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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
(ContiRued Next Wsek.)
A SIeen Mill

Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin: II call
Il a sleep mill" said the manufacturer,
as he led the way to his huge plant. He
opened a door into a long room where
two rows of girls were boxing instruments
like electric fans, the wings OF the fans
being studded with small round mirrors
Many ~insomniacs," he said, can sleev
at the window OF an express train The
sight of the landscape rushing by them
invariably brings on a refreshing nap
Well, this machine, with its whlrl and
glitter of revolving mirrors, acts on tn,
eve and brain in the same soothing man.
ner, and the insomnia whom a train rid,
| helps Is invariably helped by this.
Here he said, entering a smalleL
ROOM" we turn out slumber balls"
A number of young men were rounding
and polishing balls OF bright metal, and
he took one in his hand.
"Fixed hig above the bed" he said
$50 hat it strains the eye to stare at Il
this ball frequently brings sleep to In
somniacs of a m~elancholic type.
"In this next room we make a small
machine for clamping the arteries lead
ing to the brain. 1t Is easy to adjust
and IL very considerably diminishes tn,
( flow of blood to the brain centers. Tt
certain nervous. feverish insomniacs-
authors, actors and so on-the clamp OF
ten brings sleep in a few minutes.
"And here we make a very simple bat
terry that, while the patient lies In bed
sends "A mild current up and down hi
spine. The battery treatment usually sue
ceeds best with female insomniacs.
1--WE employe," he concluded, 800 hand
here. 1t Is a tribute, isn't 1t, to the hecti
activity OF our twentieth century civiliza
ton, a great mill like this. devoted Il
the production OF sleep for those who ar
too tired and nerve worn to rest natural
Ilv9v
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
LOST $500
Buying Medicine when Right FOO
Was Needed.

BuyfnE MedIcIne when Right Foo
Was eeded
Money spent for "tonlcs" and bra
GERS to relieve indigestion, while the
pocr old stomach is loaded with pastry
and pork. Is worse than losing a pocket
book containing the money.
II the money only Is lost it's bad
enough, but with lost health from
wrong eating. it Is hard to make the
money back.
A Mich. young lady lost money on
drugs but is thankful she found a way
to get back her health by proper food.
She writes:
II had been a victim OF nervous dys-
pepsla for six years and spent three
hundred dollars for treatment in the at
tempt to get well. None of it did me
any good.
"FlnalIy I tried Grape-Nuts food,
and the results were such that, II 1t
cost a dollar u package, l would not
be without It. My trouble had been
caused by eating rich food such as
pastry and pork.
'The most wonderful thing that ever
happened to me. I am sure, was the
change In my condition after 1 began
to eat Grape-Nuts. began to improve
at once and the first week gained four
pounds.
81 feel that I cannot express myself
In terms that are worthy of the benefit
Grape-Nuts has brought to me-, and you
are perfectly free to publish this letter
IL II win send some poor sufferer relief
such as has come to me"
Name given by Postum CO., Battle
Greek. Mich. Read, ''The Road t.
MELVILLE in pkgs. There's a Rea
son."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
Iaox,a Work for Baby.

|Pittsburg Dispatch: Professor VIM
Frear, Of the Pennsylvania State col
lege, discussed in Harrisburg the SO
kinds OF breakfast foods that he re-
Gently tested for the government.
Most OF them were very good"
said Professor Frear. THE taste test
in most cases, was pleasure rather
than work. To make work put OF It
would be to act like a little boy I
know in B~ellefonte.
This little boys mother went, last
Washington's birthday, TO a reception,
leaving the baby in Jimmy's care.
With an injured look Jimmy said on
her return:
Mamma, I wish you wouldn't
make me mind baby again. He was
so bad that I had to eat two mince
him."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
Since Mary Joined the Sob Squad

Since Mary Joined the Sob Squad.
She ulster write up pieces for the Home
Palladium"
And there warn't non could match her
In a-makin' big words come:
Her sunsets were all gorgeous, and her
sunrises all grand, .
And, in fact, for s~erGmptious writin' she
was there to beat the band.
But her field was circumspected, so she
allus ulster talk,
And she jumped and grabbed an offer for
a paper In Moo Yawk,"
And she's doin' murder cases, and a doin'
'em up own
She's the leader of q sob-sQuad In Pom
Knickerbocker's town.
She Jest piles the woes on heavy. till
'twould make an image weep,
Fer when II comes to pathos she makes
all the rest look cheap:
And me and Nav are cryin' every night
we read her stuff,
Since Mary Joined the sob-squad and deals
out heartacne CUFF.
She kin paint a shady female like an
angel all In white,
And shed wrench out Nero's heartstrings
with the dope that she kin write;
And that PATTERN sound Is tear-drops
faltn' at the public's feet,
Since Mary Joined the sob-sauad on a val
Ter journal sheet.
Denver Republican.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16

Another hot spring was recently add
ed to the, 10 which Carlsbad had for
years enjoyed. Workmen who were
engaged In clearing u the channels
or the 'Muhlbrunn" suddenly broke
iato a new spring Of hot mineral wa
ter % feet below the surface OF the
ground. The water gushed up and.
OVERLOOKING the promenade, ran into
the river Tepl. The appearance of the
new spring was not altogether well
come to the citizens, because they fear
that It's flow may diminish that of the
Sprudel fountain, which is Carlsbad's
most valuable asset as a health resort.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
In Plain Terms.

The ignorance Of many persons
aouchiug the good old Anglo-Saxon'
speech we hear so much of in the mag
azines and newspapers" says! a mem
her OF the faculty of Princeton, rs
most amusing at times, A member OF
the bar In Philadelphia, a man more
Remarkable for the vigor of his ad-
dresses to juries than for his learn
4hR; was not long ago commenting on
Ina proceedings OF the other party to
n suit under trial.
"T do not know what gloss said he.
emy learned friend may put upon this
matter, hut 1 will not mince my words
4 denounce this thing In plain, down
right Anglo Sal on English as a ne
Various and preposterous transaction OF
the most unprecedented kind"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
Limitations of the Teachers Profession

AtIuNNdEtONN9 w NV
From the April Scribner: We are
80 unsocial. and stilted that it would
seem we lived I'm mortal fear Of inspec-
tton at close range. We are too prud-
fish to be truly human, too lacking in
the sense of humor to extract enjoy
ment out OF the follies OF life, and so
prim az to find ourselves overwhelmed
and paralyzed by a sense OF the i'm
propFiety OF everything that falls out
side our straight laced course. We are
too dogmatic to be agreeable compan-
ions; too didactic, too instructive. too
prone to impart Information to stand
on q give and take footing with u
friends: we prefer to give. We are too
sensitive to accept philosophically our
share OF the worlds rebuffs; too meek
TO be se~lfrespecting: too subservient to
superiors to possess independence Of
character. We are too bookish n un-
practical to bear our proper part in
burning the wheels OF social progress;
SO out OF harmony generally with the
instincts and needs of society that for
the most part 1t washes past u.s., leav-
ing us stranded high and dry like fos-
siis on the deserted shoreline OF an
ancient sea. As far as taking an ac-
tive part In the doings of society is
concerned We meet the late Professor
Wilbur Jackman's Characterization of
the modern college ~student-we are las
as d HOck OF Sneep on a sun
ny hillside in April"
Again, u professor fosters a devo-
ton to methods and petty devices. 1t
has lately reached such a point that
every slightly different way of doing
a thing Is labelled with a name of its
own. Our pedagogical books and ar
ticies literally swarm with these
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ghosts, until it is a
discerning intelligence indeed that can
distinguish the real entities from the
nOn-entIties; the shadow from the
substance,
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Transmutation.

Uea dear, I burn upon this April hill
The letters / nave treasurer for so long.
The day runs over with the bluebirds'
song: wa
The buoyant wind blows delicately chill,
Twisting the clean. bright flames that
have their will
Or our hearts record, whirling for q
breath
Gray wrafths OF paper whereupon in
death 70
WAIVER the words that shake my spirit
still.
Herein 1 prove me worthy OF your trust,
Leaving our letters not to mold and
dust, .an" #t|. EH. .l.
Nor. after me, raV.shsd OF alien eyes:
hut changing them through fire and the
springs
Swift alchemy into fair. growing things,
SO have the hearts Illustrations made
me wise,
-Blizabeth whiting In April Century.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16

was the matter I
kept going down and
down until I was a
physical wreck. I
b a d s%mothering
spells, flashes OF heat
over the kidneys,
and pain in passing
the kidney secre-
lions. which contain.
ed sediment. My hus-
band urged me to
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
Today and Tomorrow.

Give me thy tears.
And they shall wash away
The scars and bitterness
OF yesterday.
Give me the rose
That in thy bosom lay.
And II shall be
Mine orihamme today.
Give me thine eyes,
That I may look and SEQ
Thy inmost heart "
In all Its purity. So. Il
Give me thy kiss, 4.
And then our lives shall be
One for tomorrow
And eternity.
-Pali Mall Gazette
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16

Garfield Tea cannot bat commend itself
TO those desiring a laxative at once sim
pie, pure, mild, potent and health-giving.
1t Ia made OF Herbs. All drug stores.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
In Arid GAnrnia-

Cease OF apoplexy; a bad stroke"
what brought II on?"
MAN asked him if whisky was good
TO rub q boss with"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
SPRING KIDNEY TROUBLE

VividIy Described by Ono Who Has
Suffered from II.
Mrs. Fl. Mutzabaugh, Of Duncannon.
Pa. a y :"I was sick and miserable all
last Spring and as I did not know what
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16

try Doan's Kidney Pills, and at last 1
did so. They did me much good and I
used in all eight boxes, which restored
ne to perfect health"
Sold by all dealers, 30 cents a box.
Foster-MiIburn Co. Buffalo, ". Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16

In the British museum there Is a
huge rope OF hair, weighing nearly two
tons. 1t was originally made for n
OF the emperors OF Japan.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16
Danger Of II.

Prom the Cleveland o
Mother, mother, mother, turn the
hose on mel" sang little Willie. as his
mamma was dressing him this morn
ing. .s.
What you you mean?" she asked.
you've put my stockings on wrong
side out" he said.
We fear Willie will grow up to be a
newspaper humorist.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-16

Mark Twain in his lifetime has earned
500, 900.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
DIAL TRAGEDY m
A GIRLS SCHOOL

Boston, Mass, March 1s.-sarah
Chamberlain Weed. of Philadelphia,
last night shot II killed Miss Eliza
beth Hardee. of East Savannah, Ca,
then committed suicide at the Laurens
school, an exclusive finishing institu-
ton for u m
The WI young women started school
last October. Miss Weed broke down
as a result of overwork and was taken
to the West Newton sanitarium.
Last night she escaped from the sani-
tarium and made her way to the school.
Miss Hardee volunteered to care for her
during the night.
When Mrs. Page. matron of the
school, went to Miss Hardee's room this
morning to awaken her, she was
shocked to find both girls dead in bed.
Miss Hardee had been shot through
the base of the brain While there was
a bullet wound in Miss Weeds right
temple. A revolver with two chambers
empty was lying on Miss Weeds breast.
The pupils of the school. about 40 in
number. are daughters Of wealthy par
ents from all sections of the country.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
NINE. GOULD N
CHILDREN RE

Paris. March 12.-Mme. Anna Gould.
accompanied by her children. will sail
on the North German Lloyd liner. Kron
Prinz Wilhelm. on Wednesday from
C%herbourg for New York. She expects
to remain in America for two months.
1t Is reported that Prince Hello De
Sagan also has made arrangements to
leave for the United States.
Recently it was reported that Nine.
Gould had been married to Prince De
Sagan. but she Immediately authorized
an absolute denial of this. She also an
nounced her intention Of leaving at an
early date for the United States with
her children. To have her children with
her ON this trip it was first necessary
to obtain the consent of Count Boni De
Castellane. her former husband. as re-
quired by the decree of divorce.
The public prosecutor has instructed
a magistrate to open an inquiry into
the charge of using forged documents
brought against Count Boni De Castel-
lane by Prince Helie DE Sagan. The
charge was first made by the prince
at the trial of his suit for damages
against Boni for an encounter the men
had on the street. The prince declared
that letters addressed to a and
signed with his name, containing in.
furious statements, were forged at the
instance of Castellane. with the object
Of causing an estrangement between
him and Nine. Gould.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

Toledo, March 1.-THE Napoleon UNI
Ion school, the largest building OF its
klnd IN the state which was complete
" remodeled only last April and had
cost the county $4,000 was altogether
destroyed by fire this morning.
A repetition of the Collinwood hor-
ror was possibly averted by only a
quarter of an hour i'm the time of the
starting OF the fire as the children were
on the way to school. Some were play
Ing In the yard when the flames were
discovered.
AT 3 o'clock when the school pulpils
should have been in their seats. the
main part of the building was a mass
Of flames.
Superintendent Bemer and PRINCIPAL
White were the only persons in the
building when the fire broke out. the
other teachers not having arrived. The
Two men ran to Il stairway leading to
the attic and were driven back by q.
shower of sparks and n great volume of
Fire evidently had caught from
a defective flue of the furnace chim-
ney where 1t ran through the attic.
Before h fire department could get
a stream on the building. the flames
mad quilted the attic, dropped to the
hoor below. attacked the east wing
M We're roaring up the big central
tower. The bell fell inside of Is min
utes. ~
The building. which is a total loss.
mad "a rooms, Eight hundred pupils
were enrolled in the school.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
CUPID BARRED BY
MERCHANTS WILL

Newport. KY, March ia codicil to
the will of the late Christopher Kreidler.
which was probated in County Judge
Moore's court here. provides that should
n of his three daughters marry they
arc not to receive any Of the estate.
The document provides first for the pay-
ment Of his funeral expenses and all iust
debts. To his wife. Theresa Kreidler. he
bequeaths his entire property. personal
and real. except $50. which he gives to
his son. Louis. The will also provides that
at he death of his wife the estate is
to be divided among his children, share
and share alike. but the codicil. which
was filed in February. 1908. sets forth
that Mould either of the daughters marry
those remaining single are to receive her
portion.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
KING ALFONSO
NOT MOLESTED

Barcelona, March liking Alfonso,
who left Madrid last night. arrived in
this city this morning. He has taken
up his residence at the home of Gen
eral Linares, captain general of Cata-
lonia, where he will stay during his
visit here. He was given a warm well
come by the people of the city.
No disturbances of any kind marked
his arrival.
Madrid, March 1O.-A section of the
Spanish ministry bitterly opposed King
described AS a "wasp's nest" but the
king, with II display of the old Bour-
bon courage, refused to be ~dissuaded.
He considers 1t his duty to go and is
confident his visit to Barcelona will APP
peal to the chivalrous spirit of the
Spanish people and have a good effect.
A dispatch has been received here
from the Spanish minister to Switzer-
land saying hat anarchists of Geneva
have decreed the death of King Alfonso
and Premier Maura.
Queen Victoria remained in Madrid.
but all the members of the royal family
accompanied the king to the railway
station. Large crowds assembled on
the streets through which he passed
and cheered him enthusiastically.
The station was also filled with people
who gave the king a hearty sendoff. He
was greatly pleased, smiling and salut-
ing repeatedly.
Senior Maura, the premier, and Cap
tain Fernandez Nino. the minister of
marine. accompanied him on the train.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
LINCOLN SOCIETY MAN
HOLDS DIVORCE RECORD

Lincoln, Neh., March 12.-Dr. r. EN-
NETT Giffen. society exquisite. former
surgeon major of the Nebraska ma
tional guard, present state prison ply
stefan. and one of the leading sur
seons in the West. was divorced for
the fourth time yesterday afternoon.
Although barely As. DR.. Giffen has
d a varied matrimonial experience.
His first wife died several years ago.
lie was divorced twice from his second
wife, and twice from his third spouse,
whom he married the afternoon of the
day his second wife got her decree.
A few weeks g Mrs. Giffen secured
n cruelty. A short time thereafter
she and the doctor appeared in court.
arm in arm and their faces Wreathed
in smiles. They asked the judge to
set aside the divorce.
Broke Every Promise.
Yesterday h told the judge that
the doctor broke every promise he
made to her to get her to return to
him. Notwithstanding all OF her rela-
tives had made good their threat that
If she returned to him they would
never speak to her again. Mrs. Gift
fen was formerly Miss Helena Lau.
daughter Of n of Lincoln's wealthy
Wholesale grocers who raj her fathers
business after his death until her
younger brothers were skilled enough
to take charge.
One queer thing about the case was
that when Mrs. Giffen secured her di-
vorce some eight weeks ago, Judge w.
p. Stewart was her attorney and the
decree was granted by Judge E. r.
Holmes. Since then Holmes has
stepped down as judge and has been
succeeded by Stewart. Mrs. Giffen was
represented by Judge Holmes yester-
day, and Judge Stewart granted her
the decree.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
FOUR NEGROES LYNCHED
IN "ORDERLY MANNER

Mobile. Ala, March 13.-Dave Poe.
Tom Ranston and two Jenkins broth
ers, all negroes. were lynched at Van
Cleave. Miss, 20 miles north of Biloxi.
Miss. by d mob of 80 men. The men
We're in the custody of Deputy Sheriff
Evans. of Jackson county. en- route to
jail when the mob overlook them. A
series of incendiary fires of warehouses.
causing losses in charcoal. foodstuffs
and other supplies. incensed the people
OF the vicinity. The four negroes con-
fessed their guilt when the mob took
them from the deputy, and ali four
were hanged to limbs of trees by the
side OF he road where their bodies were
found this morning.
The immediate cause of the lynchlne
was the burning Of the warehouse Of
Sam Byrd when the incendiarists at
tempted to waylay and rob Byrd. who
conducts q store near Van Cieaye,
Among the other warehouses burned in
the vicinity were those Of w. n. West
fall about on month ago. and the
The lynchtng was conducted in an
orderly manner.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
PRESIDENT TALKS
GERMAN TO VISITOR

Washington. March 13. President
Roosevelt talked for ten minutes in Ger
mar with DR.. Nathan Bironbam, of
Vienna, leader of the Jewish national par
ty in Austria, who was accompanied to
the White House by Representative Cold
fogle, of New York. DIR. Bironbam told
the president he was in the United States
studying political conditions. The presi-
dent remarked there was NJ occasion for
political division in this country among
racial or other lines. We are all Ameri-
cans he said to his visitor. He stated
hat In his rough rider regiment there
we're a number of Hebrews. He said that
the only question was as to whether they
were Americans and brave men, and he
found them both.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
ANARCHISTS SHUT
OUT Of CEREMONIES

Chicago, March 13.-Olga Averbuch,
sister of the man who was killed by
Chief of Police Shippy. today entered
a protest against the anarchists taking
part in the ceremonies incidental to the
remova of her brothers body from the
potters' field to one of the Jewish ceme-
teries.
The Jewish free burial association
which has the matter in charge de-
ewish race and it is forbidden by he
tenets of their religion.
The anarchists who had planned a
celebration were greatly surprised when
told they would not be allowed to b,
present.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
EVELYN, DOWN AND
OUT, BACK TO STAGE

New York, March 12.-The fervid
glamour of Evelyn Thaw's life is be-
ginning to dim, according to the World
today. She now stands face to face
with what will mean her poverty. The
Il1aws. her husbands people, hold wha
them deem a controlling hand, and
she sees herself backed up in a cor
ner, with only n hope Of escape
accept $25, 900 INC offer no defense to
the proceedings for divorce brought
against her.
From a source that cannot be ques-
toned, it is learned that this won
derful young woman was driven to
the wall. where. she no longer may
dictate terms. but must plead for the
pittance of a few thousands. Mrs. Vim.
Thaw is doing the debating.
That Mrs. Thaw will go back t the
stage is now probably assured. The
m'serly $4,000 means nothing to her
now, after the way she lived on Harry
Thaw's millions. To an intimate friend
h said: We'll, it looks as If I will
be among h down and outs. So I
guess it will be time for me to go back
to the stage"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
LONDON FOG IS
COMING INTO VOGUE

Chicago. March lat cannot be
doubted that London ~fog"-that rich
hue of amber with glints Of gold on 1T
is coming into favor at last. Formerly
unenthusiastic persons were wont to
say sharp things about it and it was
held to be Of London's chief
assets. So much anyone may set down
without fear Of contradiction.
more. is cleaned by q casual visit to the.
second floor that has been converted
into an art repository by the Chica.,D
council Of the Merchants Taliors' Ma.
tional Protective association. Only q
few simple things" were on exhibition.
and it IL plain to the most innocent
minded spectator that a conspiracy u
on to hang the London fog on the line.