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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26
RACE TRACK PLAY
SCORES At GARRICK
Max Dill and His Company Keep
Audience Laughing From
Beginning to End
LOra Lieb and Percy Bronson
Are Applanded for Their
Singing

Sparkling with wit and humcF the
musical comedy. Playing the Ponies"
was produced at the Garrick theater
yesterday and proved a laugh producer
from beginning to end. 1t will be con-
tinued during the week
Miss Lora Lieb has the part Of a
young woman who frequents the races
and is called Baby Doll" by Max Dill
and Roger Gray. the comedians, from
whom she extracts numerous bank
rolls. Her song. Hello. Mr.. Moon
man. Hello" made a decided hit.
Dill and Gray were applauded for
their cOmical antics and Percy Bron-
son was recalled several times for his
song. Easy Money"
The play is in two acts. The first is
at the race course and the second. at
Coney Island. The scenic effects are
excellent.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26

vEREIN TO HAVE BANQUET
= re fffr-frst anniversary banquet OF the san
p~snefsco Schuetzen Nerein win be held at
nc Palace hotel Sunday at 6-30 p. A
,lance VII follow Music viii be under the
rersonal direction If Louis NJ v. Ritzau.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26

n man with a family can live in the
city on less than he can in the country
If he has to.
Perhaps the. straight and narrow
path might be more popular IL made
wide enough for gasoline joy buggies
The loser never wastes his sympathy
on the winner.
1t is not a difficult matter to be as
honest as policy is.
The world is full OF misers-as the
spendthrift looks at il.
No man is so color blind that he can
be fooled on the long green.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26
NO DEATHS IN EIGHT
YEARS IN THIS TOWN
It's a Sunny Village Near City
of Madrid

There is a little village near Madrid
in which there has not been a death
for eight years. In fact there has not
been a funeral during that time in the
parish from any neighboring place
This happy state of things, we learn
from a Paris contemporary, tells very
severely upon the parish priest for
he is deprived of much of his income
Things have become so bad that he
has sought another sphere for his la
bors under less sunny skies. But as
to the grave digger. He has not re-
NAMED idle. He has been busy with
his spade, in order that it may not
rust, and in the cemetery, which the
dead have deserted, he has started a
kitchen garden. Probably we shall
find the Adventists settling in this viii
lage.
People who try to practice all they
preach learn to cut their sermons
short.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26
GOOD VAUDEVILLE
AT The EMPRESS
Clever Trio of Comedians Wins
Twenty EncOres From
Large Audience

a good vaudeville bill is offered at
the Empress theater in Market street
this week. a bill full of laughs and
clever character sketches, with some
good Juggling and acrobatie stunts
featured and number of old familiar
airs recalled. 1t is a bill that will
appeal to the great majority of vaude-
Vile lovers, as it undoubtedly did to
its large audience last night. espe-
clally in "A Little Bird Was Looking
All the While which called for 90 or
more encores.
In this number the Knight brothers
and Sawtelle are seen in a foolish
little series of mirth provoking dia-
Iogues, interspersed whit songs, witty.
wise and otherwise. and with dances
comtcal to a degree.
Pat Reilly was seen in a military
playlet. called The Days of 81" He
was assisted by Miss Flo Wells. The
scene is laid in the old soldiers home
in Washington.
Huntress was seen in a number of
clever character and classic dances in
an appropriately flmy costume Elsie
Schuyler revealed some good comedy
acting in her gallery of girls. old ia
miliar songs that somehow never tire
were sung by Days Country Choir.
and number of other mirth pro-
voking scenes We're featured. the pro-
gram ending with a number of in
teresting motion pictures.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26

American negroes possess and man
age IS banks Of a total capital Of
ss5oo.oot
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26
DICKENS SWEETHEART
HEROINE OF NOVEL
Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper Lived
Opposite Him

Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper. who is near
ing her ninety seventh year, and who
is still comparatively hale and hearty,
strangely links the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. Who. looking at
this venerable old lady. would think Of
imagining that she and Charles Dick
ems had once been sweethearts. Yet
says M. A p" it is perfectly true
As little girl she lived with her par
ents in Johnson street. Clarendon
square. On the opposite side dwelt the
Dickens family, and between the future
novelist and little Miss Milton. as she
salled. there grew up great
friendship which lasted many years.
and which might have been eemented
by marriage had the fates so willed
Dickens as a term of endearment,
called her "Dorrit, and, when his pa
thetic Story OF the Marshalsea came to
be written, the little friend of his
youth was utilized as the heroine.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26

Some women would eat predigested
sawdust If it was labeled complexion
beautifier.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26
JOHN d. GIVES GOLD
TO SCHOOL TEACHERS
Phone Girls Get Money From
Helen Gould

TARRYTOWN, N. Y. Dec 25.-John
D. Rockefeller sent $25 in gold pieces
to each of the school teachers in this
section for Christmas. Miss Helen
Gould gave gold to the girls in the
telephone exchange and to the railroad
employees. For her employees she pro-
vided gold pieces and turkeys.
A man is sure to have enemies-un-
less he marries woman who has no
relatives.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26

IMPRovERS GUARD TITLES-The South Cen
trsl improvement association will hold a Spe-
cial meeting this evening in St. Josephs hall
1413 Howard street. for the purpose OF Civ
ing members an opportunity of having their
titles perfected under the McEnerney act at
lowest rates. December 81 IS the last day
upon which this can be done.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
Deafness Cannot be Cured

By local applications, rs they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There Ia
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t 10
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to Its normal condi-
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever:
nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an infiamed con-
dillon Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
f. J. CHENEY g CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
His Hands Cracked Omen.

II am man seventy years old. My
hands were very sore and cracked
open on the insides for over a year
with large sores. They would crack
open and bleed, itch, burn and ache
SO that l could not sleep and could do
but little work. They were so bad
that ! could not dress myself in the
morning They would bleed and the
blood dropped on the floor. l called
on two doctors, but they did me no
good. l could get nothing to do any
good till got the Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. About a year
ago my daughter got a cake of Cuti.
cura Soap and one box Of Cuticura
Ointment and in one week from the
time | began to use them my hands
were all healed up and they have not
been a mite sore since. l would not
be without the Cuticura Remedies.
They also cured bad sore on the
hand OF one Of my neighbor's children,
and they think very highly of the Cuti-
cura Remedies. John w. Hasty So.
Efingham. n. H.. Mar and Apr. II. '09."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
The Editor and the Office Devil.

Enraged over something the local news
papers had printed about him, subscrib-
er burst into the EDITORS office in search
of the responsible reporter.
who are your" he demanded, glazing
at the editor, who was also the main
stakeholder
I'm the newspaper" was the calm re-
ply.
And who are your" he next inquired
turning his resentful gaze on the choco-
late-colored office devil clearing out the
waste basket.
"Me?" rejoined the darby, grinning from
ear to ear. "Ah guess abs de curud sup
plement."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
U.efuI sorino..

In certain favored portions, OF the
globe, says writer In the Wide World
Magazine, nature seems to have gone
out Of her way to produce phenomena
which are Of distinct use to mankind.
In the vicinity Of Reykjavik, Iceland,
for instance, there are some springs the
water of which is scalding hot. The
springs, however, rise close to stream,
which Is thus made warm, thereby ena-
bling the Icelandic women to wash
clothes in 1t very effectually and eco
nomicauy; whilst a short distance
away, where the water Is cooler, a
ready made warm bath can be INDUCED
in. Tho springs, of course, are of vol
can.c origin, and strong smell of sui
phuretted hydrogen pervades the at
mosphere in the neighborhood.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
Only One African Rhino.
Theodore Roosevelt IN Scri


For years most South African hunt
ers, and most naturalists, believed in
the existence of two species of pre-
hensile Tipped, or so-called black"
rhinoceros; one with the front horn
much the longer, one with the rear
horn at least equal to the front. 1t
was Selous, singularly clear sighted
and keen observer, who first proved
conclusively that the difference was
purely imaginary. Now, the curious
thing is that these experienced hunt
ers usually attributed entirely different
temperaments to these two imaginary
species The first kind, that with the
long front horn, they described as a
miracle of dangerous ferocity, and the
second as comparatively mild and in
offensive; and these veterans Drum
mond is an instance) persuaded them
selves that this was true, although
they were writing in each case of iden-
tically the same animal.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
Show Your Sunk.

There never was a gutter but who blamed
the world at large
Who couldn't frd a lame excuse for any
sort Of charge
Whoever owned up to the truth-that he
was all to blame,
Instead Of realizing that he'd simply quit
the game.
Men who achieve will never stop so long
as there's a chance.
You can't defeat 'em with a blow--with
jeer or sneering glance.
They're right at start-they're right at
heart-and fight through to the finish
No matter what befalls them, grit nor
courage will diminish,
Stop sniveling and driveling and crawl
from out your funk,
Start In and grow spine-chrk up and
show little spunk;
Erase despair from off your face-clear
doubt out of your soul,
So long as you have health, you've wealth
you still are sound and whole.
Detroit News,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
* DADDY'S ;.
GOOD might STORIES
THE LITTLE COUNTRY MICE.
BY Farmer Smith.

Il am going to tell you some new
stories" said Ethers father last night.
How would you like to hear about
the little Country Mice?"
That would be fine," said Ethel,
opening her eyes real wide.
SO here Is the story her father told:
Mr.. and Mrs. Mouse and their little
daughter, Matte Mouse, lived in a
field back Of the big barn which be
longed to Miss Lucy's home In Florida
Mr.. and Mrs. Mouse spent most Of
their time hunting for something to
| eat and lodging Waffes, the cat, who
spent most of her time around the
barn, with one eye on the birds and
another on the lookout for mice.
Every morning when Mr.. and Mrs
Mouse got up and had their break
fast, Mrs. Mouse would always say to
Matte: Now do be careful, and do
not go near the barn without first see
Ing IL Waffles Is asleep on top of the
fence"
All right, mamma dear" Matte
would say. 'Tll be very, very careful
and always climb a cornstalk or q
tree in order to see If our enemy is
anywhere to be seem"
One day when Matte Mouse was
on the lookout for any apple that
might drop from the tree, she could
not see Waffies anywhere on the fence.
But she heard an apple drop to the
ground and she thought the best thing
she could do would be to go after the
apple and have a nice breakfast, and
perhaps she might be able to take a
piece home to her mother. So she
crept along, inch by inch. until she
was right under the apple tree and
ready to eat the apple. Just then she
peeped over dirt hill and saw Waf-
fies almost upon her. She knew 1t was
useless to climb the tree because
started for the tree, and Just as Waf-
fies was ready to take her in one
mouthful little Matte Mouse skipped
into little hole in the trunk of the
tree and and lay down almost ex-
hausted, while Waffies stood outside
licking his chops and saying, MY,
what / misSed!"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
MISCHIEF MAKER.
A Surprise in Brooklyn.

An adults food that can save a
baby proves itself to be nourishing
and easily digested and good for big
and little folks. A Brooklyn map
says:
When baby was about eleven
months old he began to grow thin and
pale. This was, at first, attributed to
the heat and the fact that his teeth
were coming, but, in reality, the poor
little thing was starving, his mothers
milk not being sufficient nourishment.
"One day after he had cried bitterly
for an hour, / suggested that my wife
try him on Grape-Nuts. She soaked
two teaspoonfuls in saucer with a
little sugar and warm milk. This
baby ate SO ravenously that she fixed
a second which he likewise finished.
1T was not many days before he
forgot all about being nursed, and has
since lived almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts To-day the boy is strong
and robust, and as cute q mischief
maker as a thirteen months old baby
is expected to be.
VIC nave put UcloIe Hill oIhoi
foods, but he will have none Of them,
evidently preferring to stick to that
which did him so much good-his old
friend, Grape-Nuts.
use this letter any way you wish,
for my wife and l can never praise
Grape-Nuts enough after the bright
sss 1t has brought to our house
hold"
Grape-Nuts is not made for a baby
.ood, but experience with thousands OF
b2bies shows II to be among the best,
IL not entirely the best in use. Being
a scientific preparation OF Natures
grains, 1t is equally effective as body
and brain builder for grown-ups.
Read the little book, 1.-The Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's Rea
SON."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
Smoking Through Hole in Head.

Smoking Through Hole in Head.
During the South African war, says
a writer in the Strand a Boer soldier
named Frank Brown was shot in the
forehead with a rifle bullet. Strangely
enough it did not kill him, and after
the war he secured employment on
one of the transatlantic steamers.
When fully a year had passed, he COM
planned of trouble in his head, and
after thorough examination the sur
geon Of the ship decided that the bull
let, which had never been removed
must be extracted. This was DONE
and afterwards, for the amusement of
his friends. the wounded soldier placed
lighted cigaret in the hole from
which the bullet was extracted, and
drew the smoke through his nose.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
Standard OH Company
OIncorpor1te0

situated at the tail of the Great Gear,
as the test. Indeed, the Arabs call
it the Test star. 1t Is most exceptional
to be able to see Jupiter's satellites
with the naked eye, though one or two
cases are recorded, the third satellite
being the most distinct. Peruvians are
said to be the longest sighted race on
earth. Humboldt records a case where
these Indians perceived a human figure
Is miles away, being able to recognize
that it was human and clad I'm white.
This is probably the record for far
sight
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
CRYSTALS OF cELlULoiD.
Will Not Break as Easily as Glass
Used In Cheaper Time Pieces.
From the New York Haral1

Celluloid watch crystals have ap-
peared in the Maiden Lane district and
are sold with the guarantee that they
will not break as easily as the ordinary
crystals made Of glass. They are
placed in some Of the cheap open face
and hunting case watches.
Several objections to the innovation
are urged. Dealers say that in the thin
watches the lids are elastic to some
extent, and IL the crystals may also be
bent, as is the case when celluloid Is
used, then there is likely to be inter-
ference with. the hands of the time
piece. Another objection is that cellu-
loid contains traces of acid which are
likely to rust steel parts Of the watch.
A third objection is that celluloid is
infiammable.
The new crystals cost little more
than glass
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
WAFFLES, THE CAT,

EthePs father opened the window
last night and then took his seat be-
side the bed and told his little daugh.
ter the following story:
When Waffles. the Cat, woke up, he
stretched himself and looked all
around to see If there might be any
thing new in the way of something to
eat.
He saw that the children had left
the playground and also that there
were some dainty morsels of bread and
cheese left. II there was anything
that Waffies did like it was a nice
piece Of cheese.
TITS funny" he said to himself, ito
think that mice like cheese and so do
| CATS"
by the way, think I smell some
thing that reminds me Of a little
mouse" said he, as he carefully picked
his way among the clods of dirt. Now,
just as soon as get through with this
cheese i am going to take a little Jour-
ney and see If can find out where
| those mice come from"
Then Waffes sat down quietly and
ate the cheese, which the children had
| left.
MY. but that is good he said tc
himself. 1T would be fine idea to
| finish my meal with a little mouse.
| The only thing know to do is to leave
something here which looks like a
piece of cheese; then I will hide in
the tall grass and wait until the little
mouse comes back to get the cheese,
| for there certainly must have been
some mouse here. unless my sniffer
deceives me, and I do not think it
does"
Waffies sauatted down in the tall
| grass and lay very, very still. my,
| how still I am; don't believe even my
whiskers are moving" Just then he
saw little Matte Mouse creeping to-
ward him and he said to himself:
"Oh, my, oh my, how my mouth does
wa er." Little Matte Mouse crept
nearer and nearer and just as Waffles
was getting ready to spring, Rover
came barking down the field and Waf-
| fles said to himself: Il know I'll miss
that mouse, but the best thing for me
to do is to scat as fast as l can"
and he bounded out of the grass and
ran toward the barn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
Earn $50 to $50 Per Week.

That is the usual pay for trained
chauffeurs, drivers and auto repair
men. Some earn as much more ON
the side selling auto supplies and spe.
cialties. For an outline Of a complete
correspondence course in automobile
engineering, repairing and driving
such as will fit you to take a position
as chauffeur, driver and repair man.
write the Atlas Auto Supply Co., S3s
Forty-third street, Chicago.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
The CITY MIcE,s RIDE.


Ethel's father took his place at her
bedside last night and asked her,
What other colors are mice besides
gray?"
IT do not know" said little Ethel.
"Then you find out tomorrow" said
her father and tell me tomorrow
night"
City Mice" said Ethel, and her father
told her the following story:
When Mr.. City Mouse woke up one
morning he found himself and his dear
wife and baby riding in a wagon far
out in the country He peeked out as
he went past the hills and valleys,
and once in while he could see the
little brooks dancing along through the
fields.
He thought he would not wake up
his wife and Maudie Mouse, but would
let them sleep until the wagon stopped
and then they would all scurry as fast
as they could to some nearby barn.
BY and by the wagon stopped and
Mr.. City Mouse peeked out to see If
all was well. Everything was quite
still and he saw the man leading the
horse into the barn. He woke his wife
up and then his little daughter.
Hurry up, hurry up" he said, 'let
us scoot out in the tall grass and wait
until we can get to the barn.
"All right, all right" said Mrs. City
Mouse putting on her bonnet and help
ing little Maudie to dress IT'S about
time you had a new bingham dress"
said Maudie's mother.
Look out, and don't step on my
dolly" said Mandy
Hurry along, hurry along. now"
said Mr.. City Mouse jumping hp and
down, he was so nervous.
Soon they were ready and they
hoped down from the wagon seat on
to the ground and scurried into the
tall grass as fast as they could.
II am so glad to get away from
those cats" said Mr.. City Mouse.
$50 am l." said his wife.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone in need Of laxa-
tive is not question of single &C.
ton only, but of permanently bene.
fetal effects, which will follow proper
efforts to live in healthful way. with
the assistance of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, whenever it is re-
quired, as 1t cleanses the system
gently yet promptly, without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference Of all who wish the best Of
family laxatives.
The combination has the approval
of physicians because it is known to
be truly beneficial, and because it has
given satisfaction to the millions Of
well-informed families who have used
it for many years past.
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21

Ids, MIMI,
Brookville, Ohio.-"I was irregular
and extremely nervous. A neiehbor
recommended Lydia E. Pink6am's
Vegetable Compound to me and have
become regular and my nerves are
much better. Mrs. r. KINNIsoN.
Brookville, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
of female diseases we know of. and
thousands Of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints. Inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors.
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
Indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her.
self to give Lydia K. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
IfyOu want special advice write
Mrs. Pfnkham, Lynn, Mass, for it.
1t is free and always helpful.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
Thia VIII Interest," Mothers.

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, cure Feverishness Headache, Bad
Stomach. Teething Disorders Regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms They SreSx
UP colds in "a hours. Pleasant to take.
and harmless as milk They never fail. At
all Druggists, Csc Sample mailed FREE.
Address, Ala Q s. Cimsted. Le Roy. N. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21

In the city of Canton, China, are
such pleasant sounding streets as Be-
nevolence, Peace, Bright Cloud, Long
evity, Early Bestowed Blessings, Ever
lasting Love, One Hundred Grandsons,
Refreshing BreeZes, Ninefold Bright
ness and SO on.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21

Recent experiments have proved con-
clusively that coal dust which has been
ground to q state so fine that it will
pass a 200 mesh sieve will explode from
contact with either a naked fame or
with the arc of an electric current.