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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
Accountability,

Folks amt got no right to censuah othah
folks about dey habits;
Him dat give de squir'ls de buShtails made
de bobtails fu' de rabbits.
Him dat built de great big mountains hol-
Tered out de little valleys;
Him dat made de streets an driveways
wasn't shamed to make de alleys.
is all constructed different, d'ain't nc
two Of us de same;
CANT hep ouah likes an dislikes, Ell
we's bad we amt to blame.
Eff we'se good, we needn't show off, case
you bet it amt DUAL dom,
gifts into sultan channels dat we jes
CANT hep pu'suin'.
But we all fits into places dat no othah
ones could fill,
An we does the things we has to-, big Ell
little, good er Ill.
John CANT TEX de place O. Henry, Su an
an Sally amt alike;
Bass amt nothin' like a suckah, club
amt nothin' like a pike.
When YOU come to. think about It, how it's
ali planned out it's splendid.
Nuthin's done err evan happens, doubt
hits somefin' OATS intended;
Don't keer whut you does, You has to, a n
hit sholy beats de dickens
Whey, go put on de kittle, l got one o.
mastah's chickens.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
ASIMPLE SAFEGUARD IN BUY
ING PAINT.

Everybody should know how simple
and easy 1t is to avoid all uncertainty
In buying paint materials. There are
many so-called white leads on the mar
ket, which contain chalk, zinc, barytes,
and other cheap adulterants. Unless
the property owner takes advantage Of
the simple means Of protection afford
ed him by reliable white lead manu-
factVrers, he runs great risk of getting
an inferior and adulterated whiIe lead.
1t is to protect the pa~int-buyer
against fraud and adulteration that Ma
tional Lead Company, the largest max
ers OF genuine Pure White Lead, place
their famous Dutch Boy Painter"
trademark on every keg of their pro-
duct, an absolute guarantee OF It's pur-
ity and quality. Anyone who wants to
make a practical test of white lead and
who wants a valuable free book about
painting, should address National Lead
Company, Woodbridge building, New
York, and ask for test equipment.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.

Woman Tells of Her Brothers, Terri
BILE SuTering-Two Also
Cured--Cuticura Invaluable.
my brother had eczema three diff
ferent summers. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When 1t came on the
third summer, he bought a box Of
Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith
full trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely Of &C.
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In
diana heard Of how my daughter.
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son Of
terrible eczema by the Cuticura Rem
edies. This lady's little n had the
eczema so badly that they thought they
would lose it. She used Cuticura Rem
edles and they cured her child entire
ly, and the disease never came back.
Mrs. Sarah e. Lusk, Coldwater, Mich.
Aug. Is and Sept. 2, 1907,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
A Machine for Building Cement Side
walks.

One of the latest labor saving devices
is a machine that lays and finishes cement
sidewalks with remarkable rapidity. it
consists OF a travelling mould and O winch
for pulling the mold ahead. The concrete
for the base OF the sidewalk is shoveled or
dumped into the front part of the mold,
and the finishing mortar is shovelled or
dumped into the hopper at the middle OF
the mold. This hopper is so designed that
it feeds a thin layer of mortar on to the
concrete base as the mold travels Onward.
Thus a complete and perfect sidewalk is
delivered at the rear end of the machine.
No skilled hnishers are required. No la
Dor is needed to build forms. No men are
needed to lamp the concrete. In brief,
says Cement Age, New York, the process
is simply one of mixing the ingredients
depositing them into the proper part
of the travelling mold. The mold does the
rest. With a properly organized gang, the
mold is kept travelling continuously at the
rate OF two feet per minute. The shape
of the mold is such that the concrete is
squeezed both literally and vertically in
to a dense block, which, as above stated,
requires no ramming. Perhaps the most
remarkable feature OF the mold is the per-
feet finish that it gives to the sidewalk.
The walk looks as If it had been hand
finished with floats.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
.SpURNED HER BABE
FROM DAY OF BIRTH
Rich Mrs. Strong, Long Be.
ieved Childless, Has a
Daughter 20 Years Old.

New York, Special: Mrs. Egbert V,
Strong is rated the wealthiest woman
among the permanent residents of
Babylon, l.. /. Her home. in the most
aristocratic section. is a stately white
mansion, shaded by great trees and
surrounded by well kept grounds. She
is famed for her diamonds, her gowns
and her exclusiveness.
MI. Strong, her husband, is demo-
cratic and popular. His two steam
yachts are among the finest and fastest
/. on Great SVuth Bay, and the big gray
automobile In which he rides daily
with his wife is a costly machine OF
high power.
For nearly 20 years the Strongs have
their home only to pass the winters in
Florida, seemingly a devoted couple
without a care.
Apparently their one sha611 was
the lack of children. Through all the
years Mrs. Strong has posed as a child
less wife and her wealthy acquaint-
ances have given her unstinted SYM
pathy.
Banished Her Babe.
The amazing act is hat Mrs. Strong
is a mother and has been for 20 years.
Her child Is a daughter who has been
virtually homeless since her birth. Mrs.
Strong ordered the babe to be taken
from her home when it was 3 days
old and has never willingly seen her
daughter since.
Three times during the 20 years the
father has brought mother and daugh-
ter together, hoping that natural affec-
ton, so mysteriously suspended, could
be aroused. But each time Mrs. Strong
drove her child from the home.
|, Twice in recent years Mr.. Strong has
Joined his daughter, declaring that he
would T1aVar return IN his uifa'G hnnQ
without the girl. But both times the
wife triumphed and he returned to her
alone.
} The few who know the facts speak
OF Mr.. Strong as a kind man, who
loves his rich wife and is powerless to
withstand her influence and commands.
Daughter Pretty and Bright.
Marion Goodale Strong, the daughter,
now 20 years old. lives in a family de-
nell hotel in Johannesburg, on the
shores Of Cayuga lake. There is MOTH
ing in the girls appearance or person.
atty to account for the mothers
hatred. She is strikingly pretty. with
large brown eyes, delicately chiselled
features and a petite, we'll rounded fig
ure. She is good and brave and highly
intelligent, fighting down a sorrow far
greater than comes into most lives and
Frightening all about her with the
charm OF gentleness m affection.
To Marion Strong and all the world
besides the mothers hatred is q mys-
terry. No one car tell from wha it
springs. To no one has Mrs. Strong,
so far as can be learned, ever attempt
ed an explanation. But there are
friends of the family who believe the
mother is jealous of her child and de-
termined that no atom of her hus-
bands love shall be lost to herself.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
A $40 Year Lawsuit.
Mexico City Correspondence OF PhiladeL
mia Record

phia Record.
A final settlement has just been made
in a lawsuit which had been pending
in the courts of the State of OaXaca
for $40 years. The dispute arose be-
tween the local authorities of the towns
of Yodocome and Num- over the ques-
ton Of the legal boundary line between
h two villages. Both towns held
titles to the same land, the conflicting
grants being made by the colonia gov
eminent. The titles held by private
parties were also involved, and each
town brought suit against the other
for the land claimed to be justly due 1t.
The suit dragged along for the first
100 years, n legal step after another
being taken by the c~ontending towns.
Another century passed, and then an
other, and still the suit was undecided.
During all this time the people of the
respective towns were arrayed against
each other in bitter enmity, and many
have been h armed conflicts that
have taken place between the opposing
factions.
The father of President Porfirlo Diaz
was a native of Yodocome and stood
high in the little country community
because Of his mental ability. He took
an active interest in the long pending
suit, and during his lifetime made ev-
cry effort to get a flnal decision of the
case. He was unsuccessful and the
ears dragged by. President Diaz gave
the matter his personal attention not
long ago, and the ancient records re-
latlng to the land grants and the on
licting boundary were fully examined.
The matter was her laid before the
people of the two towns, and after
many conferences a settlement Of the
case was reached and the suit in court
was formally dismissed. 1t is said to
have held a place upon the our docket
longer than any suit in the worlds his
tory.
The new boundary line between the
two towns is to be marked by the erec-
rtion Of stone monuments. A great cele-
'bration to be held by the people of
Yodocome and Num- to commemorate
the settlement of the dispute is to be
called the Feast of Peace"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
AN ocEAA.. LINERS CARGO.
Four Hundred Longshoremen Flush Day
and Night to Load One Ship.
From August Everybody's g.

From August ~Everybody's.
Down on the wharm the rush was at
its height. Under the sputtering, blu
ish arc lights, amid endless clang and
rumble, the produce of America came
In. From the prairies, the mines and
the mills, from the forests. the cotton
plantations, tobacco fields, orchards and
vineyards, from the oil fields and
meat packing houses, from the grimy
factories large and small; ponderous
engines of steel, harvesters, reapers,
automobiles. bars of silver and yellow
bricks of gold, bales of cotton and
wool and hides and tobacco. meats,
barrels OF flour, and boxes of fruit,
hogsheads of oil and cask OF wine; tens
of thousands Of things and machines to
make things-piled up on the wharf by
the acre. And still all night the teams
clattered in and the tugs puffed up
with the barges; and from hundreds of
miles away the trains were rushing
hither, bringing more boxes and bar
rels and bags to be packed In at the
last moment. $500
In gangs at every hatchway the 400
men were trundling, heaviug, stTatninS,
a rough crowd, cursing and Joking at
the hoarse shouts of the foreman;
while from the darkness outside, heavy
black rope nets dropped down to gath
err gigantic handfuls of cargo, swing
them back UP to the deck of the ship
and then down into her hold. So all
through the night and right up TO the
hour of sailing the rushing went on.
For the great ocean liners work is
worth hundreds of thousands Of dollars
a month. And the ship must sail on
time ...
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
Collect or Abolish Personal Taxes.
From the New York World.

President Purdy, Of the tax depart
ment says; : 1T would be a great ad-
vantage to the city and to the owners
of real property If the remnants of the
personal property tax were abolished"
If the personal tax law is, not to be en-
forced it certainly should be repealed.
Only conscientious persons and trustees
pay the personal tax now. Most rich
men escape. Their evasions are palp-
able in the fact that personal property
pays less than one-tenCh of h taxes,
although everybody knows that the
personal wealth Of New York's popula-
ton exceeds the real estate valuations.
The state inheritance, mortgage and
stock transfer taxes exceed in receipts
h personal "a collections of New
York city. This suggests a way in
which wealth in the form of personality
can be made to pay it's share of the
public burdens. An inheritance and
an income tax for local purposes would
be collectable from the wicked as we'll
as from the conscientious.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Punctuation by means OF stops and
points, so as to indicate the meaning
Of sentences and assist the reader to a
proper en%uncation, is ascribed origin
ally to AristOphanes, a grammarian OF
Alexandria, Egypt, who lived in the
third century B. G. Whatever his sys-
tenn may have been, 1t was s~ubsequentG
ly neglected and forgotten, but was re-
introduced by Charlemagne, the vari-
u stops n symbols being designed
by Warnerfried and Alcuin.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
ZIP :

Just like that-works the new improved
Regina Hair Remover. Nothing like II.
Quick, safe and sure. 1t dissolYes dis
figuring h dr or face, neck or arms while
o are 10 Dking. Send 81 for large bottle
or rs cents for trial size with descriptive
pamphlet TO Francis q. ThoniS q Co, lS4-
s Broadway, New York City.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
Too ROUGH tor the Cows.

Mrs. Rorer, of cook book fame, tells
OF seeing a maid drop and break a
beautiful platter at a dinner recently.
The host did not permit a trife like
this to ruff1e him in the least.
"These little accidents happen most
every day." he said alphabetically.
''You sec. she isn't a trained waitress.
She was a dairymaid originally, but
she had to abandon that occupation on
account of her inability to handle the
cows without breaking their horns.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

An Anthony woman, who recently re-
turned from a trip to Europe, says wet
weather hasn't bothered this country
at all, in comparison with what she saw
abroad. She says that they ran into
a town named Venice where the water
covered every street and you couldn't
get anywhere except in boats. She
added: You bet we only stayed one
daY in that slOSh,"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
A Poor Provider.

FIOIl IIb bUItIlIIdII.
The Kentucky colonel pointed with
extreme disgust at a man across the
street. Then he said:
There goes that fellow Simpson
with a 50-pound sack OF flour, and
I'll bet he hasn't a drop of liquor In
the house"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

For Sale-640 acres Texas Panhandle
land, two miles from r. r. town, "a, &c.,,
also 1914 acres near r.. R, $685. . GO-acre
farm adjoining county seat, $1,000. Rea-
sOnable terms. These will make p%urchas-
ers much profit. j.. Wellington, Fort
Worth. Tex.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

The bureau of engraving and print
ing sat Washington is turning out new
emergency notes under the Aldrich-
Vreeland law al the rate of about
$S'6O0,000 a day. and new vaults must
be built to store them in.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

last five years has been 1851, 900, 900, ac-
cording to the latest circular issued by
the National Board Of Fire Underwrit-
ers. That is a sum large enough to
pay the annual interest upon the pub
Ito debt of the United States, England,
Spain, Mexico and the Netherlands.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

There are some large profits made on
goods sold in New York city, but the
greatest percentage goes to the retail
ers of jeWelry that has imitation preci-
u stones in its composition. The
profit is often 1000 times as much as
the goods cost. To get $40 for what
cost 40 cents is quite usual.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

General Morteza Kahn, Persian min
lister to h United States, estimates
that within the last few years 1000
persons nave been killed in political
riots in Persia.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
SIOUX CITY pro CO., 1857, 1908
Involved.

Ethel--I don't feel comfortable in this
waist at all.
Myrtle-Why not?
Ethel-It makes me feel uncomfort-
able because it feels too comfortable to
be a good fit.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
worth Ii. weight IN Cola.

It's PETTIT'S EYE SALvE, strength
ems eyes Of the old, tonic for eye strain,
weak and watery eyes. All druggists or
Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y. -
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Oysters are wild animals, accc. ding
to q Queensland judge. who held that
there was no penalty for stealing them.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Only 6 per cent Of amputation cases
result fatally at present, owing to the
improvement in antiseptic surgery.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
Won Cam Get A11en,. Foot-Ease FREE

Write to-day to Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
n. Y, for a FREE sample Of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes.
IL cures tired, sweating, hot, swollen, ach.
ing feet. 1t makes new or tight shoes easy.
A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Druggists and Shoe Stores sell It. 25c.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
A Lovers Quarrel.
From ~Lippincott's.

Two young persons of Germantown
had been engaged, had quarreled, but
were toe proud to, make up" Further
more, both were anxious to have it be-
lieved they had entirely forgotten each
other.
One day the young man called. as
tensibly on business with her father.
on which occasion 1t CHANGED she
should answer the door bell.
The young man was game. Pardon
me-" he said, with the politest Of bows.
Miss Eaton, 1 believe. Is your father
imp
II am sorry to say he is not" the
young woman responded, without the
slightest sign Of recognition. DO you
wish to see him personality"
Yes" replied the young man, as he
turned to go down the steps.
II beg your, pardon" called out the
young woman. as he reached the low
est step, but who shall 1 say caIled?'
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Father Caughan. OF London, preach
ing on marriage, remarked that a wom-
ar said to him: when you have seen
one man you have seen them all, in all
their moods and lenses. They are all
alike. His reply was. 1T may be so,
but woman is like an irregular French
verb, and unless a man studies her In
all her peculiar moods and lenses he
will misconstFue and-s so misinterpret
her. much TO his Disadvantages"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog 1O5
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
c FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
N0m roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation ,ulcera-.
tion, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
tng-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervou p~rostration.
Why don't you try itP
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Thousands of American women
IN our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
broughton and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well chat they ought to
have help to.overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
1t is to these faithful womenthat
Milford chronicle., 1908-09-25
Mr.. TAFT AT SCHOOL.

Fellow students and teachers of
Mr.. Taft have described him at his
studies as a species of plodder. Not
the painful plCdder whom some may
recall in them schools, to whom the
sojourn in academic groves was ac-
companied by infinite toll and travail,
but a plOdder in the sense of striking
his gait and keeping it up everlasting
~, finishing each book. each lesson,
each job thoroughly and completely
This does not imply the limitations of
One-sided man, for Mr. Taft has
never been that. He presents as
many useful surfaces to the world as
do the splints of a new broom-and
he sweeps as clean. There are no
little. short, stubby bristles poked
away back, Sinking their duty. As
a boy he was earnest, purpOseful,
tenacious of what he learned, of
what he read. He was truthful,
cheerful, good-humored, loyal, clean,
straightforward, liar-hating, gener-
Gus, considerate of others rights and
feelings He was a boy who became
astonishingly father to the man he is
to-day.
One of Mr.. Taft's first schoolmas-
tiers, William H. Pabodie, of Cincin-
maui WIZ taught MIN GIGGk anu
Latin, says:
He was A No 1 as a student
He led a class of eleven boys. Let me
tell you, it was no slight honor to lead /.
that particular class, for it contained (.
some of the brightest boys l ever /
taught. VIII Taft scarcely ever gave /
me any trouble. He seemed to realize (
more than most boys of his age that ,
work was work and play was play,
and that there was a time for each.
"He was always ahead of his work.
He has never been one of the men
who are harassed and pushed by their
duties. AS a boy he kept ahead of J.
MS work, and he has been ahead of
It ever since.
Milford chronicle., 1908-09-25
BANK GUARANTY FALLACY..

Inability to pick flaws in the ad-
ministratiOn of the affairs of the
Government by the Republican party
has driven Bryan to exploiting new
theories. He has done it before. but
abandoned his theories almost as fast
as he conceived them. The ballots
of the people have also each time bur-
led them beyond all resurrection.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to
make a collection of his latest bub-
bles and puncture them all at once.
1t would make a great noise, loud
enough, perhaps, to drown the vapid
mouthings that give expression to
them Ex-GOv. Herrick, of Ohio, in
recent speech at Cincinnati, in few
words effectually punctures Bryan's
bank guaranty proposition. He de-
clared that the suggestion is 'analO-
gOus to asking all the merchants in a
town, energetic and lazy, honest and
dishonest, to guarantee the success of
all, so that all might share equally in
the profits and all might be saved
from loss, regardless of the careless
ness or dishonesty of some" This is
a principle that all business men will
readily comprehend and makes plain
the fallacy of the proposition.
I'VE must in these matters learn
first to deal with the wrong; find out
what the evil is. Define it, punish it.
leads to disaster when you
are dealing fearlessly with wrong or
with abuses. Then you purge bust
ness, and save it by the purging, but
when you put right and wrong to- !
when your plan necessarily |
brings together that which is proper |
in business and that which is impro- |
per, and by an arbitrary rule proceed |
20 condemn all, then you forsake the |
inc of reason and inevitably come to
grief.
What we need in this country is a
intelligent prosecution of
wrong, and the conservation of hon
,st business endeavor. And if you
we're to search the country through
tut for a capable, competent man,
With fairness and acumen, who knew
he law, who was intent to correct
vii, who was anxious to devise eff
ective remedies, who had at the
anne time broad sympathies with all
american interests, and who would
observe the good as we'll as destroy
he bad, you would find it difficult to ]
nd anyone who would share in the |
anne class as William Howard Taft" :