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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
Prolonnad Shock.

windsor, Ont, Special. - For half
an hour Frederick Menhennick, Of
st. Johns, Quebec, who is at Has
tings, Mich, visiting a brother,
served involuntarily as the medium OF
q current Of electricity, not of sufi-
cient force to kill him, but strong
enough so that he experienced all the
sensations of death in the electric
chair. To investigate what proved to
be a bursted water pipe, Menhennick
carried an electric coil lamp into the
cellar Of his brothers house. The coil
by which Menhennick held the lamp
became damp and when his feet struck
the water, which stood several inches
deep in the cellar, a circuit was formed
which sent the deathdealing current
flying through his body. Although
possessed Of his senses M~enhennick
was powerless to move a muscle. Mel
Their could he cry out. For half an
hour he stood thus, unable to release
his hold of the lamp, his body throb-
bing under the effect OF the current.
Then he fell unconscious, the lamp was
Jared out of his hand the circuit
broken. The fall into the cold water
revived him. Apart from severe burns
TO his hands he is suffering greatly
from the shock of his terrible expert
ence, but Is expected to recover.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
Good Speech Almost Spoiled.

SAAS - hA~
This debate in the Senate the other
day must remind you of your old days
in the House, doesn't it?" asked a
friend Of Senator Dolliver.
Yes" remarked Dolliver. w used
to have some great times there. The
House is al interesting place. One
neve knows there when he's going to
run foul Of some bright chap who'll
bowl him over. l remember one time
l vas making a speech there on the
tariff. I was painting the glories Of pro-
lection. / was contrasting the pitiful
conditions of the poor in Europe with
the people who work in this country.
I was telling about the people who
came from Europe to my district, how
they ~prospered and often sent back
something out of their savings to their
parents or other relatives in the depths
of poverty in the old country. I de-
scribed how I had often seen them
weep as they thought Of the grinding
conditions under which their loved
ones struggled back in the fatherland.
Suddenly Caruth, Of Kentucky, arose
in his place, looked solemnly over his
glasses at the speaker, and, in his high
pitched, peculiar voice, said:
Mr.. Speaker, what did the gentle
maj from Iowa say all those folks
were crying about?'1
well, It was too much for the
House. The members roared with
laughter and yelled and cheered, and
1t was some time before I could go
on. In fact, it pretty nearly ruined my
speech"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
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The Ipsubstor in Egypt.
rhE olL ThAr PENErRArEs

Methods for Matching eggs artih-
cially are about as old as the pyra-
mids. The Egyptians were the pio-
neer poultry raisers and they were able
70 devise q means to do the work OF
the setting hen or the setting goose-
in Egypt geese were the principal do
nestle fowls. Several of h ancient
have mentioned the skill OF
the Egyptians in poultry culture. This
is from Diodorus, a Sicilian traveller
and historical, who visited Egypt about
10 b. c.:
"Of ali the discoveries to which any
class Of Egyptians attained the one
which is most worthy of admiration IL
their mode of rearing fowls and geese;
and by a process their ingenuity has
devised they hatch the eggs n there
by secur al abundance OF poultry
without the necessity of waiting for
the incubation of the hens.
"The ~poulterers may be divided into
two classes-the rearers and those who
sold poultry in the market; the former
living in the country and villages and
the latter in the market towns"
The incubator Of the Egyptians was
a simple device, nothing like the mod
ern c~ontrivances that are automatically
heated by electricity and have every
comfort for the newly Matched chicks.
The Egyptians Matched the eggs in
ovens built or the ground and heated
by a SLOW" fire. The ovens were kept
at a temperature OF about 104 degrees.
The Egyptian roHlterers had no Their
mometers, and they had to guess at
the temperature, but by long expert
ence they became expert.
did the Egyptians stay up all night
with their incubators? The early writ
ers on say, but perhaps they did.
Diodorus neglected to give details.
Pliny, the Roman traveller, estimated
that the Egyptians Matched 100 million
eggs a year in thor incubator ovens.
Chambers encyclopedia says: from
time immemorial the Egyptians have
Matched eggs by artificial warmth in
peculiar ovens called mammals
THE modern Egyptians particularly
the Copts," says Gardner Wilkinson,
the Archaeological, 'have borrowed the
custom Of Matching eggs artificially
from their predecessors, and eggs are
annually Matched In the towns of up
per and lower Egypt"
Chickens, perhaps, were not known
in Egypt at the time of the Pharoahs,
but the absence of these domestic
fowls, was compensated for by the
great abundance of ducks and geese,
more especially the latter. In ancient
Egypt geese were cultivated as n of
the main articles of food in the
try and they were reckoned as among
the most valuable farming products.
Geese were sacrificed to the gods. When
an inventory was made of the belong
ings of an Egyptian farmer, the goose
eggs on hand were counted. Most of the
eggs Matched by artificial warmth by
the Egyptians were those of geese.
Egypt always has been q wonderful
egg producing country. Fowls of many
different kinds increased by the mil
ions in the lowlands along the Nile
river. The Egyptians robbed the nests
Of ducks, geese and other wild fowls
and Matched h eggs in their ovens.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
Sick Room Eduoation.

BY Ada Patterson in New York American.
When some n with glowing cheeks
and brilliant Eyes and a springy step
says:
Il have never been Ill In my life," /
think, What an education In the real
things of life you have lost! What dis
cipline you have missed"
For, rs we look at the world through
he windows of a sickroom, we learn
he lesson OF helplessness. In health
we are, or should be, nightly self-re-
liant. But Illness lays our spirits low.
We who had thought we were world
conquerors conclude that we are puny
atoms. That sense. though a passing
one, is Christening. "
Looking with tired, longing eyes
through the windows of a sickroom
at the hurrying world outside, we have
q new sense OF values. The enmities
in our lives seem trivial, the friend
ships great. Those whom we love seem
very close to us, those we hated very
far of. We know what before we had
not known-that the friendships we
have formed have been the sweet,
green places in our lives.
70 our vision, as we peer day after
day through those windows upon the
Kaleidoscope which is life, comes a new
~clearness. We understand many things
that had nuZZled us. One of these is
the egotism of invalids. In the cruelty
OF our strength we had thought them
bores. We had tired of their ailments,
beer exasperated by the recital of their
symptoms. But with the clear. new
vision have come understanding and
pity, understanding that our conversa-
ton cannot rise higher thar its source,
our W lives. the body life and the
thought life, and pity for the person
immured within the everyday, narrow
ing walls of that world OF pain.
Through the sickroom windows we
see another truth, the esteem tina great
skill deserves. The physician or sur
geon who every day to our bed
side to mend the battered craft for
another voyage--what reverence is due
him for work well done! s.
There flies through the sickroom win
dow a guest we may before have
entertained. 1t Is patience. We have
expended energies in doing. Now
we use them in bearing. 1t captures
u minds and pervades our hearts
this new power to bear thai condition
which we cannot alter, to bear IL
quietly, bravely, with no outward
hinching.
We look through the sickroom win
dows again, but 1t is from the other
side. We are taking our place, though
1t be with feeble steps, in the march
Of life, and the look through the win
dows is a backward one. The world is
big n joyous. The sickroom at which
we are taking the backward glance was
little and full of pain.
But 1T taught us many lessons, un-
forgettable lessons, inc the chief of
these is that the sun has arisen, and
before Its light old cares have van
ished. We are glad, radiantly, heart
b~urstingly glad, just to be alive.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
The Picture in the Looking Glass.

From Just Irish," by Charles Battell
Loomis.
The folk tale hat follows was told
me by a Dublin artist.
Once upon q time (said my friend a
man was out walking by the edge Of
the ocean and he picked up a looking
glass. Into the glass he looked n he
saw Their the face Of himself.
oh" said he, "'tis a picture Of my
father and he took it to his cabin
and hung it on the wall. And often he
would go to look at it, and always he
said, "'Tis a picture of my father"
But one day he took to himself a wife,
and when she went to the mirror and
looked in she said:
II thought you said this was a picture
OF your father. Sure, 1t is a picture Of
an ugly, ~red-headed woman. Who ia
she?"
what have ye?" said the man. step
away and let me to It,"
So she stepped away and let him to
1t and he looked at 1t again.
"Ah," said he with a sigh (for his IA
ther was dead, Its a picture of my
father"
step away" said she, "and let me
see If it's no eyes at all l have. What
have you with pictures of women"
So he stepped away and let her to it,
and she looked in 1t again.
All ugly, FGQ-IlSduSu WOindH II IN,
said she. "You had a lover before me"
and she was very angry.
Sure Well leave it to the priest"
said he.
And when the priest passed by they
called him in and said, Father, tell us
what 1t is that.this picture is about. I
say it is my father. who is dead"
And 1 say 1t is a r~ed-headed woman
/ never-saw," said the woman.
taCfan athaN ~ - aofH tho nriaSf utfh ~,
thority, and let me to It,"
So. they stepped away and let the
priest to 1t, and he looked at it.
Sure neither you nor the oma was
right. What Eyes have we? 1t is a pic
ture of a holy father. I will take 1t to
adorn the church."
And he took 1t away with him, to the
gladness Of the wife, who hated the
woman her husband had in the frame
n to the grief OF the man, who could
see his father no more. But In the
church was the picture of a holy man.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

and made me feel like q new person,
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. w. F. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me. was a great suf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said 1 would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months. -
MRS. 8. A. WILLIAMS, r. Z. D.. No. IA,
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as In
fiammation, liberation, displacements,
1ibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, Indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostitution. 1t costs but a trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
INDIAN RESERVATIONS OPEN.
Registration, July 15 to August s
Drawing, August o, 1000. .

Repatriation, July 15 to August s
Drawing, August o, 1909.
Registration for 160-acre farms in
the F1athead Reservation (450,0 900
acres), at Missoula, Mont; Occur
d'Alene Reservation GOO, 900 acres),
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho; Spokane Res
ervation 10000 acres), at Spokane.
Wash. ..... '.s .
Any qualified applicant can register
for a 160-acre farm on oil three OF
these reservations. You therefore have
three chances to win a farm. It costs
nothing to register. The cost of TAX
ing up the prize 160-acre tracts is
from $1.25 to 81 an acre.
Low fares by the CHICAGO, MnwAU-
KEE q ST.. PAUL RALwAY-$39 from
Chicago to Missoula and return. $50
to Kalispell and return. $3.50 to
Occur d'Alene and return. $3.50 to
Spokane and return, July 20. Low
fares from other points and on other
dates.--F. A. Miller, General Passen-
ger Agent, Chicago.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
TREES
ALONG THE ROADS
Urged as a Necessary Adjunct
to the Good Roads Move
ment.
PROM the baltimore American.

The state road commission has an
other duty to perform, a duty not de-
fined by statute, in addition to h
construction OF hundreds of miles of
hard, durable roads in Maryland. This
duty Is to plant trees along the states
highways. IL hampered by the lack Of
money, the commission and its enfgin-
GERS on the scene can encourage farm
ers and other residents to ngag in the
work. There would be nc complaint
II the commission used a few hundred
dollars Of the So, 000, 600 placed at its
disposal In planting trees on both sides
OF the improved roads in the city and
the counties.
The state geological survey, which
began the work of construction of good
roads in Maryland, was not unmind-
full Of the beneficent results of vege-
tation. When a deep cut was made
through a hill in grading the Silver
Spring road In Montgomery county a
few months ago the n~eighboring farm
J ers We're encouraged to 10Y oats and
other grain on the hillsides. The sur
yey had two objects in view, to secure
a rooted soil that would prevent wash
barren outlook. President Oscar G,
Murray, OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad company, had the same pur-
pose in mind when he authorized the
SAptllhituIC VI NAlOhoaAlao IA ~ -
fertilizing the bare earthen walls of
the deep cuts through which the road
passes at several points between Balti-
more and Washington. Mr.. Murray's
idea has proved an excellent one.
These are examples which ought to en-
courage the state road commission to
lining the states highways with trees
maple, Eastwood. elm, ash, oak,
beech, birch, hickory, poplar, cedar,
willow, locust, pine, spruce, hemlock,
walnut and even fruit trees. Who can
tell but that In years to come these
trees may be cut down, not all at once,
but as they attain old age, and sold at
a handsome fgure7 This, however, ia
the commercial outlook. What of the
ethical view? what is more beautiful
than q tree-lined road or street? What
is more inviting to the weary pedes.
TRAN and to the jaded beast Of burden
than the shade Of trees on summer
days?
The work of tree planting along the
public roads ought to De a part Of the
duties OF the state commission IL not
directly, then indirectly. 1t ought to be
separate from the work performed on
Arbor day in each April by school chill
dren, and we q this work is but
indtfferently done
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
Passing of the Working Elephant.

From the Southern workman.
The laboring elephants are in their
prime when they are 25 years old They
are expensive to feed, literally eating
their heads off. It is declared that an
elephant eats a quarter of his weight
in feed every day. Certain it is that
the average amount required to keep
one OF the gigantic workers in good
condition is 500 pounds a day. While
perfectly tractable and reliable when
properly tanned and trained, an ele-
plant Is likely to become frightened
and stampede without warning. In spite
of his massive body and immense
strength, he is timid in the extreme and
becomes frenzied at the sight Of a rat,
a dog or an automobile. Every ele-
plant has a small hole in the side Of
it's head, from which, periodically, a
white fluid is discharged. Unless the
animal is chained during the entire
period of this discharge, he is liable to
turn rogue and kill everybody within
reach. At other times he Is easy to
manage The time is not far distant
when the elephant will disappear from
the lumber yards of Rangoon to give
place to modern machinery, which is
much cheaper and more reliable than
animal labor. Ever now they are van
ishing, but a few old ones may still be
seen doing their work in the mills and
Yards.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
SHOES IN VARIETY.

The number Of pairs Of shoes, slip
pers and hosiery which the summer
girl now considers essential to her
summer outfit would have been thought
madly extraVagant not so long ago.
Probably 1t is extravagant now, but
the extravaganza is looked upon as a
matter of course, n bronZ shoes.
tan shoes, white shoes, suedes, buck
skins, ~cravenette, anvas and evening
slippers in satin to match each evening
frock, are counted as necessities. Foot
wear which would have been thought
too fanciful for good taste some time
ago is now accepted without question.
Among the new things are some de-
ightful If %audacious plaid shoes in the
grayS and blacks as well as in the
brightest of colors. They are for out
ing wear and are charming on a small
foot. There are low shoes in gray
suede with heels and plain leather
covered buckles in contrasting colors.
The same idea Is carried out in the
white shoes. The favorite combina-
tions are gray and green, gray and
light rose color, and white and pink
or white and blue. Occasionally you
see q white shoe with black patent
leather trimming and there are strik-
ing shoes Of white with heels and lac
ings and tips in color, but there is
little indication that this bizarre foot
wear will be popular. The shoe ideas
thai promise to be most in favor are
those carried out in bronze leather.
Even in the most substantial of the
bronze models shown the leather has
q peculiar s%oftness and lightness that
will be delightful for summer wear.
Another advantage in its favor is that
1t can be worn with almost any kind
of costume. It's use for street wear
is already quite common.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

There is in use in some parts OF the
west coast of Africa a system of writ
ing Of native invention which is said
to be successfully competing with Eng
lish writing. 1t is called the Val LAM
guage, and was invented by Doalu
Bukere, assisted by five of his friends,
The characters resemble Egyptian
hieroglyphics, but the tongue is said to
be harmonious, relatively easy to pro-
nounce, and with a grammar that is far
from difficult. 1t is being more and,
said, may become the. dominant form Of
native speech in Liberia and adjacent
countries.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
Reflections Of a Bachelor.

FTOW inc NEW 1OrK Press.
The great objection to exercise is It Is
good for the health.
What makes woman so good is trying
to shame the men out of being bad.
A girl is hardly ever entirely satisfied
with herself unless nobody else is.
The meanest thing about having people
to visit you IS when you have to go and
visit them in return.
A man might Just as we'll make up his
mind 70 like being fooled by girls because
he's going to be anyhow.
The two persons to whom a woman's
voice can be the sweetest are a small baby
she loves and a large woman she hates,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
TO z

DO not forget that mating must new
er be washed with soapy water. A
strong solution of salt water cleans
mating and makes 1t look like new.
In laying mating place one or two
thicknesses OF old newspaper under
meath IT, for mating always let's dust
and dirt through It like a seive, and
when 1t has to be taken up the pieces
Of dust covered paper can be care
fully lifted and burned.
Widths Of mating sewed together
with a loose stitch. using carpet thread,
make the floor covering look heater and
wear better than when staples are used
TO fasten It down.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
French Village Ruled BY Women.

In the village OF Froissy, near Paris,
nearly all the important posts are Allied
by women Passengers alighting at the
railway station are met by a woman,
who is stationmaster, while her hus-
band is only q glSGd.
A barber shop begSs the notice that
Mile. Jeanne will "henceforth shave
her customers only on Tuesday and
Friday, as she has undertaken other
work" AT the postoffice the local tele-
graph messenger and postman, Nine.
Lesobre," is met. She walks on an
average Of 20 miles a day. The mu.
Goth year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

From the New york Press.

Hardly anything would be more fool
ish than for women to dress sensibly.
The fun a mar has at a summer re-
sort Is when his family are at some
other and think he is in town.
Al man has to be conceited about
of razor II takes to shave his beard
because it's SO strong.
The more friends a man has the
more 1t can disgust them for him to
expect them to do for him what they
expect him to do for them.
Before her boy Is out of his cradle
his mother gets suspicious OF how
many women are plotting to marry
all grown up
There's nothing a girl likes so much
when she is going to meet the man she's
engaged to as to write a letter to give
him.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

years. Homework was drudgery, and
l was tired and worn out all the time,
due to kidney disease. Doan's Kid
ney Pills brought prompt relief and
soon / was entirely cured"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15
From ..success Magazine"

" From success Magazine"
A lady who was very plain looking
called on a friend.
This friends little girl came into
the room and her mother introduced
her,
But, mamma, isn't she awfully
homely," said the young hopeful"
why, Laura, you mustn't say such
things, IL isn't polite" .w
II meant 1t only as a joke"
but, dear, how much more of a
Joke it would have been IL you had
said how pretty she is"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

Since 1903 there have been no imports
of live cattle to England from Argen-
tina. on account of the foot-and-mouth
disease, but the imports of frozen beef
from that country amounted last year
to 400, O47, 632 pounds, valued at $780,
SOC. 1928.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

sides and hips, head
aches, dizziness, uri-
nary disorders are
sure signs that the
kidneys need imme-
date attention. De-
lay is dangerous.
Mrs. John F. Riley,
$40 Walnut St.,
H a m n, Ohio,
says: ~"Backache,
headache and dizzy
spells were the bur-
den of my life for
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

In Is years we have imported 25,-
00O. 900 bushels Of potatoes, or, all told,
about liz of a single years crop in
this country. The value Of the i'm
ports has been $12,000,000 for the is
years; the duties paid have been &c.
600, 900.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

A white tigress eight feet eight inches
in length has been shot in Dhenkanal
state, Orissa. The ground color was
pure white and the stripes were Of
a deep reddish black. The skin has
been presented to the rajah Of Dhen-
kanal, who has had it mounted and
placed in his palace. The shikaris
(hunters) of that country say that 1t
is the only white tiger they have seen.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

this valuable medi-
cine, LydiaE E. Pink
hams Vegetables
Compound. / suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain In
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
w~eakIcould hardly
Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
stored me To health
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

To clean white marble put a lump Of
pot containing half a pint of water and
q teaspoonful of soft soap. Heat it al
most to boiling and paint 1t on the
marble while hot. Leave 1t on a day
or two and then wash Off with warm
water n clean flannel.