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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Vicarious Advancement.

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
A recently appointed woman super
visor Of the public schools one day
happened in a school where a young
incorrigible was being punished.
"Have you ever tried kindness?" In
quired she Of the teacher.
Il did at first, but I've got beyond
that now" was the reply.
At the close of the lesson the super
visor asked the boy to call on her on
the following Saturday.
A boy arrived at the appointed hour,
The hostess showed MIN her best pic
lures, played him her liveliest music
and get before him a delicious lunch
con, and then thought it time to begin
her sermon.
My DEAR she began. were you
not very unhappy to stand before al
the class for punishment?
Please, ma'am," broke in the boy
with his mouth full of cake, lit wasn't
me you saw; it was Billy, and he gave
me a dime to come and take YOU
jawing."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Not Convinced.

IT was stationed as post captain at Sa-
bine Pass. Tex" says an old army officer
In the Philadelphia Ledger, when a
couple of old river boats were laden with
cotton bales, presenting al impenetrable
barrier to shells and shrapnel, and these
were run out into the gulf to engage q
gunboat or two of the blockading fleet.
They surprised and finally captured two
OF the latter and brought them In, and as
the prisoners were marched shore over
the gang plank my body servant, with
others, went down to see them and stood
gaping in each ones face as he filed past.
Thinking 1t was embarrassing to the man
to have a curious black face thrust almost
into his, / called him off with the re.
mark, well, Bob, you see they hayen't
got HORNS when he turned a serious coun-
teance TO me, even. while his eyes, round
with establishment, still followed this
mi and he said solemnly, 'Capt'n
you don't know watts unner dem caps
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Hat Protector for Emergeneies.

From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Here's a little advice that IL COM
monty adopted would a v hundreds
and even thousands of dollars to the
husbands of this country. 1t is simply
a round piece OF waterproof silk, the
edge of which is hemmed to form a
pocket for a gathering string. 1t is
30 made that II could be slipped over
almost any hat and would in case OF
sudden shower protect II from the
fuinous dampness. The protector was
devised by a Pennsylvania man who
has evidently known the exquisite pain
of having his wife caught In the rain
on the very day he had sent a check
big enough to support q home mis-
sionary for half a year to pay for the
new spring bonnet she was wearing.
Such experiences are not pleasant. so
thought this ingenious man. II every
woman would just make one of these
adjustable protectors and carry 1t In
her handbag whenever she went out,
think of the money that would be
saved to the husbands Of the land.
The drawstring underneath will enable
the cover to be drawn up to fit almost
any hat. ....-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
v BY A WOMAN.
Why the Alabama Was Not Detained
by the British Government.
From Harper's Magazir


1t is perhaps not generally known
hat the Alabama, in spite OF the omis-
sion of the English customs authori-
ties to seize her, might in then have
been detained but for an act of wifely
devotion. On the 22d and Gath Of July,
1852, evidence directly inculpating
the vessel vas communicated by the
American legation in London to the
British foreign office. On the 23d and
26th of July the papers were referred
to the law officers of the crown and as
the law officers had no permanent Of
fee, We're sent as usual to the senior
officer, who was then Sir Jorn Dor
ney Harding, queens advocate, his as
sociates being Sir William Atherton,
attorney general, and Sir Rounded
Palmer, afterward Lord Selborne, So
licitor general. Unfortunately Sir John
Harding had just then fallen a victim
to an acute mental disorder, which
proved to be fatal, but which his wife,
in the hope that 1t would soon pass
away. had kept a secret.
Upon the decision to be rendered by
the law officers there hung, perchance,
the issues Of peace and war and the
fate of nations, but the papers lay I'M
examined at Sir Johns residence APP
parently till the 28th OF July, when
the foreign Office, growing anxious at
the delay, but ignorant of it's cause,
took steps to recover them and placed
them in the hands Of Sir William Ath-
erton. On the evening of the same
day Sir William, perceiving the gravi-
ty Of the situation which the papers
disclosed, called Sir Rounded Palmer
into consultation upon them In the
earl marshals room in the house OF
lords. They at once agreed that the
vessel must be seized. An opinion to
that effect vas delivered to Earl Rus
sell on the morning of the goth of July,
but during the night OF the 2Sth the
/ Alabama left the docks in which she
had been lying. At 10 o'clock on the
morning of the 29th she put to sea,
The order to detain her reached Liver
pool In the afternoon.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
THINK HARD.
1t Pays to Think About Food.

1t Pays to Think About Food.
The unthinking life some people
lead often causes trouble and sickness,
illustrated in the experience of a lady
In Fond du Lac, Wis.
About four years ago I suffered
dreadfully from indigestion, always
having eaten whatever l liked, not
thinking Of the digestible qualities.
This indigestion caused palpitation Of
the heart 30 badly / could not walk mp
a flight Of stairs without sitting down
once or twice to regain breath and
strength.
"I became alarmed and tried diet.
ing, wore my clothes very loose, and
many other remedies, but found no re-
lief.
Hearing Of the virtues Of Grape
Nuts and Postum, l commenced using
them in place Of my usual breakfast OF
coffee, cakes, or hot biscuit, and In one
weeks time 1 was relieved Of sour
stomach and other Ills attending tndi-
eestion. In a months time my heart
was performing its functions naturally
and I could climb stairs and hills and
walk long distances.
II gained ten pounds in this short
time, and my skin became clear and
completely regained my health and
strength. I continue to use Grape-Nuts
and Postum for l feel that I W my
good health entirely to their use
There's q Reason
"I like the delicious flavor Of Grape
Nuts and by making Postum according
to directions, it tastes similar to mild
high grade coffee"
Read "The Road to wellville," in
pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time
They are genuine, true, and full o.
human interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
The First Lifeboat.
From the windsor Magazine

From the WINDSOR Magazine.
Some may be surprised to learn that
the first ifeboat, especially Of the style
OF those adopted at the present time.
is still in existence at Redcar, in
Yorkshire. This boat was placed at
Redcar in the year 1902 to be used as
a boat ''for saving life in storms or
other dangers TO ships" coming into or
near the mouth Of the Tees. 1t was
built by a shipwright of the neigh
ing port Of Sunderland from plans of
his own invention. and parliament con-
sidered his work so meritorious and
advantageous that 1t voted him a sum
Of e1,200 as a reward for his time,
trouble and ingenuity. This fine old
boat did excellent service for over 10
years, and then, owing to the intro
duction of W. types and better
boats, 1t was placed upon the retired
list" and transferred to the she'd where
1t now is.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Millionaire Palaces.
From the ~Metropolitan.

The nalaces OF the millionaire, like the
east side tenements or the suburban cot
tages, have been built directly for the
market. The modern Fifth avenue man
sion has become almost q staple article
of merchandise. Five or six years the
builder who r.sked his capital In a $So,OW
or $4,000 house was regarded as a very
venturesome person. In the last six years,
however, a single New York builder has
erected houses at a cost Of from 100000 tc
$500, 900 on a purely speculative basis; ano
has, moreover, sold them. whether tnt
contentment with the ready
made article, however, IL owing to tht
lack of ideas or an indecent haste to es'
tablish themselves on Americas greatest
residential t~horoughfare, Is not deter
mined
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
HOWNS This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls. Catarrh Cure. "
r. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known r. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly 1pon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 10 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists. Y. 49, =
Take Halls Family Pills Tor constipation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
British Self Possession.
the Taller,

from the Tatler.
Not long g q young couple entered
a railway carriage at Sheffield, and
were Immediately put down as a bridal
pair. But they were remarkably self
possessed and behaved with such sang
froid that the other passengers began
to doubt If their first surmise was corr
rect, after all.
AS the train moved out, however, the
young man rose to remove his ~overcoat
and a shower of rice fell out, while the
passengers smiled broadly.
But even that did not affect the
YOUTH who also smiled, and, turning
TO his partner, remarked audibly:
by Jove. Mary! I've stolen the
b~ridegroom's ~overcoat!" .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27

nation. In my opinion constipation
Is responsible for most ailments. There
are thirty1two feet of human bowels,
which is really a sewer pipe. When this
pipe becomes clogged. the whole system
becomes poisoned, causing biliousness, in
digestion and impure blood, which often
produces rheumatism and kidney all
fnents. No who suffers with con-
stipation or any liver complaint can ex-
peet to have q clear complexion, or enjoy
good health.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are a tonic
TO the stomach, liver and nerves. They
~inyigorate instead Of weakening; they
enrich the blood instead of impoverish-
ing IL; they enable the stomach to get
ali the nourishment from food that is
put into II.
These pills contain no calomel, no dope,
they are soothing, healing and stimu.
lating. They school the bowels to act
without physic. Price % cents.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Doe. This Mean Yon1

Indigestion, sour stomach, constipa-
uon-then headache, backache and a
general miserable feeling. Do you
know that the pleasant herb tea, Lanes
Family Medicine, will remove all these
troubles almost Immediately? If you
10 not know it, get a package to-day at
any druggists or dealers (25c) and
gou will be glad we told you.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Hare and Hound Game with Balloons

from the mllWduhSS
Acceptance of proposals of the Mil
waukee Aero club and appropriation OF
a guarantee fund in a meeting OF the
executive committee assures for the
August week of Homecoming celebra-
ton an extensive program OF events
in balloon ascensions and races.
In addition to the Pabst, the air craft
Of the Milwaukee Aero club, there Is
promised the presence Of not less than
eight great gas bags which will be
prepared to handle anything from the
ordinary flight to feature contests and
exhibitions seldom seen In homecoming
events.
The aerial program includes a hare
ard hound race, a fixed point race and
other novelties. In the first named, the
Pabst will play hare to not less than
half a dozen hounds. All will make
the ascension simultaneously. The are
balloon may land at will, the game be-
ing to follow the pursued hare balloon
and make the nearest landing to 1t to
secure first prize.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
SOUR STOMACH

'I used Cascsrets and feel like a new
man. 1 have been q sufferer from dys-
pepsia and sour stomach for the last two
years. I have been taking medicine ana
other drugs, but could find no relief only
for a short time. I will recommend
Cascarets to my friends as the only thing
for indigestion and soul stomach and to
keep the bowels in good condition.
They are very nice to eat"
Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk Pa.
Pleasant. Paiatable, Potent, Taste Good.
Do Good Never Sicken, Weaken or Grippe.
loo, 2sc, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gen
uine tablet stamped &C. GuAranteed 70
cure or your money back 10
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
JUST DOUBLE
$40 ACRES
Instead OF
100 ACRES
$gxESI

As further inducement TO settlement OF the
Wheat Raising lands Of Western Canada the
Canadian Government has increased the area
that may be taken by a homesteader to SO acres
Ito free and 100 20 be purchased at $500 per acre.
These lands are in the embarrassing area where
mixed farming IL also carried on with unqualified
success. nN..
A railway will shortly be built To Hudson Bay
bringing the worlds markets a thousand miles
nearer these wheat fields. where schools ana
churches are convenient, climate excellent rail-
ways close TO all settlements and local markets
good.
'It would take time TO ~Gssimiiats the
rsDsLahons that q Oisit to te gySGt en-.
pirs bling TO the North Of us untoLdsd dt
every fuTn. Correspondents Of q NatlonaI
Editor. who visited Western Canada In
August, 1905.
Lands may also be purchased from EaIwaX
and Land Companies at Low PRICES AMI
ON EASY TERMS. For pamphlets, maps ana
Information AZ 70 low Railway Rates apply 10
W. ID. Scott, Superintendent OF Immigration,
Ottawa. Canada, or z. 7. Holmes, .3IS Jackson
St,.S i Paul, MINI; J.. M. MacLaehlan, BOX ITO
Watertown, South Dakota, and W. V; Bennett
SoI New York Life Building, Omaha Neo'
Authorized Government Agents
Please say where you saw this Advertisements
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27

The latest part of the world to be
reported as making a commotion in
favor of giving women the ballot Is
the British West Indies. In Jamaica
the other day the legislature killed the
bill enabling women to vote by the
slenderest of margins. Instead of being
discouraged the women Of Jamaica de-
clare their willingness to fight 100
years or longer for their rights.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Revenge.

Chumpleigh had just been fined $40
for exceeding the speed limit.
Nov, your honor" he said, Il de-
sire to make charges against this po-
liceman who brought me here
"Wha charger" demanded the Judge,
Same as mine, your honor" said
sChumpleigh. IF / was going 40 miles
an hour In my car, he must have gone
Al on his motorcycle, OF he never
would have caught me-"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
CONSTIPATION
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAW PILLS

Munyon's Paw
Paw Pills are un-
like all other laxa-
tiyes or cathartics.
They o a the liver
into activity by
gentle methods.
They do not scour;
they do not grippe;
they do not weak.
en-; but they do
start all the secre-
tions of tho liver
and stomach in a
way that soon puts
these organs in a
healthy condition
ard anr--.Aa -.k.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27

BEST GRADE typewriter carbon paper, :
sheets Shx11, any color. sent postpdsssu1
for 10c silver. Address d. II. McCraay' Ooi
Liberty ST.. Franklin, Pa, Dept. A.
MADDEN WANTS MONEY MAKERS.
whether you want work or not get IN
terested. Pleasant, permanent, profitable,
Positive success. Madden Sales Company,
Box IA, Fort Worth, Texas.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Safe Enough.

Pat got a job moving some kegs OF
powder, and, to the alarm, of the fore
nan, was discovered smoking at his work.
''Gracious!" exclaimed the foreman. do
you know what happened when a man
moke at this Job some years ago? There
was an explosion, which blew up a dozen
men,"
THAT couldn't happen here" returned
Pat, calmly.
why not?"
Zoos there's only me and your was
The reply.
There are only So female physicians
In the German empire.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27

There is no need to suffer with sore
ness and stiffness of joints and muscles.
A little Hamlins Wizard Oil rubbed in
will timber them up Immediately.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27

SOUTH DAKoTA.-160 acres. B~roolings,
county farm, all cultivated. buildings: so,
per acre. Terms, write Owner, Alex Pow
ell, Clear Lake, s. D..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27

Mr.. v~vinslSvV's BoogHIHs sYEvP for 0nfdrel
- ethinR, Hoftohs the gums, reduces innammatl on
Glayspain. euyss wind eolLa. 2ss bottle.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27

II Your Eyes Bother iou
get a box Of PETTIT'S EYE SALVE,
old reliable, most successful eye remedy
made. All druggists or Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y. E
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
a6,699 MEN ENGAGED IN
CONSTRUCTION OF CANAL

WASHINGTON, June 5.-Employes
actually at work in building the Fan
anna canal now number 2o,o5o' as
shown by the report of the chief quar-.
termaster for the month of April VI
this number 1855 are "gof9- employees
and the remainder are on the silver
or labor roll
The Panama railroad force numbers
6O7S and the railroad commissary force
7S6.
Thus the total number at work both
on the canal and railroad Is shown to
be 33,699.
The report states that $50 laborers
from Barbados were imported during
the month, 500 of them being assigned
to the railroad for work on the relo-
Gated line and $50 on the three con-
struction divisions of the canal work.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
CANADA TO HELP
DEFEND ENGLAND
READY AT LAST TO DEFRAY
PART OF EXPENSE
OWNER OF MONTREAL PAPER
ADDRESSES JOURNALISTS
Sir Hugh Graham Tells Editors in
London Colonies Will Come to
Assistance of Mother
Country
1Rv Associated Press.l

LONDON, June 5.-The most repre-
sentative gathering of British news
papermen ever held took place tonight
at the gardens at Shepard's Bush,
when 1000 journalists of the United
Kingdom gave a banquet IN honor OIL
the fifty-seven colonial delegates to
the Imperial Press congress, which Will
open at the foreign office Monday.
Every section of the British isles sent
a delegation.
The colonial visitors will make
strong plea for the reduction of cable
rates and the laying of government
cable across the Atlantic, as suggested
bv Minister LemieuX, postmaster gem
eral of Canada, thus linking the Unit
ed Kingdom, Canada, Australia and
New Zealand by an "all red line. "A
movement will be started also for the
establishment of an imperial press as
sociation and the interchange of news
between the colonies and England
Lord Burnham presided at tonights s
banquet Lord Rosebery delivered the
speech of welcome. Referring 10
Forthcoming visit of the delegates to
the fleet at Spithead, where naval
review will take place, he characterized
the present situation in Europe as
ominous. There was an absence OF
questions which ordinarily might be
expected to lead to war, he said, yet
the threatening and overpowering
preparations for war were unprece-
dented in history.
Lord Rosebery Uneasy
He was confident of the power Of
England to meet any reasonable con-
junction of powers, but when he saw
This bursting out of navies he was un-
easy regarding the outcome. LORD
Rosebery asked the delegate to carry
the message that responsibility rests
on every man in the empire and to tell
the colonists of the pressure on this
little island.
Sir Hugh Graham, proprietor OF a
Montreal paper, responded to LORD
Rosebery's toast, "Our Guests" He
said the colonial press was responsible
for the wave of sentiment which is
sweeping the outlying portions OF the
empire. Canada, he said, had for long
years sponged on the mother country
for protection and was too mean to
offer to pay her share, but change
was impending.
Inspired by the pluck of New Zea-
land and Australia, which were al
ways in the van, Canada was now
sending delegates to discuss the ques-
ton of the defense of Great Britain.
If wise craftsmanship governed the
delegates in the discussion 1t meant
new and importan step in the safe
guarding of imperial interests.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
AMERICANS TO QUIT
AQUEDUCT WORK IS
ENGINEERS OPINION

'In the opinion of practically all the
Americans on the aqueduct work, if
the bonus system of paying is not re-
stored as it was, fully 80 per cent of the
aqueduct force will be foreigners by
October L." declared F. ]. Newton, a
civil engineer, who came down from
the Saugus division last night THE
opinion is general along the aqueduct
that the change will have the effect
of driving Americans off the job and
replacing them with Italians, Greeks
and other foreign workmen"
Mr.. Newton said that a general de-
sertion of camp No. 2 on the Saugus
division was started yesterday morn
ing through dissatisfaction of the men
with the payment system and the COM
missary, but that the foreman, L. j..
Nolan, induced the men to remain un-
til their grievances could be presented
at the office OF the aqueduct bureau,
which will be done Monday.