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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
They All "SIick Up.''

No matter how small the vessel nor
how i~mpecunious may be the skipper,
says a Boston newspaper, there is al
ways a boiled" shirt and a clean col
lar laid carefully away to be worn
when the craft enters port. At sea the
captain may be very rough In his at
tire, but the approach to land finds
him combing his hair and cropping his
whiskers, If he has any, and the col
lar Is donned, also a red necktie, which
usually Is 1amboyant red.
Even the poorest men who bring YES
sells to Boston to secure loads of lum
Der for South American ports dress as
neatly as possible when the customs
boarding officer is expected to come
alongside to inspect the ships papers
And the mates slick up, too, when
their floating home Is nearing port, 50
that the "old man." as the captain Is
Familiarity termed behind his back, may
not carry off all the honors Of the oc'
casion.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
Unique

A company of progressive Londoners
makes is possible now for authors, dra-
matists and even the writer's Of popular
songs to insure their products against
failure. Policies can be obtained un-
der which the losses Of a prose or
poetry writer will be recouped IL his
book does not sell up to a certain num-
Der of volumes. The playwright can
take out insurance under which he will
get a stipulated sum II his dramatic
work is taken of the stage before a set
date, Painters can take out policies by
which they will get damages If their
pictures are not accepted by certain
salons or left unsold. And the SOM
writer can get the company to give him
a policy by which he will be enriched
v e II his song is a fat failure.
OF course, the amount to be paid and
the size of the insurance allowed rests
altogether on the personality Of the
risk. If Mr.. Klpling were to ask for
a policy on n of his stories or poems,
or If Sir A. Conan Doyle wanted such
insurance tney would get large insur-
ance at low rates. But others in all
the professions mentioned who had rep
utations yet to make would not be
treated with the same liberality. Be
,ore the amount Of Insurance to be Civ
en- was agreed upon the book, the paint
ing, the play or the song would be sub
mitted to men capable Of criticising
outputs of the kind.
Many forms Of insurance which
would have appeared ridiculous some
years ago are now being given by the
companies abroad. A man can ever
take out insurance on the life of a royal
parsonage whose demise would cause
him a financial loss, ever though he
may not bear the remotest relationship.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
Merely ~Telephoning.

There is a certain man living not far
from a certain big city whose temper
Is not of the longest, and when he
thinks that his rage is justifable he is
very apt to indulge In fluent, versatile
md varied profanity. And 1t Is when
using the telephone that this talent of
his Is seen and heard at its maximum
IF speed and endurance. Central has
but to say, Wire busy now" or
Doesn't answer" to evoke a food of
language.
One day be had been having an IN
usually stormy session, and did not
notice that his ~3-year-old son was sit,
ling in a corner of the room, his face
rapt and absorbed. A few hours later
he child's mother came In and was hor
rifed beyond words TO hear her baby
giving voice to a stream of expletives
ONE of which began with a very large
apital D., the rest with a variety OF
etters quite unmentionable In this con
lection. She descended upon him II
.ighteous wrath.
Don't you ever let me hear you use
ach words again." she said In no IN
'ertain tones.
"Why. mother" expostulated the
baby in an injured voice, "I'm tele
Ru - iit .le ~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Library thieves fall into four
classes" said the librarian. THE first
and most numerous 10 the umbrella
class, gender-I regret TO admit-fem-
mime.
This lady lounges about your II.
brary with an unrolled umbrella In
her hand. II she sees a book she
wants, a magazine or a newspaper, pop
1t goes into the umbrellas capacious
folds. Her type is well known. Never
carry an unrolled umbrella into a H.
brary If you would escape the surveil-
lance of the watchers and attendants.
Another class-male-steals week.
lies. This daring thief rolls a weekly
into a cylinder, slips his hand through
1t, and works it up his sleeve. Fancy
running such risks for a five or ten
cent weekly
"a rare genus, feminine again, Is
the partitive or installment thief, who
steals a book a few pages at a time,
Though this genus is known to libra
ries, / have met with but two speci'
mems in ten years. One stole a Hall
Game and the other an II. A. Vachell
volume in installments. Both were
more or less daft.
THE most numerous class Of all Is
the open, daring one, These people
bluff. They walk out with a stolen
book or paper under their arm as If 1t
we're their own. And, hang 1t. they es'
cape, too, II they are careful that our
label doesn't show.
Our percentage of thefts? Well, we
count to have about two books in every
hundred stolen"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

z. G. b. j. Lodge NJ. Al, hold meet
inUs every second Sunday Of each
month In the z. G. B. j. hall. Frsnk
Kostroun Pres. Mrs. Vyborny, Sec'y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

'rees Now Cover virgins PIanta-
lions of Colonial Days.

'rees Now Cover virginfa FIanta-
tons of Colonial Days.
In Virginia the forest is gradually
gaining its own and now covers thou
sands Of acres which before the revo-
tuition we're cultivated plantations.
Year by. year the woods are creeping
over the fields and taking possession
Of the worn-out lands. Thus nature
Is asserting itself and giving to the
waste lands the rest and shade which
in time will restore them to their old
time prod~uctiveness. There are for
ests Of well-grown timber in tide
water Virginia covering land which
500 years ago was devoted to the rails
ing of tobacco. Agriculture for a long
period pushed the forests back and rich
plantations, worked by armies Of ne
gro slaves, covered the country. Then
the forests came again as field after
field was abandoned as worn out. Many
great Virginia plantations once COW
erlng thousands of acres Of cultivated
land are now forests, with only an open
space here and there.
In travelling through the region now
1t Is frequently possible to note the
successive stages Of the forests ad-
vance. At n place a body of timber
may consist of trees a foot in diam
eter and probably seventy feet high.
Their even tops and uniform size show
that they occupy the site Of q former
field where seedlings took possession
after the plow left of Its annual till
age. Adjoining such a wood lot an
other may often be seen with smaller
and younger trees, suggesting that they
occupy the site Of a field abandoned
at a later date. Near by may be seer
a still younger stand. In some locali-
ties the even tops Of m wood lot are
seen beyond another, descending like
stair steps and marking the sites Of
one abandoned field after another, each
succeeding n a little later and the
trees a little smaller. The descending
series frequently ends with a field
where young trees are just starting
hANh 5SSNS plOWA lTUIu
woods. This may mark the site Of the
last remnant Of a former plantation
allowed to relapse into woods because
the soil was worn out.
A sycamore more than 200 years old
was cut this year on the site of a plan
tation building burned during Bacon's
rebellion in 1915, and many other trees
equally as large are growing where
tobacco was cultivated 200 years ago.
The forest in its hunger to occupy
again Is no respecter Of historical
places. 1t is slowly taking the entrench-
ments at Yorktown, where the British
made their last stand, and the tablet
marking the very spot where General
O'Hara surrendered the sword of Corn.
wallis, then an open field, would o
be invisible II the az were not fire.
quently called into use to clear away
the e~ncroaching woods.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Tomb stones and monuments
for sale and all kinds of grave
decorating done by hostel & Je-
zewski. See them when in need
of anything in this line.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
Town OFFICERS.

Geo. T:unec. trustee LIST ward.
Jos. ". Wagner. trustee End ward.
Il. Koletzky. trustee 3rd ward.
Jas A Wagner. clerk.
Jas. g. Bouska. treasurer.
Anton J. Novak. assessor.
Jos. Travnicek street commissioner.
John r. HOSTEL. marshal.
y. "a. Dvorak. Justice OF the Peace.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Catholic Workman, Lodge No. SO,
hold meetings every second Sunday Of
eacn month. in the Catholic Society
Hall. J. f. Wagner, Pres, John
nvrovatka. Sec.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
a 9frnfenin ERnf.

Cesar had crossed the Rubicon, and
was then engaged in debating his com
mentarIes to a ste~nographer.
"a marvellous strategic feat he de-
clared lone that shall make the name
of Cesar endure while earth itself shall
last"
His stenographer shifted her chew,
ing gum to tine other side of her face,
But you never tried to dodge auto.
mobiles OH Broad street" she observed,
In a %patronizing manner.
Nettled at the observation, Cesar
directed the stenographer to be at once
fed to the lions, and ordered a phone,
graph.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
ABOUT TOWN

"ihoO" grass Ia al Si6SS Soh
be had at the Queal yard.
Mrs. R. R. Mkt was a Yankton
visitor Monday.
F. A. Wagner and wife of Utica
visited at this place Monday.
For a square deal good lumber
and low prices come to J. H.
Queal Co.
Frank Rokusek and John Hon
err of Lesterville spent Sunday at
this place.
Anton Riha and wife and Mrs.
!. A. Dvorak visited Lesterville
friends Sunday
20 head of cattle for sale, steers
and heifers, yearlings. Apply to
Jos. Melichar.
Fr. Barta and Fr. Cap and their
wives visited friends 1t Lake An
des the early part of this week.
Senator Cooley and wife were
among those from here who took
in the Sioux City fair this week.
FIR. Kostroun and wife, and
Rose, and Emil Papik
visited at Gregory with JOS. Pet
rik.
This is the time to paint your
house or other buildings with
Jewel paint, the best paint on
earth at Vauk's store.
Joseph Nc Donald and family
of Kansas City, Mo. spent the
past two weeks visiting with Pat
Nc Donald.
Jonas and John Gleich have pur
chased the Lakeport saloon last
week end will conduct it in the flu
ture.
Mrs. Melmer was at Minneapo-
les the latter part Of last week to
purchase stock for her millinery
establihment.
There will be dances held IN
four halls at Tabor on September
28th, besides other amusements.
Watch for big bills!
If you are going to build any
thing big or small come and get
figures from j. H. Queal & Go,
we will save you some money.
LUMBER lumber! lumber! Best
grades; lowest prices. You will
save money by buying all bills,
big or small at J. H. Queal.
Jos. Hubal has received a large
supply of horse blankets and bug
gy covers and will sell them at a
reduced rate. Better come soon.
Three Gold Medals and the
Grand Prize at St. Louis Worlds
Fair that's a record! |. w. HAIR
PER whiskey is the leader. For
sale by Hruska & Trunec.
Have you seen the vacuum wa
ter tank at Hruska & Trunec ware
house. Finest thing on earth for
watering hogs and cattle. No
waste.
The Mitchell Corn Palace will
be the greatest event in the state
this year. William J. Bryan, Pre-
Candidate, will deliver
an address on September 18th.
to hear him.
Get your roof paint at J. H..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

st. Ludmila's Lodge, No. 100, U. j.
e. A.. hold meetings every second
sunday of each month. In the Gath
oiic Society hall. Antonio Hakl,
Pres. Marie Siman. Sec.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
MEETINGS or LOCAL LODGES.

Modern Woodmen Of America, No.
COST. hold meetings every Second Sat-
urday OF each month, In the &c. b..
hall at Tabor. S. d. Geo. A. Ptak,
Ven. Council: Rob. Vauk, Clerk.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Men are possessed Of two great
fears: That they will become old, and
that they will never live to be old
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

knights of St. Wenceslaus, No. 80,
Z.C.KJ.. hold meetings every Fourth
hunday OF each month In the Catholic
DocieJv hall. J. f. Wagner, Pres,
a. ". hostel. Sec.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-13
Chicago Visited by Heaviest
Rain in % Years
After Being % Days without q
Drop.
FALL OF 4.35 INCHES.
Was the Record for "a Hours
Ending Last Night.
Heaviest Rain But One Since
Establishment cf Bureau.

Chicago. ILL.,. Aug. 13.-Twenfy-
three days without rain and then the
heaviest rain in twenty-three years.
This Is the royal way In which the
weather man responded to the prayer
or the farmers in this region. The
parched corn and the sun baked fields
were deluged in sheets of water. The
clouds over the city sent down show
er after shower and kept pedestrians
busy all day yesterday running for
cover.
In the "a hours ending at 6 last
night the precipitation was ass
inches. That is the greatest rainfall
experienced in Chicago since August
and 3, 1885. when there was a fall
OF 6.19 inches. With the single ex-
ception of this 1885 record the present
is the heaviest since the establish
ment of the weather station in Chi
cago in 1871.
Beginning at 10 o'clock Tuesday
night, there was a fall of $3.50 inches
before z O'Clock in the morning This
was increased 1:05 inches during the
day. The rain stopped early in the
evening and no more is expected as q
result of this storm. 1t will be follow
ed by fair and moderately cool wealth.
er for two or three days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-13
BRYAN IS ENDORSED.
Colorado Federation Of Labor Puts
Itself on Record.

Denver, Aug. 1S.-The Colorado
Federation Of Labor. in convention
here, by viva voce vote endorsed the
Democrat party in the national cam
pafgn. The Endorsement was given
when a long communication from
President Samuel Gompers and MEM
bers Of the executive council OF the A.
F. of L. in which the Republican
party was declared to have "insulted"
labor and the Democrat party to
have given the laboring man practical
Iy all that was asked of 1t and calling
upon laboring men generally to sup
port the party which had favored
them, was placed before the conven-
ton and was received and concurred
in.
The convention was thrown into tur-
moil when some of the delegates
charged the convention had been job
bed and the federation pledged to sup
forts to secure reconsideration of the
the wish of many members. but ef-
fort sto secure a reconsideration or tho
act were unavailing.
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He ADMIRES BRYAN.
But LaTollette Insists That He Him.
self Is Republican.

Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 13.-Before an
audience of 5000 at the Epworth as
sembly last night, Senator Robert NJ.
LaFollette expressed great admiration
and friendship for William ]. Bryan,
but insisted that he himself was a Re
publican. The fight against the rail-
roads to secure lower rates and no
determinations. he said, had been
started back in the seventies by Wis
consin. Illinois. Iowa and Minnesota
These policies were not the product of
the minds of either Bryan or Roose-
welt, he said. A man in the audience
accused LaFollette of being a Demo-
crat but he denied it. He spoke some
time on the Aldrich-V -Vreeland bill,
which he denounced as vicious. At
ter he had read the roll call on this
measure, showing that Senator Burk-
ett voted for it and Senator Brown
against 1t, some one in the audience
asked, what was the matter with
Burkett?"
"You will have to decide that for
yourself, my friend" was the reply.
'I simply give you the facts. You will
have to draw your own conclusions
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His Conference With His Mana
gers, Hitchcock and VOrys,
Leads to Conclusion That All Is
Going Well.
HE WANTS A HORSE.
The One He Has Been Riding
Threw Him Off.
Animals Ankles Gave Way
Under Riders Weight.

Hot Springs. Va, Aug. 13.-Extreme
qualification over the showing towards
perfected organization made yesterday
by Frank H. Hitchcock. Republican
national chairman, was expressed by
Candidate Taft today.
Yesterdays conference was really
the first business meeting 1 have had
with the national chairman since the
organization for the campaign begun"
said Mr.. Taft at breakfast. 1.-THE
amount of work that has been done is
surprising, but decidedly satisfactory.
We took up one thing after another 1T
one sitting of more than three hours.
Throughout there was nothing but the
most harmonious and unanimous con-
clusions reached. Particularly was
this the case in handling the Ohio
situation There has been no oppor-
tunity before for an adjustment of the
campaign details between Mr.. Vorys
and Mr.. Hitchcock. Mr.. Vorys was
desirous of putting the national chair
man in possession of many threads of
the state campaign which were also
national in their character. At the
same time 1t was desirable that ar
rangements should be made for carry
ing on the routine features of the
work directly between the national
and state committees. and this was
adjusted. With Mr.. Hitchcock's meth
DDS / am more than satisfied. He has
wonderful grasp on the work he Is
doing and plans a long way ahead"
Representative Hepburn of Iowa,
who reached here today. has confer
ence with Mr.. Taft, particularly on the
situation in his state, where normal
political conditions have been disturb
ed by the death of Senator Allison.
1t developed today that during some
one of his recent rides Mr.. Taft was
thrown from his horse, but escaped
injury. The accident was due to the
weak ankles of the horse. Mr.. Taft is
in the market for another horse pos
sessing the necessary requirements of
weight and strength. General Ed
wards of the insular bureau of the
war department will make the seIec-
ton and purchase of the animal.
Secretary of War Wright has an en-
gagement to spend SATURDAY. and Sum
day as the guest OF Mr.. Taft con-
ference made necessary for the proper
disposal of numerous war department
matters.
Mr.. Vorys announced today that
Senator William Alden Smith of Mich
igan would address the Cleveland
League of Republican = clubs on
August %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-13
WILL CONTINUE COOL.
That Is Promise Given by weather
Bureau.


Cooler weather prevails today and
will prevail in Topeka tonight and to-
morrow if the prediction of the
weather epartment proves correct and
it has in about 80 per cent of the
forecasts made in the past. This does
not necessarily mean that overcoats
and heavy wraps must be IaKen from
their surroundings of moth balls but
at that the news is welcome.
The weather conditions Of today as
well sas of the past week have been
those of places advertised extensively
as summer resorts and yet Topeka has
never claimed to be in this class. II
is true that the mercury has mounted
time the. sky has been at least par
TALLY filed with clouds and stiff cool
ing breeze has prevailed
Today the wind which has been
cool and refreshing has blown from
the southeast almost continually since
early morning and bids fair to assist
in lowering the temperatures of the
night. The only measurable precipita-
ton reported from any part. of the
state during the past "a hours occur
red at Fort Scott and amounted to but
.01 of an inch. Clouds obscured the
sky in western Kansas this m Orning,
but in the eastern part of the state the
weather conditions have been gener-
ally fair. In all parts of the state the
temperatures have been slightly below
normal. The following were the tenn
peratures recorded in Topeka since Z.
81 iro
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-13
Asks All Members of the Fedora.
tiOn to Help.
BOTH CASH AND VOTES
Are Sought in a Circular Sent
to the Unions.
There Are 100000 Members
of the Organization.

New York. Aug. 13.-"Every union
is in position to make some financial
contribution, and it is hoped that the
contributions may be as large as the
members OF the union will afford"
In circular letter addressed to
the labor organizations throughout
the country Samuel Gompers. president
Of the American Federation of Labor,
not only comes out openly and un-
equivocally for Bryan. but also calls
upon the representatives of the labor
organizations to contribute to cam
paign fund for the success of the
Democratic ticket.
Gompers has said all along that
while he personally was for Bryan,
the members Of the federation were,
of course, at liberty to do as they
saw fit.
But the appeal signed by Gompers
and by the members Of the executive
committee throws all further con-
cealment to the winds. 1t calls upon
organized labor to support the Demo-
with which to pay speakers and for
literature to bring about the election
of the Democratic ticket.
Contributions are to be sent to
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
federation, at their national head
Washington. d. c.
The circular in part reads:
Every man in this crisis shall do
his duty.
I'm the name of the executive
council and in the name of all labor
and of our common people. we appeal
to you to contribute something to a
fund which shall make it possible to
wage a campaign of the most intense
interest for the establishment of
labor's rights.
1--WE urge you to contribute as
promptly and as generously as pos
sible. Let us oppose our enemies and
defeat them, whether these. candi-
dates are for president, congress, gov
ernor. judiciary or state legislatures.
Every union is in a position to
make some financial contribution, and
1t is hoped that the contributions may
be as large as the means of the union
will afford.
urgently requested to appoint COM
mittees to appeal for and collect funds
and to forward them to this Office
The appeal is filled with denuncia-
ton of the Republican party and
praise for the Democrats, and urges
labor throughout the country to sup
port its friends and defeat its enemies.
The appeal is signed by Gompers
and by all the members of the execu-
tive committee of the Federation of
Labor. The name of John Mitchell
also appears on the list.
Mitchell recently said that he would
not take any active interest in the
campaign, and refused TO say whether
he was for Bryan or Taft.
There are 3,5Oe,000 members in the
American Federation Of Labor.
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Arrested in Rochester. Is Wanted in
Many Places.

Rochester. n. Y, Aug. ia man
years old, and claiming San Francisco
as his home, was arrested shortly after
midnight in State street. The Roches-
ter police have been looking for the
man for some days. as he is wanted in
Buffalo and Chicago on charges of
forgery. Albright has many aliases.
He told the police that his real name is
Mark Setcamp and that he is the son
of a minister of the United Brethren
church, living at 1858 Hoyne avenue,
Chicago. His other aliases are Mark
Schich and R. J.. Stanley. Albright, or
Setcamp, is wanted in Buffalo on the
charge of trying to pass forged
check for $45 bearing the name Of a
Mr.. Mackie of Tonawanda He will be
sent on to Buffalo today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-13
ON RUSSIAN MODEL
The Shah Has Planned His Electoral
System Of Government.

st. Petersburg, Aug. ia special
dispatch received here from Teheran
says that the shah of Persia has in
formed NJ. Hartwig. the Russian min
lister, of his intention to hold elections
September IA and convoke the new
parliament November IA. The new
electoral system has been patterned
after the Russian and 1t provides for
representation by classes. The parlia-
ment also will be on the Russian
model and half of the members are to
be appointed.
The people of Teheran today made
a friendly demonstration in front Of
the Russian legation in recognition Of
NJ. Hartwig's championing Of the
parliament