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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

Tho Aim.
o Thou who lowest not alone
The swift success, the instant goal,
But has q lenient eye to mark
The failures Of Oh ~inconstant soul.
Consider not my little worth
The mean achievement, Gcamped In act
The high resolve, the low result,
The dream. that burst not face the fact
But count the reach Of my desire.
Let this be something In Thy sight
I nave not, In the slothfui dark,
Forgot tho Vision and the Height.
Neither my body nor my soul
To earth's low ease will yield consent.
I praise Thee for my win to strive,
bless Thy load Of discomfort.
Charles G.. ID. Roberts.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

hams Vegetable Compounds the most
successful remedy for all kinds of
female troubles, and / feel that / can
never praise 1t enough. Mrs LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, KY.
ChangeofL Life is themostcritical
period OF q woman's existence. and
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Womeneyerywhere shouldremember
tnag there Is no other remedy known to
medicine that will so successfullycarry
women through this trying period as
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing
women from the worstforms of female
Ills -in1ammation, liberation, dis
placements, fbroid tumors, irregulari-
Ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostitution.
III you would like special advice
about your case write O confiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
A Philosopher Of PhiIistia.

I'm an odd old duck, I'm free to admit
AS odd as they make 'em. an proud OF IT.!
l hate all grooves an ruts an forms,
An dote OF sunshine an hills an storms.
Whatever's uneven is good to see;
l said way back In si~xty-three,
There amt no man'l ever classify met"
1 went to one O. these poultry shows
Where the chickens an ROSTERS air Gagged
An ciuck a n crow unusual hard,
With their breed writ out on a colored
My nephew was with me, an I says:
Ben,
I never'd vote no ticket straight,
Nc matter who head it. / gyrate
A little at lection, like other things
Kin keep me hltched to a party mill;
l amt agin no ~perticaler bill,
But when the boss says Novel" I Jest
set still.
I set out an orchard an put the trees
All helter-skelter. I inquired the bees
Could git at the blossoms wherever they
air,
Looks Jest ez good an tastes ez fine
II it's set a leetle bit out o. line.
The n~eighbors complained, but that orch
ards mine.
They he'd a revival down Dunbar way,
With extry people to sirg an pray.
They tried to git me to the penltent form.
! set in the corner where 1t wuz
warm,
An wouldn't be labeled. 1 says: My
God
Is an outdoor Bein' without no rod,
An I kneel ev'ry day on the dewy sod!"
I'm an odd old duck, I'm free to admit
AS odd as they make 'em, an proud Of 1t!
I'm singular, stubborn, old fashioned n
queer,
I sprinkle red pepper on top o. my beer:
But no man iVin' kin stan an say
I've peat him in tradin' er stood In his
way.
An IN take my dose at the Judgment
Day!
Richard wightman. in Hampton's Mag
azine.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
1T WORKS.

The LnbOrer Eats Food THAT Would
Wreck an Once Man.
Men who are actively engaged at
hard work can sometimes eat food that
would wreck a man who is more close
ly confined.
This Is illustrated in the following
story:
II was for IL years clerk in a store
working actively and drank coffee all
the time without much trouble until
after entered the telegraph service.
There I got very little exercise and
drinking strong coffee, my nerves grew
unsteady and my stomach got weak
and ! was soon a very sick man. I
quit meat and tobacco and in fact 7
stopped eating everything which I
thought might affect me except cof-
fee, but still my condition grew worse
and l was all but a wreck.
II finally quit coffee and commenced
to use Postum a few years ago and :
am speaking the truth when / say, my
condition commenced to improve i'm.
mediately and to-day 1 am well and
can eat anything / want without any
bad effects, all due from shifting from
coffee to Postum.
II told my wife to-day 1 believed
could digest a brick II l had a cup OF
Postum to go with it.
I'VE make it according to dtrec-
lions, boiling 1t full 20 minutes and
use good rich cream and it is GER
tainly delicious"
Look in pkgs. for a copy OF the ia
nous little book, THE Road to Well.
Vile"
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new n appears from time (" time.
They r genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
Why They Grinned.
From Lippincott's.


Mrs, Grant was undoubtedly the 'disct-
piinarian In the family, and Mr.. Grant
who was q very busy lawyer, was regard
cd by the two children as one OF them,
selves. subject to the avs OF mother
But one day Mrs. Grant became very I'LL
and at luncheon Mr.. Grant, who felt that
the children were already showing signs
Of running wild." felt obliged TO repri-
mand them.
Gladys" he said, stop that immedi-
ately or I shall have 10 take you from
h table and spank YOU"
Instead OF making the impression he
had fondly hoped to do, he saw the two
little imps glance In a surprised manner
at each other Inc then simultaneously a
grin broke over the faces of both culprits,
and Gladys said in a voice OF derisive
glee:
t'oh, George, hear father trying to talk
like motheri'
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
HAD WEEPING ECZEMA.

Face and Neck Were Raw-Terribls
Itching, Inflammation and Sore
ness-An Treatments Failed
Cuticura o Great Success.
Eczema began yer the top Of my
ear. 1t cracked and then began TO
spread. l had three different doctors
and tried several things, but they did
me no good. At last n side or my face
and my neck were raw. The water ran
out Of it so that / had to wear medi.
Gated cotton. and it vas so infiamed
and sore that I had to put a piece Of
cloth over my pillow to keep the water
from it. and it would stain the cloth 4
sort OF yellow. The eczema itched 80
that 1t seemed as though l could tear
my face all to pieces. Then l began
to use the Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment, and it was not more than three
months before it was all healed up.
Miss Ann Pearsons, Mortified, VT.
Dec. 10, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
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i Gentle cynio's Musings.
From the Philadelphia Led

From the EnllduSipHf1 oDdBSA' E
About the only people who don't QUARREL
over religion are the people who haven {
any.
the under dog as on the henpecked hus-
band.
m she sticks to the job long enough, the
Girl who becomes q young mans slave
NAV also develop into an old mans
darling.
lust because a man eats with his knife
and murders the Kings English, don't
lump to the conclusion that he Is a mil
ionaire. 81.
II requires considerable equilibrium to
he able to roll in wealth without rolling
out Of IL.
There is no middle ground with some
men. They either have to be on the water
wagon or On the n "
When a girl stops wondering just what
the sensations OF love are, she has found
out.
Nature generally manages to adjust her
self. The quarrelsome people are usually
the ones who get married.
The principal rnourners at many a mans
funeral are the people he owed money to.
It's a good plan to keep your trouble to
yourself till you meet some fellow who
is looking for it. ...
If the Lord can see all our faults, II Is
hard to understand where He gets all the
angels. .s
Many marital difficulties can be traced
to the fact that It Is easier to tell a
little lie than to answer a lot Of questions.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
THE OLDEST LIVING TRIPLET,
Leslie's Weekly

.H.. - "SVhAys
According to Congressman Charles
H. Cowles, of North Carolina, the old.
est living triplets in the world are the
Gibbs, born in Wilkesboro, N. c., May
2, 1888, and now living in their 18th
year. One of the triplets, william
Washington Gibbs, resides in Allan.
ia, Ca, and the other two, Rober,
Jackson Gibbs and Thomas Lafayette
Gibbs, live at Boomer, N. c., within 8
few miles of the place of their birth
The three brothers are hale, hearty
industrious, sober and splendid citizens
In spite Of the fact that they endured
h hardships and privations of four
years of civil war and years Of strug'
gle with poverty. All three of them
volunteered early in the war, and
fought in the same company of the
same regiment In many battles. BetheI
a the first real battle of the war be.
tween the states, Gettysburg the cres,
OF confederate aggression, and Apo.
mattox the last of that struggle. The
Gibbs triplets, in common with ali
North Ca%rolinians, are proud Of the
inscription on the states battle field
monuments, which reads: First al
Bethel, farthest at Gettysburg, and last
at Appomattox." The triplets are de.
scended from long lived families on
both sides. Their father lived to 8
good old 6 and their mother died
only a few years age at the age OF
almost 81. Aunt Caroline" Grinton
(~colored), of Wilkesboro, who Is al.
most 100 years old, claims to have
nursed the Gibbs triplets when they
were babies. She says: They was
powerful strong young uns." The
triplets r all married men, each has
grandchildren and great -grandchildren
and they are most devoted to each
other.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
GRANT IN THE SADDLE.

Plohh ol' 4NiCLoldS.
Grant was at his best in the saddle.
The n real record that he made for
himself at the academy. the one time
the final mounted exercises Of his grad
uating class, when, riding a famous
horse named York, he was called upon
to clear the leaping bar that the gruff
old ring riding master had placed
higher than a mans head. He dashed
out from his place in the ranks, q
smooth faced, slender young fellow on
a powerful chestnut sorrel, and gal
loped down the opposite side Of the
hall, turned, and came directly at the
bar, the great lorse increasing his
pace as he neared 1t, and then, as If
he and his rider were one, rising and
clearing it with a magnificent bound.
The leap Is still recorded at the acads.
envy as Grants upon York" I
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
CONSTIPATION
Relieved
PRICE Is Cts.
Mailed postpaid ON n
ceipt of price

You can't have a beautiful complex.
ion If your blood is impure or II you
suffer with indigestion or any stomach
or liver ailment.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills regulate the
bowels, correct indigestion, constipa-,
ton. b~iliousness, torpid livers, jaun-l
dice, sallow and dull compilations. They
purify the blood and clear the skin Of
pimples, sores and most e~ruptions.
One pill is a gentle laxative; two
pills a thorough physic. They do not,
grippe, they do not weaken. Price ESQ
MUNYON'S REMEDY CO.,
53rd and Jefferson Sts., Phila., Pa.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
To the Creditor.

A Toast by oliver Herford.
Here's to the Creditori Long may he reign
May his faith never waver, his Trust new.
er wane;
May the Lord make him gentle, and gra,
cious, and gay,
May he soften his heart, as he softened
we're told,
To the Israelites' touch" the Egyptian OF
old
look,
The angel will say as he closes the book
1.-The Lord give you credit for credit you
. gave!"
So here's to the creditor-long may he
waive! Golfers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
MISTRESS OF WHITE HOUSE IN 40

From the New YORK World.
When Uncle Joe" Cannon was a
from dreams Of speakerships, a gra-
cious young presided at the
White House who was known to the
popular tongue as Miss Betty" She
was the daughter of President Zachary
Taylor, taking as hostess the place Of
her invalid mother. The wife then Of
Major W. w. s. Bliss, her fathers Sec
Va, as the widow Of Philip Pendleton
Danridge.
In 1S49, when Miss Betty" went to
the White House, there were the days
still Of Clay, Webster, Benton, Everett,
Calhoun, Marcy. Lincoln had been sent
to congress, but made no national fig
ure. Grant was a lieutenant of 81 at
Sackett's Harbor. Hayes was in his
late twenties. Garfield was learning at
Is the trade Of a carpenter, having been
graduated from his course in driving
on the Ohio canal, and Chester Alan
Arthur, a young blade Of 10, was fol-
lowing his college course with the study
Of law
Grover Cleveland was a boy Of 10
at this time, with Tom Reed two years
younger. James G.. Blaine was a 49,
year-old teacher at Blue Lick Springs,
KY, while Benjamin Harrison was a
college boy of 16. Mckinley was 6
years old. Theodore Roosevelt was to
be born in nine years and William
Howard Taft In eight.
It was the yea of the Argonauts,
that 1849, when prairie schooners set
the path westward which the Pacific
railroads were to follow later.
Those who knew Miss Betty as first
lady of the land remembered her as
one of the most gracious women who
ever adorned the place. She entered
the White House at Is a bride Of three
years, loved and petted and proud. Nor
was hers the only a of the Tay-
lor circle. II was her sister Sarah who
went quietly away into marriage with
jefferson Davis, the young West Point
err, Of whose aspirations to his daugh-
ter's hand the general had been unable
to approve, but who was destined to go
far in his w way in the chronicles Of
America.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
Reflections of a Bachelor.

From the New York Press.
A woman has the faith to believe she
has it.
The reason a man likes to travel is some
other liar made him think 1t was the
thing to do.
The only safe way for a man to escape
marrying a determined girl is for him Ia
be married already.
A woman has such an imagination she
can think it Is romantic for the custard
pie to get sat In at a picnic.
Some men are so unlucky about money
matters they can even get into debt with
out having a family to do IL for them.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
The Water Bite.
From the Philadelphia Leds

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
He was Q years old and had never gazed
into the mystic lens Of a microscope. Sew
slides containing animalculae had been
displayed to his astonished vision. He was
too amazed to make any comment until he
came to n slide that seemed more
wriggly than any of the others. 1t vas
merely a drop OF water.
The little fellow gazed at 1t a long time,
all its nimble particles of animal life, and
finally exclaimed to his mother:
"Oh, mamma, now I know what It is
that bites o when you drink soda wa
ter"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
A Change for the Better.
From the New York Tribu

NEO"E NV INV IVEN AHEUUIEN'
Miss Lillian B. Hill, an advertising
expert, said at a clothiers' banquet in
Grand Rapids:
Il am glad you clothiers now adver-
tise, now print pictures OF mems and
boys fashions. Thus you smarter up
the country, and o help to abolish
the cutting down of the fathers clothes
for the son. You have educated our
little boys to dress, and few of them
could bear to wear now their fathers
garments made over by their mothers
awkward hands. 1t vas not always so,
/ remember how, in h distant past,
my little brother rushed whimperine
into my room one night.
"tOh, DEAR he whined, pas had his
beard shaved OFF. and now 1 guess I've
got to wear the old red thing!'"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
BETTER THAN SPANKING.

spanking does not cure children of bed
Wetting. There is a constitutional cause
Tor this trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box
w, Notre Dame, Ind, will send free to
any mother her successful home treat
ment. with full Instructions. Send no
money, but write her today If your chill
dren trouble you in this way. Don't blame
the child the chances are 1t can't help 1t.
This treatment also cures adults and aged
people troubled with urine difficulties by
daV or night.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
Still Moo1ad.

From Harper's Weekly.
Who was the Man in the Iron Mask
Who hit Billy Patterson?
Who killed Lieutenant Sutton?
Is Thaw insane?
Was the wrong Hams convicted?
Sea-level or locks?
Was the revision up or down?
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

kidneys and an extreme nervousness.
Doctors finally said there was no hope
for me. but I began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills and gradually recovered my
health"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, NJ. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
Wonderful.

From the New York Times.
This is a remarkable world!' exclaimed
O'Brien. IT was walking Gown the street
this morning and I met a man I hadn't
seen for o IL years.
Yes" rejoined Murphy, at i a re-
markable world. I just had an experience
much like hat myself. I was walking
down the street not 10 minutes ago, n
I met two men-two. mind you-that I'd
never met before"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

A big commission house is expert
menting with kilograms instead of let
ters, and avs the members can tend
short messages, as it takes less time to
dictate them than letters, which have
to be more or less formal and long.
Some Of the out Of town customers get
miffed and feel sighted at short, sharp
letters. Again, farmers and town mer-
chants pay more attention to short
kilograms than to long letters.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

through, 1t seems a
miracle that I live,
and l feel that I owe
it to Doan's Kidney
Pills. My case devel-
Oped gradually. First,
a X h e, floating
spots before my eyes,
weakness and exhaus-
ton, then a terrible
steady pain over the
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

DR.. Roberts suggestion in 1891 of
sewing wounds of the heart was re-
ceived as a joke. DR.. REIN, Of Ger
many, in 1897 got the first recovery
from heart wound. Altogether there
have been 16 such operations, with
seven amazing r~ecoveries.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

Whalebone was first used by Queen
Bess. James, after her, compelled all
men and women courtiers to have wasp
waists. Terence, 160 B. c., speaks OF
town ladies who saddle their backs
and straight lace their waists to make
them well shaped" May "a, 1866. ITEM:
For nine ellis, Paris measure, for sum-,
mer robes, corsets and cloaks for the
same" from diary of Eleanor, countess
Of Leicester, first mention of corseta-
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WISHED FOR DEATH.

SuMertREs from Kidney Troubles
Were So Acute.
Mrs. Josephine Jeffery, oath and
Washington Sts., Marion. Ind. says:
ITO look back upon what l have gone
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

The tendency of women to reign
may be noted in the rise Of the girFs
hanging braids to the wife's head dress
adjusted to the position where crowns
are worn. 1
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

Brooklyn Life: Twentieth Century
Prodigal Son-'De ravens dey brung
bread to 'Lisha wen he was in de
wild'ness; but dis here Prodigal Son,
he got no birds nor beasts nor nuthin'
TO fotch him food. He done gone off
an lef' his pas house, an he got no
mighty hungry. Not. wot he gwine to
do, Samuel"
He kin go In er RESTRAINT, suh."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

Atlanta Constitution: Little Dorothy is
7 years old. She wa naughty the other
day, and her mother told her that she
would have to ask God to forgive her.
The penitent little girl got down on her
knees by her mothers side, and after she
had prayed in silence a short time, arose.
And did God forgive your" asked the
mother. |..... ....
mo-" replied Dorothy: 'he said he was
busy m asked me to call again" :,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
A New One on Mary.

Mary had a little lamb
And 1t began to sicken;
She sent 1t off to P~ackingtown
And now it's labeled CHICKEN"
-Lippincott's
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

headaches, nervous
prostration, and
h~emorrhages.
Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compoundmadem
well and strong, so
that lean do all my
homework, and at
tend to the store
and Office and
Ifeel muchyounger
than / really am.
UT,vdia n pink.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

One Thing that VIII Live oreve
PETTITS EYE SALVE, FIRST boz sold
in 1907, over 100 years ago, sales increase
yearly. All druggists or Howard Bros.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

Do your feet ever feel tired, achy and
sore at night? Rub them with a little
Hamlins Wizard Oil. They'll be glad in
the morning, and so will you.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

The London Lancet says 600 chill
dren of leprous parents are being edu-
Gated by the Mission Of Lepers, and
the children show no signs Of leprosy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

The only thing that a woman was
ever known to ask for that she didn't
get was the ballot.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

Mrs WiasfoV's SOOTHING SYRUP for chudpsa'
teethlng, softens the gums, reduces On,
aLlAyB pain, cures wind collie. 40 q bottle.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
THE
BEST
REMEDY
FOR Wornen-Lydia E. Pink
mans egetable Compound

thc 9 was passing through
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

1t Is all right to get there with botl
feet" If you are built that way, but the
mosquito does it differently.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

One reason why brain fever never be.
comes epidemic Is that 1t confines itself
to brains.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

The figures of the London police
courts show a very decided increase
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02
NEAR PHILOSOPHY.

When a conductor overlooks a fare
the passengers happiness is OF the
same order as when the wife overlooks
the dollar slowed away In his watch
pocket.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

Dyed" hair is said to be even o
great abomination than a kiss with.
u q mustache."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

One kind Of emor Is the memory O
kicks against 20 below, while swelter
ing at 80 in the shade.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

The man who "+thumps' a water.
melon to see IL it is ripe will spring
"cooning" story If you catch him IL
q reminiscent mood.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

Yes, but how would Jok's record have
read If he had been tried out as a tele.
phone girl
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

The man who makes his mark usually
toes the mark his wife makes for him
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-02

The unattainable may be very near,
like the end seat On the trolley III
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PERRY "
Too Much for the Frenchman.

A feeling Of security comes with always havtus SsAs
eamous remedy on hand. 1t Is q dependable nsSssuar3
againstcollc. diarrhna. cramps. Csc. Sc. and soc. boffisS