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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21
Meant to Sc Real Bad,

Two little girls residing in East
Eighty-sixth street, Virginia Clough
and Claire Feldman, who had long
envied their boy playmates for their
ability to enjoy such badness as is in
herent in boys, resolved to be bad
themselves. To this end they shut
themselves up In Virginia's room and
proceeded to be naughty. In fact,
they practiced swearing-just to see
what would happen.
When they were quite sure that
none would overhear them each pro-
duced a slip of paper containing the
swear words and fred away.
BULLDOG" said Virginia.
"Cigars!" was Claire's reply.
But the ceiling didn't drop. and
there was no earthquake to swallow
them up. and the two resumed their
play, a trife disappointed at the tame
termination of their badness.-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21
Great Scheme.

Dear me-" said Mrs. Housewife,
with a deep sigh, Il can't manage to
keep a cook for a week."
you should copy me-" observed her
friend. Since my husband learned
French | a keep one a year"
Mrs. Housewife looked surprised. II
don't see the connection" she said.
ITS simple enough. He now swears
at her in French instead of English.
It gives him a vent for his temper,
some valuable p~ractice-and the cook
thinks he's making love to her!"-
Satire.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21
TIL: USE OF SASHES,

Sashes are making interesting fea-
lures in the new gowns and many of
the tunic draperies which end in sashes
knot low or fall In long, straight end
from back or sides. Some such drap-!
cries have ended at the front I'm a long
single tab. Some of the smartest of.
the new gowns have two straight
ashes falling over the belt without a;
wrinkle and hanging straight, and
single tab ends are used In the same
way. Wisps of tullo loaf out from the
backs Of some Of the pretty dancing
skirts, serving thiir purpose as sasney
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21
IL Was No Porterhouse.

How did you find your steak, sir?"
inquired the expectant waiter, as he
held out his hand to receive a tip.
only by dogged perseverance," re-
piled the guest. The chef hid it I'M
der a Brussels sprout to keep it hot"
youths Companion.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21
What Happened.

"Did he have any assistance In
writing that successful playa"
Assistance? Why, man, the stage
carpenter and the head usher re-
wrote It for him."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21

Tightpess across the chest means a cold
on the lungs. That's the danger. signal.
Cure that cold with Hamlins Wizard Oil
before it runs into Consumption or Pneu.
monia,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21

The easiest thing we do is to con-
vince ourselves that we are over
worked-but the family Is skeptical!
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21

A cheerful liar is more entertaining
than a gloomy truth teller.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-21

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, ~softens the gums, reduces infamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, csc a bottle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
Wa. Good Once.

"A certain well known composer now
In the full vigor of his established rep.
utatiOn was at one time when he was
comparatively unknown engaged In
writing the music for a production IA
thered by two managers who knew
exactly what they wanted. in addition
to knowing next to nothing Of the mu-
Steal classics. After having burned
much midnight oil and worked himself
into a state OF semicolIapse in vain
endeavor to produce finale which
would please them the composer tore
up page after page Of rejected manu-
script and in despair took to the the
alter an entire section Of Faust to
which he had somehow managed to
fit the words assigned to him. He
played 1t over, and one Of the mana
gers said quite unfeelingly, Well. Gus,
the others were pretty bad. but this
one is the rottenest Of them all" Sop
remarked the weary musician dryly.
1T was considered good when Gounod
wrote it!"-Metropolitan Magazine
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
One Story Eclipsed. ]

'Hot in BraZil!'' said the young man
who had just returned from 4 trip
to South America. Well. should
say so. Do you know, for days at a
time we couldn't take our after dinner
siesta on account OF the peculiar
noises" ~ -
'What noises?" asked the blond ste
nograDher innocently.
"Why, the coffee popping on the
trees. You see, the sun was so hot
the grains just roasted before they
we're picked"
The old traveller yawned
''Rathcr warm down there, bub," he
rejoincd laconically, "but when I was
down there you couldn't sleep at night
Every once in awhile there would
sound the most extraordinary crack
ling noise that ever fell upon the hli-
man ear ~. @.. "a
''What were the sounds. Mr. Bings"
And Mr.. Bings yawned again and
replied, ''rhe rubber trees stretching
themselves - Chicago News r.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
Who're Ones Breath Falls a. Sno,


Verkhoiansk, a small village in the
northeast Of Siberia, is the coolest
place In the world. 1t is a convict
station. No precautions against es-
cape are needed. for Verkhoiansk is
guarded by the wind. Though the
average temperature of the three
worst winter months is IS degrees Of
frost, intense cold like this is easy to
bear in calm weather. But strong
breeze at that temperature or within
20 degrees Of it will kill every living
thing not under shelter In the icy
cold of Vcrkhoiansk an iron ak head
dropped on the ground smasbes like
glass. A board Of unseasoned wood.
on the other hand, freezes as hard as
steel. Frozen nicotine blocks the
stem of tobacco pipes, while ones
breath falls at ones feet in fine
white powder. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
PEOPLE-APPENDICITIs

Many Bemidji people have wind or
gas IN the stomach or bowels, sour
know that.these are symptoms of chron-
&c Appendicitis which may any minute
become acute. They should try simple
pounded in Adler-i-Ila, the new German
Appendicitis remedy-A SINGLE DOSE
will bring relief. E. N. French & Co.,
druggists state that the QUICK action
people, -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
Goina Too Far.

Along country road walked man
and woman. The latter.7a gauDt, stern
faced female. was bullying the meek
little fellow. who trudged just in front
of her with dOwncast head. Suddenly
the woman. turning, saw a bull racing
down the road behind them She
quickly took refuge in the hedge, but
her companion. unconscious of aught
but his woes. kept on his way The
bull caught up to him and sent him
spinning into a muddy ditch, then con.
tinued on its wild career. As the woe.
begone figure crawled out Of the mire
he saw his better half coming toward
him. Plucking up little spirit. he
whimpered, "MMMaria, II you hit me
like that a-gg-gain you'll really get my
temper UP. so l warn you"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
Curiosities Of EtymoIoqy.

1t is extraordinary how words for
the same thing differ in even so small
a country as England Take left
handed" for example. In Gloucester.
shire such person is described as
"scrammy," in Staffordshire he be.
comes "craggy," the phrase for left
handed Yorkshireman is "gawkrod.
ger' or ''callick handed" and in the
next county, Durham. be is "cuddy
paw."-London Telegraph.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
More and More.

The gravedigger in "Hamlet'' was
very witty man, wittier far than
many of the epitaph makers who have
adorned headstones with their jingles,
A sample Of the punning rhymes
which are cut on tOmbs follows 1t
comes from the grave of William
More. at Stepney, near London:
Here lies one More. and no more than he
The More and no more-how can that be?
Why, one More and no more may lie here
alone -.
But here lies one More. and that's more
than one. ..., /,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
Experience Teaches.

II wonder what has happened to Mr..
Greene" said Mrs, Brown to lady
friend. "He seems so dismal now, and
he used to be a practical joker!"
"Ah," was the response, 'he pro.
posed as a joke to his present wife.
She accepted him, and he says he will
never indulge in a joke again."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
A Prank Of the Tvpes,

A sentimental novelist, describing his
heroine as one who always kept mod.
estly in the background" was horri.
fed to find it recorded in print that she
always kept modesty In the back.
ground"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
As Usual.

$50 your Shakespeare club is great
success?"
Yes. We have accumulated enough
fines for nonattendance to take us all
to a musical comedy Washington
Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-05
Naturally,

A girl feels flattered when told she
looks well in anything, but a wife
thinks such a compliment only plot
to get her to wear old clothes.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24
ON EDUCATION.

What do we mean by the word
education? This word is built
upon the Latin verb educo
meaning to lead from within, to
lead out. 1t may be interpreted
to draw out what is within; or
when applied to our mental
faculties, their unfolding. In a
broader sense, developement.
During the process OF mental
training there is a sub-sconcious
classification Of the facts OBJ
served. The accuracy and de-
licacy with these facts are classi-
fed and correlated marks the
quality, and the variety Of
cources from which they are
drawn indicates the degree OF
education. In spite Of all that
has been said and written con-
cerning education, there are
those who still regard it as a
mere feat OF memory. This
idea belongs to antiquity. The
more modern, rational, conceP-
.;on measures education by the
development Of the reasoning
faculty
Nature, the arts, literature.
cannot educate; but they do put
the material for education at the
disposal Of every mind. The ac-
emulation OF TACT, by study and
experience, acquaints us with the
sources OF knowledge; thereby
,rtting into our hands the ma
terial necessary for the intelll.
oen- exercise. Of our faculty &c
reason. Cumulative experience
:, irs very essence. Is absolutely
The responsibility
81 the development OF the men
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24
The New York
Dry Goods Store
Special Bargains In Our Linen
And Domestic Department.

15c Zephyr Ginghams, yd. .l0c
15c Daisy Cloth, yd.......lOc
SOC 27-inch Natural Colored
Linen, per yard ..2Oc
II 1-2c Union Huck Towels
each ..... ..........S l-3c
zoe Fancy Corded Madras for
shirt waists, yard. .l5c
15c 36-inch very finest Silko-
line, per yard .........1Oc
$3.50 20-inch pure Linen Dam
ask Napkin, doz. isis
zoe 27-inch very fine and sheer
Dimity, in stripes and checks
per yard ........12 l-2c
25c white Shrunk Cotton for
dresses, per yard .....l5c
65c 45-inch Persian Lawns,
per yard .............5Oc SOC
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

Perseverance means, in short,
to Follow up" Hence, Patti
ence and Perseverance overcome
the greatest difficulties.
The stone is hard the drop is
small, but a hole is made by a
constant fall.
Again: Perseverance signifies
to continue in a given cause, in
spite OF discouragements in or
der to obtain our ned. Therefore
always watch and pray and not
faint, on the way, recorded in
Isaiah 30th Chap. 2lst verse;
namely: Thine ears shall hear
word behind thee saying, This
is the way, walk ye in it, when
we turn to the right hand and
when ye, turn to the left.
So let us continue making inn
provements as we go, notwith-
standing all the hard trials that
may await us. In spite OF dis
appointments, defiance of our
enemies lets 60.
tear neither the difficulties OF
foreign languages nor the differ
ence OF manners, nor the powers
of secular government. Consult
not the course OF rivers nor the
direction OF mountain ranges. Go
straight on. Go as the thunder
OF him who sent US. As the
creative word went, which car
ried life into chaos, as the Gag
/ les go, and the angels.
Persevere as the school-boys.
The sleet is falling, the winter
is cold, but we are tough and
Why should we persist? Be
cause the work is the Lords
and we must 60 on. And too,
the victory is not gained by the
swift nor the strong, but by
those htat persist to the end.
/ Hence, come veal, come woe,
we'll gather and 60 live and die
for Jesus. 10 speak on: We
must persist because our God
says to us as he did TO Moses,
why cry ye after me, Speak to
the children OF Israel, that they
/ go forward.
/ We must persevere because
there is no discourage nor va
cation in this war. The Christ
ian soldier ought to fight like a
lion. In fact he must be a lion
in the fight. Said a fox to a
wild-hog Why do you whet
your tusks now? there is NJ
sign OF the coming OF the hunt
ers or the hounds. Why Dea
friend answered the wild-hog i
would never do for me to b
sharpening my weapons whe
I ought TO using them. Learn TO
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

Senator Carter started the ball
to rolling on the proposition
against the election of Senators
by direct vote of the people, as
the present bill before the Sen
ate would legalize the disfran-
chisement of millions of vtoes,
Senator Root and others also
helped change the sentiment and
it is now doubtful if the bill in
its present form can pass and
become a law.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

SOC 27-inch Silk Null, in very
newest shades, yard .....35c
35c very large and heavy Turk
ish Towels, each ....... .2oc
Csc 36-inch Round Thread
Linen for waists, yard. soc
o lac 36-inch Bleached Cheese
Cloth, yard ......5c
SIPS Honey Comb Bed
Spread .................75 .75c
SOC 36-inch Fancy Curtain
Madras, per yard ....1lc
SOC Fancy Poplins in latest
shades for waists and suits,
per yard .35c
zoe Fast Color Black Lawn for
dresses, per yard. IL l-2c
II l-2c 25-inch Fancy Cretons
for draperies, yard. ,.,.8 l-3c
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

elected its Secretary. | name
these things only to show you
that l am striving to go upward
to the highest pinacle and l am
succeeding, and this adds to my
chance for better and higher
things. | know, dear friend, that
you, and all Of my friends at
home are looking for great things
from me because possibly l am
the possessor of a little of that
which, when developed, goes to
make up man" and l am
going to prove myself equal to
the occasion.
l attended the funeral of the
late Bishop Grant and it was one
OF the greatest occasions | have
ever witnessed. All of the
Bisops of the church were there
together with such distinguished
men as Booker Washington and
.Jno. r. Heart of Washington, D.
Z. As | sat in my seat and listen
ed and watched the ceremonies
with awe and astonishment, |
thought of how proud | ought
to be because | was a negro, and
to, thought of what opportuni-
ties and encouragement our boys
and girls out west are missing,
because they are not in the midst
OF great negroes, so that they
might be inspired by their very
presense.
Our president, DR.. Healing,
gave an obituary upon the life
OF Bishop Grant and in it he said
that this was indeed a great ma
ton and afforded great oppor-
tunities because Bishop Grant
who was born as a slave in an OK
cart had arisen so high that his
name could be associated with
those of Presidents and Kings.
And, too, he said that the very
cause of Bishop Grants success
was that he had taken advantage
of his opportunities and trusted
in God for guidance.
Since | have been here, l have
become interested in the welfare
of our young people in the West
who are, one by one, going
down because they have not
that guidance and inspiration to
lead them on.
Give my best regards to Mrs.
Bass and all inquiring friends.
Hoping to hear from you soon,
| remain, as ever,
Yours very respectfully,
JESSE L. BROOKS.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

In looking for mayorality
candidate for Butte, Jerry Mul-
Inns is one of its broadgauged
citizens who is one of the fairest
and squarest men who ever has
been before the public. We do
not even know that he would
make the race, but if so, and he
was elected, he would be the
mapor of all the people.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

The custom of observing
Lincoln's birthday has become
universal by our people all over
the country. We are proud of
the fact that way back in Kan
sas that we were one Of the pion-
eers in the movement which has
redounded to the credit of the
race.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24
LIKES WESTEDN UNIVER-
SITY
STTY
A Montana-Born Young Man In
spired and Making Good

Some time ago we advised
Jessie L. Brooks, one OF our
brightest Montaan boys who
would have graduated in the high
school here this year, that the
opportunities for advancement
were greater at Western Univer-
sity than here, and, if possible,
for him to arrange to attend that
institution. We took the matter
up with his mother and finally ar
ranged for his entrance in that
school. We reproduce the letter
which he has wrote us after ,
months at the schol which speaks
for itself. We hope that other
parents who have children can
arrange for their entrance IN this
institution which stands second
TO none as an educational insti-
tuition.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

ABOUT twenty per cent of the peo-
PIE who know what they want
or the use of the law. The ma
!ority re b draehtajorityip ra
Jorlty regard the rights of others
as they see fit and profitable to
themselves.
Let US live up to the con-
stitution, she is good for a mil
lion years. The people have not
studied it thoroughly and when
they do they think and act diff
ferently.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24
Western University

Mr.. J. B. Bass.
Dear Friend:
I had written you one letter
brt # seems as tho you didn t
receive it, 50 I am writing you
another.
I am dearly in love with West
ern University, and it has done
60 much for me since l have been
here. and I have learned 50 many
GOOD things. come il contact
with 50 many, great and good
aeonIe that it has entirely
CHANGED nv life. feel, Mr.,
Pass that ] owe al Of this to
Won and my dear mother and !
m irving and win keep striving
,,.;tb all that is in me to Obtain
III that there is in my oPPoT-
+,,rirics t'- and in the end sho"
,.,r that your efforts 70 better
-. condition and help me on TO
HIGHER things were not in van
Since I have been here ] have
,,--- class and
was recently elected President OF
he James A. Handy Ll,e[aIy sl.l -. -.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24
PEACEl
PROSPERITY
UNION

The democrats out at the State
Capitol are still showing their
mcapacity to do things, they
will adjourn and without elect
ire a Senator and two years
hence the republicans will elect
two Senators in a jiffy.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

With the decision of the Sup
RENE Court favorable to the city
government, there should be a
hasty solution of the water ques-
tion and municipal water plant.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

The election of a Mayor for
Butte will soon be the absorbing
topic in that metropolis, and it
will be a merry fight as to who
shall be the winner for the siren
uous duties of Mayor of the Big
Camp.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

Western University, at Kan
sas City seems to be forging to
the front with the versatile and
progressive DR.. H. Healing at
the helm.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24
THE NEGRO IN 1T

The NEGkO In IL
You may talk about the Negro,
You may name his faults in
finite;
But you cannot turn a wheel
That a Negro isn't in it.
You may block his civil rights,
You may say you are again"
it;
But before you turn around,
Some sharp Negro will be in it
You may build your Chinese
Walls
You may plan for every min
u
But with all your willy schemes,
Some few Negroes will be in.
You may form your Lilly
Whites
YOU may XIII your oeaV ana
skin 1t;
When the pie is passed around
"
From COOK pot TO Senate;
ri, -, -
IT., NJ. -. :: :,
Draw this thought way out
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

One OF the redeeming features
.ot this session Of the legislature
is that there has been no JIM
GROW legislation proposed not
even by the democratic house.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1911-02-24

When you reach the shores Of
hell
You will hnd some Negroes in
it.
ls&
You may reach the Land Of
Beulah,
If by chance. you s'er should
win it;
Don't you emigrate, my brother,
When you find all Negroes in
it.
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