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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29
MRS. SAGE WEEPS
over new CARPETS
Floors of Her Home Covered
With Velvet Rugs for the
First Time.

New York, Special: Mrs. Russell
Sage has new velvet carpets in her
home. 632 Fifth aVenue-soft, rich ms
beautiful, with deep, thick, pile, into
which the foot sinks.
81 am glad" said q woman who has
known Mrs. Sage for years, that she
could have those velvet carpets before
she died. In allrthe years OF her mar
ried life down at I house at 606"Ftfth
ave, she had nothing but an ancient
brussels carpet on her parlor floor. 1t
was one she had when she first went
to keeping house, and had those great
set medallions in 1t that they used to
use for carpet patterns 40 years ago.
The nap was worn off all over 1t no
that the brown warp showed through
Weeps Over Stintsd Years.
when it finally got so bad that IL
was impossible to use 1t longer, mat
ting was put down In the parlor, as IT
had long been used In the rest OF the
house. She always used III old horse
hair furniture she a when she was
married.
MRS. Sage suffered from morti1ca-
ton at such things, just as much as
any other woman, would and I'm glad
she's able to have the velvet carpets for
a few years before she dies. But they
came too late to give her much pleas
ure. After they had been put down and
IIiS VI llltulS "oS III p'"~St SAO
through the house observing and ad-
miring and hen sat down and cried.
She said not a word in explanation,
but II was easy to understand. She was
thinking of all the stinted years when
she might have enjoyed such things.
and now she has them when she Is too
old to care very much.
$65, oo0, 900 Sorrowful Burden.
There scarcely Is q day that Mrs.,
Sage Ices not weep" continued the old
friend, She simply sits and cries at
the intolerable burden Of having $65,-
900, 900 CT her shoulders, at the burden
Of distributing that huge fortune In
|. the way that 1t win do the most good.
She Is 80, years oIa~and' has a New
England conscience. She wants to do
just the right thing with It all, and Il
requires an amount Of thought and
study and imposes a feeling Of re-
sponsibility that is hard on an old
woman who only wants q quiet corner
to spend her few remaining ear in"
...
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29
Experience

Experience.
Teacher-Tommy, what Is q c~oquette 7
Tommy-1t's n thing you make out OF
what's left of the stewed chicken.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29
Pe-ru-na Tableta. \
peliahtrd.

Housemaid--I'm goin' to leave you.
em goin' to work for Mrs. Monk in
you'd you give me a good reference,
ha'am2 d
Mistress-To work for Mrs. Monk I?
certainly; I'll give you a glowing ref
hence. / hate that woman. ~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29

May says a man doesn't have to miss
he stile to hit his gate.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
4 buy Furs & Hides. Write for eatalog 1O5
N. ". Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis, MINI.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29

4 ayyson'c Remedy" .ns StA.t InIsa,%snts ana.
booklet free. MARK Z. DAVIS, 1904 Broadway Oakland. Cal
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29

For thirty years Lydia x. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous ~prostration.
Why don't you try it?
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, 1908-10-29
strlctIN Utilitarian.

usrn. winslow's eooTaTEG s4RUk por CAndrou
SsthfnG; aoftens the gums, reduces innAmm nation. ~
kys pAin. cures VIVID cNl1" - csrr- n bottle
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29

n F. E. Olive NJ pAEt Of your e1sps and
~ ram Fknk We will give you an Irrigated
farm Near Denver Wrte for
s-srdsslass. chaa. w. Bose, sso I7th Ne, DeHvsr. oel
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29

Proof II inexhaustible that
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through tho Change Of Life.
Read the letter Mrs. f.. Hanson,
304 K. Long ST., Columbus, Ohio,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 was passing through the Change
of Life, and suffered from nervous
ness, headaches, and other annoying
symptoms. Ny doctor told me that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound was good for me, and since taxi
ing 1t I feel so much better, and 1 can
again do my own work. / never forget
to tell my friends what Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound did for me
during this trying period"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16
Playing in Great Luck

tramp, while the president dictates in stir
ring phrase the story of the hunt! Think
OF the flush of Victory, when American
pluck and cunning overmatch the stealth
and ferocity Of the strepsiceros and stu
more formidable ~ealotis! And the bongo!
What fun the president will have with the
oongo' after the bush-boys have beaten IL
up and II turns, with foaming tusk. to face
the terrible destroyer! What interviews,
what encounters, what stratagsmsi Inn
asine' II you can. the first meeting be-
tween Theodore Roosevelt and a mad bull
elephant! Is not Seth Bullock a man 70
be onvisd? Well. we should say so.
There Is only one drawback, perhaps, to
the bliss In store for Seth Bullock. He
will see enough 10 fiji a book, but ne will
not be able 20 write a book. He may not
be at liberty, even, to give out interviews
after he returns-and that is a fly In the
ointment, sure enough! Since II will be the
Presidents province 20 tell US what han.
pened, II will be up 70 Seth Bullock 10 Keen
still and look wise, II he should attempt
to tell the story himself. there might be
complications, for It Is a notorious fact that
no two witnesses agree as 70 what thsy
have seen. Seth Bullock Is a FOOD story.
teller, and his knaek OF expression "a racy
and terse. A book from his good right
hand would be mighty interesting reading.
But he must be content 10 be an oniookar
In the most stirring events IN the history
OF the animal WaAhingtOA Raaa-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

instrument has been properly sterilized 1
desire to protest"
This gave the old man pause.
Moreover" continued Willie, the germs
that might be released by the violent i'm
pact Of leather upon a porous textile fabric
but lately exposed TO the dust OF the streets
would be apt to affect you deleteriously."
AS the strap fell from the nerveless hand
Willie sloped.
T-eaoher-JOhpny, you nay spell the word
'neighbor."
Johnny-N-s-tg-h-b-o-r.
TeaehsF-That's right. Now. Tommy, can
you tell me what a neighbor Is?
T~ommy-Yes, mR'am, It's a woman that
borrows things.
Bobby" said the teacher. how many
zones are there7"
Two answered Bobby. with a little
questioning note in his voice, Then. seeing
the puzzled look that came into the teach
sr's face, he ratified on without a stop:
zone male and the other femalei the male
can be temperate or i~ntemperate, the
female frigid or torrid-' and he stopped
for breath.
Tommy. do we know anything about
heavenY'
"Yesm, it's different from the earth. The
people there live on the inside Of IT,"
How do you make that outf'
Why We say on earth and in heaven -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

wide. II is full OF green islands which are
covered with a dense growth Of papyrus and
small trees. The hanks are low and we
saw the spoor of many hippopotami as we
made our way up the river. We did not at
tempt to cross until we were perhaps a
mile above the falls, and we rode in our
canoe far out into the stream before We
attempted to steer ourselves down to the
Island. when we started the water was
quiet. The current was swift, however, and
the vapor OF the falls could be seen rising
in clouds. We had four canoe men, half
naked blacks with bracelets on their arms
and bands of brass wire tied about their
legs between the knee and the calf. As we
made our way on into the stream, we could
see little droves of hippopotami swimming
about. They looked much like the rocks,
and 1t was not until they raised up their
black heads that we knew what they were.
Our boatmen were afraid Of them ard We
padded off to one side. We went by one
beast which threw its head high into the
air, and opened its mouth almost in our
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

feet, with the raging torrent on either
side, you might have my position as 1
stood there in the midst Of the Zambesi.
l was on a little section of bare black
rock In the heart of that mighty cascade.
All around, above and below me was a
mist so thick that l could see beyond II
only when the wind came and blew 1t
away. The water rose In great clouds,
dropping down in a warm rain which, not
withstanding my rubber coat, drenched me
to the skin. There were times when /
could not see ten feet in front OF me,
Then the mist would break, and l looked
down into the bottomless pit filled with
steam, which rose up in the clouds and
extended for a half mile into the sky. I
tried to take notes, but the rain poured
down upon my paper, oblitering the pencil
marks and washing them off as fast as
] made them. I shut my memorandum
book and put It into the pocket of my
waterproof. When 1 took 1t out 1t was
turned almost to a pulp. The water had
caught in the pockets and 1 carried a
pint or so with me to land,
Holding tight 10 the rocks ! picked my
way along the knife edge of the falls as
far as ] could. looking down now and then
into the gorge, as the wind blew away the
rain. 1t was like peeping into an inferno,
a bowling, foaming, raging hell, that
needed only birthstone and flame to fit
It for the devil and the damned. / did not
dare look long for fear an insane desire
might come and make me jump into the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

N EIh BULLOCK or South Da-
kota ought to be a happy man,
MI He has been invited by Presl-
818H dent Roosevelt to accompany
N him to South Africa and share
in the pleasure Of the chase. What
a wealth Of experience awaits him!
The information comes IN a roundabout
way that the president viii be the guest OF
an American, William n. Mcmillan, who
has a 90,0o0-acre rubber plantation in South
Africa. adjacent to the virgin wilds. Mr.
Mcmillan is said TO have written letters
10 friends in this country stating that his
men have been looking into the game
question in anticipation of the presidents
visit, and that the best Of sport awaits
the hunter. TIL elephant, lion, zebra,
antelope, hartbeest, ~aardvark, Gland, calotIs,
gsmsbok, hippopotamus. rhinocerous. bongo
and strepslceros abound" we are Informed,
all awaiting with anxiety the arrival Of the
Roosevelt-Bullock party.
Seth Bullock Is a cool, matter-of-fact
fellow. but If his blood doesn't stir a little
counter between Theodore Roosevelt and
a full grown aaTdvark-whatever that is
he is no true sportsman. Think OF the
hair-bredth escapes, the swimming Of
rivers, the lonely Vigils on the veldt. the
roundup at the water-holes, and the yellow
glare OF wild eyes In the gloamingl Think
Of the delights OF camp. after a hard days
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

eNAbA - NAN 80
less system.
Electric System ON q Liner.
Apart from the 1000 horse power OF the
turbines which propel the Mauretania
through the water the electrical power,
which is supplied by four generators, rep
resent an additional 2,l+ horse power, re-
ports the New York World.
Electricity is used not only for lumina-
ting the ship at night, but for a multitude
Of other purposes such as operating the
lifts, Of which there are two for passengers
use, eight for baggage and mails and two
smaller ones in the p~antrles. Electrically
driven cranes and winches are also pro-
vided, and $500 electric lamps give the enor-
nous total OF over 10000 candle power,
For heating the first class quarters sixty
electric radiators have beeen fitted, to say
nothing Of some forty-three heaters in the
bath rooms.
In the kitchens one range alone has a
frontage Of about sixty feet and includes a
rooster with four vertical spits rotated by
an electric motor, these spits being capable
Of dealing with half a ton Of meat at a
time, There is Etso a smaller rooster with
three spits, driven in the same manner. In
the bakery electricity is employed to oper-
ate a large dough-msklng machine capable
OF naking bread for at least 5000 persons.
Some Idea OF the size OF this vessel may
be obtained when It Is mentioned that over
go miles OF wire and cables are fitted
throughout the ship.
The electric bell and telephone installa-
tion on the Mauretania surpasses anything
hitherto attempted in connection with ship
work. Bell pushes are placed over every
bed and altogether las bell pushes have
been fitted IN the various cabins. ETC., While
telephones, Of which there are upward OF
100, are 70 be found in numerous parts OF
the ship.
Apart from the Marconi wireless tele-
graph outfit means have been provided for
coupling the ship up to the city telephone
exchanges when lying alongside the land
ing stages At Liverpool or New York.
-Four electric searchlights are carried and
in addition TO the usual complement OF life
buoys, which every ship carries. two special
buoys have been provided for use at night.
These upon being released by pressing a
button automatically light a flare upon
striking the water.
The electric installation OF this vessel
represents about SS5.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16
Feats OF the Wireless.

Spain " hdhClldt AHC AoPN NNAA AeAoA0Nt
Brazil and Argentina.
Feats of the Wireless.
Wireless biography, whatever its fall
ures and disappointments have been in the
commercial world, is daily demonstrating
its great Importance as a naval adjunct,
says the Washington Post. Its latest test
was In covering a distance OF 1900 miles in
midocean, broken only by a few fleet
tenders, between the cable station at SuYa.
in the Fiji Islands, and Admiral Sperry's
flagship, the Connecticut. An unimpoFtant
message relating 70 the movement OF ves-
sells was sent from the Navy department
by ordinary land and cable service to
suva, where It was delivered to the auxil-
larry cruiser Glacier, which Is equipped
with wireless instruments. The answer
was received in Washington within forty
three hours after the original message had
been sent.
A more remarkable feat was reported a
few days ago, when the San Francisco
wireless station got into brief communica-
ton with the Connecticut, which was then
more than 1000 miles out In the Pacific.
And until within the last week the Homo
lulu station was able TO communicate with
Admiral Sperry, stesming 1000 miles or
more away toward Australia a peWeIiul
wireless apparatus is installed at the I'd
miralty office In London, by means OF
which the British fleet at sea is kept in
close touch. During the British maneuvers
in the North sea recently, various sue
cossful experiments we're made in trans
hitting orders direct from London TO the
commander-in-chief Of the fleet; and II Is
reported that the Admiralty office has
communicated freely with the Gibraltar
station through a distance OF 300 miles.
Startling facts OF this character, though
frequent, do not prove that wireless teleg-
raphy will give an efficient service which
may be depended upon every day In the
week, where the distance between stations
is more than 800 miles, Between ship and
ship, or between ship and shore, within
reasonable distance, communication is free
and easy, but when IN extraordinary feat
is TO be attempted all sorts Of atmospheric
conditions must be taken into oonsidera'
tion, as well as the chances Of avoiding out.
side Interference. This susceptibility L
magnetic interference and the interceptior
OF messages by outside instrument thoss
not thought to be in the line Of eommuni
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

faces. ]. looked as though a side of beef
had been spit apart and opened in two
halves. The teeth were as big around as
my wrist, and / could see the great white
tusks imbedded in the red jaws.
When we reached the middle of the river
the canoemen stopped padding and began
to steer. Our speed increased as we went
down and we had great trouble making
our way through the rocks. We soon came
into the line of the spray. 1t fell down
like rain. The thunder of the waters was
now so great that we had to yell to make
ourselves heard, and at times we seemed
to be rushing right into the DevR's Cas-
cade. After a number Of narrow escapes
we fought our way out of the current and
came to the black rocks of Livingstone
island. Here we fastened the boat and
waded through the woods and across the
pools of the knife edge Of rock over which
the Zambesi pours in its mighty cataract.
If you could double the height of Niagara
and make 1t twice its width and then
imagine yourself standing in the center
upon a space barely wide enough for your
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

and doings of nations flashed
1870 to one another is strikingly
NE44kBI shown in statistics given out
G3A1 in connection with the fif-
teenth anniversary Of the landing Of the
first Atlantic cable on the shores of the
New World, August 5, 1858. Gable COM
munication was not permanently estab-
lished, however. until 1855. Now cables
connect all parts of the world. Today
there are in operation 247,SSS miles Of
cable, 100000 of which are owned by
corporations and 40, 7sS by different gov
ernments. improvements have been intro
duced, too, which make the submarine
wire as certain and speedy as the land
wire. What was regarded as a dream prior
TO 1859 Is now a substantial business
reality.
Sixteen of the cables are under the
Atlantic ocean. Seven other cables under
the Atlantic have been abandoned since
1856, because they could not I've repaired
satisfactorily, Among these ara the orig
inal cables OF 1855 and 1866.
The Commercial Cable company has five
Atlantic cables, the German company two,
the French company two, and the Western
Union two. Among the great cable sys-
TENS which have developed in recent years
In all parts OF the world, are the following:
The Commercial Pacific, which operates
1000 miles of cable. extending from San
Francisco TO Honolulu, the Philippines,
China, and Japan; the British Intereolonial
system covering 1857 miles, and running
from Vancouver 10 New Zealand and
Australasia; the Central and South Ameri-
can telegraph company, which has I49s
miles Of cable, from New York 10 Cuba,
to Colon. and down the west coast Of South
America; the Eastern Telegraph COMPANY
covers 900 miles, from England 10 Por-
tugal, up the Mediterranean 10 Egypt,
Alden, the Red sea. and across the Indian
ocean to Bombay.
Other companies. the number of miles,
and me territory covered, are: The East
ern Extension and Australasian system,
a.O0 miles, from Madras, Singalore, the
Dutch East indies, China and Japan; the
Eastern and South African Telegraph
company, 1880 miles, from Aden, down the
east coast Of Africa 10 Natal and Cape
Town; the Great Northern company
DaRishl $500 miles. connecting Norway
Sweden and the Baltic sea; the Western
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16
naIIreads ana Hotels.

Notwithstanding all this the zamhesi
Falls may be seen with almost as many
comforts as Niagara. There are nov trains
de luxe, with dining cars, observations cars
and bathing accommodations, which bring
one from Cape Town or Beira; and the little
hotel here although 1t is built of galvanized
iron. IL almost equal to those of Niagara
in comforts and prices, All the rooms are
on the ground floor. and some are we'll fur
nlshed, ] have a suite Of four, including
a parlor. dressing room, bedroom and bath
room. My apartment is lighted with cleo
tricity and Is cooled by an electric fan, The
pArlor Is carpeted and boasts a piano.
The rate l pay for myself and son is SIS
per day, which is not sxtravagant, con-
sidering that we are far off in the wilds.
As to our meals, we have three every day,
and in addition a cup of coffee on rising,
and an afternoon tea, Our table walters
are natives in uniform, and our chamber
men are black boys In white gowns.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

but II so this has long since been eaten
up by hippopotami.
The trip to Livingstone island is so dan
gerous that it should only be made when
the river is low. 1t is row much too high
for safety, and had / been aware Of the
danger l should not have thought Of making
the trip. As 1t was, we several times mar
rowly escaped going over the falls, and
upon our return the negro boys who padded
up had to get out and lift the canoe through
certain Of the shallow rapids to keep us out
of the current, AS it is, l esteem the excur-
sion one OF the greatest experiences OF my
life. I am, however, much like the proud
Texas father who was struttipg along the
street the morning after his eleventh baby
was born. He acted as though he owned
the earth and when asked what he thought
Of the new arrival, replied:
We'll 1 wouldn't take $1,000 for this one,
but I would not give a nickel for another"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

- eaaNAN beAhNA ehA 90AAAAAN1 AAu
weeds. Presently the absence OF her
cherished Tommy alarmed her, but
shortly ths truant reappeared. oontent-
sdiy munehing a huge slab Of cake.
In her relief. as Il usual. Mrs. Jones began
to upbFAid the lad.
Thomas" she said, I'm afraid you've
been greedy and asked kind Mrs. Drinks
for that cake"
'Noh, no. mother ne replied; II wouldn't
be 90 rude! l waited TN she turned her
back, then I Snatehsd . piece"
Little MaFgie was trying to sew.
Mamma she complained, this needle
must be asleep. I just can't get the thread
In lie eye At ALL"
Small Lillian'A father Was very homely
and one day she said;
Mamma. why did you marry papa"
Because l loved him. dear" was the
reply.
Say. mamma" continued Lillian. love
VIII make us women do anything, won't
1T"
Papa Was about 20 apply the STRAP,
Father" said Willie, firmly, unless that
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16

boiling mass-down, down, down into that
wide gorge, up which the winds were hurl-
ing those clouds OF spray.
/ cannot describe the beauty of the oatar-
act. 1t is beyond description. The scenes
change every moment and each additional
moment seems more terrible and more
grand.
Going back we had a hard struggle to
land, The current down which we floated
was impossible, and it was tough work to
reach the places where the river was shall
low. By wading and pushing and padding
and fighting the rocks we at last got into
smooth water, and tired out, came back
TO the banks where we started.
.
Rain Forest,
We next explored the great rocks which
lie in front OF the falls and then walked
through the rain forest. This is a Jungle
OF woods on the other side OF the cataract,
where day in and day out, for the greater
part of the year the leaves always drip.
They are wet by the spray from the falls,
and one cannot go through and keep dry
without rubber clothing. When the wind
came our way the droppings turned 10 a
shower. The vegetation was dense and at
the breaks in the woods the sun found its
way in and turned the spray to a veil OF
fine lace. The rain drops on the leaves
sparkled like Jewels, and here and there
l could see little rainbows extending from
one tree 10 another,
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-16
On the zambesi bridge.

But come with me and take q look at the
falls. We shall first stroll down to the
Zambasi bridge, which crosses the gorge
through which the mighty river flows. You
have probably heard Of this bridge. 1t is
the highest in the world and one OF the
biggest. 1t was made in England and
brought out here IN sections and put to-
sethsr. 1t is 100 feet above the water and IL