberine servant who acts as cham
bermaid in your hotel is probably the
tenant of tiny patch of earth. with
date palm and a mud hut. on which he
labors during the summer and autumn.
leaving his family to look after it when
he comes down TO Cairo 10 gather the
piastres of the stranger in the cool sea-
son And the trader who has made
money will often own an estate worth
thousands of pounds. left in charge of q
naZar or bailiff whose accounts he Will
check from time to time. Such man.
when he retires from business. may him
self set up as country gentleman. even
as prosperous shopkeepers do elsewhere.
man can have a good house and ex-
hibit the outward signs of wealth with
the certainty that his superfiuity will not
be squeezed out of him by the tax col
lectors or extorted from his as brides
by the retainers of the pasta. 1t is no
longer necessary to conceal all evidence
of means, live in ostentatious penurious-
ness and bury your money II you have
any in hole in the earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23

AGO you are just back from circular
- tour of the Mediterranean, includ-
ing Egypt and the Nile. Well. Well!
The speaker was George AIDE, play
wright and humorist. Shaking the hand
Of the brown young Indiana farmer, ne
went on:
Il know the sort of conversation you
heard over therein Egypt. say. listen.
and I'll tear off yard or two. II ran
like this:
Isn't it lovely? Cleopatra lived here.
and Moses. and Pharaoh! 1t makes your
head SWIM doesn't it,?
4 guess it's the bad air. IL hurts my
head. too. Is that the Nile:
4 suppose so. Isn't it dirty:
Look at that crocodile basking IN the
SUM-
lis he basking? Oh. Maude. dear oy
the way, is your new basque 10 nave 'n0
fashionable long sleeves"
Gee. there's the sphinx.
And that must be the desert But
don't any caravans.
No How provoking:
Isn't it nice to travel on railroad
where they don't have any SCOT: