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The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
New York Chinese Say
Emperor Was Poisoned

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-The Chinese
Rpform association of this city. be-
.}Ieves that China II on the brink Of
xoyolution. Members of the associa-
Hon declare the Chinese emperor was
Do1ooned because he advocated re-
1prms. They gave out dispatch re-
.co1vod from Shanghai. It reads
~Yuan ehai Kai poisoned the en-
~orUr. Please cable to Pslin to at
- him."
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
GOV. HIGGINS IS
NOW BENEDICT

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Nov. 17.-Gov.
James Henry Higgins, the country's
youngest governor. was welded today
to Miss Ellen Frances Mcguire. OF
Pawtucket, In the presence Of an Inn
mense congregation at 81. Joseph's
Roman Catholic church, Pawtucket.
by the rector. Rev. Father Dennis F.
Lowney. The bridegroom Is S2 years
old
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
vON bUELOW AND
KAISER CONFER

BERLIN, Nov. 17.--Chancellor Won
Buelow arrived at the Potsdam pal
ace at 1880 this morning and was re-
ceived cordially by the kaiser. The
chancellor and his majesty are alone
IN the private consultation room OF
the palace.
There was widespread feeling this
morning before the conference be-
tween the emperor and Chancellor Won
Buelow that the kaiser would yield 10
the demands OF his nation. A revolu-
ton will be narrowly averted II the
kaiser remains obdurate In his determ-
nation to send q soldier into the
chancellor's once an q new incumbent
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
$500 FOR SUFFERERS.

ALPENA, Mich, Nov. 1.-THE fire
sufferers have received $1,000 from
Bishop Richter. and representa- the
collection made In the churches Of
Grand Rapids last Sunday Polish
Catholic societies here also contribut-
ed $205.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
bank IS CLOSED;
.lsH|ER ARRESTED

MONTICELLO. KY, Nov. 1.-THE
e1oona' National bank has been clos
1to assistant cashier, E. l. Win
~ disappeared several days ago and
M onnhier, Charles MoConnaghy, has
$50 Arrested By . United States mar
no1 ana taken to Somerset for q
nr1ng before United States Commits
noe Cook. The shortage 10 estimat-
ot $4,000. The banks paid up
Dltnl - $4,000. and its deposits are
I'D q 100000.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
seTTLERs NEAR SAGINAW.

SAGINAW. Mich. Nov. 17-Immi-
grafton into this section OF Michigan
is heavier than ever before. Settlers
are buying homestead lands. Most OF
the newcomers are from Ohio and In
diana and are attracted into this re-
gion by the sugar beet Industry.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
TAKE as PAIRS TROUSERS.

JACKSON. Mich, Nov. 17.-In order
that they might secure perfect At.
thieves stole forty.four pairs Of trous'
ers, contained in a box at the rear door
OF local firm. Claude Youngs, an
ex-conrlct, and Billy" Walker. are
under arrest on suspicion.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
SCARLET FEVER epIpEMlc

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 17.--Ef
forts are being made to check an cpl
demic OF scarlet fever, which has
broken out at the University general
hospital. Five patients. including one
OF the nurses, have been stricken and
have been isolated.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
PLUMBER KILLED.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Nov. IL
John P. Berquist. plumber, was
killed In a cave-in yesterday after.
noon on Hast Main-st Berquist was
fixing a water tap when the ground
cut loose He was "a years Gid.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
Or. CARR Is DEAD.

BAY CITY. Mich. Nov. 17.-Dr. W.
F. Carr. OF this city. who was accident.
ally shot by the discharge OF a rife
near West Branch Sunday. Is dead.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT IL guaranteed TO sure
any case OF Itching, Blind Bleeding or
Protruding Piles In TO IL days or
money refunded Soc.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
Hoods SarsaparilIa

In usual liquid form or in chocolated tab
lets known az earsataDs. 100 doses 81.
Nasal and other local forms Of catarrn
are promptly relieved'by Antiseplets or
Catarrlets, &c., druggists or mail.
@. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-17
Catarrh
Is q Constitutional Dlseas

II originates in impure blood and
requires constitutional treatment, acting
through and purifying the blood ;. Tor its
radical and permanent cure. The
greatest constitutional remedy Is
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-02
from the New York Telegraph

From the New York Telegraph.
Philip Hyfmes. OF the United Stat.
Steel corporation, and half a doze
friends went to the Paradise roof ga
den last night and In the intermiBsio
one OF the friends, noting the spot ligl
on top OF the steel mans head. aInuae
himself by pulling out a long era
hair.
you're getting gray. old man. |
said:
"Tii give you SO cents for every grs
hair You can md I'm my head" retorts
Mr. Hymes
Thereupon his friend pulled out "
more and collected a dollar. A strans
err, sitting across the aisle, butted
at this point with the remark that 4
was I'm ON that so cent thing too, al
grabbed q handful OF Mr.. Hyzna
locks. Whereat Mr.. Hyrnes, natural
enough, stood up and bakted the strang
or In the face.
Under the direction OF the membe,
the party adjourned to the street, a.
there the Tight speedily resolved itsd
Into a bet, Mr.. Hymeg wagering tt
that the stranger couldn't find thra
gray hairs. Then ne put his head u
der an electric light and submitd
TO inspection. The stranger looked al
looked, but the best he could hnd wl
one. \
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Rm@MBNSMS@&DQG
MgBROENMaa6aSl
-AY hARRY 3

''If I sighed 1t was because I was glad
to get away from so many people. But
you have been TO war and there Is every
indication hat you win so again
would you carer"
o course. Everybody cares when you
go to war. You might have been killed,
and I guess a good many men were, IL
all I read was true. II seems there were
other things than battles to fight"
There was a changing OF bells and slow
ly the first section OF the train started on
It's way with the soldiers cheering from
the windows OF he coaches. The doors
OF the baggage cars were open and In
them were men with stripes on their
sleeves busy with the piles OF dunrage-
The colonies compared their watches with
the conductors c~hrononaeter.
There were other things than battles
to fight" remarked the lieutenant. ETis
voice was 90 low that Mercy had to benz
her head TO the speaker to hear what he
said. And the other things bother yet
It's Il something worse than ditchesT'
Deeper by far. Something that does
not come In the articles OF war. L could
study the blue-bound book through and
through and It would not tell what I want
to know" r
The second section Of the train glided
past and there were few standing about
the iron gate now. The last section OF the
soldiers. wal about to start. Lieutenant
walker tuprned toward his car. |
What do you want 70 known" Mercy
asked. But abe knew. She did not see
the crowd beyond the gates nor hear h
cheers OF the men as the bell Of the en-
CINE began ringing. 2
THE thing you can tell, you are
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man as he climbed to the window and
when he reached the sill she thought he
paused. Another came up, and q third.
and all paused. Then came a fourth. There
was no stop. Into the flames he plunged
and those who stood about laughed and
their voices were shriil and piercing. On
came the man who braved the IRE. Slowly
he made his way through the flames and
at last stood, shriveled n s~corched, be-
fore Winifred. IL the flames burned her
she knew 1t not seeing the man who had
come 70 rescue her from certain death.
She threw herself into his arms n was
carried away. IA demoniacal laugh OF
the men on tho window ledge she heard
dimly and the orders OF the captain be-
came less and less audible to her and she
stood before her grimy rescuer Slowly
the smoke went from his face and gradu-
ally he took the form or one OF her suit
ors. The men from the window Joined
them. One was q fireman. And he wal
the first. After him came Cullom and
there was not the manly look on his face
h had seen in times past. After Cullom
came Jerry. Winifred turned 10 the smoke
begrimmed man who had crawled through
the flames for her. 1t was Herbert.
Winifred's mother called the wirl late
the next morning. And there was no Sign
OF q fire either In her own room OF In the
neighborhood. She had dreamed.
h mad dreamed and her Dreams had
helped her. When she Jaw Herbert IL was
to answer the question hs had asked her
and answer It in the Affirmative.
When the wedding was held Jerry was
the best a Cullom? He left no one be-
hind to tell where he had o Herbert
won a partnership in the store. as well az
Winifred. and he has added his name to
that Of Handel and the sign swings in one
OF the principal streets of the west side Of
Chicago.
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Guns were thrown over shoulders and
cups Changed against canteens as the sol
dters marched away from the great arm
CRY In Michigan venue At the sides OF
the men were the lieutenants, who d.
rected the column Into the train sheds and
through the crowds In the station n on
the walks After their charges were cared
for by tina traInmen the ~lieutenants min
gied with the captains and majors and
coloneis at the gate and sent back words
OF cheer 70 the mothers and sisters left
behind. u
Well could they AFFORD to laugh, for they
were not going to war with a foreign
power. Only TO the nnuaI encampment.
Lieutenant Walker. with his sword fash
ing, joined the crowd In front Of h gate.
His was the. last company to take the
train and Tong had Mercy Ferber looked
for him. At last he marched past, the
men I'm the IA keeping a fast but rhy-
thrnic step up the street and down the
stairs.
II have beer looking for you.' said
Mercy as she pushed her way through the
crowd to the gate, and at last was re-
warded by seeing a very ~bedraggled heu-
tenant midst the hurry OF soldiers"
II we were; last II was not the fault OF
the men," replied the lieutenant, lifting
aheshat he had drawn from the quarter
master along with his brown suit OF khaki.
lieutenant Walker was well dressed and
was not In the least ~bedraggied. you see
we were the last ones to be ordered out.
I trust there viii be as little hitch at the
encampment as there has been here.
Everything has moved like clock-work. We
are ahead OF the. schedule." The lieuten-
ant looked at his watch. Some of the Of
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Curious condsnssriens.

From the PittsDurg Dispatch.
A cows hide OF average size pro
duces about t~hirty-fve pounds of
The smallest quadruped in the world
Is the ptgmy mouse or Siberia.
It takes 10000 tons of copper a month
to satisfy home and foreign demands.
-Four thousand and sixty-one muscles
have been observed In the body OF q
moth.
England possesses twenty eight cows
for every hundred OF the population.
Australia a 28O.
A new prize OF $4,000 is offered in
France for h Invention Of a dirigible
balloon. , .as
In fifty years the average height Of
British men has risen an inch. to 5 feet
About 200 oysters would be required
daily to supply sufficient nourishment
for n person. ~
Dried urrant given to horses oc-
~casionally, instead OF oats, are said to
Increase the animals power OF endur-
ance
Edinburgh has adopted a scheme for
collecting for charity through a central
ONCE on the lines OF the Liverpool sys-
tenn.
There Is a great demand for fax all
over the world, and a great effort Is
being made to induce Americans to cul-
tiyate 1t. ..a.
The Egyptian" cigarette Is made Of
Turkish tobacco and paper manufac-
tured in France or Austria, and is
rolled by Greeks.
Patagonian llamas live for years
without tasting water, and a breed OF
cows near Losere. France, and noted
for the richness OF the milk, takes II
very rarely.
Thread made from the spiders web
is lighter n stronger than that which
comes from the silkworm. In France
there is a factory used only for the
Emanufacturc OF spider thread.
A dredger built OF oak, sixty-eight
feet long, twenfy-one feet wide, and
drawing sever feet six inches OF wa
ter, Is now in use IN Dundee harbor. 1t
has been in use in the same place for
over 100 years, and It's engine is said
to have been built by James Watt.
Prince Chun, the brother of the
emperor OF China, has a son, who is
the emperor's nearest relative in the
tually be emperor. IAN imperial de-
cree" It. Is stated, "bestows upon the
infant the am of Pu."
About t~wenty-four miles below the
city OF Bordeaux q bed OF rock h is
still a menace to navigation is being
blasted put, and will be entirely re-
moved the present year. For these
channel improvements 5000, 900 was
appropriated by h French govern
ment. s
Fishes have no eyelids and necessar-
lily sleep with their yes open, They
swallow their food whole, having no
dental machinery. Frogs, toads and
serpents never take food except that
which they are certain is alive. Ser
penis are so tenacious OF life that they
will live for six months or longer with
out food.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-02
Romance of the West.

Charles M. Harvey, in a stirring ar
ticle on the Epic Of the Vests Expan-
sion,'' recalls in a thrilling in
the July number OF the North
once vague, wild country west OF the
Mississippi, that is now a great source
OF the country's strength. He o
cludes:
'If. as Petrarch says, History IL
poetry freed from the incumbrance OF
verse; then the soul OF the west must
have been soaring and singing from the
beginning. The region which sent Lew
is and Clark through darkest America
from the mouth OF the Missouri to the
mouth Of the Columbia; which started
Moses Austin from st. Louis to get
from Ferdinand VII, OF Spain, permits
sion to COLOMBO Texas; which. produced
Becknell and the rest OF the Santa Fe
overland traders, who were to Amer
|icanize much OF New Mexico and some
OF Old Mexico long before Zachary
Taylor's guns resounded along the Rio
Grnnde; which saw John Golfer dis
cover the marvels OF the Yellowstone
(and get laughed at when he told about
them in st. Louis afterward); which
was with Marcus Whitman and his fell
low colonists moving through South
Pass on their way to win Oregon for
the United States: which rode with
Kearney and Doniphan through Mex
leo to the gulf and the Pacific; which
stood with Fremont when he raised his
flag OF the star and the bear at Son
oma. at the beginning OF the revolt,
which placed California under the stars
and stripes: which was present at the
meeting of the rails of Cakes Ames and
Huntington's transcontinental lines at
Promontory point, in Utah: and which
looked on remotely and impotently
while Sitting Bull and Rain in the Face
| an%nihilated Custer n his army in the
Year OF a Hundred Years'-has had
| poetry, meiodrama and tragedy studded
through its entire annals.
But have we at last reached the end
OF the romance OF the west, OF its
grand passion? Hardly. Yesterday Jo-
| siah Quincy's wild men on the Mis-
souri, held an exposition to which all
the world was hidden, and to which all
the world came. Tomorrow, beginning
with the Indian Territory and Okla
homa, the emancipated race of Geron-
imo, Crazy Snake and Red Cloud, re-
versing the defeats of King Philip,
Pontiac and Tecumseh, will be sitting
in the legislative halls at Washington
helping to make laws for the continent
which once they owned"
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as far as that goe~s-happened on the night
OF a party when Jerry was Winifred's es-
cort. Herbert was there and a bit pOuty.
but he acted gay enough with the Jenning
girl. After a time Cullom came and that
young man was tho favorite from the
start.
There Is every inducement for me to
act like the butterfly and go from flower
TO flower" he laughed. II came alone,
and life was prosaic before I left the
store.
"I am glad" the Jenning girl replied.
'.But why do you compare girls with
fiowers?'
Tor yourself TO a butterfly" Winlfred
exclaimed. stopping In front OF the new
conner. What he said was complimentary.
or course, III Il was all lost In the bIare
OF the orchestra and the speaker was
borne away by Jerry for a waltz. Cullom
sat In q chair while the dance lasted and
then his curly head bowed In and out OF
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rest of life. So had Jerry and Herbert, too.
Yet the feeling toward Cull0m was differ
ent. Perhaps It was because he was new
er n his shortcomings were not known.
Winifred put out her light. but her eyes
were wide open when her head pressed the
pillow. When she went to sleep there In
no one can tell. for the girl herself did not
know. And she dreamed.
There was a fire In the house and the
cry OF strange men filed the yard. The
ladders clattered up to her window. Wini-
fred ran TO the opening I'm the wall and
was there met by flames. Flames stole
up behind her and at her side. drawing
nearer m nearer. The clang OF gongs
came to her and she heard. or dreamed she
heard. the hiss OF The water against the
fire. and through the laze there were the
sounds OF the captains voice as he directed
the men and tod them to climb the lad
ders.
Distinctly winifrsd heard the call OF a
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-02
GENERAL GREELEY RECALLS
"A FAMOUS BATTLE WITH
The FIERCE SIOUX INDIANS

I'm those days "a one OF the hnndsomest
men and certainly the most efficient scout
1 ever knew. The people OF today nave 1T
tie realization Of the conditions b q en-,
listed In those ,times.
II know that fifteen years after that
battle I went eyer the same ground I'm
Nebraska that we had traveTsed on that
expedition. a IL would have bean I'm.
possible for me 60 recognize tho country
had I not kHown It to be the same place.
There were two railroads running aiong
the trail whore we had ridden. and the
country ali about was built up. The entire
country 10 changed and the Days Of the
frontier are over
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at his side,
What he said then cannot be told uE-
less the crimson cheek OF the girl told.
Anyway. Jerry waited long for Winifred
that night. When b came the lights
we're low Inc most OF the people had gone
home. u.
Long and late burned the lights in Wlni-
fred's room. She had heard the voice OF
Cullom and had blushed beneath the
lamps. He had asked her to be his for the
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-02
sHaht Error.
From the New EeFk Sun.

A young husband In Germantown Is the
proud father OF twins. The babies had
been I'll for some time and he was greatly
worried bou them, m one day he met
the family doctor and asked his advice.
The physician told the young father to
get a goat m feed the babies goat milk
six times a day. That evening he called
up a friend Mt the stock yards and gave
him this order:
Send a goat to my house. / want Il for
boys"
The goat was delivered In a few hours.
When the father went home he met his
wife with a kiss, to hear that the babies
were no better.
But they will be all right soon." no asH
sured her. Did the goat conner
Yes said the wife. but I sent Il right
back. as 1t was the wrong kind OF Q
goat"
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Turned Up FinalIy.

From h Chicago Tribune.
IT must have made some mistake
muttered Mrs. logger, looking In Ii
oven OF her kitchen range. II wa
sure I put six potatoes In here to bakI
but there seems to be only Ave."
She counted them again, but wit
the same result.
Then she looked at the cake she ha
put In at the same time.
That's doing all right. anyway" 81
said.
Belinda" said Mr.. logger, lookin
at the slice of cake that lay on tn
plate before him, what the Sam HN
is the matter with this?"
You needn't eat 1t IL you don't lh
It, Theophilus." retorted Mrs. Zoggc
with spirit.
"Oh, I'll eat It all right. but II
wondering what makes this island d
white in the middle OF the sea of yd
low"
She examined the slice OF cake, an
a triumphant smile illuminated he
face.
III Just knew I had put six potatos
In flat oven yesterday" she exclaims
zone OF them fell down through the to
SHELF"
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ELEVEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.

Hands Cracked and BIeedGnE-Na
Came on Of FinGer-CutIcuI
Remedies Brought Prompt Relic
II had eczema on my hands 4
about eleven years. The hands Grad
ed open in many places and bled. o.
OF my fingers was SO bad that the %
came OF. ! had tried so many rem
dies, and they all had failed to GU
me. 1 had seer three doctors, but d
no relief. Finally I got a cake Of Cut
cura Soap, a box Of Cuticura Ofntme
and two bottles OF Cuticura Resolve
Pills. OF course I keep Cuticura soI
all the time for my hands, but the o.
cake OF Soap and half a box Of Gu
cura Ointment cured them. recOf
mend the Cutlcura Remedies to I
suffering with eczema. Mrs. Eliza
Wiley, H. f. d. No. 2, LIscomb, 4
Oct. IS, 1906"
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We orer One Hundred Dollars Reward d
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured \
Halls Catarrh Cure
r. y. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known E.. !
Cheney for the hist Is years, and bellies
him perfectly honorable In all business tram
actions, and financially able to carry out an
obligations made BY his firm.
WALDTN1, KENNAn & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o,
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken lnternall
acting directly upon h blood and mucOa
surfaces OF the syHtem. Testimonials seq
free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by 4
Druggists. 49,.
Take Halls Family pills for eOnstIpatlol
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IkIaLcG9EEw an
GhARKE AARMSTR9NGA

Copyright 1902, by w. r. Hearst.)
Sometimes Winifred favored Herbert
Vaughn and sometimes Jerry Drake. and
again the girl looked on both with some
thing like scorn. Somehow, neither was
an ideal. And this was the state of af-
fairs when Cullom Rogers came into the
neighborhood and went to the store of Mr..
Handel to clcrk. Winifred often went 10
her fathers store, too, and on one of her
visits was introduced to Cullom.
All that In wrntNu here-and more. too,
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cen,pensation.

From weekly,
A small boy returning from schoa
one day. inquired OF his father WIS
people meant when they spoke of n
law OF compensation" The father, I
the course of his explanation, cited n
fact that IL one of the senses Is lo$
some OF the others receive a cord
spending development; as, for exampA
IL q mans sight became impaired, HI
ems OF touch or OF hearing would b
come more acute and so on.
"Oh, now I see why 1t IS" inteS
rupted the little fellow, that whs
one leg is shorter than 1t ought to b
the other Is always longer"
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hcers were escorting women down the
ehadowy walk by the side Of the train.
Lieutenant Walker glanced that way a
minute n spoke to the gate ma That
parsonage pointed over his shoulder to an
other wicket and the lieutenant beckoned
10 Mercy. The girl crowded to the edge
of the people n then ran TO the gate,
where she was met by the officer and took
his arm to walk along the planks shut
from the mass she had escaped.
why do you sigh? We are not going
20 war, Lieutenant Walker said to Mercy.
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Not rer Him.

A well known oficer has a beAutlh
daughter. Asyoung ensign, with no q
sources but his salaryfell In love wit
her ana asked tho old gentleman d
her hand. The father at once told hl
that he had hardly enough TO keep h.
I'm white gloves and to bHrnish his bra
buttons.
well. admiral, what you say Is trul
but when you married you were OIL
q mfdshipman, with even q smaller sd
ary than mine. How did you q
along?" asked the ensign, who though
he had made a good defense.
But not SO. The crafty old seadc
numbered forth:
81 lived on my fatherinlaw for u
first ten years, but I'll be hanged
you are going to do It."