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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
Paying Debts in Japan.

Foreigners in Japan find a great oppor-
tunity to purchase Curios at the beginning
of each new year. Everyone in Japan Is
expected to clear up his books and pay his
debts by the last day of the old year. The
tradesmen send In their yards-more often
miles-of bills to "the honorable lady OF
the house." In pre- sents are politely ex-
changed all around. Shopkeepers hold bar
gain sales to enable them to pay tho
wholesale houses, and If a man cannot
raise sufficient money to pay his creditors
1t Is not an uncommon thing for him to
sell off sufficient or even all Of his prop
erty at a sacrifice to enable him to meet
the new year with q smiling face. The
only other honorable way out of his dlf.
fculties is for him to commit suicide.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
M ona M achree.


From the Catholic Standard and Timea
ture now,
Der the sea
Slave of no lass, but a lover OF nature
Careless an free.
Nature, the goddess of myriad graces,
Pours forlorn lovers a balm that effaces
Scars from the heart, in these sm!lin'
new places
Far to the eastward an far to the south
Sweet are the grapes that she gives me
to eat,
Red are her pomegranates, luscious an
sweet.
Dreamy the breath of her flowers In the
heat
But, oh, the red mouth of you,
Mona Machree.
Mona Machree, though it's here that the
Rather for me,
Dreams an drowsed rovin's through
blooms where the honey is,
Wild as a bee.
She, the new goddess to whom I'm be-
Shares me in days that are scented an
Zen as the tresses your temples en-
foldin'.
Aye, an the blue, when the sui has for
Blossoms with jewels, night lamps Of her
Bright as two p~assionless eyes I have
known.
All, It Is here that my heart is my own
But, oh. the dull ache in 1t,
Mona Machree.
II. A. DAILY.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
Gypsy Song.

Gypsy Song.
In the drlzzling mist, with the snow high
piled,
the winter night, In the forest wild.
/ heard the wolves with their ravenous
I heard the screaming note of the OWL.
Willie wau wau wau!
Willie wo wo wo!
Vito hui!
I shot, one day, a cat in the ditch
The dear black cat of Anna, the witch
Upon me. at night. seven were-wolves
came down,
Seven women they were, from out Of the
town. .'
Willie wau wau wau!
Willie wo wo vol
Vito hu!
I knew them all; aye. I knew them
First, Anna, then Ursula, Eve and Kate,
And Barbara, LiZzy, and Bet as well:
And forming a ring, they began to yell:
Willie wau Wau wau
Willie wo wo wo!
Vito hu!
Then called I their names with angry
threat:
What wouldst thou, Anna? What
wouldst thou, BetY"
At hearing my voice, themselves they
shook,
And bowling and yelling. to flight they
Willie wau wau wau!
Willie wo wo wo!
Vito hu!
Johann Goethe.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
EYES.
II Acts Slowly but Frequently Pro-
duceS Blindness.

1t Acts Slowly but Frequently Pro-
duces Blindness.
The curious effect Of slow daily pol
soning and the gradual building In Of
disease as a result, is shown In mum
bers Of cases where the eyes are az.
fected by coffee.
A case In point will illustrate:
A lady In Oswego, Mont, expert
enced a slow but sure disease settling
upon her eyes in the form Of increas-
ing weakness and shooting pains with
wavy, dancing lines Of light, so vivid
that nothing else could be seen for
minutes at a time.
She says:
This gradual failure of sight alarm
ed me and l naturally began a very
earnest quest for the cause. About
this time / was told that coffee poison
Ing sometimes took that form, and
while I didn't believe that coffee was
the cause of my trouble, 1 concluded
to quit 1t and see.
Il took up Postum Food Coffee In
spite Of the jokes Of Husband whose
experience with one cup at a ~neighbOr's
was unsatisfactory. Well, made
Postum strictly according to directions,
boiling 1t a little longer, because OF
our high altitude. The result was
charming. l have now used Postum
In place OF coffee for about 3 months
and my eyes are we'll, never painlng
me or showing any weakness. l know
to a certainty that the cause Of the
trouble was coffee and the cure was in
quitting it and building up the nervous
system ON Postum, for that was abso-
lutely the only change I made in diet
and / took no medicine.
MY nursing baby has been kept in a
perfectly healthy state since | have
used Postum. ...
"Mr. -, a friend, discarded cor
fee and took on Postum to see II he
could be rid of his dyspepsia and fire.
quent headaches. The change pro
duced a most remarkable Improvement
quickly"
There's a Reason" Name given OI
Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
BATTLE OF YEARS AGO
RECALLED IN OLD LETTER
Among Precious Belongings Of His Mother, a Sioux City Man
Finds a Faded Missivs Written by Himself After
Successful Battle With Rebels.

in the woods, However, It turned out az
ferent. About 4 o'clock In the morning
OF the 18th I was awakened by middIing
heavy picket firing. BY the time we were
up the artillery began firing.
L started over to headquarters about 800
yards on, and when I got there saw
that the fields pike and every available
place was covered with ~stragglers, and
l could hear the rebs cheering. then
struck back for camp. When l got there
/ found the corps had all left. I packed
my things about az quick as any person
would In the same situation, and by that
time the balls were beginning to come
through the woods faster than 1 cared
about, and 1 cut out as quick as 1 could.
which you may bet was not very slow.
In Great Confusion.
1t was one OF the greatest runs I ever
saw or heard of-men, teams, horses and
all mixed together in the greatst con-
fusion. Tn rebs were following and howl
ing like a pack OF Internal demons. the
Sth and 18th corps being taken by sur
prise. 1t is said. 1 do not know how true
1t ~, that the rebs dressed in our uniforms
and relieved our pickets, thus getting on
their camp before they knew of II. Ths
9Th corps lay on the right and they were
double-quicked into line and held the en-
envy till most of the teams got out OF
the way, when they fell back and for
ward again in line, and so on for a couple
of miles.
At last. about this time, when all an
peared lost, General Sheridan came up.
He said the rebs had to stay where they
were and he made good his word in If
teen minutes. You could tell the differ
ence. He formed a new line and ordered
a charge, and we began to drive them
and kept driving them until they broke
entirely and every man tried 10 get out
OF the way as well as he could. till night
found US in the old place.
l had a splendid view OF the hght: our
cavalry followed them to Woodstock the
same night n We captured 40 of their
pieces OF artillery besides our own. which
we got in he morning. They have only
0 Is left and we will get them soon.
I will not write any more OF the fight.
Believe me truly. w. Il. Cant.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
The French Way.

A woman believed to be Of English
nationality abandoned two babies in
Paris a few days ago. and what would
be dismissed in London as an everyday
occurrence Of small interest a pro-
vided the sensation of the moment to
the French capital.
A Paris correspondent points out that
In the French capital when parents
wish to rid themselves of children there
is no furtive laying of them on the
step and ringing the bell, with a hasty
disappearance under he Of dark
ness. 1t is open to any parents to Ike
their children to the Hospice des En-
fants Assistes and declare that they
wish to abandon them.
The mother or the father Is not re-
quired to give any reason or any infor-
nation as to his or her circumstances
or identity. The questions are asked
purely as a matter of form thus:
q. What is this child's name? A. 1
do not know.
@. What is your name? A. I do
not know.
Tires blen, madame; bon jour"
A woman who is about to become a
mother a go to the lying In hospital
and declare straightway that she in
tends to abandon her child as soon as
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23

It is born. She is expected to give GER
tain information against the contin-
geEcy of her death during childbirth,
but she Is entitled to place this state
ment in an envelope sealed by herself,
and II is returned to her unopened when
she leaves the hospital.
What Is the fate of the children so
abandoned? They are put out to nurse
among the p%easantry n the working
classes and a legal name is given them.
They are SEM to school, taught a trade,
do their military service. and generally
ing useful citizens.
Their lot may sometimes be one of
hardship and suffering, for this is to
some extent inevitable. They are, how
ever vastly better off than they would
be II they were exposed to the kicks
and cuffs and semi-starvation of the
squalid homes Of cruel and drunken
parents.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23

Hidden away I among the precious
belongings of his mother for nearly
As years, VIM. E. CAN'T. n OF the
best known pioneer lawyers of Sioux
City. accidentally found recently a
worn and faded letter written by him
during the civil war.
Mr.. CAN'T was then a boy OF Is years
and while his spelling and grammar
was not as accurate as 1t Is To-Day,
he tells his story in a modest, concise
way. He describes the battle or rather
he rout and then victory of the Union
army at Cedar Creek, October 10, 1854.
Sheridan's Famous Charge.
The account Of the engagement was
written two days after Sheridan's
famous charge, NY Mr.. CAN'T to his
mother in Newport, Penn The young
soldier was a member OF he signal
corps, and his description OF the bat
tie reaches the dramatic at times.
When asked TO try and recall his
feelings and impressions at the time,
he said 1t was Impossible, as a boys
confused notion Of such things were
no different than that of a boy OF to-
day who was in the thick of a trying
situation.
Mr.. CAN'T served through the entire
war. His letter Is as follows:
The Precious Letter.
Camp Near Cedar Creek. Oct. q, "a
Dear Mother: / received your letter a
day or two ago. We left Martinsburg on
the 18th and got here on the 18th. When
we got to Newlown We heard heavy firing,
indicating that there was fighting going
on, when we got up we found they
a been diminishing pretty near us all
day, without bringing a general engage
ment. w j.. .
When firing ceased at night, each army
held the position which they occupied in
the morning. We had orders to be sad
died up by daylight, and we expected to
have a fight. After being saddled for an
hour or two we got orders to u~nsaddle.
The next day, the 18th. we moved our
camp a distance OF about 300 yards from
where we were into a piece OF woods. We
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
Folded Hands.

H
! toll no more-my day Is DONE:
How much i wrought / may not know
I watch the low descending sun '
And see the night approaching, slow.
My days work as II Is must stand,
For labor's Joy no more Is mine;
The tools drop from my nervless hand,
My dim eyes see no mark or line.
I little thought to leave 1t So
Unfinished. to the plan untrue;
Another day / thought to know,
When ! might change or start anew,
With weary ham I o must see
Another's skill my task complete:
The gift of use Is gone from me
The gift that makes all life seem sweet
The pleasant labor OF the day,
The following our of welcome rest
These from my life have passed away,
Nc longer has II aim or quest;
I sit and wait-and all the hours
The happy past before me stands;
With dimming eyes and falling powers
1 live the life of folded hands.
-Ninette M. Lowater. In New York Sun.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
Storyof Francis Cludde
ARomance Of Queen Mary's Reign.
BY STANLEY J. wEYMAN.

head she went away, her husband fol
lowing her obediently.
l feared that she was grievously Of
Tended, and / got up restlessly and
went across the deck to the rail- on
which Mistress Anne was leaning,
meaning to say something which would
gain for me her sympathy, perhaps her
advice. But the words died on my lips,
for as / approached she turned her
ace abruptly toward me. and 1t was
so white, so haggard, so drawn, that
uttered a cry of alarm. You are MI
1 exclaimed. Let me call the Ouch
ess!"
She gripped my sleeve almost fiercely.
Hush she muttered. do nothing OF
water. But 1t will Ass off, If you do
not notice 1t. I hate to be noticed" she
added, with an angry shTug.
| l was full Of pity for her n re-
! preached myself sorely. What a selfish
brute l have been!" l said. You have
watched by me night after night and
nursed me day after day, and I have
are i'll yourself. 1t is my fault"
She looked at me. a wan smile OF her
face. "A little, perhaps" she an
swered family. But it is chiefly the
water. 1 shall be better presently.
About that letter. Did you not come
TO speak to me about it?"
Never mind 1t now" L said anxious
ly. "Wn you not lie down on the
rugs awhile? Let me give you my
place." I pleaded.
mo, no." she cried impatiently. and
seeing l vexed her by my importantly
l desisted. The letter." she went on
You will open it by and by?"
NO" / said slowly, considering. to
tell The truth. the strength of my reso-
luton, II think 1 shall not"
You will, you Will" she repeated,
with a kind OF scorn. THE duchess
will ask you again, and. you will give 1t
to her. OF course you will"
Her tone was strangely querul-
Gus, and her eyes continually
flashed keen, biting glances at
me. But 1 thought only that
she was Ill n excited, and I fancied 1t
was best to humOr her. We'll, perhaps
| shall" l said soothingly. Possibly.
1t Is hard to refuse her anything, and
yet I hope 1 may not. The girl-it may
be a girls secret
"Well?" asked, i~nterrupting me
abruptly, her voice harsh and unmusi-
cal. "What of her." She laid her hand
on her bosom as though to still some
secret pain. l locked at her, anxious
and wondering. but she had again
averted her face. What Of her?" she
repeated.
"only that would not willingly
hurt her!" l blurted out.
She did not answer. She stood a mo-
ment; then, to my surprise, she turned
away without a word. and merely COM
mandtng me by a gesture Of the hand
not to ollow walked slowly away. !
watched her cross the deck and pass
through the doorway into the deck
house. She did not once urn her face,
and my only fear was that she was III,
more seriously i'll, perhaps, than she
had acknowledged.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23
The slnh,n. % tha Rasd..

I heard the signing OF the reeds
In the gray pool in the green land,
The sea-wind In the long reeds signing
Between the green hill n the sand.
I heard the signing of the reeds
Night .after night, day after day,
And i forgot old age, and dying,
And youth that loves, n loves decay
/ heard the signing of the reeds
At noontide and at evening,
And some old dream / had forgotten
1 seemed to be remembering.
/ heard the signing Of the reeds;
Is IL in vain, Is Ii in vain?
That some old peace / had forgotten
Is crying to come back again?
Arthur SIMMONS
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23

Representative Burleigh, OF Maine, is
one OF the few members OF the House
whose biography omits the familiar
sentence: Studied law at the -
university" He is a real newspaper
man, the publisher OF the Kennebeo
Journal, and has been governor and
state treasurer Of his state.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23

After five years work, Australia's
great transcontinental rabbIt-proof
fence has been completed. It's length is
2,O36 miles, and the cos of its erec-
ton has been nearly ESQ, 000. 1t Is
furnished at intervals Of 1--WE or six
miles With systems OF traps. I'm which
destroyed daily. Inside the barrier
there appears as yet no trace OF their
presence, ~.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23

The product OF the British shipyards
amounts TO 20 or rs per cent OF the
worlds output.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-23

A consciousness Of Iowa and affection
makes plain the path where duty
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-07
INTERSTATE COMMISSION
MAKES RULING ON PASSES

Washington, Oct 31.-Free passes
may be issued to bona 6de ex-employes
of railroad who are travelling to re-
enter the service. Passes cannot be
extended to the families of employees
who died natural death while in the
service of common carriers, though
that privilege is accorded to the fami-
lies Of employees killed in the service
These are among the rules announced
by the interstate commerce commits
sion.
The commission holds that rail
road may provide in it's tariffs that
whenever, because of washouts or other
accidents passengers are delayed be-
yond their ticket limit or so as to cur
tail their stopover privileges, the con-
ductor or other agent may by indorse-
ment on the ticket extend the time to
cover such detention. This is to be
honored by succeeding conductors on
the copmany's line, but no carrier can
provide such extension over lines other
than its own, except when provided in
a proper joint tariff.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-07
FRENCH READY TO REPEI.
INVASION OF MEAT TR,,cr

Paris, Nov. "a considerable mouo
ment in French industrial and polit;oa,
circles has been started to oppose ON
invasion of the American meat trnS.
An English-American COMPANY ha.
been formed to set up slaughtering es
Establishments at Graceville, in the low
er Seine district, where the French .h
battoirs are. These hitherto have boan
conducted badly.
The American company announces
that it will be prepared to do business
in accordance with hygienic and "a.
tional methods. Big profits are eT
pected. Any business project formed
in France by Americans is bound to
meet with great opposition. The
French fear that the present plans Of
the meat trust are merely Introducing
to plans which willlcall for the building
of abbattoirs in Paris and Bordeaux.
Deputy Cloarec is leader of the agi.
tation which has arisen since the an.
nouncement of the plans of the Amer.
can promoters. He has written pub.
lie letter to the minister of agriculture
in which he demands especially that
the importation of American cattle be
prohibited and that high tariff be i'm.
posed upon imported meat. The min.
lister of agriculture has replied that the
meat trust must obey existing laws
The agitatOrs now demand that tho
laws be amended.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-07
STANDARD OIL co.
HAD SECRET RATE

New York, Oct. 29.-That secree
tariff rates which we're not filed WIFI
the interstate commerce commission
were issued by the Pennsylvania rall'
road company and that only the stand
ard Oil compatny profted by the llle.
gal rates, was testified to yesterday LII
the hearing of the railroad phase OF tne
government suit to dissolve the Stana'
ard Oil company.
Edward T. johnson, Of Baltimore
division freight agent Of the Pennsyr
vania railroad, was the only WINES
called on the stand during the en'n0
session. On cross examination oy =.
B. Kellogg, senior counsel Tor u.
government, Mr.. johnson testlned 'na.
the Standard Oil company was the oni.
shipper from Olean to Rochester d uls
lance of 100 miles, and that the la, Ss
which had never been filed WIFI 'lO
interstate commerce commission ~
posted as requied by law, was ce .hs
a barrel. Independent concerns III ' ID
same territory, it was brought out, p sor
rates as high as % cents . barrei ~
virtually the same distance.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-07
LARGE AREA OF STATE LAND
TO BE SOLD ON DECEMBER 5

Olympia, Oct. 31.-The December
sale of state lands and state timber, a
list of which has been issued by the
state land commissioner, aggregates
in appraised value more than $685.
600, not including the Improvements
on agricultural lands under lease,
which are appraised separately. The
sale is unusually large and includes
land or timber on all but ten coun.
ties of the state.
The sales will take place at 10 a. m.
December 5, at the front of the court
house in the county where each tract
is located The lands and timber are
in the following counties:
Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chehalis,
Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Island, JEFF
ersm, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Lewis,
Lincoln, Mason, Pierce, San Juan,
Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens,
Thurston, Walla Walla, Whatcom,
Whitman and Yakima.
Numerous tracts of tide and shore
lands in coast counties are included
All lands are sold at public auction to
the highest bidder.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-07
TIMBER CONTEST IS
WON BY THE STATE

Olympia, Nov. LAND Commits
sioner Ross has been advised that he
has won for the state common schools
a quantity of very heavily timbered
and valuable lands in Jefferson county.
In 1905, when lands in township %,
ranges IL and Is, we're surveyed, Com
missioner e. w. Ross made, on behalf
Of the state, efforts to secure the best
of these lands to make up balances due
the state schools from the original
grant.
Against the state selections alleged
settlers, claiming to have established
homes, offered to file homesteads at
the Seattle land Office, and others of
fered timber entries Commissioner
Ross won in the Seattle land office as
against the timber land entries, but
was ruled against as to the homestead
ers, such squatters being awarded a
preference right as against the state.
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Washington State News

Warden Reed will suggest in his an
nual report the drilling of an artesian
we'll to supply water for the state
penitentiary.
The Mendoza Coal and Coke Com
pany will soon begin the construction
of forty houses at Mendoza for the
mine employees. The company will
also build hotel and store.
A big mass meeting was held at
Everett last week to discuss the desir-
ability of placing bond issue before
the people for $500, 900 for a system of
good roads, But little opposition to
the scheme was expressed at the meet
ing.
Apple picking, which is being rushed
in Eastern Washington has been delay
ed by the severe frosts which have been
frequent. While the moisture is on
the fruit in the forenoon picking has to
be postponed, as apples must be dry if
they keep well after being packed.
The Wenatchee Republic, one of the
best known publications in the North
west, has passed into the hands Of H.
O. Stecchan and j. A. Stems, formerly
Of Seattle. They will continue to hold
it weekly for the time being, intend
ing later to turn the paper into a daily
publication.
A new Baptist church was dedicated
at Columbia last Sunday.
Bellingham ''tag day. brought in
about 81, 900 for local hopitals.
The turning out of Is, 600, 600 to 3d.
600, 600 salmon fry is the mark set for
the state of Washington hatcheries for
this year, according to Fish Commits
sioner Riseland
Local men have purchased the Ell
lensburg lines Of the Sunset Telephone
company and will try to improve the
service. The new owners will install
modern instruments.
Fire at Harrington destroyed the
McInnis Brothers livery barn, one of
the largest in Lincoln county, and did
other damage aggregating $50,
Fifty eight head Of horses were burned.
The land owners of the Horse Heaven
country, the territory lying in por-
tion of the counties of Klickitat, Yaki-
ma and Benton, are forming an organ
ization to promote and hasten the irri-
cation Of that country.
The total salmon pack of Bellingham
=
just ended is approximately 115, 900
cases. Of this amount the Pacific Amer
lean Fisheries company packed 80,
cases and the Bellingham Canning COM
pany 25, 900 cases.