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The Calumet news., 1912-09-26
No General Registration

1t has been reported that a general
registration is necessitated this fan
under the new law. Such is not the
case, however, says the 500 Times.
and voters who are registered and
have not changed their voting pre-
cincts since the last general registra-
tlon Will not be Obliged To register
The Calumet news., 1912-09-26

ton and the seventh day excepting a
Sunday preceding a charter or other
special election. This would make
Saturday. oct 20, registration day for
The general election.
The Calumet news., 1912-09-26

Philadelphia city hall employees have
been given an nOur day.
Cleveland is discussing Idea Of es-
tablishing continuation school study
classes in factories
Buffalo school children may be Civ
en- instruction in chicken farming
Philadelphians bought potatoes the
other day for 10 cents a bushcl. over
supply.
Emil Fisher, of st. Louis, Is SOL
cmnly erccting q tombstone over The
grave of his pet dog.
The Calumet news., 1912-09-26
UPPER PENINSULA
Tried to stranaIe himself

'''NN " opahSle TliUeeH-
Matt MattsOn, arrested for being
crazy drunk. attempted TO hang him
self in the county Jail, says the New
berry News. Tearing up a blanket Ia
his cell he tied one end of II To the
bars and attempted to strangle him
self Matt can always be depended
upon TO give the officers some trou-
Bile when he gets on one of his period
ioal sprees. This is the second time
he has attempted suicide.
The Calumet news., 1912-09-26
How Mrs. Cline Avoided
Operation.

Brownsville, Ind. 81 can say that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done me more good than anything
else. One doctor said must be opera
ted upon for serious female trouble
and that nothing could help me but an
operation.
81 had hemorrhages and at times
could not get any medicine to stop them.
Igot in such weak condition that would
have died If had not got relief soon.
Several women who had taken your
Compound, told me to try it and did
and found it to be the right medicine to
build up the system and overcome
female troubles.
l arm now in great deal better health
than ever expected to be, 80 think |
ought to thank you for it. Mrs. o. M
CLINE, S. Main St, Brownsville, Ind.
The Calumet news., 1912-09-26

canton Y. NJ. c. A. viii organize
. o,ass 70 drlll office boys In sense
and manners 49,,
Horse plague losses In kansas eN
eeed 100000
The Calumet news., 1912-09-26
where DOCTORS
FAILED TO HELP
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Restored
Mrs. Green's Health
Her Own Statement.

Covington, Mo. -"Your medicine has
done me more good than all the doc
The Calumet news., 1912-09-26
MILLINERY OPENING
Our Fall Opening

is an event every woman should look forward to
an invaluable opportunity to acquaint herself
with the definate trend of fashion.
Our shelves, cases and racks hold a superb
array of accepted modes in Millinery. Partisan
inspiration American brains and nimble fingers,
and above all American patterns have created
brilliant fashion book of our store.
Interest will naturally center in our show
ing of beautiful new pattern hats Their disnc-
tive features will appeal more strongly than ever
to the style instinct of every woman who appre-
ciaes distinction in Dress
most cordial welcome awaits all We
offer you the keys to our style treasures and can
assure you they will unlock 2 wealth of original
ideas.
Mrs. Campau, an expert trimmer and designer OF
Chicago. has charge of our workroomst this season.
GAGE-FISK and HYLAND HATS
W. b. LEARY
Vertin Bros.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Muscle Saver.

The woman who lives on the sixth
floor Of a no-elevator apartment house
ordered some things Of the grocer and
begged that they be sent right around
In a hurry. Soon the rattle of ropes In
the dumbwaiter shaft proclaimed that
the groceries had arrived. The woman
took OF the basket that held them and
emptied the stuff out on her kitchen
tubs. Then she followed the usual Gus.
tom OF setting the empty basket back
upon the dummy" and shouting IAN
right" to the %grocer's lad in the eel.
lar. AS she closed the dumbwaiter door
a small voice piped up through the
shaft. The woman listened a moment
and then put her head into the shaft
and called What's that?" The small
piping treble continued: throw de
basket down. will yer, Mrs? Me
arms Is near broke" And as the
basket went hurting down. the
Mrs" couldn't help but admire
the lads, labor-saving idea.-New York
Press.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
CLOCKS ArFEo7Eo BY COLD
Change In Weather Causes OIL In
searInss to Get Dummy and
Hard.

Two or three times In the course
OF a month this mans clock had
stopped with no apparent reason. for
when he swung the pendulum II
would start of again and run all
right. But II also now began to dis
play another eccentricity; occasional.
ly It would strike onc about. Is min.
utes before. the hour and then strike
the rest OF the strokes for that hour
at the regular time. So he thought
he had better take It to the clock
maker.
There on a shelf behind the counter
be saw ranged along a dozen or more
clocks of almost as many styles
"Al patients" said the clockmaker,
land most of them with slight all.
ments like yours. We always have
many clocks brought in with colds
They run along all right. but when
nasty weather comes the oil on the
bearings gets hard and gummy and
then the clock is liable to stop. 1t
needs cleaning and reoiling
1T is always SO; we have more
clocks brought In to US when the
weather is bad than at any other sea.
SON."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
SHE WAS DESPERATE WOMAN
Indignation ans Anger Allied With
Keen Dependency In Tragedy
= Of Separation.

Her locks were in wild disorder.
Her face was flushed. and her eyes
flashing. She clenched and ~unclench.
ed her fingers In an agony OF despair.
Unless her looks belied her. she was
a deeply-injured and desperate won.
an. Her Indignation and anger were
allied with keen dependency.
Cruel ope-oh, cruel one!" shs
cried, In anguished tones. 81 have
borne with you too long! You have
injured me; you have tortured me.
and yet ] could not bear to give you
up!
When first we met, how your ease
and polish attracted. mel" she contin.
ued. When, you became my very
own, how my friends envied me! But
your understanding is too small for
my large soul! You have ruined my
standing in society? If we had never
met ] might have walked In peace!
So now begone! We part forever!'
There came a moments convulsive
breathing, a gritting of teeth, and q
sharp sigh. 1t was all Q The
tragedy was ended. BY an almost
superhuman effort she had pulled OF
her new shoe.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
WHY SHE CHANGED HER MIND
Where wifely Ignorance 10 Husbsndly
Bliss 'Twere Folly to Put
Her Wise.

Mrs. Blithers hSd not always found
herself In an approving mood In re-
spect to- the so-called sports Of the
sterner sex. and her opinions concern.
ing golfers who spend Sunday or the
links. or sportspen who shoot
pigeons, were so very decided that
Blithers invariably looked around for
cotton to stun in his ears when she
begun to deliver them. One can
imagine his surprise, the other night,
when the good lady suggested the
idea Of his taking her to a horse race
some time. The notion that she could
bring herself to approve Of such a
diversion had never occurred to Blith.
ers, and he gazed at her in simple
amazement.
You don't mean to say that you ap-
prove OF horse-racins?" he demanded.
We'll, l didn't use to-" Mrs. Blithers
replied, 'but o that ! am coming to
know more about it | think ! do. I've
been taking the trouble to read about
the races that are allowed to be run
latterly, and ] have made up my mind
that there's more good in those race.
track men than we've given them
credit for"
Well, well, WE'LL" laughed Blth'
ers. wonder of wonders! What has
brought about this remarkable
changer"
Well, I've discovered how kind
those men are to their borses," said
Mrs. Blithers. II noticed last week
that every time a horse wasn't feeling
well enough to run, his owner, IN
stead OF going out and beating him
with a whip, has in every case gone
out and scratched the poor animal!'
-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Wanted-Cheap Corks.

II any ingenious person can invent q
substitute for corks In champagne bot
ties he may be sure Of a very. com
Portable fortune. for champagne corks
are expensive. a really good cork cost
ing as high as ten cents.
The reason for this high cost Is
principally the length of time that
must elapse before a cork grower
can realize on his investment. Cham
payne corks are made only from the
finest Catalonia corkwood. After the
tree is planted 30 years must elapse
before it is ready for the first strip
ping, but this bark Is too coarse for
champagne corks, as Is the second
bark. taken of eight years later. An
other eight years must pass before q
champagne cork crop is gathered.
making in all as years that the grow
er must wait before he can get any
material return from his trees.
Furthermore, champagne corks are
Gu. by hand and not by machinery. as
are less expensive corks, as they must
be perfect in size and shape, or else
the quality of the vino will suffer-
Harper's Weekly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Wild SILK Worms,

The world Is indebted to the Chin.
csc for the discovery OF the virtues OF
the silk worm Its product was un
known In Rome until the time OF
julius Caesar. and 81 costly was the
material that even the Emperor Au.
relian refused a dress Of this lustrous
fabric to his empress. Now IT is nur.
tured In almost every country. and its
products are within the reach of all.
Besides the several domesticated
species there is a wild silk worm
found In Central America, which
weaves a baglfke structure two feet
In depth. that hangs from the trees.
At O distance the nest resembles a
huge matted cobweb. The insect
makes no ocoon but weave the silk
IN layers and skeins around the In.
side of. the nest. From TegHcigalpa
there we're sent TO England some
years ago six pounds of this silk.
There II was made into handkerchiefs
not easily detected from common silk
of equal strength and delicate texture
, There IL O curiOues silk.producing
spider In Central America, the arana
de soda. which may be seen hurryine
along with o load Of fine Sink on itf
hack, FROM which tyail. numerous del
,cate Blamsnts.-Harpsr's Weekly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
CLIMAX g Red Tape.

This 10 Q tale Of q self-confesse6
murderer who wished to be arrested.
as related by q writer In lie Matin.
Paris.
Some time ago a man named Berge
was stabbed to death at Algiers. Three
men were arrested on suspicion. but.
as they proved their innocence. they
we're released and the matter was
shelved.
4 few days ago a man called at tho
Office OF the local police commissary
and said to that Official:
my name Is Marius Yvorra. I killed
Berges, and this Is how ] did It."
The commissary listened to the
mans confession and said:
"You had better see my secretary.
The secretary also listened to the
mans confession. and. after a little re-
lection said:
SNOW, look here, my good man. this
Is not the way to get arrested. You
must write us a letter confirming the
oral statement made to us Then we
shall be able to attend to you. Now.
get along"
The man left the office, and. per-
haps because he was not a good
writer, he has not been seen since In
hlgiers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
WAS HISTORIC OLD BUILDING
Mint at Philadelphia Was the First
Building Erected by Authority
Of Congress.

In removing the foundations OF the
coinage building Of the old mint, at
Nos. 81 and 80 North Seventh street.
some quaint specimens Of oldtime
building construction, including sev
eral curious vaults, were uncovered
The cellar in which the vaults we're
located was reached by heavy stone
steps, supported by brick or stone
arches, q method handed down from
mediaval times One Of the vaults in
which bullion was stored consisted
Of q vault within a vault. and was de-
signed. 1t is sa' at the time Of the
war of 1912 to conceal materials
which could not be readily transported
to other hiding places. Several small
windows in the cellar were protected
by heavy hand-wrought u bars
These have been preserved, and will
be added, along with other relics,
such as locks and hinges, to the col
lection in independence hall. In dig.
ging out an old well In the yard a
number Of copper coins, bearing the
dates 1916 and 1918. were found, as
well as a quantity of scrap copper
from which the coins had been cut
From old papers relating to a lawsuit,
found by Frank H. Stewart, president
of the company which owns the prop
erty, 1t was a~scertained that five
buildings we're originally included IN
the old mint. all OF them grouped
around the coinage building. 1t Is an
historic fact that this old structure
which was the last of these buildings
to be RACED. was the first building o
any description erected by authority
Of the United States congress.-Phila
delphia Record.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
VERY ANGRY WAS Mr.. jerks
Laundry Had Not Come Home and He
Proceeded to Explode via
Telephone.

1t was Sunday morning and Mr.
jerks laundry had not come home
Angry Is no name for the condition In
which Mr.. jerks found himself! Civ
ing utterance to language which would
be entirely unfit for Sunday reading,
he rushed to the telephone and hastily
looked up In the directory the mum.
Der OF the laundry. Give me ANA
Baxter!" he shouted f~ercely to cen,
trail.
"Hello!' came the response a little
later.
This is Mr.. jerks and ! want my
shirts" he replied %wrathfully.
Your shirts? ?" questioned the voice
"Yes, my shirts" shouted Mr.. jerks
emphatically. IL won't be trifed with
any longer. Let me have those shirts
within half an hour-do you hear!"
But I haven't got your shirts" an
swered the voice with e~xasperatins
calmness. why do you think ! bave?'
why do | think you have! Grea'
Scott" cried jerks furiously. "Yot
haven't sen them home. Where art
they, II you haven't got tbem?"
q really don't know and REALLY
don't care" replied the voice.
You" began MIR. jerks fiercely
and then bethought himself. ism
this the Washup laundry ?" he inquired
more mildly.
NO" responded the voice, this \
. private apartment"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
FAMOUS SONS OF COLUMBUS
One Rose to Distinction - an Admiral
and the Other Was . Great
Scholar.

How often do we hear of the sons
Of Columbus? Yet the great discover.
er had two sons, one OF whom. Don
Diego, rose to distinction as an ad.
miral, and the other. Fernando. as q
scholar.
Fernando was q great traveller. He
not only thrice visited America, but
subsequently traversedr the whole Of
Europe and almost every accessible
he stipulated that his library. contain
ing 10000 volumes. which he gave. to
the cathedral of Seville, should be free
to the people, and II is so to this day.
From books in his collection Washing.
ton Irving, obtained a considerable
portion OF the information on which
his Life Of Columbus" was founded.
The following quaint epitaph. almost
obliterated by time. appears upon the
site of his tombf :.
What does It profit me 70 have
sprinkled the whole world with my
sweat. to have three times crossed to
the new world discovered by my IA.
Their, to have embellished the shores
OF the tranquil Guadalquiver and pre-
ferred my simple tastes rather than
riches. or that ] have assembled round
thee d~ivinities from the source OF Cas-.
Italia and offered to thee the riches
gathered by Ptolemy. II. passing In 81.
lence over this stone, thou shouldst
fail to address a single s%alutation to
my fathers memory. or to myself q
slight remembrance"'" "
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
War Time Coffee.

This was the formula OF a cohee
mixture that sold freely In the days OF
gross adulteration during and imme-
diately subsequent to the Civil war.
before matters began to right them
selves, as they did without the help
of food laws:
Best Java coffee. n pound; rye.
three pounds Carefully clean the rye
from all bad grains, wash TO rem we
dust, drain off the water and pu, the
grain into the rooster. carefully STIR
ring to brown It evenly. Roast the
coffee separately. Grind the mixture
and pack In alright containers. An
ssence Of coffee was prepared by
boiling down molasses until hard ana
then grinding it to a powder and mix.
Ing 1t with a half pound OF good
ground Java coffee. using four pounds
of the powdered molasses.-From the
Ideal Grocer.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Supplements TO the
Bon Hoallae County Ind.
Tabor S d.
Thursday. Narch 7th, 1919
HOW INDIANS MADE HISTORY
only In Tradition Does History Live
and Only One Version Of story
Q Ever Heard.

II we could only get at the facts OF
the history of our Indian tribes, 1t
would be OF interest to compare these
with what 10 related as the fortune Of
most civilized nations. 1t 10 only In
tradition that the history Of the In.
dian lives. ard only one version OF
the story IL ever heard. Sometimes
this is q true to nature that no DON
for doubt can be found. Such is the
following chapter from the annals Of
the Beavers, a Canadian tribe.
One day a young chief shot his ar.
row through a dog belonging to an
other brave. The brave revenged the
death Of his dog, and instantly a hun.
dred bows were drawn. Ere night had
fallen some eighty warriors lay dead
around the camp, the pine woods rang
with the lamentations of the women:
the tribe had lost Its bravest men.
There was a temporary truce. The
friends Of the chief whose arrow had
killed the dog yet numbered some
sixty people,. and II was agreed that
they should separate from the tribe
and seek their fortune in the vast
wilderness lying to the south.
In the night they began their
march; sullenly their brethren saw
them depart, never to return. They
went their way to the shores of the
Lesser Slave Lake, toward the great
plains which were said to be far
southwark, by the banks OF the swift.
rolling Saskatchewan.
The tribe Of the Beavers never saw
this exiled band again, but a hundred
years later a Beaver Indian who fol
lowed the fortunes OF a white fur
hunter found himself in one Of the
forts OF the Saskatchewan. Strange
Indians were camped about the pail
sades: they were members Of the
great Blackfoot tribe. whose hunting
grounds lay south Of the Saskatche
wan. Among them were a few braves
who when they %conversed spoke a Ian
guage different from that OF the 9th
ers; in this language the Beaver In
dian recognized his own tongue
Harper's Weekly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Ne WANTED Il Just RIGHT
Particular Young Man Had Uitsrios
Motives In He Purchase Of
Box Of Candy.

The extensively dressed young man
threw away his cigarette and entered
the confectionery store. Put me up
q two.pound box of your best checo-
lates." he said to the clerk who wait.
ed on him. Make sure that they are
your very best; ] don't want any mis-
take
"Yes, sir. These are the very high
est grade"
Come to think OF It. you had bet
ter make It a fve-pound box. instead.
The same kind as those you showed
me-"
"Yes. Sir, certainly"
And make 1t mixed chocolates and
bonbons. And let me pick out q boz
! like. Haven't you something with
violets on 1t? She is particularly
fond Of v~iolets, and | want this to- be
jIst right. No, ] like that design
better. the n in blue and gold. Let
me have that. Here, be more careful
about the way you do 1t up. No.
there isn't any card to 60. ! will do
liver It myself. Make q n~eat-looking
package Of it while you are about It"
The clerk tied It up carefully, then
passed It over the counter. As he
took the bill In payment, he smiled
ever so slightly; and remarked: 1.-THE
young lady should be very much
pleased with that, SIR
Young lady nothing! That box ID
for my mother. I'm going to tackle
dad for a runabout tonight. and
If | a get her over to. my side III
get it."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
What the ReIktn In.

A new stringed musical instrument
ls reported to have been devised by a
Japanese violinmaker in the city Of
Nagoya The invention Is named the
reikin, and seems likely to supersede
the samisen. 1t has the shape OF q
guitar, save in the neck, that is the
only part resembling a sarhisen. There
are four strings to it, and by manipn-
lation Of the keys the instrument a
be made to do the work of several
samisen. The inventor has played his
reik1n in al orchestra of japanese IN.
struments and showed that 1t is q sue
cess in every way. He says that the
idea came to him when he was tour.
ing through Europe last year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
lsuob Earned Reward.

81 can't for the life Of me Q what
a brilliant fellow like Skribbs saw I'd
admire in that woman he married"
1T wasn't what he saw 80 much {
what he heard"
what do you mean?"
81 guess you never heard that me
~ laugh OF hers"
"Do you mean to say that a brain
man would marry a woman just b
she had a merry laugh?"
"Well-yes. Didn't you know thu
Skribbs was a joke writer?'-Clev
land Plain Dealer.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Money Question from woman's View

Money Question from Woman's View.
Most men trust their wives with
their hearts, but draw the line at their
pocketbooks. Some day ! am going to
write a book on the righteousness Of a
husband giving his wife a regular al.
lowance and never asking her to &C.
count for 1t, Better still. a common
purse and let her help herself. As
long as any woman works for her
clothes and board and lives on bounty
she liz a serf.-Exchange.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Foolish OueatIon,

The editor Of the woman's page
was on his vacation and the sporting
editor had Jumped into the breach.
well. what do you think of this?" he
snorted, as he held up a perfumed
communication Here's a fool wom-
an wants to know how to make q
lemon tart; Just as though a lemon
wasn't tart enough already."-Life.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Work Of Gothic scuiptors.

The Gothic sculptors produced crude
and grotesque carvings from q techni-
Cal standpoint, but they were the first
to attempt intimate speech In art ad-
dressed to the common people. and
both Rossellino and Giotto with their
clever followers are heirs of the hum
bier craftsmen who broke the bonds
of convention to ilumortalize the
homeliness and variety of daily expe-
rience and common types Of human
nature.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Touching Tenderness.

A tender parent has been discovered
In New York. Having been warned
that the milk he sold to others and
fed to his W babe was slowly killing
the latter. he promptly took an ex.
pensive bottled milk for the child,
though he cheerfully continued to
supply the infants Of his poorer neigh
sors with the condemned stock.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
The Preacher Knew,

When volunteer prayers were called
for a nan struck In and prayed very
earnestly for his poor land. and asked
the Lord to give him a good crop.
what that land of yours needs.
brother, is not prayer, but manure"
said the preacher, as he gave out.
Work. For the Night Is Coming"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-07
Profit In SeaWeed.

The same species of seaweed used
In Japan for the manufacture of kan
ten exists in inexhaustible abundance
on u Pacific coast and at numerous
places along the Atlantic coast, while
related species, of equal value. are
abundant almost everywhere IN tenn.
perate waters. In this country the
product commands high prices, so that
the manufacture Of seaweed insin.
glass ought to prove a highly remu-
nerative industry.