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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
A Chivalrous judge.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
J.. Thomas Hefiin, a distinguished
member of the Alabama delegation in
congress, maintains that his state is
the most chivalrous in the country.
Nowhere" he recently remarked, lis
this more to be observed than in those
least %chivalrous of places, the courts Of
law. Not long ago n of our best
known judges, famed for his severity
and his uncomTromising loyalty to the
traditions OF procedure. had to try a
case in which one of the witnesses hap
pened to be an actress of no small pop
ularity in the south. 1t CHANGED that
the nature of her evidence was such
that the usual question about her age
was not likely to be omitted; so when
she came to the stand his honor told
the clerk to suspend action for a mo-
ment; then, turning to n actress, he
demanded:
MADAM, how old are your
"'Twenty-siX,' replied the witness.
who Is SO If she is a day.
Very we'll. said the judge, politely.
I asked you that question because, IL I
hadn't, 1t would surely lave been asked
you when the attorney for the defense
cross-examined you. And, now that. you
have told us your age, do you swear to
tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth?"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
FAMILY's SKIN TROUBLES.

Eczema, Heat Rash, and Scalp Anec-
lions Afiict Different MembeSs,
but Cuticura Cures Them.
MY wife had eczema for five or six
years. 1t was on her face and would
come and 60. We thought we would
give the Cuticura Remedies a trial., We
did so and she has never had a sign Of
eczema for four years. l myself used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
SOM time ago for falling hair. l now
have a very heavy head of hair. We
used Cuticura Remedies for our baby.
who was nearly bald when young. She
has very nice hair now. She Is very
heshy, and we had so much trouble
with heat that we would battle her
with Cuticura Soap and then apply
Cuticura Ointment, 1t would dry the
heat up so much quicker than anything
else. MIR. H. b. Springmire, 323 So.
Capitol Street, Iowa City, Ia, July 10,
1905, and Sept. 10. 1906"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
How tho Young Idea Shoots.
From Everybody's Magazine.

FIOHl ppDS > haBa1ibS'
Many Of the children are so crammcd
with everything that they really know
nothing.
In proof OF this, rea these veritable
specimens of definitions. written by
public school children:
Stability is taking care of a stable"
"A mosquito Is the child of black and
white parents"
Monastery is the place for mon
sters."
"Tocsin is something to do with get
ting drunk"
Representation is TO have the small
pox." .-
"Cannibal Is two brothers who kii.e ed
each other in the Bible"
Anatomy is the human body, which
consists of three parts, the head, the
chist and the stummick. The head
contains the eyes and brains, IL any.
The chist contains the lungs and a
piece of the liver. The stummick is
devoted to the bowels, of which there
are Ave, a, e, 1. 0, u, and sometimes W
and ""
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
How Frick Got His start.
From the Pittsburg Post.


One day the Mellon bank in Pitts
burg was amazed to receive from an
unknown man signing himself III. c.
Frick' a letter requesting the loan OF
10000. He had very little to offer in
the way CT security. the writer said,
but he pledged his word that If the loan
was made it should be returned with
interest. .
The audacity Of the request interest
ed the banks head, and he sent a trust
ed agent to find out about the man
Prick. When the agent made his re-
port the bank decided to make the loan.
That 2 $1,000 was the foundation OF
the colossal fortune of Henry Clay
Prick. Not only did he return the prin-
cipal with interest. but the business
which he subsequently gave the Mellon
bank was worth n hundred times the
amount Of the original loan.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

The Ohio-Mississippi coal trade,
which persists today, is one of the
greatest single movements of cargo in
the world. From Pittsburg to New Or
leans Is 1000 miles, all downhill. Coal
In ], 000-ton barges is RATED into fleets
and towed down this distance by pow
erful steamboats,, at a cost of less than
rs cents a ton, against a railroad rate
Df about A.50-frem Pittsburg to Mem
phis for AZ cents. against a rail rate Of
1870. Millions of tons Of coal have gone
this way and always viii go this way,
because the boats have only to drift,
and those that come back, mostly emp
~, are not hard to shove upstream.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
WIDOWS,under N EW Law obtained
pENSUnNrS oy JOHN w. NORRIS.
Washington, u. Q.

There are about $4,000 people in
the District of Columbia; over $4,000
OF them live outside OF the old city OF
Washington (Which now has no legal
existence. being merged in the District
or Columbia, In a large number of
towns and villages scattered over
the hills and valleys of the territory.
ABOUT one-third of the population is
c~olored-the largest number Of colored
people gathered in any place In the
world; about one-fourth of the popu-
latlon Is very poor-poorer than most
poor people elsewhere in the United
States.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
Tangled Metaphor.


From the MinneapoIis Journal.
1t was in a police court in India.
The client of the babu lawyer was a
woman accused OF assault and battery,
and the attorney, attacking the oppos-
ing lawyer, delivered himself as fol-
lows: my learned friend with mere
wind from a teapot thinks to browbeat
me from my legs. / only seek to place
my bone of contention clearly in your
honor's eye. My learned friend vainly
runs amuck upon the sheet anchors of
my case My poor client has been de-
prived &C some of her valuable leather
(skin), the leather of her nose. Until
the witness explains What became OF
my clients nose leather he cannot be
believed: he cannot be allowed to raise
a castle in the air by beating upon q
hlsh" . H
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
Opportunity.

They do me wrong who say I come no
more.
When once 1 knock and fail to find
you in;
For every day I stand outside your door
And bid you wake, and rise to fight and
win.
oval not for persisted chances passed
away,
Weep not for golden ages on the wane!
Each night l burn the records of the
day
At sunrise every soul is born again.
When down in mire, wiring not your
hands and weep,
| lend my arm to all who say L can
No shame-faced outcast ever sank so deep
Blu yet might rise and be again a man.
"Art thou a mourner? Rise thee from
thy spell.
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be for
giVen.
Each morning gives thee wings to flee
from hell,
Each night a star to guide thy feet
to heaven"
Walter Malone,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
An Awful Case.
From LIE.

tTOm Lil6.
AS Mr.. Tippet came in and started
to remove his oVercoat, his wife came
up eagerly. There was a look of anx-
iety in her eyes as h kissed him.
Did you think, dear" she asked,
tlmidly, Ito get that ribbon"
What ribbon?"
why don't you know. I gave you
a sample to match this morning"
80 you did. BY Jove, 1t slipped my
mind"
And did you stop in at the mil
liners to ask about my hat?"
Dear me, lit quite escaped me-"
did you send the telegram to
MOTHER"
Great heavens. no! You see. I was
And see the landlord about the leak
In the roof"
mo. /"
His wife looked at him hopelessly.
Did you," she asked sadly, do any
thing l asked you to do this morn
ing? II you didn't you are certainly
the most forgetful man that 1 can
conceive Of"
Her husband met her smile with one
of the deepest humiliation, as he drew
from his overcoat pocket a small rec
tangular package.
Il am. my dear he exclaimed-"I
am. indeed! 1 admit it. I'm getting
more forgetful every day. Why, do
o know"-and he fiourished the
package in front of her tear stained
eyes-"Tm getting so forgetful that /
came within an ace of not getting
these cigars? And 1 didn't have one
left In the house
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
Music Badly Needed.
From the Philadelphia Press

FROM LHt THIIdUeIpHIa TEeSs.
peter Alvarado, the rich Mexican
mine owner, who recently gave $40, 000,-
900 to the poor, Is a foe to divorce"
said q Philadelphia broker. ION mx
last visit to Mexico City 1 dined with
him, and he condemned the spread Of
divorce bitterly.
He told an old story on this head.
He said a young musician exclaimed
one day in his hearing:
LAT last I have fame in my grasp"
How so?' Mr.. Alvarado asked.
You know Mendelssohn's wedding
March" and the marvellous repute 1t
brought him. said the musician.
Yes, what of it, said the million
Rire.
well, said the musician, I'm going
to write a divorce march,"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
THE Bread Was Bully"
From the Bookman.

AiS
Once John Muir, author and ranch
man, was dining with a friend. They
sat down and Muir began to tell a
story. The waiter came around sew
eral times. but the stony vas sc good
nothing vas ordered. Muir talked and
talked. and in between he would reach
over and break off a piece Of bread
from a French loaf on the table. This
he did a good many times. The story
reminded him OF another, and so he
talked and ate bread. until his COM
panion broke in with:
We'll, what shall 1 order for you,
Mr.. Muir"
Order" he repeated in his abstrac-
ton.
Yes, order-to eat"
He looked over at the last little re-
naming piece of bread on the plate
and said, as If waking from a dream:
Eat? Why, I've had all l want
that bread was bully"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
A Remedy for Neuralgia or Pain in
NAw~a


For neuralgia and scIatica Sloan's
Liniment has no equal. 1t has a
powerfully sedative effect on the nerves
-penetrates without rubbing and gives
immediate relief from paln-quickens
the circulation Of the blood and gives
a pleasant sensation Of comfort and
warmth.
For three years ! suffered with
neuralgia in the head and jaws" writes
]. p. Hubbard, Of Marietta. s. c., land
had almost decided to have three of my
teeth pulled, when a friend recon-
mended me to buy a twenty-6ve-cent
bottle of Sloan's Liniment. l did so
and experienced immediate relief, and
l kept on using 1t until the neuralgia
was entirely cured. l will never be
without a bottle Of Sloan's LIniment In
my house again. l use 1t also for In
sect bites and sore throat, and l can
cheerfully recommend it to any one
who suffers from any of the Ills which
l have mentioned"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
When AIdrich Was Taken for the
Office Boy.

From Scribner's,

Willis at this time was beginning to
feel the approach Of the malady that
was eventually to cause his death, and
spent much OF his time at Idlewild, his
country place on the Hudson, leaving
Aldrich to guide. the more immediate
destinies of the paper. We get, in the
correspondence and recollections of
period, some charming pictures of
the golden haired boy of 20 sitting in
state in the august editorial chair, with
a dignity no doubt enhanced by the fact
that he also occupied the post of what
Is quantity termed literary adviser" TO
the lively and Kaleidoscope publish
ing firm of Derby 4 Jackson. A IA
vorite Renaissance of his was of an
occasion during one OF Willis absences,
when. seated at his desk, he was com
posing with due elaboration an edi-
torial which seemed to him at the time
likely to arrest the ruinous course OF
national events His c~ogitations were
rudely disturbed by a loud stranger
who, after purchasing from an under
ling some back numbers Of The paper,
turned to the absorbed editor with
Say, bub, get me u piece Of string,
will you'll"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Voluntary immolation on the funeral
pyre of her husband was OF frequent
occurrence in India before Lord Will
lam Bentinck's suppression OF 1t. In
olden times the tendency Of thought
and feeling gave an impetus to the do
ing of such deeds. This devotion to the
departed husband is not confined to the
widow only. 1t is expected of the wife,
in circumstances of unnatural conduct
on the part OF the living husband. He
may spurn her; still she should not
only bow to her lord without a demur,
but be loyal to him.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
Lord Nelson's Tomb.
From Lippincott's.

A London guide was showing an
American tourist the famous tombs at
st. Paul's. THIS, sir" said he, is the
tomb Of the greatest naval zero the
world ever seen-Lord Nelson. This
marble sarcophagus weight AZ tons.
Hinside that is a steel receptacle that
weighs IL tons, an hinside that is a
lead casket weighing two tons. Hlnside
that Is the mahogany coffin that odd
the hashe OF the great 'ero."
We'll" said the tourist, after a mo-
ment's deep thought, II guess you've
got him. III he ever gets out of that
telegraph me al my expense
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

The Belgians border their roadside
with apple and pear trees Of the cider
and perry varieties, and they draw a
profitable revenue from their elongated
plantations. Thus the 500, 900 roadside
trees Of Belgium bring In an annual
income OF &13,000-that is, d little over
"a a tree, big and little; while they
cost, including contributions to a re-
planting sinking fund a trifie over Nd
a tree.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

The Swedish national commission for
the prevention of tuberculosis has REC
commended the gradual establishments
of 4,600 retreats for C0nsunIptives, 10
be scattered throughout the length and
breadth of the country. The total cost
will be nearly IL, 600, 900 crowns. II is
proposed that the cost Of maintaining
patients shall be borne by the mu-
inequalities from which they are sent.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Out OF the los counties which the
state of Kansas has within its domains,
at least so have no paupers. One-half
the county Door farms are empty, save
for the keeper, who draws his salary
and wait for patronage. Some of the
sociological students, who add TO their
philosophy the economics OF living, de-
clare that the poorhouse will soon be
an extinct institution in Kansas.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

From the NashYille Amerlcan.

From the Nashville American
What was that image. shade or per-
sonage that Just rushed down the
2" l 80
Yes, that was it.'
"Oh, that was parliamentary law"
Why the precipitate haste ~
In strolling about looking for adyen-
lure II had come on a woman's club
attempting to transact business"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

OF my recovery and l had given up. but
at last started using Doan's Kidney
Pills and made a rapid gain. After
three months use ! was well and AT
work again"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a 6ox.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

In q Pinch, Use Aliens Foot-Ease.
A powder to shake into your shoes. Ii rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions. Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Gallons, Aching. Sweating feet
and l~ngrowing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. olmsted,
lie Row. Y. Y. -
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

wished death might
end my awful suffer
!ngs. The secretions
were thick with sedi-
ment, my II NJ b s
swollen and my right
side so nearly par
alyZed could not
raise my hand above
my head. The doc
tor held ont no hone
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

The automobile stare" Is becoming
noticeable IN New York city. 1t Is the
vacant, faraway. apparently unobserv-
ing look that comes into the face OF q
chauffeur when he crosses streets re-
CARELESS of the pedestrians, turns the
wrong corner or guides and speeds his
vehicle regardless OF the rights Of 9TH
erS. ..".EH.Hua
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
LYDIA z. PINKHEM

Nature and a woman's work conn.,
bined have produced the grandestI
remedy for woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the good old-fashioned days Oh
our grandmothers they relied upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians on our Western
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that battle the most skilled
physicians who have spent years I'M
the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field Lydia e. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
of the world q remedy for their pei
culiar ills, more potent and efica-
cious than any combination ofdrugs.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for Woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 NC. St.,
Louisiana, Mo-, writes: !
Complete restoration TO health
means so much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women l am willing
to make my troubles public.
"For twelve years / had been suffer-
ing with the worst forms Of female ills.
During that time L had eleven different
physicians without help. No tongue
can tell what ] suffered, and at times /
could hardly walk. About two years
ago l wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
I followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re-
stored health and strength. It 10
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women.
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound did for Mrs. Muff,
it will do for other suffering women.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

III You Have Common sore Eyes,
u lines blur or run together, you need
PETTIT1S EYE SALvE, 25c. All drug
gists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
ALMOST A MIRACLE.

Raised Up When Science Said There
Was No Hope.
G. W. L. Nesbitt, Depot street, Mar
Ion. Ky. writes II was a chronic in
valid with kidney troubles and often
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

r- FREE TO OUR FRIENDSi
We want TO send to our friends : beautiful
French-designed GOLD-PLATED BONB0N BOX
hard-enamsied In colors. II u a beauty. fer the
dressing table. Ten cents In stamps is asked asa
measure Of good tsits and TO cover cost Of Caseax-
Send to-day, mentioning this paper. Address
Sterling Regedy Company. Chicago or New York
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

The match monopoly produced a net
revenue of S5,475,000 to France last
year, the tobacco monopoly SIS, 800, 600.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
Revised Homestead Regulations

by which entry may be made by proxyton certaip
conditions), by the father, mother, son, daughter.
brother or sister of intending homesteader.
Entry fee in each case Is 5000. For pamphlet.
Last Best West, particulars as 10 rates. routes,
best time TO 60 and where TO locate. apply TO
". ID. Scott, Superintendent OF Immigration.
Ottawa. Canada, or L. 7. Holmes, 3S Jackson
St.St, Paul, Mimi NJ. MacLschian, Box Iu6
NWateItoWp. South Dakota, and W. v. Bennett,
boI New York Life Building, Omaha, Neb..
Authorized Government Agents
Please soy where you cav this ndvertIsament.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

AGENTS-$3 a day guaranteed energetic
men or women, selling our house
hold specialties. Write today. Box 65i,
Bah, Maine.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-24
Notice Of Service by Publication.

State of North Carolina, In Superior
Rowan county. court.
Jos. H. McNeeiy, plaintiff,
Walter Geo. Newman defendant,
NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND WARRANT OF
ATTACHMENT.
The defendant above named will
take notice that a summons in the
above entitled action was issued on
the 3rd day of June, 1908, against said
defendant by J. F. McCubbins, Clerk
of the Superior court of Rowan county.
and complaint filed claiming the sum
of 1924 80 due said plaintiff by account
and breach of contract, which sum-
mons is returnable to the August term
of Rowan Superior court, at Salisbury,
N. c., being August 31st, 1908. The
defendant will also take notice that a
warrant of attachment was issued by
said J. +. M%cCubbins, Clerk of the Su-
perior court of Rowan county against
the property of the said defendant, to-
wit:
One tract or parcel of land lying and
being in Gold Hill township. Rowan
county, bounded by metes and bounds
as follows: Beginning at a stone, Mrs.
J. L Rothrock's corner, in the middle
of the Main street; thence with said
street, S. As dogs. W. 4 poles and 10
links to a stone thence S. Sc dogs. E.
% poles and II links to a stone on l..
d. McCarnes' line; thence NJ poles
and IL links to a stone, Mrs. J L. Roth
rocks corner thence N. Sc dogs. w.
10 poles and 8 links to the beginning,
which warrant of attachment is re-
turnable before the Judge of Superior
court of Rowan county II Salisbury, N.
c., on the 31st day of August, 1908,
being the time and place for the re-
turn Of the summons, when and where
the defendant is required to appear
and answer or demur to the complaint,
or the relief demanded will be granted.
J. F. MoCUBBINs,
clerk superior court.
John J. Stewart, attorney. 6-34
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-24
Resale Of The Chunn Lands in Franklin
Township.

BY virtue of an order of the Superior
Court of Rowan County in the special
proceeding entitled 'Sallie E. Chunn
and others VS. T: E. Bingham and
others" the undersigned Commissioner
will expose at public sale to the high
est bidder for cash, at the court house
door in Salisbury, N. G., on
Saturday, the 25th day of July, 1908,
at II O'Clock, NJ, the following describ-
ed real estate in Franklin township
and Rowan county to-wit:
First Tract-containing 1914 acres
and known as the school house tract
and the second tract adjoining Henry
Monroe and others, and containing
Biz acres Bidding on the two tracts
to begin at $737, 90.
Fourth Tract-Lying vest of the
lands OF Jas. A. Hudson, and between
the roads leading to the Hudson house
containing 1914 acres. Bidding to be
gin at S446.73
Fifth and Sixth Tracts-lying be.
tween the road leading from Jas A
Hnds on's to Salisbury and the Yadkir
river adjoining the lands of L. A Wag-
ner, Jas. A. Hudson and others and
bounded on one side by the Yadkinriver
containing, in both tracts, 23O14 acres
Bidding to begin at $2785 20.
For further information apply to the
undersigned.
This the 22nd day of June, 1908.
RICHARD L. THOMSON, Com
B. B. Miller, Atty.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-24

The Kesler Mill neighborhood
is being treated to q series of re-
vival meetings conducted by the
Holiness people.