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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-03-05
kinbal1ton

Mrs. Peter Lykke is On the sick
list this week.
Kimballton Hotel for sale.
CARRIE JENSEN.
Mr.. Andrew Beal from Honick,
Idaho, is visiting Wilhelm Wiges.
Simon Faaborg went to Audubon
Monday to take in the sights OF that
city.
Mr.. Soren Fsaborg and wife spent
Sunday afternoon At the Peter Lykks
home.
Simon Lykke returned to his homo
near Kimballton after attending
college at Elk Horn all winter.
Severin Jorgensen, wife and daugh.
ter left last Saturday for their new
homo At Lake Benton, Minnesota.
Mr.. Hsnningsen celebrated his
birthday at Soren Faaborg's last Fri
day night in the presence of several
friends.
Last Thursday evening there. was
leap year dance at Kimballton. A
large crowd was present and all had
grand time.
We are sorry to say that Victor
Boysen is sick at his home. His nu-
merous friends hope he will soon be
around again.
Mrs. Thomas Jessen went to Des
Moines last Monday. She will visit
her daughter Minnie who is attend
ing Grand View College.
Last Saturday evening a crowd o!
young people gathered at Chris Faa-
borg's home and spent the evening in
various amusements. Light refresh
men,s we're served and all enjoyed
themselves immensely.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-03-05

up in good shape, the receipts being
very gratifying, and Manager Jones
is handling the property as we'll as
anyone could handle it and with his
sole purpose that to put it in shape
at the earliest possible moment at the
minimum of expense.-Atlan ic
Democrat.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-03-05
Queens.

You may not believe me-, sad the
conceited beau, but called on four
ladies last night"
What" snorted the poker fiend,
you must be a gutter. I'd keep on
raising all night if l had hand like
that
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
a Shrewd Yankee.
From the New York Sun


An American farmer, having coca
sion to engage a man to help him on
the farm, advertised in a local paper.
One morning two applicants appeared,
one u decidedly decent looking fellow,
and the other of a much less prepos-
sessing appearance and
The farmer, after some hesitation and
after scanning the applicants with a
keen eye. chose the latter.
A friend who was present n wit
messed the selection, very much sur
prised at his friends choice. asked:
Has this man ever worked for you
before?"
why, no." replied the Their. In
fact, 1 never saw either Of them until
today"
why did you choose the shorter
man? The other had a much better
face"
Face" exclaimed the proprietor of
the place in disgust. Let me tell you
that when you pick out a gardener you
want to make the selection according
to the overalls. If they are patched on
the knees you may hire him. II the
patch is on the seat of the trousers
you don't need him"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
One Of f6e
Essentials

Of the happy homes Of to-day is a vast
fund OF Information as TO the best methods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the worlds
best products.
Products Of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Wel-Informed Of the World; not Of indi-
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happyfaculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One Of the products Of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. 10 get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
HUMANE CATTLE SLAUGHTER

Al news item from New York an
that Hiram Percy Maxim, the
inventor of the noiseless firearm, gave
his first public demonstration OF u
wonderful weapon before the board OF
managers of the Society for Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals recently.
Leycling an ordinary ~32-caliber ride,
remodeled according to his invented
device and loaded with ordinary am
munition. the inventor took aim at two
city directories placed one in front OF
each other, pulled the trigger, and
drove a fiatnosed bullet six inches
through the solid paper with hardly
enough noise to be heard % feet away.
The explanation Of the demonstration
given to the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, the In
yeptor was that his wonderful device
was pursuant to the urgent request for
the society that he furnish the organi-
cation with q more humane weapon for
use in the abattoirs and the big meat
packing plants. They wanted a gun
which could drive a bullet into the
brain of a steer with deadly results
and with not noise enough to frighten
all the other animals lined up in the
killing driveway.
No doubt this will be much more
eficacious than the present haphaZard
method now employed. The society is
strongly against the present manner
of Strengthening of beef with q hammer.
Mr.. Maxim's invention will strike
home to all those who favor a sane
Fourth"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
WIDOWS,undor NEW LAW obtained
PENSIONS oy w yosS ~; M69RR's'
Deadly Water Of the Desert.

M. AO 80
"One of the chief dangers to travellers
in crossing such dreary n arid wastes
as the far famed Death Valley in Nevada
arises from Ignorance as to the character
of the i~nSrequent pools of water along
the route said T. r. Smalley, a mining
engineer of Denver. The tenderfoot,
growing faint under a blazing sun, will
val to quench his intolerable thirst
when he comes to a shallow hole, whose
water, clear as crystal, seems absolutely
pure. He can with difficulty be restrained
from drinking 1t by some experienced
companion, who knows that one draught
Will probably cause serious If not fatal
illness. This water, for all its seeming
purity and c~learness, Is loaded with ar
senic, and many a man has lost his life
by its use. Curiously enough, the only
water in the desert that Is safe to drink
is foul looking and inhabited by bugs
and snakes. When you come TO n muddy
pool on the surface. of which insects are
disporting themselves, however repul-
sive, 1t may be both to the eye and palate,
you may drink 1t with impunity, despite
its looks, as a man will who is crazy with
thirst produced by the burning sands and
merciless SUM-"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
Would Assert His Riaht.

. prom the "Philadelphia Record.
Early in Baron Huddleston's career
at the bar he shared rooms with anoth-
.er barrister. Bodkin went evening
to take tea and wine with the future
baron, and he particularly noted the
dirty, slovenly appearance of the clerk
who waited upon them, and of whom
the host had for the ono assumed ex-
elusive possession. I#.
Bodkin strongly advised Huddleston
to insist on a change in the treatment
of the youngsters person and appear
ahee and said it was scarcely decent to
have a person in hat dingy condition
about him. II do not like to interfere"
was the reply. He looks upon Mr.. T.
as his master, and at the utmost I can
not claim more than half of him"
- Then" said Bodkin, II would al all
events make him wash my half of his
face" - aE.. ng .s .,'~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
THE STUPID MAN
NEEDS A CLEVER WIFE
But the Clever Man Can Get Along
Nicaly With a Stunid One.

That a stupid man needs a clever
wife needs no discussion, says William
T. Stead, in the July Delineator. The
stupider a man is, the cleverer ought
his wife to be, to make up for the stu
pidity of the male partner in the men
age. A clever nan car better afford to
face the struggle for existence with a
stupid wife thar can a stupid man.
That is quite obvious. For, IL clever
ness may be regarded as the intellec-
tual stock in trade with which the mar
ried couple start out to do business in
the world, the less capital hat either
partner has, the more important 1t is
that the other should be well provided
with the indispensable element neces-
sary for success in life. There Is, there
fore, some reason for recommending
that stupid men should marry clever
women and that stupid women should
marry clever men, in order to make
things even all around. On the other
hand, the precept, BE We not ~unequally
yoked together with u~nbelievers," may
be held to lay down to a general prin-
ciple capable OF being applied to the
question now under discussion. It Is
obviously desirable hat two people
who are to live together all their lives
should be sufficiently near together In
intellectual attainment to have inter
ests in common, n to be able to I'M
derstand each other when they are left
together in the endless .tete-a-tete OF
matrimony. F
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
Learnino Honesty.

From the Youths Companion.
In a little town a few years ago there
MAS a shiftless negro boy named Ran
kom Blake, who, after being caught in
! number or petty delinquencies, was at
last sentenced to a short term in the
benitentiary, where he was sent to
learn a trade. On the day of his re-
burn home he met a friendly white ac-
huaintance, who asked: (,
well, what did they put you at in
ehe prison, RanseT" 3..
Dey started in to make an honest
boy out'n me, sah."
That's good, Ranse, and l hope they
bucceeded." 80 ...,..
"Dey did, sah."
And how did they teach you to be
bones? 2 .I. "a
'Dey done put me in the shoe shop,
bah. nailin' p~asteboard onter shoes TO
soles, sah.P
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09

Every man speaks OF happiness az his
end OF ends: he wishes to live well or to
do well, which he considers to be the same
as being happy. But men disagree ex-
ceedingly In their opinions as to that
which contributes happiness; nay, the
same man sometimes places 1t In one
thing. sometimes in another. ''-Aristotle,
Which is the happier, think you--the
fellow who smiles when things go wrong
land let's 'em slide, or the fellow who
sweats when things go wrong n hustles
to right them?
The latter may experience more physical
n mental discomfort in the thick OF the
battle, but he gets a solid satisfaction
mixed with his clear conscience, when the
blow Is over. which cooks up a kind of
concentrated happiness that happy-go-
lucky happiness simply knows nothing
about.
Give me the chap who takes personal
responsibility-who takes his work to
heart--makes 1t his work." say the man
who knows how to get the right ones to
min his business for him.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
d Century.

From the New York Sun.
That the nineteeath century belonged to
the United StaIes and that the twentieth
would be Canada's has been the jubiIant
attitude Of the Canadians for 10 years and
more. Now the grain carrying trade of
New York Is suffering from the competi-
ton of Montreal, with the result that the
White Star, line has withdrawn five of It's
freighters from the service at his port.
Other lines nave taken similar action.
and one-half cents can be saved on
each bushel by shipping by way OF Mon
treal, and the grain trade will follow the
line of least resistance
1t iremains to be seen what action can
be taken to bring this trade back to the
United States. The steamship officials
want reductions in railway charges to
overcome the present advantages Of Mon
treaI. This p~resupposes the willingness OF
the shipping men to do their share. Yet
II the natural advantages are with the
Canadian port, the effort to compete with
1t by means OF artificial stimulation Is
not likely to be successful in the long run.
Has Canada's century begun?
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
ALFALFA PALACE Is PLANNED

While corn is king" alfalfa is un-
doubtedly queen" In the western states
and to his queen King Corn Is to build
a palace in Omaha which will be one
of the special features OF. the Ma
tional Corn exposition to be held there
December 8 to 10.
The alfalfa palace is planned by
the directors OF the corn show because
OF h increasing interest in the crop
and its growing importance as a food
for cattle. The palace is to be built
Of Dales Of alfalfa and lined with ex-
hibits OF alfalfa and other grasses.
valuable premiums are to be offered
for the best types OF the alfalfa plant,
AMI many growers will ecure hay
presses and modern machines for
baling the alfalfa. n.
Much attention is to be given alfalfa
at the National Corn exposition, as 1T
IL now recognized that 1t is Il necessary
food for stock. The best authorities
have demonstrated that cattle cannot
use to advantage all the carbohydrates
and oil In corn without a protein ra-
ton. 1t is a waste to feed straight corn
to stock in preparing them for mar
keH and the big packing houses are
now paying better prices for the stock
fattened on a mixture of corn and al
salfa. ID.
Then the mixture is cheaper. Few
feeders are still of the opinion that
worth so to 65 cents per bushel to cat
tie for which they receive from $3.50
to SO at the outside. For this reason
those interested in agriculture are to
secure exhibits and give demonstra-
lions OF interest to every grower Oh
feeder Of alfalfa, when the big pal
ace is opened at Omaha in December
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
SEES NOTHING BUT HIGH PRICES

From the Kansas City Drovers' Telegram.
]. II. Dugan, of Rock Creek, KAN is
not a pessimist, and he does not think
any Kansas farmer will go broke in the
near future, but he predicts high
priced corn and very high priced cat
tie for the corn fed class. Mr.. Dugan
is a cattle feeder. farmer and grain
dealer. 1.-THE situation" he said, lis
just a little different from n year /
can recall. While a fairly good average
corn crop was raised last year, there
seemed to be an unusually large de-
mand for and we very well know
how ii was bought up early and right
In the face of a panic at high prices. AT
a time when prices on all other farm
articles went down. corn prices went
up. The result is, very little corn is
left. Now, in looking the present corn
prospects over. it would seem a. If we
would not nave more than two-thirds
crop at best, and we nay fall below
that. Very wet weather which washed
out thousands Of acres OF corn in low
lands could not be ~replanted In time
to make a crop. We can bank on high
priced corn and very high priced corn
fed cattle during the next Is months
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
Nianara EaIIs to Eleetrifx Ontario.

Niagara FaIlS to ElectrIty Ontario.
The plan to electrify the province of On
tario. Canada, with power from Niagara
Falls, fully described In the July Popular
Mechanics, is undoubtedly the most stu
pendous undertaking of this character
ever projected. The article states:
THE first contract with the commission
was signed by Toronto, and calls for TO-
600 hp., the first supply to be delivered to
that city in December, 1909. Among other
cities that signed contracts are London,
Hamilton, st. Thomas, Woodstock,
Guelph, Berlin, Stratford, Preston, Gait
and Ingersoll. Toronto will pay $3.50 per
horsepower per year n st. Thomas $26. 80
per year. The prices the other cities will
pay range between these figures, accord
ing to distance from source Of supply and
amount of power contracted for. As soon
as the lines feeding these cities are COM
pleted a line will be run to Windsor, N7
miles from the Falls.
THE undertaking, which is now nearing
elimination, is a gigantic one, furnishing,
as 1t will, the power to light cities, run
electric railways and drive the heavy ma
! chinery of hundreds Of manufacturing
concerns" A map accompanying the ar
ticle gives a clear idea of the territory to
be covered by the system.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
Unto the End.

Brief space for tears and prayers
no MIN who loves and dares
The high gods send:
Rut laughter-lighted days
Through all LIES winding ways,
Unto the end.
I stand beside the sea,
And salt waves me
With spray.
I know that 1 who stand
Betwixt the sea and land
All day
Shall be as yellow dust
Blown here and there
Heavens winds shall carry me,
l visit not where.
But this n thing l know,
Where'er my dust shall blow,
The life Of love will go.
Frederick r. Marvin.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
WIFE WON.
Hussand.FinaIly Convinced.

Enthusiastically Con WINGED
Some men are wise enough to try new
foods and beverages and then gener nus
enough to give others the benefit Of
their experience.
A very conservative" Ills. man, how"
ever, let his good wife find out for her.
self what a blessing Postum Is to those
who are distressed in many ways, by
drinking coffee. The wife writes:
mo slave In chains, 1t seemed to me,
was more helpless than l, a coffee cap
tive. Yet there were innumerable warn
ings-waking from a troubled sleep
with a feeling'of suffocation, at times
dizzy and out of breath, attacks OF pal
pitation Of the heart that frightened
me.
Common sense, reason, and my bet
ter judgment told me that coffee drink
ing was the trouble. At last my ner-
vous system was so disarranged that
my physician ordered no more coffee
HE knew he was right and he knew
l knew it, too. 1 ca%pitulated. Prior
to this our family had tried Postum but
disliked 1t, because, as we learned later,
it was not made right.
Determined this time to give Postum
a fair trial, 1 prepared it according to
directions on the pkg.-that is, boiled 1t
Is minutes after boiling commenced,
obtaining a dark brown liquid with a
rich snappy flavor similar to coffee.
When cream and sugar were added. it
was not only good but delicious.
Noting It's beneficial effects In me
the rest of the family adopted tall
except my husband, who would not ad
NIT that coffee hurt him. Several weeks
elapsed during which l drank Postum
two or three times a day, when, to my
surprise, my husband said: I have
decided to drink Postum. Your i'm
provement is so apparent-you have
such fine color-that 1 propose to give
credit where credit is due And TO-
we are coffee-slaves no longer"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read '"rhe Road to Well
ville,' in pkgs. There's a Reason"
EyerfeSa xfhaa aBpN Sssa&%
.neR one aftESarg io1f if5ssfo3lsaG.
they are genuine, true, and faIfsT6f
human interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09

Mary had a little lamb; .
Its fleece was white as snow -
1t used to butt in everywhere .
That Mary used to go.
But Mary fieeced the lamb one day
And, shopping, went downtown .
And bought herself the new sheath skirt
The split dlrectoire gown. @
Yet Sleeps eyes are still cast at her, .
And rude men Jeer and gloat:
Though Mary has the lamb no more
Shes got e~verybody's goat.
For the sheath skirt is the latest cut
It's almost cut in half;
Who. cares- a rap. for Mary's lamb
When we see Mary's calf?
-Pittsburg Dispatch,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
His Idea Of the East.

The Picture Dealer-This etching
represents an oriental dance.
Mr.. Parvenue (from the west)-
What's oriental mean?
The Picture Dealer-Pertaining to
the East.
Mr.. Parvenue-No; they don't stand
for no such dances as that in the East.
/ know, cause / was in Boston only
laaI week. .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09

A girl of a. Miss Gertrude Wren, is
the first of her sex to win the Pereira
medal for excellence in chemistry, n
of the most highly priced awards of the
Pharmaceutical Society of London. At
the age Of Is she began the study of
her speciality at a girls high school
in Camden Town. Botany is another
study In which Miss Wren has taken a
great interest, and some time g she
won a silver medal for superiority in
that Aald- -- ---
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
DOCTOR SAID "usE cUT1cURA"

In bad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Hadp Reached n Fearful
State-His Order Resulted in Com
plete Cure.
when l was small l was troubled
with eczema for about three months.
1t was all over my face and covered
nearly all Of my head. 1t reached
such a state that it was just q large
scab all over, and the pain and itching
were terrible. l doctored with an able
physician for some time and was then
advised by him to- use the Cuticura
Remedies, which l did, and l was en-
tirely cured. l have not been bothered
with it since. l used Cuticura Soap
land Cuticura Ointment but do not
know exactly bow much was used to
complete the cure. l can safely say
that Cuticura did a lot for ME. Miss
Anabel Wilson, North Branch, Mich,
Oct. 20, 1907" 4
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09

ached to distraction. l was In a bad
condition, but medicines failed to help.
1 lost ground daily until l began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped me
at once and soon made me strong and
we'll"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster Mtlburn CO., Buffalo, ". Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
still in the Market

The editor of the Times attended a
Jersey cattle sale Tuesday. 1t was his
intention to. buy a bull or two, a few
COWS and a lot OF heifers. g..
He saw an aged bull sell for So, 700
and a yearling for $500. He didn't
purchase a bull.
He saw a COW sell for 1900. He de-
cided MOTTO. buy. COW IN 2
He awebztssAHKe akefbF 'StaaSGA qua.
concluded not to invest In heifefssasse
He is now on the market for q kind
gentle unpsdigreed goat - nj; 4
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09
Stunq.

N~agger-Your next husband. madamft
I've had my life insured. n
Henry, you look worried; what To-
wrong?" Il
II was stung to the quick by AMI
adder this p]fternoon." 4
Heavens! How did it happen?"
why, l went to bank, and the banlEI
clerk, after adding up the ledger, told
me my account was overdrawn."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-09

From the Sioux city Farmers Tribune.
Once In a great while the grain farm-
er makes larger profits than the stock.
farmer, but the odds are usually
against the former. Last year was an
exception to the general rule. Grain
prices were unusually high and stock,
on account of the financial furry late
in the year, low. The stockman, we be-
lieve, Is now facing q year that viii
bring him excellent returns, and he
who takes the best OF care of his breed
ing stock will be well repaid for the la
Dor and expense incurred thereby.
When cattle, hog and sheep prices de-
clined many stock raisers and farmers.
too, sold as much OF their stock Is pos
sible in order to keep he feed bills
down. Many sold much closer than they
would have done under normal condi-
tions.
The season so far has been most
propitious for the growth OF all kinds
OF grasses. Pastures are at least four
weeks ahead of last year and a large
hay crop Is assured Unlike last
spring, there is a full stand of clover
everywhere, practically nothing having
been killed. Small grains look healthy,
the stand is perfect and corn fields,
taking the country as a whole, have
seldom looked better at this time OF
year than they do now
All OF these things indicate that the
hay barns will be filled to overlooking
this fall, and that the granaries will
be bullying with the fruit Of the soil;
and because of the liberal cashing in
OF live stock that q been taking place
during the past six months or more,
there will no doubt be an unprecedent-
ed demand for the products Of the
stock1nan this fall. The breeder of
pure bred stock is already beginning to
feel this demand coming. During the
last few menths the general average OF
cattle and hog sales has been excellent
and there can be no question about adj
vances along this line in the very near
future. NJ