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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-01

Hudson Maxim, at the British
Schools Clubs recent banquet at Del.
monico's, referred to the fogs of Lon
don.
I'm one of the worst London fogA,"
said the inventor, IAN old friend OF
mine tried to find his way from Traf.
algar square to the Savoy, where he
had an engagement to dine. The sui
phurous air made the eyes smart and
the head ache, and 1t brought on ter.
rife fits Of coughing. You could not,
literally, see your hand before your
face. There was continual crashing
In of windows; bells tangled; vehicles
and foot passengers collided; shrieks
and oaths arose.
Threading his way, In the midst Of
this pandemonium, through the Strand,
as he supposed, from Landseer's lions
to the waiting dinner at the Savoy, my
old friend to his great bewilderment
soon found himself descending a broad
stairway. He put out his hand to the
balustrade. Yes, broad and stately
stairway, with O rail Of carved stone.
Amazing! Suddenly in his descent my
friend collided with some one ascend
ing the stairway.
"'Hullo!, he said.
Hullop gruff male voice replied.
"'Can you tell me- said my friend,
where I Rm goa-=s
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-01
A surpIu. of Happiness,

Henry e. Dixey, the famous actor
dislikes the hackneyed greetings, "Mer
ry Christmas" Happy New Year." Al
the Players, one New Years morning
a tragedian slapped Mr.. Dixey on the
back and cried: .. ....
Happy New Year, Harryw ....
''You are the thirtieth to say that,
said Mr.. Dixey. II am getting altogeth,
er too much of this happiness business
am incommoded with surplus OF
happiness, like the bachelor into whose
apartment a lady friend, middle-aged
and fat, burst one day with the ex.
clamation:
Dearest, my husband has discoE.
cred all, and we need never part
again."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-01
SUICIDE COMMON.
II Ex0ites NO More than Passtns
Comment I'm China.

II Ex0ites No More than Passing
Comment I'm China.
There is no people under the sun
says a writer, that commit or attempt
suicide in such numbers as the Chi
nese. The queer part of it Is that they
do not take their lives because they are
tired of living, but, in their peculiar
backward way of doing things, instead
OF taking Ii out" on the one who has
injured or insuitsd them and infictlng
personal chastisement thereupon, they
try to get even by putting an end to
their own existence, that opprobrium
and curses may descend upon the Of
fender. Suicide is too common to ex-
cite more than passing comment In a
way 1t seems to be their code or honor.
Chinese father has the supreme
ri,ht of life and death over his chill
dren, not being amenable to any law
There are times when he may push his
parental right and authority 80 far
that son, to escape 1t and get even
With the father by cutting OF the
chances for posterity, CANDLES with
death, too often losing. There Is no
doubt that the son sometimes only In
tends to make 1t scare, but as often
is willing to lose, If by so doing ne
effects his purpose. To have male pos
terity to serve and reverence him dur
Ing life and worship him after death
Is the fondest hope and desire OF Chi
nese father.
The men are not alone in their game
Of chance with the grim monster oy at
tempted suicide. 1t may be daugh-
ter-in-law who, to escape the slavery
and life Of soul and body-killing
dl dgery to her m, her-in-law, sees no
other relief than death. So she seeks
the surcease from such life beneath
the surface of some quiet neighbortng
pool or some more silent well. This Is
the only cheap method, for opium ana
other drugs cost money, of which Sne
hardly knows the appearance.
The mother-in-law in China Is no
toke. This situation grows out OF that
basis OF Chinese life, flial piety. Inc
son. when he finds the right girl (or
some ones else choice), instead OF SET
ting up his own little home, takes MS
bride to pas to live. Thus whole VII
lagos, numbering sometimes hundreus
or souls, are peopled by all OF one
family connection. ,---- --.---- =
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Certainly said the other. III you
keep straight on you will walk into the
Thames, for I've just come out of it,"
sanguine Sam.

David Belasco, the great manager
and playwright, complained bitterly the
other day Of a man who had duped
him--a man who, pretending to be a
millionaire, had promised to invest
$4,000 in the erection of "model'
theater. .....
''He took me in," Mr.. Belasco frank
ly admitted. II have, l suppose, too
sanguine nature. I expect, sup,
pose-in the way of success, fortune,
happiness--the impossible. At any
rate, taken in I was.
I'm my exorbitant demands on life,'
said Mr.. Belaseo, Il resemble a young
friend of mine, bankers son. This
lad is very amiable, but very extrav-
agant His load of debt is always, like
the load of Atlas, unspeakably huge
His father said to him last New Years
day: "
Now, Sam, want you to turn
over new leaf. No debts in 1903. Eh,
Is 1t agreedT
eyes, SIR said Sam heartily.
"His father took out his check book.
"'How much year do you need,
SAM he said, lin order to live as you
want to, and at the same time keep
entirely out of debtT
Sam, after musing, answered with
bright smile:
"'About fifteen thousand a year
and all my expenses paid"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-01
Andrew Carnegie Students,

Andrew Carnegie is paying the tut.
tion fees Of more than 5000 students
in the four universities of Scotland
and of more than 1000 in the summer
schools Of those universities, and is
contributing annually more than $780,.
600 to other institutions for men and
women who are studying medicine, ag
riculture and other sciences, and arc
enrolled in technical schools. Mr.. Car
negie will not ofrer inducements fol
a boy to enter college, but after he ha,
entered and has demonstrated. that III
.is worth educating. viii pay the cos
Of his tuition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-01
THE uMnREIIA rs ANcIHNr.
Vas I'm Use In the East Centurle
Before Christ.


Before Christ.
UMBRELLAS and parasols were used b.
the Eastern nations many centuries be
fore the Christian era. The Oldest chi
navarro shows pictures of ladies anG
mandarins shaded by parasols Of pat
terms similar to those now in use. So
little known, however, were those arti-
cles to Europeans that dictionary,
published not more than a hundred and
fifty years ago, defines the word 'um-
brella" thus: "A portable penthouse to
carry in persons hand, to screen him
from violent rain or heat" The first
umbrella ever seen In the streets of
London was carried by the philan-
thropist James Hanway, who died In
1885. For many y ars after the intro
duction OF umbrellas man could not
be seen carrying one without being
hooted for his effeminacy, particularly
when passing hackney coach stand.
The drivers of those. vehicles regarded
the umbrella in the light of a rival
For long time coffee houses and inns
were accustomed to keep single um-
brella of great magnitude for the pur-
pose of shielding customers from the
rain as they passed from the door to
their carriages. 1t was not until about
the year 1900 that the use of the UNI
brella became so general throughout
Europe and America that man could
carry one without attracting the atten-
tion Of passersby to disagreeable ex-
tent. In Spain and Italy the article
was first domesticated and France
adopted 1t next.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with a scene at a box
9asty. Miss Henrietta W~instantley, sis
sler of Bishop Winstanley overheard
Banker Ankony propose 10 Barbara Hem
sngray, whose brother Dan was in his
employ .s,a Dan was one Of the towns pop
BUSINESS when Attorney Tom Twining told
MIN Barbara refused Ankony. Ankony
aecnsed Dan of looting the bank Twin
WIG refused to prosecute. Barbara per-
:snaded Ankony to postpone starting
prosecution: Twining learned Of the en-
fs1ngTatulated both: He visited Miss
tears. He told her he had loved her, but
feared prematurely announcing his af-
lection. By actions alone she told him
she reciprocated. Mrs; Arson Dimes,
wealthy widow. proposed a marriage by
proxy with Bishop Winstanley. The lat
ter consulted with Twining. The bishop
Streeter. Dan consulted T:wining, say
ting his sister was. determined to marry
Ankony, declaring she actually loved the
hanker though he could not help believ-
him from Jail. Miss Winstanley, find
Ing a pressed rose in the bishops book,
scented a love affair.
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SKIN HUMoR rs YEARS

a.-.fH-
"Cuticura did wonders for me. For
twenty-five years I suffered agony
from a terrible humor, completely GOV
ering my head, neck and shoulders, SO
even tony wife, I became an object
of dread. At large expense I consult
ed the most able doctors far and near.
Their treatment was of no avail, nor
was that of the - Hospital, during
six months efforts. l suffered on
and concluded there was no help for
me this side of the grave. Then I
heard Of some one who had been cured
by Cuticura Remedies and thought
that a trial could do no harm. In a
surprisingly short time l was COM
pletely cured. S. P. Keyes, LAT Con-
gress ST., Boston, Mass, Oct. IL, 'O9."
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"The inality of an ultimatum," he
assured me.
Dear me, and still she comes!"
exclaimed.
And still she comes" he echoed.
What do you propose?" I Inquired.
II am a little bewildered," he con-
fessed. II must, however, find a way
to extricate myself"
Then you. do not mean"
mo, indeed. It is not, you under
stand, as if the lady had any senti-
ment in the matter. To decline an
offer of-matrimony is never quite
easy, 1 fancy"-and the bishop smiled
less grimly-"but to decline it when
one is assured that no affection enters
in makes one a little more comfor-
table. Mrs. Dimes is very clever and
f~ar-seeing, and she regards this mar
riage merely as an enterprise. She
has become convinced that she can do
more good in the field she has chosen
as my wife than as Arson Dimes wild
ow; Arson Dimes was a good fellow,
but not a philanthropist, you under
stand-nor a bishop. Mrs. Dimes never
overlooks the possibilities of any sit
uation. She doesn't care a raj for
me. She was devoted to her husband,
and she isn't the sort of a woman who
loves twice. Why, you see yourself
that she distinctly proposes hat we
shall occupy different continents
"And you?"
II have, unfortunately, my own
plans"
(Which are not concurrent with
hers?"
I'm no way concurrent" he replied
with emphasis.
yours is not ar enviable position"
1 admitted.
"Enviable!" he cried. IT should
think not. You understand that my
sister is arrayedN with her against
me?"
I bowed. There was a moments
silence.
Mrs. Dimes has contracted the
habit of succeeding in what she under.
takes" he observed presently. 1T ID
a most uncomfortable habit for all
parties concerned, as I am always tell.
ing my sister, who seems herself to be
on the verge Of falling into it."
"Miss Winstanley is a most success.
full woman" I made enthusiastic com.
ment.
Undoubtedly" he agreed; but
insist that successful women may pile
up trouble and anguish for themselves
and others. 1t is so amazing when
they fail that they resign themselves
badly to It,"
Il ses." said T.
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DIDN'T SEE 1T THE SANE WAY
Father of Young Missionary Disagreed
Violently with Popular Chinese
Custom.
The young missionary relighted his

The young missionary relighted his
cigar.
I'm China, father" he said, I'D have
no trouble in selecting a present for
you."g ,...
MOP" queried the old man.
NO." said the missionary, with a
hearty laugh. ''The most desirable
present to give old folks is a coffin. in
China. Ha, ha, ha! And old folks
like yourself don't, mind it at all. They
welcome a coffin as heartily as you'd
welcome a box of Havana regalias."
"Humph!" said the father, grimly.
And if an old Chinaman is ailing,'
said the young missionary-"if he has
your rheumatic complaint, for instance
then he regards a coffin as an espe-
cially thoughtful gift. In fact"
But the ~missionary's father had sud-
denly left the room, slamming the
door behind him with a certain vio-
lence.
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humor. The good always triumph,
you know"
And she was gone.
CHAPTER VIII.

One early morning some days later,
Bishop Winstanley a shown into my
Office. A glance suficed to tell me
that he was laboring under unusual
excitement. He waited for my clerk
to leave the room, when he announced,
without prelude:
"a most astonishing thing has hap.
pened; Mrs. Arson Dimes has sailed
for America"
us it possible!" l exclaimed. 81
thought she meant to remain abroad
$50 she did. So she did-indefnite.
ly."
"And are you disposed to regard her
change of plans as Significant" I in.
quired.
He looked at me oddly.
"The question shows how little you
know the lady," he remarked.
I smiled. The situation seemed
amazingly funny to me. But the bish.
op was not inclined to regard it as be.
ing at all so.
"Then you await her coming with
some anxiety" I observed.
"As a matter of fact, with the great,
est anxiety"
muttered my polite regret at this
unexpected and startling crook in the
straightness of his affairs.
He made no reply, but leaned back
in his chair, with perturbation writ
ten large on his handsome and ordin.
arily composed features.
Mrs. Dimes evidently believes in
going after what she wants-to use q
common expression" 1 remarked.
He nodded, dismally.
"She is famous for it," he said.
What she determines upon neither
heaven nor earth can dissuade her
from. And she is evidently determined
this this marriage shall be carried
through"
BLESS mel" I murmured.
my own inclinations in the matter
seem not to enter in," he said grimly.
"Then you have sent her an answer
to her remarkable document?"
"Oh, at once"
MAY I inquire if it had the ring OF
fnality to it," 1 asked.
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BUILT UP GREAT BUSINESS.
Frederick Mayer Boot and Shoe Com.
pany a Monument to German
Thrift and Industry.

That the key to real business success IL
often based on a sound principle. rather
than money, is best illustrated by the re-
production of the following biographical
sketch of Frederick Mayer, founder Of the
:. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company repro
duced from an issue of the German
American National Alliance:
Frederick Mayer, founder of the fac
tories. at Milwaukee and Seattle now bear
ing his name, came to this country f1om
Niernstein, Hessen Darmstadt, in May,
1851, and immediatel.. proceeded to Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin, where he entered the en-
maker.
The spirit that prompted him to seek
his fortune in the new world was soon
responsible for another change, and in 1852,
q year later, he embarked in business on
his own accord, making boots and shoes to
order as only a German apprenticed arti-
san knows how. Subsequently a stock of
goods was carried and a retail business con-
shoes was engaged in at wholesale to the
In 1880 the business was we'll established,
the foundation firmly laid and the policy
well determined. From that time on the
growth was more rapid The capacity Of
the present Mayer factories at Milwaukee
and Seattle is $4,000 pair per day, giving en-
nually over six hundred thousand dollars in
wages, and employing sixty-fve statesmen
who travel "a states in the interest of
Mayer shoes. f8iys e
Frederick Mayer died on March l6, 1893,
after building up a large and successful
business: He is succeeded by his sons,
George P. Mayer, Fred J. Mayer and Adam
policy of the founder, have succeeded in
bringing. the business up to it's present
magnitude, where it stands as a monument
OF German thrift and industry.
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To Spare His Neiqhbors.

10 spare Tbs
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont, discussing in
New. York her book on the rearing
of children, said:
Children must be trained to be I'M
selfish and tactful. Without this train
ing the average child is as inconsid-
crate as a Dark Harbor fisherman the
Maine folks tell about.
'tThis fisherman, walking along the
road one day, saw a very ugly man
sitting On a fence whiting a stick.
He stopped and looked at the man for
some time in disguised silence. Then
he said:
"'Well, you're ugly for fair d.
"I can't help it, can L? the ugly
man asked, in a hurt tone.
"The fisherman thought a moment.
Then he said, Indignantly:
"'You could stay in the house,
couldn't your"
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(TO BE
His Important servIce.

One of the greatest nuisances Of
travelling is tipping. A smile from q
head waiter is a costly commodity,
and no mental service is too small for
remuneration. An unusually ingenious
plea for a tip is that of a small HI
bernian, mentioned by Mr.. John Au-
gustus O'Shea in Roundabout Recol-
%lections." The author was travelling
in Ireland.
I drove down to the station on the
faint chance Of catching the train to
Dublin. When : got out of the cab at
the station a bright-faced boy accosted
me.
"Ah, sure, cir, you've Just missed
the train," he said
It was true. I booked my luggage
and astertained when the next 4rain
would leave. While I was waiting the
lad came up to me and asked me for
a tip.
What for?' I asked.
Sure, sir. I told you that you were
too late" he unblushingly responded.
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Friendly Birds.

Most of the birds and mammals have
the fear of man in their hearts, and
are difficult to approach, but others
show no great concern. The Alaskan
jays, for instance, are devoted camp
followers. "They proved useful as
scavengers," says Mr.. Osgood, "and
cooked oatmeal seemed to attract
them even nor than raw meat. They
many times hoped about the campfire,
or perched on the tent poles and
ropes. Their harsh chattering was
not always pleasant, but was some
what atoned for by their less fire.
quent soft whistle and their pert and
confident ways, so on the whole their
presence was welcomed"
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When the -sleener Wakes.

"John!" she exclaimed, jabbing her
elbow into his ribs at 2:17 a. m, did
you look at the kitchen door," And
John, who is inner guard, and was
just then dreaming over last evenings
lodge meeting, sprang up in bed, made
the proper sign, and responded:
Worthy ruler, our portals are guard
ed" Oh, he hit the title right, even
if he was asleep.-United Presby-
terrain.
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Told in the Doctors.

Told in the Doctors.
DR.. Arthur T. Holbrook is credited
with the following:
A man by the name of Evans died
and went to heaven. When he ar
rived at the pearly gates he said to-
st. Peter:
"Well, I'm here"
st. Peter asked his name. John
Evans, was the reply. s.
st. Peter looked through the book
and shook his head.
"You don't belong here" he said.
"But I am sure l belong here" said
the man. ss.l.t n
"Wait a minute" said Peter. He
looked again, and in a back part of
the book found a name.
"Sure," said the guardian of the
gate, you belong here, but you
weren't expected for 20 years. Who's
your doctor?"-American Druggist.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Belgian Coal Miners.

While coal is mined at a greater
depth in Belgium than in most coun.
tries, the number of miners killed In
accidents is less in that country than
In any other. For the ten-year De-
Rod from 1891 to 1900 the number of
fatalities per 10000 workmen was
1854 per annum. In the metallic ore
mines the number of workmep rho
have been killed by accident ID ous,
third that In the coal miaaA
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Take for LaGrippe.

Add to a half-pint of good whiskey,
one ounce compound fluid balmwort
and two ounces g~lycerine, shake well
and take in tablespoon doses three
to six times daily. This will check.
prevent and cure colds and lagrippe
quicker than anything known. ANY
druggist can supply it. -
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CHAPTER vIl.-continued.

Il wish that I could tell you that
you are wrong" I answered.
She nodded. II knew it. I told my
self the minute I heard it that there
could be but n meaning to it! 1
don't ask you what he did. I don't
want to know. All I'm concerned in.
is how to get them both out of their
difficulties. Dan is a good boy, if he
has been weak. I'm not ~excusing him,
mind. you, but my heart is with him.
We are all assailable at times. Now
Il may be adamant to-day and as soft
rs a marshmallow tomorrow. Do you
e what I mean? Our moral nature
is just like our physical one: it has
Its good and it's bad days, and poor
Dan was tempted on a bad one. That's
all But what I can't understand is
chat he was willing to accept his good
name at such a cost"
I told her what I knew then, and her
eyes frightened and her head nodded
all through the recital like that of a
little marionette.
"Ah, that's what I like to hear! My
hope for the boy is restored. Well
make a fine man Of him yet. But
and there was a %clouding of the fine
,eyes-"but the engagement isn't
broken? What does that mean?"
1'That she loves Ankony," said 1.
For an instant she stared at me,
speeches. in the force of her amaze
ement, then she actually smiled in her
scorn.
ooh, you men! You let a woman
make o believe whatever she wants
you to believed! L am provoked with
you, Mr.. Twining. You are clever
enough about most things. How can
you be SD easily put upon in this?"
"You have only to see them togeth-
er. You know how much 1 would like
to believe otherwise"
ut were a preposterous impossible
'ty! She, a Hemingway, to love him,
an Ankony! Bah! it's too absurd to
think off,"
Love is an acrobat" 1 reminded
her, trying to speak with some degree
of lightness; "he lands where you
least expect him to-"
ooh, don't make your figures for
me! And don't try to hide from me
all that you feel. Come, let us cease
TO be at cross-purposes."
"Most willingly; but, granted that
you are right, what is to be done?
You can't force her to admit to you
chat she doesn't love him."
"Tve no mind to try to reach the
solution through her."
Dan can do nothing"
~Oh, I quite understand that, too"
S"Then where do you expect to 70
with your prayer?" I asked.
She hesitated an instant.
II think it isn't going to be a r
err" she said.
What can you threaten? Ankony
won't give her up. Besides, as I told
you if she isn't happy she is the most
consummate actress I have ever SEEN"
"Of course she is. Now you are
sensible in your deductions. Some.
body says that Poverty is the neither
of all the arts, you know, but it isn't
SO; it's Love who is their mother, and
8aybara's skill at acting is born of her
love fer Dan"
She leaned on her elbow and was
silent for a little, her eyes vague and
troubled.
'eYou have nothing to offer-nothing
at all?" she appealed.
Nothing" I admitted ignomini-
0usly.
I'm going to see her." she said.
She patted my arm as she passed
ne
II know" she murmured; II know.
But don't give up. Well find a way
yst- Mark me, we will" She smiled
. queer little h~alf-tearful smile in
which thsre ri . spark Of the old
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Doinu Her Best,

"Kipling says that a woman is only
a woman, but a good cigar is a
smoke"
"Well, woman is travelling in the
right direction. Haven't you noticed
her present panate1la shape?"
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The Doctors Eault.

JUDGE am led to understand you
stole the watch of the doctor who
had just written a prescription for
you at the free dispensary. What have
you to say to this charge?
well, your honor, I found myself in
a desperate quandary. His prescrip-
ton said "a spoonful every hour and
L had no timepiece."
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Face Covered with PimpIes

II congratulate Cuticura upon my
speedy recovery from pimples which
covered my face. fused Cuticura Soap,
Ointment and Resolvent for ten days
and my face cleared and I am perfect
ly well. I had tried doctors for sew
eral month but got no results. VIM. J.
Sadlier, 1914 Susquehanna Ave-, Phila-
delphia, May 1, 1909"