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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
SUES COMPANY BECAUSE
OF PRACTICAL Joke

Yankton, S. D., Feb. &c. f. Bill
ings, representing an eastern jewelry
firm, has engaged local attorneys to
bring a damage suit against the Mil
waukee railroad for assault upon him
while blockaded on a rain near Scot
land. He claims that he was aroused
from sleep by a couple Of conductors
and assaulted. 1t is reported that prac-
teal jokers sent the conductors after
him on the charge that he was disturb
ing the people on the train.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
JUDGE WILL MOVE
TO HOLD POSITION

Pierre. S. D., Feb. 24.-By the
formation of the Tenth judicial
circuit out OF the big Sixth,
Judge Boucher, OF Mcpherson,
finds himself without residence
in the district which he Is serv-
ing and will move to this city.
The bill forming the Tenth
circuit went through the legis-
lature without contention OF
any sort. .~. .N'..'
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
cURFEW CANNOT RING
TONIGHT; BELL STOLEN

Alcester, 8. D., Mch. with
the determination that "Curfew
Shall Not Ring Tonight" some
Of the young people Of this place
bodily stole the curfew bell and
carried 1t away, ~secreting 1t so
well that the authorities have
since been unable to find 1t. The
town council has publicly an
nounced that the curfew or
dinance yet is in effect-bell or
no bell-and warns those e
sponsible for carrying away the
bell to return 1t or "abide by
the result"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

Canadian bank deposits, which in
creased by SIG, 600, 900 in 1907, also in
creased by $17,600.0o0 in 1908, while
commercial loans, which increased by
about s50,000,o00 in 1907, decreased by
$50. 900, 900 in 1908.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

Al recent French invention is a yarn
h~umidifler. The yarns pass through a
swiftly revolving tube in which there
Is water, and by centrifugal force this
column of water forms a collar around
the yarn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

The thrush catches such worms as
rashly show themselves above ground;
but an ancient ancestor Of the snipe
found that, II 1t followed them into
marshy lands, It could probe the soft
ground and drag them out of their
chambers. For this operation IL has
now q bill three inches long, straight,
thin and sensitive at the tip, a beau
tifui instrument, but good for no pur-
pose except extracting worms from soft
ground. II frost or drouth hardens the
ground, the snipe must starve or travel.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

Premie- Asquith has surrendered to
the British barmaid and his new IL
censing bill will contain no paragraph
eliminating her from the liquor trafic
of the empire.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

one OF New York city's Oldest
churches, built 119 years ago, and
known as 1.-THE Rock OF Methodisn."
Forsyth street.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

Competent engineers estimate that
there Is 100000 horsepower which
could be easily developed from water
power In this country. This would save
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

Daniel b.. Banks, a member of the
Baltimore Yacht club, has had in use
for IL years q yacht constructed of
concrete reinforced with steel rods.
The craft is a slow sailer, bat rides a
heavy sea easily. Several years ago
the yacht was driven on the rocks in
q storm, but was not injured.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

Messina is the scene Of one of
shakespeare merriest comedies, called
by an irony OF fate Much Ado About
Nothing" Also the most improbable
event mentioned by Benedick is an
earthquake: II look for an earth
quake. too, then."-(Act ID.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

Siberia is destined to control the but
ter trade Of all Europe. The value of
the butter shipped from Omsk alone
amounts to 43,0 900 rubles (S22,145,-
000) annually. It Is transported in re-
frigerator cars furnished by the rail-
way company to large firms in Den,
mark and Germany, where 1t is re-
packed in tins, Jars and arkins and
distributed throughout Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

dres "Beuh" beloved through the woods, frightened all the game.
 The geniuses tried to guide Jack in the way he should go. When he showed his bewilderment at their extraordinary remarks and questions, they decided in solemn conclave that he was an idiot, a clod, unable to rise to their heights You should make a workman of him." said they to the poet, who gravely agreed with them.
 , Dr. Rivals was furious when he heard the decision. He suppressed his contempt for the motley crew sufficiently to call and beg D'Argenton not to sentence the lad to life for which he was quite un- fitted. Charlotte wept at the thought of her son in overalls and with grimy hands, but D'Argenton threw back his hair and declaimed: "The days of the aristocracy are ended! The middle class is doomed! To the workman belongs the world!" Whereupon Charlottes eyes shone through her tears, and as she looked at her poet she saw a vision of Jack in a curious | minglng of royal robes and a workman's s blouse.
 
 Labassindre howled him down so success | fully that the countryside felt sure that ''those madmen'' had begun to murder each other at last
 l A few days afterward Jack was taken like a convict to the iron works at Indret. It was a terrible transition from the 1 woods-a change as if he had been thrust into the internal regions themselves His life became a flaming dream. In the midst of the appalling tumult of many hundred hammers, the whistling, roaring and stamping of great machines. the ! fierce flashes from furnaces and forges. among half naked, perspiring, blackened | giants, the delicately molded child tried to do tasks that were far beyond his strength, though easy enough for the other apprentices with their toughened muscles and tough hands.
 Pale and growing paler each day, thin. | gasping for breath, his sleeves turned up from his slender little arms, sparks falling on his white chest, his hands blis- tered with fire and toll, his throat in- famed, red-eyed and haggard, he became a factory drudge, forced constantly into more menial services as his hopeless lack of mechanical skill became apparent l At first he tried to forget 1t at night l and return to his own world by reading the books that Dr. Rivals had given him. ] But as the weary months went on, torpor I and fatigue made him sit like log In time he became oblivious to his books, to anything. He crept to his lodgings in | a workman's attic to sleep and awoka to creep again to the iron works. /, For time he kept up correspondence with the doctor and with Cecile. But | gradually they seemed further and fur ther away; and when he looked at his 1. blackened hands and broken fingernails. at his feet in great, rough boots. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
JACK [NTERS r1oR0NMLS AcADEW

Moronval for Jacks tuition had dis
 agreed with him. Therefore, he made
 noble and touching address, in which he
 graciously permitted the child to remain
 with them Out of my exhausting artis-
 tic work I will manage to devote two
 hours a day to your education that you
 may become a man like myself, thor
 oughly prepared for the battle of life,"
 he concluded. Ida flew into his arms
 with a cry How noble. how generousr' and the poet dismissed him with a ges-
 ture
 The poet soon tired of the daily in-
 struction. It interfered with his work on
 'The Daughter of Faust" The fact that
 he had never written line of it beyond
 the title did not alter this conviction. So Jack was soon left to roam the woods
 day.
 He became the friend of game-keepers
 and woodsmen, he fell in love with wood
 peckers and hares, the calm life of the forest mingled with the superabundant life that thrilled through his young be- ing, and he was as happy and as care free as a bird.
 His only trouble came when he had to return home to meals. The poet finding himself unable to write two lines that would rhyme, because more indignant every day at the stupid world that did not appreciate him. Every one else was lucky! Their books were published, and such books They stole his ideas! Not a week passed without something being published that had been his idea How infamousl'' Charlotte would cry. | Her poet had changed her name to Char | lotte, because it made him think of Goe- thes heroine. Besides he did not wish | to be reminded of the past. Though he l loved himself more than he did her, she i had become indispensable to him. Her beauty held him, too; and, without | knowing 1t, he became more and more jealous of all that happened before he knew her. Daily he disiked Jack more
 because he was the living reminder of | that past The boy felt 1t instinctively and repaid it with a similar feeling. He spent more time than ever away from the house, either in the woods or in l the house of old Dr. Rivals. The cheery l country doctor who never failed to an swer summons and never remembered to charge for a call. liked the lad. whose face. handsome as his mothers, was en-
 nobled by sensitiveness and intelligence that hers lacked. He lived to see the boy play with his orphaned granddaugh- ter Cecile, and he managed to find time in his busy day to give Jack regular lessons.
 This idyllic existence was broken harsh ly. D'Argenton, unable to exist without the plaudits of others renewed his friend ship with Moronval and soon had literary gatherings whose noisy disputations
 frightened the peasants, while Labassin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

the little fortune left by his stupid old aunt while he wrote his great epic work. ''The Daughter of Faust"
 The great Review, all the pathetically happy dreams of the futile ones. had been shattered by that selfish poet; Fiercely they assailed him at the dinner table that day. When they had worn him out as a theme for their wrath, Hirsch and Labas- sindre began to make remarks about the
 countess" They said witty things about Lord Peambock, "about the Count de Ba- rancy, about Bon Ami Jack, too inno- cent to understand, still realized that they
 were taunting his mother, scoffing at her.
 The obscure words remained in his mind like doubt, 8 stain.
 While he was in his grief about his mothers departure without sending him even a letter a tragedy shook his young heart. The little black King, weary of thrashings, fled from school, intending to make his way to Africa. After days of search he was found, half starved, half frozen, in the streets. Dragged back to the institute, he was beaten savagely by Moronval and then thrown into the dor mitory. That night Jack crept to the bedside where the pitiful little figure lay,
 babbling Dahomean in delirium. Jack
 took the wasted black hand and held 1t,
 and before dawn the little King of Da-
 honey was King somewhere. else, where
 kicks and beatings could not reach him.
 They buried Madou with great pomp.
 Moronval made funeral oration, during
 which he shed tears. Little Jack shivered
 as the earth fell oh the small coffin. He
 was convinced that he must take Madou's
 place. At the first opportunity he fled He had heard that the poet had taken
 house in Etiolles, 24 miles from Paris, and he managed to make.his way there. Ldmping and starved, he appeared be- fore the place early in the morning. He fingered near the door till at last his ! mother came out of the pretty little villa. She had come out to feed the chickens. She wore a coquettish gown. made in exaggerated country style. Her arms were gloved to the elbow and she hon ored the chickens with an occasional glimpse of striped silk petticoat and smart high-heeled slippers
 She forgot all her birdlike airs and graces when she saw the dirty. ragged forlorn little object that now came run ming to her sobbing: 'Mama Mama!" | She took him into her arms and kissed | him as if she would never stop, and cried, with passionate tears, that he should not so back to that terrible place. l Then. without gradation, she whispered l to Jack that he must wait till she pre- pared "him" for his arrival. Jack felt l a little jealous pang at once. It was | increased when he saw that the poet 8 | likeness was in every room
 l She ran away to prepare him" The poet. luckily. had just been figuring on his income. and the thought of paying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
Poor Manl
From Judge.

From Judge.
 The captain had been tortured with q million questions about everything be- tween heaven and earth. He bore 1t all heroically and patiently. The names of the towns they passed; the number of passenger on board the size of his fam- fly; how much his salary; dangers, storms, etc., etc.
 One of the Ladies-"How long have you been in charge here, captain?"
 Captain-yNot very long. madam; only two years
 Lady" Indeed? And why did the for mer captain leaveT'
 Captain-"He died, madam"
 Lady-"How sad! And what did he die off"
 Captain-"He was asked to death by the ladies'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

After George Sand had finished reading sJackp she declared herself unnerved for work, and remained idle for two or three days-a remarkable circumstance In the life of such an impassioned worker
 The story Is tragic and distressing, but enthralling. The troubles of Jack be- come the troubles of the reader His un- happy destiny weighs on the reader as if 1t were one personal to him. Few books achieve this.
 Like his other novel, "Le Petit Chose" ]" the story reminds the English reader of David Copperfield; but the resemblance Is only incidental. Style, action and consum- nation are typically Daudet-the work of a poet who writes in prose.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
IF YOU WOULD HAVE FRIENDS.
Don't Annoy People by Comparisons
That Are HumiIa,ing.

When you start in to say plain
things to anybody be sure to use plain
words and not idioms. Never use fig
ures Of speech when rebuking others,
for in time your helpful rebuke may
be forgotten, but the tang Of the
biting figure will never be forgotten,
and perhaps not forgiven. For ex-
ample, you might want to tell con-
servative person he was not up to the
times in some particular matter, but
don't call him a fossil-he would
never forget 1t. There is good deal
in a name. Never call a person a
crank-crank's a figure of speech.
Simply say you have an odd way of
looking at things" This will please,
as it suggests individuality, and not
eccentricity or worse. Picturesque
language is only interesting when ap-
piled to things. People don't like it
when applied personally. People don't
like to be placed in comical and
spectacular light, and that's where
picturesque language is apt to place
them. Whatever persons character
istics may be don't call him a mule,
or her zany. The clearer the defini-
tion the deeper the resentment. Better
not call people names, anyway-it
only arouses a lot of feeling which is
slow to simmer down. Nothing an
noys person more than to be called
some ridiculous name-it doesn't
seem to set well. In other words, use
plain verbs, and cut out the nouns
and adjectives, and you will not make
many enemies.-Newark News.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
COMPENSATION FOUND IN COLD.
Has Stimulating Effect on the Brain
According to Writer.

l have often asked to be told why
it Is that man with a cold In the
head feels himself to be a superior
sort of being to the man with no cold.
You must have observed for yourself
that this is the case. Take indeed,
your own cold. You refer to it, thirty
or forty times day, as my cold"
You feel quite sure that everybody
you meet will know that you have
cold, and that everybody will be in
terested In its progress. You will find
yourself, when in the full enjoyment
OF cold, airing opinions that you
would certainly keep to yourself un-
der normal conditions, and casually
contradicting the statements of those
for whom, as a matter OF fact, you
cherish very sincere respect There
must be some simple physiological ex.
PLANTATION for this, and | should be
greatly obliged If some medical reader
would put me in the way of under
standing II. Is 1t that the cold acts
in some soothing way upon the nerves,
thus freeing the selfconscious man,
temporarily, from his timidity? Or is
1t that the fever accompanying a cold
has stimulating effect upon an other.
wise slightly torpid brain?
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
NO COMPROMISE WITH TRUTH.
Absolute Sincerity in All Things
Marks Men Of Standing.

Sincerity is made up Of two words
sine and cere-sine, without. and
cere, wax; without wax. And it means
absolutely pure, transparent.
The human mind is constructed for
truth telling. This is Its normal con-
dition, and under the exercise of true
living and true thinking the character
becomes strong and robust.
Wilderness, completeness, comes into
the life from truth, from sincerity;
but the moment We attempt to twist
the mind into expressing deceit II be-
comes abnormal and works all sorts
OF harm to the character.
l have in mind very brilliant
writer who exchanges his talent for
cash in political campaigns. He has
written some OF the best campaign
documents for all political parties. but
the lack Of sincerity In his character
SO discounts his personality and abil.
ity that he has no standing as a man.
He Is recognized as brilliant writer.
but as man totally without convic.
tons.
There Ia something in the mind IL
self which thrives upon sincerity and
which protests against all that is
false. against all sham. Nothing ever
quite satisfies this longing but abso-
Lutte truth. The mind quickly becomes
sickly and weak when forced to ex.
press what Is false.-Orison SWEET
Marden, in Success Magazine.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
YOUTHFUL SCOT WELL vERsED.
Prompt and Concise Answer to Cate
goricaI Question.

Boston, Massachusetts,, has long en-
joyed the reputation Of having exceed
ingly learned children who are able, so
it is said, to dispute on subjects far
above the heads of their elders of 9TH
er regions. But Boston is not unique
In book entitled THE Scot of the
Eighteenth Century" Ian Maclaren de-
scribes similar characteristic Of the
Caledonian
1t is the inevitable tendency Of the
Scots mind to follow out every line
to its terminus, even If 1t be over a
precipice, and to divide every hair till
infinity is touched.
1t Is not only in church courts, but
in market places and in railway sta.
tions, in humble cottages as well as in
university societies that the Scot is
disputing, in every spare moment of
his time, from morning till night
The story goes that minister over
heard a mother questioning her child,
as it supped its porridge, after the
days work was done
What" said this austere mother,
"is the true relation between kirk and
state, according to the principles of
the Free church,"
And the favored child promptly re-
piled: Coordinate jurisdiction with
mutual subordination Youths Com.
panion.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
STRANGE, YET HAPPY FAMILY.
Extraordinary Happening vouched For
by Truthful Sailor.

Happy families!" said the sailor.
There amt no man livin' ever seen
the happy family l once saw-seed,
rather.
1T was at La Barte, the port O.
Bayonne, where the bayonets come
from. l was strollin' acrost one O.
them there salt medders full O. small
white snails, when all of sudden
gasped and cast anchor.
"a COW on a hilltop was bein'
MIXED simultaneously by pig, a
snake and dog.
Il watched that milkin' several min
utes. The COW enjoyed it-cows allus
do, you know-and the happy family
MIXED away ravenously.
Miss Snake got oneasy first. She
let go her holt, and droppin' to the
grass, slid of.
Then Mr. Pig got enough and trot
ted away with satisfied grunt. Last
to go was the dog.
I've saw queer sights all over the
world" the sailor concluded, "but the
queerest of 'em all was that there
happy family takin' its milk at La
Barre"
The druggist laughed coldly.
1T wasn't milk" he said, that you'd
been taking at the bar III wager"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
Novel Kite Game.

The manner In which kites can be
manipulated Is well illustrated by the
game OF Vakata. This game is best
played with squads Of ten or less =
side equipped with ordinary Indian
kites OF tissue paper and reels like
dumb5ells.
The game is to fly your kite 80 that
1t cuts the string Of an opponents kite
by saving 1t, rescues being effected
by Red Cross kites so manipulated
that they get underneath and pick up
the falling kite.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
EVIDENTLY WASN'T A LINGuIsT.
Lawyers Question Brought Truth
from Puzzled Witness.

An Irish lawyer who used to have
an extensive practice In the criminal
courts Of New York was once engaged
TO defend Jew charged with setting
fire to his store. He felt 80 confident
OF being able to have his client acquit.
ted that he put him on the witness
stand.
Now. my good man." he began. re
member. you are on your oath. You
stand here charged by the people OF
the state OF New York with a terrible
crime. want you to look the jury
men in the face and tell them you are
not guilty Of this cowardly deed. Are
you or are you not guilty OF this
charge Of arson?"
The Jew. who had never heard the
word arson used before, and thinking
1t was some new charge. tried to save
himself. In a thoroughly frightened
tone. he answered.
NO. chudge, your honor. am not
guilty OF arson. All done vos to make
der fire."
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
How We Learn.

Art is long, life short, judgment diff.
ficult, occasion transient. To act is
easy, to think is hard; to act according
to our thought is troublesome Every
beginning is cheerful; the threshold Is
the place Of expectation. The boy
stands astonished, his Impressions
guide him; he learns sportfully, seri-
BUSINESS come on him by surprise. I'm.
itation is born with u.s. what should
he initiate Is not easy to discover.
The excellent is rarely found, more
rarely valued. The height charms us.
the steps to 1t do not; with the sum
init in our eye, We love to walk along
the plain.-Goethe.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
Homage to Drawn.

The triumphs Of the scholar the pub
lie regards as individual; the prowess
OF the athlete is popularly held to es-
tablish the name and fame of his col
lege. or course, this Is unreasonable,
for the reputation Of university as
an institution Of learning should de-
pend upon the liberal education she
gives to those within her gates. But
1t Is quite true that, despite the excel
lent reasons why ii should not do SO,
the public continues to pay homage to
Drawn rather than brain, in so far as
the undergraduate is concerned.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
Our Serious Young Men.

One Of the things that strikes me
as so very curious about your young"
remarked visitor from Canada. is
the expression Of extreme seriousness
that they wear when entering or leav-
Ing place like this" and he waved
his hand. as II to take In the restaur.
ant at one comprehensive sweep.
Since | have been sitting here proba.
bly, twenty young men, nice, hearty
looking lads. have passed us, and they
all have worn the same expression
as II the responsibilities OF running
the whole world were on their shoul.
ders. Not one OF them has smiled. al.
though they were In parties clearly out
to enjoy themselves, and as for laugh.
ing, that seems unheard of. What on
earth is the matter with them, do you
Think"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-27
Poorly Paid for Great Wo-.

Oliver Goldsmith was an underpaid
man from start to finish. Fifty pounds
($25O) for The Vicar OF Wakefield"
was bad enough, yet for THE Travel
er" he got but ego (s1OO) and f5
.25) for his English Grammar" For
THE Deserted Village" however his
publisher sent him 100 guineas (s5OO)
This he at once returned. with the
message: 1T is too much; 1t is near
FIVE shillings a couplet, which is more
than any bookseller can afford or, In.
deed. any modern poetry is worth" So
he died with $4,000 worth of debts
Was ever poet SO trusted before ?"
said DR.. johnson.