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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11

The sunset of your life will not be
beautiful unless your home life was
pleasant during your day of work
Colonel Hunter.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11

The friend who takes your part
sometimes forgets to return 1t.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11

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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11

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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11

Humor is a great solvent against
Pbbishness and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
Sky Song.

Sky Song.
Mother, may I 60 aeroplane.
Eyes, my darling Mary.
Tie yourself to an anchor chain,
And don't 60 near the airy"
Judge.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
A Distinction.

A Distinction.
rJim may net be a successful man."
ID the optimist, but he's full of DOS.
)illties."
Perhaps" grunted the cynic, but
4 Of probabilities"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
Between Women.

Between Women.
|How exasperatingly clever she
rYes, but how consolingly homely!"
|ck.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
BITS OF HISTORY.
BY A. w. Macy.
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Bryant and the EMBARGO.

Bryant and the Embargo.
During the early years OF the 18th
century England was at war with
France, and sometimes had difficulty
in keeping her navy supplied with the
right kind of men. There were many
assertions, and frequently the deserters
would find service on board American
ships. Whereupon the English fell into
the habit of overhauling American
ships and searching them for deserters.
This the Americans did not like, espe-
cially when 1t happened. as it sCme-
times did, that American citizens were
impressed into the English service. At
the instigation Of President Jefferson
congress passed the embargo act, which.
prohibited American vessels from trad
Ing with foreign countries. Thus Eng
land could not buy certain much needed
American articles, as she had been do
ing. But the embargo act was very un-
popular with many Americans. and the
feeling on their part against President
Jefferson was very bitter. William
Cullen Bryant then a youth Of 10, wrote
lengthy TRADE against him, in the
course Of which he said:
GO, wretch. resign the presidential
chair,
Disclose thy secret measures foul or
fair:
Go, search with curious eyes for hon.
ored frogs.
Mid the wild wastes Of Louisanian
boys;
Or, where Ohio rolls her turbid
stream,
Dig for huge bones, thy glory and thy
theme,
Go. scan, philosophist, thy .
charms,
And sink supinely in her sable arms"
Bryant was becomingly ashamed Of
this when he grew up, and the poem
will not be found among his collected
works.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11

Authority is a misfit when some
people are clothed with it.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
GREAT PLANS FOR
AMERICAN CITIES
Wonders Can Be Accomplished
by Revenue Raised ~ Increas-
ing Tax on Value of Land.

In an article in Hampton's Magazine
Frederick G. Howe discusses various
plans for the development of the city
as place Of residence and business.
He tells of the improvements now be-
ing undertaken in various great cities
of the country and of plans for better
ment in many small cities. AS to the
cost of the city beautiful and useful,
he makes this suggestion:
"All that is needed is to increase the
tax on the value of the land. Then we
will begin to collect that which we all
create. That is what tile cities OF west
ern Canada are doing. They have ex-
empted houses and improvements from
taxation because they want houses and
improvements, and have thrown the
tax onto the land because they want to
put an end to the evils of land specu-
lation. Australia has been doing this
for years. So have the German cities.
England determined to tax increasing
land values last year but 1t required
something like revolution to accom-
plish It,
Mature, 1t seems. has placed in our
hands lamp Of Aladdin that needs
only to be rubbed to make possible all
these city dreams and more to enable
US to home people as the should be
homed, to build and own transportation
facilities, gas, water, electric light and
other services and operate them free OF
cost. If we want to do 30. just as are
the elevators of private buildings.
Here is an inexhaustible fountain ri
wealth. created by all of US, and grow
ing with each addition to the popula-
ton. 1t only waits to be appropriated
by taxation. By means Of 1t we can
open up parks, Fairgrounds and boule-
wards, build schoolhouses and city
clubs, make provisions for education.
recreation, music, art, beauty, and
ha id< ancin fnr
the old, the infirm and the disabled out
of the surplus which remains.
"All of these things are involved in
city planning-all these and more. For
city planning involves the subor'lina-
ton of property to people, of the in
dividual to the community it involves
the control of the Behemoth Of steam
and electricity in the interest of hui
mainly rather than Of purely private
profits.
mo city in America has worked out
a completed plan involving all these
things. but all over America men and
women are at work creating a city
sense, awakening new ideals, laying a
stone here and stone there in the new
city structure. They are laying the
foundations Of the city of tomorrow.
They are doing 1t so well that / am
convinced the American city Is destined
to be the most generous, the most hu~
name, the most democratic and possi-
bly, the most beautiful city in the
world.
1T only remains to adjust the intelli-
gence, the zeal, the genius of the race,
now absorbed in commercial pursuits,
to the service of humanity And the
advent of that day Is already close up
on us. A glimpse of the revolution Of
the past few years offers a suggestion
Of the city of tomorrow, of the city
that is even now being born"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
From q Grovestone.

From LIE.
I expected 1t. but I didn't expect Il
quite 80 soon.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
The BeIated Funeral of John Browns
Son

Old John Brown had two sons killed
at Harper's Ferry Owen and Watson.
The body Of Owen was buried with
others in o trench near the scene Of
the conflict. That Of Watson was
secured by some physicians from
medical college at Winchester, 20
miles away. Three years afterward,
in 1862, Winchester was captured by
General Banks Of the union army, and
DIR. j. j. Johnson, surgeon Of the
Twenty seventh Indiana volunteers,
was placed in charge Of the medical
college, which had been turned into
a hospital for southern soldiers. DR..
Johnson found the body of Watson
Brown, so labeled, which had been
anstomicaEy preserved as fine speci-
men Of the human body. He sent the
body to his home in Indiana, and pre-
served 1t there for many years. In
1882 word reached the Brown family
that DR.. Johnson had Watson's body.
The oldest son, John Brown, jr who
was living at Put-in-Bay, went to
Martinsville, Ind, where DR.. johnson
lived, Identified the body and took it
away with him. 1t was buried with
impressive ceremonies by the side Of
his father, John Brown Of Osawato-
mie," in the Adirondack mountains.
This account is authentic, for tho
writer Of "Cur1os Bits of History is
the one who discovered" the body at
Martinsville. A full account Of the
matter will be found in the New York
Independent Of June Is, 1895.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
upsetting tho King.

Shortly after Rollo, ancestor Of Will
lam the Conquerer, came down from
the north and settled In Normandy,
Charles III, king Of France, also
known as Charles the Simple, made
him a duke and gave him his sister in
marriage. 1t then became Rollo's duty,
as an underlord, to render homage to
the king; the homage consisting in
kissing the kings great toe. This OBJ
sequious act, not very pleasant under
favorable circumstances, was pecul-
iarly repugnant to the proud brother
inlaw. He therefore delegated the duty
to one of his vassals. But the vassal
was proud also. and did not relish the
privilege Of serving as proxy in a mat
ter Of this kind. So, when he ap-
proach the royal presence, instead Of
STOPPING down to do the kissing act, he
contemptuously seized the royal foot
and raised it to the level Of his mouth,
thereby upsetting the king and landing
him on his imperial back.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
The Sad Fate Of a stiney Bishop.

Once there was a great famine, so
the story runs. in the city Of Bingen, in
Germany. The bishop of the city was
an avaricious man. and though his
castle was full Of corn and flour, he
would not let the starving people have
any except at exorbitant prices. AS
most Of them had no money they could
not buy. At last the rats and mice of
the city, unable to find even a few
crumbs to nibble at, rushed to the cas-
tie In great numbers, and devoured, not
only the corn and flour, but also the
bishop himself. This is the legend
Longfellow refers to in his poem, THE
Children's Hour"
"They almost devour me with kisses,
Their arms about me entwine,
Till think Of the Bishop OF Bingen
In his mouse-tower on the Rhine"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11
A Stubborn Little Kingdom.

Amureth H., a 18th century sultan
of Turkey, ruled less than 20 years, yet
during that time he conquered two
empires, IL kingdoms. and 500 cities.
ing at his very door, which gave him
more trouble than all the rest COM
bined. This was Albania. For a quar-
ter Of a century 1t successfully resist
ed and defied Turkish Mohammedan-
ism. Under the gallant leadership Of
John Gratiot, whom the Turks called
Scanderbeg, the Albanians repealed 20
invasions by the sultan's army. In all
more than 100000 Turkish soldiers
were sent against the little kingdom
from time to time, and very large
percentage Of them remained to en-
rich the Albanian soil with their bones.
At no time could Scanderbeg muster
more than 10000 men. The stubborn
little kingdom was forced to yield at
last, but not till after Scanderbeg
himself had been conquered by death.
An AIbino King Of England.
1t is quite probable that England
once had an albino for king. Edward
the Confessor, who reigned from 1912
to 1866, Is said to have had long hair
and beard, both as white as snow.
His skin was Of a milky color. and his
face inclined to rosiness. His hands
always has a skin Of milky hue, with
hair of the same color, und eyes with
deep red pupil and pink or blue iris.
These peculiarities are said to be
caused by a deficiency Of certain col
oring matter In the blood. The name
albinos was first given by the Portu-
guese to negroes they found on the
African coast who were notified with
white spots Albinos are found. how
ever, among all races Of men, and also
among some Of the lower animals, as
mice, elephants, etc. From the descrip-
tons Of King Edwards personal APP
pearance that have come down to US,
reasonably certain that he was an al.
bino.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-11

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01

Omaha needs in the way of capital, that is
phase of the matter.
One expert declared that Omaha ought to be
much larger city, if only the people themselves
could be walked up to the fact that there is city
better located, or destined to a more splendid
future.
The first step in acquaintng Omaha people with
their own commercial Importance, and outside in
terests with the great field here for the Invest
ment of capital is to advertise the Omaha made
products. The manufacturers parade of this year
will be largely for that purpose. Half the people
in Omaha know but small portion Of the many
things that are made right here in the CITY, and
to help them get acquainted with their home in
dustries the manufacturers parade was put on.
OF course, the electrical parade Of this year viii
be just as great ever and the experience of six
teen in turning out floats will produce some
thing sensational and beautiful.
The first electrical parade given by the knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben part of the first years activity
when the institution was founded In 1895, the
very first year of AkSarBen festivities the knights
decided to hold night parade to signify the ad-
vent of the king into the city. The state fair
going and thousands of people were in the city.
Daytime parades were being held by the fair au-
thorites and it fine opportunity for innova-
tion in pageants. The Omaha people who con-
ceived the idea of attaching the floats to trolley
wires to light them, and propel them along the
streets at the time, were the first TO try that
experiment and its success is proved by the fact
that nearly all electrical parades made
effective in that way.
Mere mechanical ingenuity however was only
a small part of the originality that was displayed
in the floats of this first year. The builders and
designers artistic pioneers. They had to fig
out almost without precedent and experience
the principles of beauty in the combination of color
and light and form they were to make the floats.
Nebraska, as the home of waving corn, tho
idea that furnished a theme for the first parade,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01

portant events in the history OF the western em-
pire we're well illustrated and described From the
time of the first white down to the present the
western plains and their story were graphically
depicted.
In 1898 the subject "The Alhambra" the magic
tales of Washington Irving which had made the
beauties of old Spanish and Moorish mythology
well known to many readers, drawn upon
for material This was the first departure from
theme bearing directly upon the purposes of Ak
sar-Ben, and 1t was great success. Gus A. Renze,
impressario of all the great parades and factotum
OF the Den, almost since the beginning Of things,
planned this pageant and the one following it, Gus
RENEE has been the one man upon whom the busy
men of affairs who have been interested in Ak-Sar-
Ben have depended to furnish them always with
the ready idea and the brilliant suggestion. He
has planned the initiation ceremonies helped to
write the shows and carried out his own and other
peoples suggestions every year in making the whole
thing a success.
For 1899, the subject was Gems of Grand and
Comic Opera" and it lent itself to many fanciful
shapes and designs. The ideas we're strikIngy car
ried out and unusually interesting. The familiar
stories OF the best known operas by master COM
posers, and the sparkling lines of the best of the
modern light operas were illustrated successfully.
George West took hold of the designing task
in 1900, and one of the most beautiful parades OF
the whole list the result THE Isles of the Sea
the theme selected and Gus Renzo and Mr.
West worked together in harmony to produce
string of masterpieces The islands of the Pacific
we're OF especial interest that year because the
country was not yet accustomed to the idea OF
having island possessions. Cuba, the Philippines
and Hawaii were of great interest to the people,
particularly western people, and the floats took an
added timeliness from the fact.
In 1901 George f. West again the author,
and similar, romantic and interesting subject was
chosen. when Knghthood Was In Flower" it was
called and It depicted all the gloriously romantic
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01

Miss McDonough the author, entered into the spirit
of the fields and prosperity with understanding and
artistic perception Each float meant something
and the crowds delighted
AS an issue of The Bee of that date said: las
the great shining floats followed each other, each
telling its part of the wonderful story, each sue
ceeding one seemingly perfect than tho pre-
cedng, the enthusiasm of the people was brought
to a high pitch"
1t was estimated that 100000 persons were
crowded in the streets to that great cavaicade,
The fair had brought CO. 900 to the city, according
to the estimates of the papers; the 100000 people
of Omaha downtown that night, everybody
except the infirm and the sick, and most all of
Council Bluffs, South Omaha and surrounding
towns. 1t was assemblage worthy of the initial
appearance of the Modern King Ak-Sar-Ben. 1t
announced in the proclamations that King Ak
Sar-Ben had come first to the realms Of Quivera
200 years before, but the new king and the new
kingdom to found new dynasty that to
live long and prosper the site of the old seven
cities of Cibola, the dream of the Spanish discoy-
erers.
The second parade, in 1896 was founded upon
suggestions and designs by Mrs. A. ]. Turkle. 1t
THE Feast of Olympia" and in beauty and
splendor it a rival OF the first It was
estimated that there we're 100000 people to see
that one, too. The fame of Ak-Sar- Ben was begin
ming to spread Other cities interested in pageants
and fall festivals began to come TO Omaha for ideas
realizing that the problem, mechanically and ar
tistically, was being solved here Their emssaTies
came and we're convinced by Ak-Sar- Ben. and they
went home 10 put the ideas they had acquired into
execution. Omaha has not always been the SUI
preme exponent of the electrical parade in the west
but Ak-Sar-Ben has been a great name in that work
and every year has stood near the top. and many
times has been acknowledged leader.
In 1897 George F. West made his first venture
author His subject The Pageant of
Quivera." The idea was historical and all the i'm
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01

that the vivid imaginatons of fiction writer's
have led to believe happened in those times.
In 1902 Gus RENEE took the task of authorship
upon himself again and "The Festival of Fairy
land" magnificent spectacle was the result 1t
dainty and airy, and to great extent different
from the parades that had gone before. In 1908
George West tried it again and produced Poem
Pictures" This and the that followed, The
Story OF the State !" in which Mr.. Renze helped with
the design as well as the execution, brilliant
and novel spectaces
Beginning with 1905 the designing has been
done by the Board of Governors. AS a result the
floats have been, perhaps trife more varied and
novel but have failed of harmony and beauty.
In sos the subject was The World of Mystery"
1906, The Nations of the Earth" 1907, Days
We Celebrate and Songs We Sing" 1908, The
Golden West and Samson In Polytix; 1903, The
Worlds STAGE" 1910, 1.-The Ship of State and Sam
sons Quaint Quips."
For this year the Board of Governors have pre-
pared sort of kaleidoscope review of all the beau
tlful things that have been done in former parades
The list of twenty floats will be as follows:
dreams of Former Years.
II-Feast OF Mondamin, 1895.
III--Feast of Olympia, 1896.
IY-Pageant of Quvera, 1897
demonstrations, 1898.
VI-The AlhambTa. 1898
Vu-Gems of Grand and Comic Opera, 1899.
VIII-Isles of the Sea- 1900.
IX-When Knighthood Was In Flower, 1901.
X-The Festival of Fairy Land, 1902.
XI-POem Pictures, 1903
XII-The Story of the State. 1904
XIIl-The World of Mystery, 1905.
XIV-The Nations of the Earth, 1906.
XV-Days We Celebrate and Songs We Sing,
1907
XvI-The Golden West and Samson In Polytix,
1908
XVII-The Worlds Stage, 1909.
NYilI.1he snip OF states and samsons Quaint
Qups 1910,
XIX-The limitations.
%X-Fiis Majesty, The King
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01

Nzmzzzzs VERY year in the history of Ak-Sar-Ben
~ means sensations in the way OF
l parades The electrical parade given
at night, when the streets are filled
with surging thousands and the long
SSSSAAOS1 lines of incandeseent lights have
turned the city into a fairyland,
always has been and always will be the
principal outdoor feature of the festival Other
parades of the same sort are given in the western
part of the United States, many of them by organi
cations similar to Ak-Sar-Ben but nowhere do they
excel in beauty and magnificance the parades given
in this city This fact has been attested to thou
sand times by travellers, by Omaha citizens who
have gone to other cities to their displays and
by citizens from other towns who have come here,
During recent years some change has been made
in the general scheme of things, and tho daylight
parades beginning to assume greater i'm
portance. In 1910 the great military pageant, an
inspiring display of men-at-arms cavalry infantry
and artillery filing through the streets, made ono
afternoon memorable. The maneuvers which these
regulor soldiers went through the parade
grounds of Fort Omaha attracted large crowds
as the carnival.
No regular soldiers will march this year, but
daylight pageant of the National Guards and cadets
will be well worth seeing. The guards. now en-
camped at Camp Mickey, will come up to Omaha
for the occasion and stage the spectacle.
OF unusual interest will be the Manufacturers
parade. Omaha has been much lectured recently
by business experts and advertising SPECIALISTS be-
cause of an alleged laxty in advertising itself to
the world. It has been said that Omaha is so we'll
content with evident prosperity and steady growth
that the idea of forcing the market has oc-
cured to the business leaders The Commercial
club and Ak-Sar-Ben have been steadily working
away building up a reputation for Omaha mer-
chants for enterprise, ability and fair dealing but
for going out into the highways and byways to
tell people what Omaha makes aud sells. and what
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-06
BAD DREAMS EVERY NIGHT.
Texas Man Complains That He Has Tried
ENcrNthIng and l'anI StOn Them.

BUFFALO. Sept. D. Frank L. Morris of
san Antonio. Ten. whois here on business.
says his main purpose in life Is to find a
cure for dreams. According to the Texan
hay fever, indigestion or any other afflic-
ton is as nothing compared to his
trouble. He dreams every night, bad
dreams al that,
Il am a terrible sufferer" said Morris.
Il dream every night in the week Of
being picked to pieces bv pitchforks. Of
being eaten alive by whale. of being
crushed TO death in the collapse Of build
ing. Of being ruined in business or some
thing else equally terrible, Doctors and
nerve specialists have been able TO do
nothing for me. ! have tried this remedy
and that, have followed suggestion after
suggestion. but all to no avail
1T doesn't make any difference which
way | sleep or the hours keep. have
tried sleepin face downward. on my back.
on my right side and on my left and in
every conceivable position. ] have cut
down nv bedtime hours and increased
them. | have gone without sleep forty
eight hours at a stretch. have changed
my diet. But | dream a horrible drea m
every night. Nothing helps"
Mr. Morris says he is a merchant and
unmarried He is past middle age.