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Blue-grass blade., 1908-11-15
What Women Ought to do Instead Of Church work
BLUE GRASS BLADE.

caamties around them Religion
makes folks blind submissive allowing
diseases. mmoralies crimes injustice political corruption,
classclashes and because
and don't learn the real and stop them.
But all the doings of the people for
the schools sciences industries newspapers
lures all phlanhropc movements womens clubs strivgs
for political improvemensdo educate enough
counterfeit In the religious teachings
denotes.
Women the mothers of all the and the will
think choose and do till the gain
enough TO quit believing and teaching religious
foles and instead teach cradle boyhood
ce and good citizenship Women MUST study The OF
evils and diseases and the results of foe sins and how
mankind into thinking
For the betterment
environments family ourself;
peace. health, prosperity. wisdom and happiness.
Women must study natures laws and politics. bring about
redemption Of mankind wckedness to stop
temptations that lie in wait to destroy her boys and girls
by and by o. is politics too foul dirty place for
women? What has woman done to cleanse it' Nothing!
! why 1t is bad and keeps growing worse.
Women full half Of the nation and suffers
done by and the could and should
stop wrong doing go
the respect her and Wishes and order
behavior and Difference to her requirements prevail
depots steamboats, parks fairs schools churches
of public entertainments where there pleny
womenther genemany conduct and cleanliness prevails
and regard for the womens good opinions.
When study all political questions with the
horoughnes she has and phanthropc subjects
plish religious duties
her home duties and she leaves the cleaning of
politics promoting
humanity mainly God when ft"
answer % her countless praying
energies turned those directions would rapidly
their intelligence into ability to grapple with the
perpexing political problems in the schools
the girls generally advance beyond
them, twice girls graduate and they
prove fully competent for teachers
may ask why women in politics would become Just
the have There few iails but
many men, Why? Mother love o the home
the girls will be her bal
mother for the smaller chill
When they become mothers teachers the constant
watchfuness guiding children avoid do
right needfu and their obligations to
good examples their
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
stronu Minded Lover.

From the Youths Companion.
Nobody had ever accused Nathan
Harlowe OF INDUCING In nan or
sentiment. When II came to q question
of young Jared Parker's marrying one
OF Mr.. Harlove's daughters, the prac-
tical father was amazed to find how lit
tie influence his wisdom had.
A"Got his mind all set on 'Phemie,"
Mr.. Harlowe remarked, I'm a dazed tone,
to one of his neighbors, and ! couldn't
turn him no more'n I could turn an in
jine! / put II to'him plain n offered
him inducements, but 'twa mt a mite
o. use.
'Marthy's the oldest and ought to
be married fust. by rights ] said 10
him; and moran that, she's a suitable
height. You'd oughtn't to take a little
short piece like iPhemie. tall as you
arel' But I couldn't convince him.
I'm going to have 'Phemie and
mahogany bureau she's told me
about he says, laughing.
"'Sakes alive, mani 1 said to him.
There's two bureaus goes with Marthy,
and maybe three!' But he just laughed
and shook his head. So then / gave up
~contending with him once and for all.
There's no reason to him"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
One of the
Essentials

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fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
WeI-Informed of the World; not of indi-
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well Informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
They Went 70 Church.
From Tit Bits.

from Ilt-BltS.
Attendance at church service is OBJ
ligatory upon the part Of soldiers at
certain English posts, n amusing
stories are told of the excuses that are
sometimes resorted to in order to es-
cape this requirement.
At one post where a number of re-
cruits were temporarily stationed an old
sergeant was ordered to ascertain to
what religious sect each man belonged,
and to see that he Joined the party told
off for that particular form of worship.
Some OF the men had no liking for
church and declared themselves to be
atheists. But the sergeant was a Scots
nj and a man Of experience.
"Ah, weel," said he. then We haze TO
need to kape holy the Sabbath, and the
stables haze ma been claned DOT lately"
And he ordered them to lean out the
stables. This occupied practically the
whole day, and the men lost their usual
Sunday afternoons leave.
Next Sunday a broad smile crept owe
the face of the sergeant when he heard
hat the atheists had Joined the Church
of England.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
Wiley on Deadly Poison.

From the Washington Post.
DR.. w. II. Wiley, the department of
agriculture's famous chemist expert,
was discussing certain impure beers.
II am reminded" said DIR. Wiley,
smiling, "of al incident hat happened
in the western town of Tin Can.
Tin Can had a brewery, and the
beer from this brewery was unspeak-
ably bad.
well, one night a medodrama was
performed in the town hall, and in the
second act there was a thrilling solilo-
guy by the villain.
THE villain, alone on the stage
gnawed his black mustache and de-
bated with himself how he should kill
the hero.
THE knife?' he muttered to his
cigaret. Poison? A pistol shot? Or
shall / kill him. with
Just then there came a loud inter
ruption from a cowboy in a box:
"'Oh give him some Tin Can beer "
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
BABY ITCHED TERRIBLY.

Face and Neck Covered with In
famed Skin-DOctOrs No Avail
ured by Cuttcura Remedies.
MY baby's face and neck were Gov
cred with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for wei
a year. / took her to a number Of doc
tors, and also to different colleges, tc
no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended to me ny Miss c..
I did not use 1t at first, as l had tried
&c many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last l tried CUT
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement.
After using three boxes Of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with the Cuti-
r Soap and Pills, l am pleased to
say she is altogether a different child
and the picture of health. Mrs A. G..
Brestlln, MI N. Lincoln St., Chicago,
H., Oct. 20 and 30. 1906"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
DIR. L OF FOOD
Pres. of Board Of Health.

Pres. of Board of Health.
"What shall l eat?' Is the daily in
quiry the physician is met with. I do
not hesitate to say that in my judg-
ment a large percentage of disease is
caused by poorly selected and improp-
erly prepared food. My personal ex-
perience with the ~fully-cooked food,
known as Grape-Nuts, enables me to
speak freely Of its merits.
From overwork, I suffered several
years with malnutrition, palpitation of
the heart, and loss of sleep. Last sum
mer I was led to experiment personally
with the new food, which I used in con-
junction with good rich cows milk. In
a short time after l commenced its use.
the dlsagreeable symptoms disappeared.
my hearts action became steady and
normal, the functions of the stomach
were properly carried out and l again
slept as soundly and as we'll as in my
youth.
81 look upon Grape-Nuts as a perfect
food, and no one can gainsay but that
1t has a most prominent place in a ra-
tional, scientific system of feeding. Any
n who uses this food will soon be con.
vinced Of the soundness Of the principle
upon which it is manufactured and may
thereby know the facts as to its true
worth" Read '"rhe Road to Wellville,"
In pkgs. There's a Reason" :.
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, 1908-05-28
INTEREST n BOY.

Professor Wehber, Of the Cornell
university agricultural experiment sta
ton, says: Much regret has been eX-
pressed because our boys and girls be-
come dissatisfied with farm life and
remove to the cities. This, the writer
believes, is largely due to lack of in
terest and apparent opportunity on the
farm. Get the boy interested in i'm
proving the field crops and the girl in
terested in improving the garden
vegetables, the orchard fruits and the
flowers, and the writer believes that
much of this dissatisfaction would be
overcome. Have the boy develop an
improved ace of corn, wheat, pota-
toes or some useful crop, keeEing rec
ords OF yields in comparison with or
binary sorts. Let him exhibit the
product at tho county and state fairs.
and sell the seed Of the improved
strain to his neighbors. 1t will prove
a profitable investment Of time and
money and give zest to the farm work.
Riley, the Indiana farmer who bred
the o county white corn, was
an ordinary farmer, not a scientific ex-
perimenter. Yet his variety is grown
extensively over a dozen of the great
corn states and has added thousands
upon thousands of dollars to the val
uation of the corn crop OF the world.
Many of the standard varieties of our
III ! SAOpo hdNS pCCu DTGU DIV orr
farmers, and the time has come when
such services to humanity will be rec
Ognized n recorded in history as are
the noteworthy deeds of other great
men in other fields of human indus
try" A course in any one of the agri-
cultural colleges, or at the least a
short course-which may be had in
the winter when farm duties are not
onerous, and at an expense that al
most any farmer can >afford-will he
sufficient to interest the average how
or young man in this fascinating sub
ject, with the result that he will not
only be well content to remain on the
farm, but will be equipped to make il
return a larger margin OF profit year
by year. The agricultural school is
the ideal place to acquire the rudimen-
tary knowledge necessary along these
lines, though not an absolute neces-
sity,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
The raetfuI Shopman.
From the Detroit Free Pres,

From the Detroit Free Press.
Let me see some of your black kid
gloves" said a lady to a shopman.
"These are not the latest style, are
they?" she asked, when the gloves were
produced.
YES, madam" replied the shopman;
I'VE have had them in stock only two
days"
II didn't think they were, because the
fashion paper says black kids have tan
and vice versa. l see the tan
stitches. but not the vice versa"
The shopman explained hat vice
versa was French for seven buttons, so
she bought three pairs.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

At an election meeting DR.. Macna-
mara, Of the British parliament, was
tackled by a woman, who inquired,
Are you in favor of repeating the
bIasphemy laws?" Madam" replied
the doctor, I'm a golfer!" Would
YOU give every woman a Vote?" asked
another. Every woman should have
either a vote or a voter" said DR.. Mac
Which do you prefer"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
Desperate GambIinu.
From the Penny Pictorial,

An English merchant was a daily
customer in a well known restaurant,
and always hOnored the waiter in a
most generous fashion, as he liked him
for his effectiveness. One day, to his
surprise, another waiter served him.
THE other waiter is here,' said the
new one, but he can't serve you"
not?" Queried the astonished
diner. We'll, you see, sir" was the re-
ply, I'VE played cards the other even
ing, and after he had lost all his money
/ had the good fortune to win you"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
Example of Vanity,
From the indianapolis Star.

Apropos Of vanity, Secretary Root
told about a politician who, the day be-
fore he was to make a certain speech,
sent a 41-page report Of it to all the
papers. On page 20 appeared this
paragraphs:
But the hours grows late, and I
must close" ["No, no.! Go on! Go
on!"l
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
HEALTH VERY POOR
RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA.
Catarrh twenty-five Years
Had a Bad Cough.

Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston,
Illinois. u S. A., writes:
II have been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty-five years and have
tried many cures for it, but obtained
very little help. (
''Then my brother advised me to try
Peruna. and | did.
my health wns very poor at the time
] began taking Peruna. My throat was
very sore and / had o bad cough
"Peruna hsS cured me- The
chronic cafarrh Is gone and mn,
health Is very much improved.
Il recommend Peruna to all my
friends who are troubled as | was"
PERUNA TABLETS:-Some people
prefer tablets, rather than medicine In a
fluid form. Such people can obtain Peru
ma tablets, which represent the medici-
nal ingredients Of Peruna. Each tablet
equals one average dose Of Peruna.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative.
Manufactures BY Peruua DRUG Mauufaetur.
I'M Company, Columbus. Ohio.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
No Need of Another.

From the Youths Companion.
An Italian priest who was well known
for his missionary work among the Pas
samaquoddy Indians in eastern Maine
was nce urged by a young lady OF his
congregation at Eastport to have a
mission" there to rouse some of the
lethargtc members Of the church whose
spiritual condition., she earnestly de-
clared, was really deplorable.
mo, mol" he replied II do not ap-
prove of missions. Dey make de excite
Inent, but de effect is not lasting!"
'Oh, yes. father, indeed ii isl" she
insisted.
I'm dat case, den, you do need one"
replied the good father, with a genial
smile, for you had dree years
ago"
we worship God by serving man."
say DR.. Aked. What better creed do
You ask?
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

Denmark has nearly 200, 900 farms and
farm gardens of 10 acres or less and
about 100, 900 farms of between 10 and
10 acres. There are less than 1000 farms
in the entire kingdom OF 800 acres or
over, the aggregate of these last named
being less than 1000, 900 acres. There
are 1,0S5 cooperative diaries, with 16S,-
10 members, and a cooperative egg ex-
porting society with 800 local centers.
The business transacted by these co-op-
erative concerns Is enormous.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

8 p S., y.s:, cad; ss.. r !, s g. T;.. S., G;::.
F4rys Rss.orsI. Send fer Free % triL betts and treatise
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

WANTED-Salesman to sell our line Of
greeting post cards and novelties, big
money to active men. The Davenport
Mfg. Co. Johnstown, Pa.
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He Left the House,

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
While a lady was feeding a hungry
tramp the other day she discovered he
was pocketing her silver spoons.
Opening the door, she exclaimed:
Drop those spoons, you scoundrel, and
the housed"
But madam"
Leave the house, I say!" screamed
the Infatuated woman. Leave the
housed"
Il go, madam" said the tramp, as he
reached the front gate, never to re-
turn; but, before l go, l would X to
that l did not intend to take your
house"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
If Your Eyes Bother You

get a box of PETTITS EYE SALvE,
old reliable, most successful eye remedy
made. All druggists or Howard Bros,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

Bows and girls earn money. Little work.
No capital, / trust you. Send for particu-
lars Claude Lanman, Monticello, III.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

One of the best investments in ma
chinery any farmer can make is in a
manure spreader. 1t pays for itself in
one season on any farm.
Imitation indicates limitation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28
The Handy Doctor in Your
Vest Pocket

TITS a thin. round-cornersd MttSs
Enamel Box
When carried in your vest pocket
IL It means Health-lnsurance.
1t contains Six Candy Tablets Of pleasant
taste, almost as pleasant as Chocolate.
Each tablet Is a working dose Of Cas-
carets, which acts like Exercise on tho
Bowels and Liver.
1t will not purge. sicken. nor upset the
stomach.
Because 1t Is not a "Bile-driver," like
Salts, Sodium, Calomel. Jalap. SIENNA. nor
Aperient Waters.
Neither Is It like Castor on, GHcerine.
or other Oily Laxatives that simply lubricato
the lntestines for transit of the food stopped
up in them at that particular time.
- - "
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

NEW LAW obtained
PENSIONS BY w Tosh wi M S.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

Mexico is to spend $5,S76, 900 gold to
improve the harbor at Topolobampo.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

1t pays to be polite, even If you do not
mean il.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-28

The chief cause of Constipation and
Indigestion Is a weakness Of the Muscles
that contract the lntestines and Bowels.
Cascarets are practically to the Bowel
Muscles what a Massage and Cold Bath
are to the Athletic Muscles.
They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to
contract. expand. and squeeze the Diges-
tive Juices out Of food eaten.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver In
such a way as to make them lean upon
similar assistance for the future.
This Is why, with Cascarets, tho dose
may be lessened each succeeding time
instead Of increased, as II must be with M
other Cathartics and Laxatives.
Cascarets act like exercise.
carried In your vest pocket. Tor carried
In My Lady's PURSE and eaten just when
you suspect you need one, you win never
know sick day from thu ordinary Ills Of life.
Because these Ills oexn In the Bowels.
and pave the way for all sther diseases.
Vest Pocket" box 10 cents. IN
Be sure you get the genuine. made only
by the Sterling Remedy Company. and never
sold In bulk: Every tablet stamped "ccc."
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First-class business don't fiow In any
thing but frSt-class channels.
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It's a good thing 20 be sure, but don't
be too sure you are sure unless you're
mighty sure.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-18
h'W.C.T.U.
~ Mrs. Jennie, Carr Piffman,
Editor.
THERE IS HOPE.

1t seems that under existing
laws the President can forbid
the issuance of a Federal license
to persons who want to do a re-
tail liquor business, but who does
not hold a license from the state.
county or municipality in which
he wants to do business. This
request has been made to Mr..
Roosevelt, and he has submitted
the question to Attorney General
Bonaparte whether or not the au-
thority vested in him would al-
low such action. We await the
Generals reply with great in
terest.
There were over twenty bills of
this nature introduced in the
congress just closed, and tho
they did not pass it is no sign
they are dead. Right can never
die, and when congress convenes
next December will be seen that
the prohibition issue is more
alive than ever.
If Uncle Joe" could be spirit
ed away somewhere for a brieI
season we are confident that
some of our much desired legisla-
ton would go through Ike a
"wheel-horse. Let us nope
that a new spirit will come over
the honorable gentleman by am
other year.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-18
OPPOSITE.
THE
BANK 8 PRESCOTT
't ps$es Hesterly Drug Store. BANK %:; K,

er be forgotten and that his declining
years shall be made more comfortable.
q. We demand the enactment of
law requiring the publication of a sworn
itemzed statement of all campaign ex-
penses of all candidates d party COM
mittees in all primary special and gen.
eral elections in this state.
%. In order that the state capitol
question may be taken out of politics
and be no longer a cause of discord and
confusion, we demand that the next
General Assembly pass such laws az
will remove all persons and officials
connected with, or engaged in the con-
struction of the state capitol, so that
the state may take charge of the con-
struction of the building at once and
pass such laws upon that subject as
may be recommended by the nominee OF
our party for governor, as we recog.
nize his familiarity with this subject
and the endorsement of his views by
the people, and we condemn all graft or
attempted graft in connection with its
construction.
% We recognize the necessity for
increased pay for the services of the
judiciary of this state of the trial and
Supreme courts, and pledge the demo-
cratic party to such action as may be
necessary for increasing said salaries
adequate to the responsibility and val
ne of said service of our judges. And
as under the present constitution, the
salary of circuit judges and chancellors
cannot exceed So, 900 per year, we re-
quest the legislature to pass a law at
its next session for that amount Of
salary for said circuit judges and cham
cellors.
We favor the passage of law for
bidding the appointment of any person
engaged in the manufacture or sale OF
intoxicating liquors as election commits
sioner or election Judge in any election
where the right to sell lntoxicants is an
issue.
"a Whereas, there are two methods
of regulating the sale of liquor-loca1
option and Statewide prohibition-we
believe that the will of the people
should govern, but the law as it now
stands provides no way of ascertaining
which of these remedies the people pre-
fer. We recommend that the next
legislature pass such laws as will as
certain, during the year 1909, whether
the people favor local option or State
wide prohibition, and we pledge the
Democraticparty to execute the peoples
will when it shall have been ascertain
ed.