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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
Immortality.
From the Atlantic.

It is not strange, says Winston
Churchill in the January Atlantic. that
we should hold no more the concrete
Idea of heaven presented in the image
ry Of Revelation. We no longer think
OF it as a city OF gold ard jewels, a
place of perpetual rest; because devel-
opment precludes rest. The peace Of
God passes understanding, because 1t
is not static. II Is becoming clear to us
that there is only one Joy worthy of the
name-the Joy Of service; n that to
arrive at any conception Of 1t involves
the severest of all lessons. And once
having found tbs secret. who would
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
M<1%9z<
We are our best when we try to be
1t not for ourselves alone, but for our
brethren.-Phillip Brooks.
Superstltious Waiter.

A man dining at a cafe observed
that though he had ordered one dozen
oysters, he was served with only
eleven. The next evening the same
thing occurred again. Then the din
er became somewhat irritated.
why" he demanded of the waiter.
do you serve me only eleven oysters
when ! order a dozen?"
The waiter bowed alphabetically
~ didn't think you'd wanting to be
sitting thirteen at table, sir"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
No Credit Even for That

Il am glad to say" remarked Mr..
Seekton, that | never spoke a hasty
word to YOU"
mo, Leonidas," answered his wife,
rather gently. "I'm willing to give
you credit for not hurrying about any
thing."-Stray Stories"
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Look well after the ch~eerfulness of
life, and let the dismals shift for
Observation-Disclosures M. Alcott.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01

Every smallest stroke Of virtue or
Of vice leaves its never sc little scar,
Professor James.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01

PILES CURED IN 6 TO II DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAXO ONT
fails TO cure any case of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protrutiing Piles in 6 10 Ia days, Soc.
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
Tomtit a lampliohter.

There Is generally some quite sim
pie explanation Of a mystery-if it can
only be found out. The lamplighter at
Greenford, near Ealing has been puz-
zled for some time past by finding
one of the lamps lighted, every day,
although he had duly turned it down.
He suspects not spooks, but mischiev-
GUS boys, and 50 he prepared an am
bush. To his establishment, as he was
watching, up went the light with new
or a boy in sight, and then he dis
covered that the unauthorized lamp
lighter was q tomtit which had nest
in a corner Of the lamp, and in getting
into it was in the habit of hopping on
to the ring of the incandescent BY
pass. Many years ago the writer of
this note remembers a spell Of mys-
terry in the shape of the mysterious
ringing Of a bell at intervals during
the night. No human agency could be
detected, and the mystery grew deep
er. Possibly the Psychical Research
society might have been appealed to
had not chance revealed the fact that
the ringing was caused by rat, which
used the wire as jumping-or place.
Spooks are composed of very varied
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
POINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Preserving and Cooking Hints That
Have Been Handed Down for
Many Generations.

When making marmalade jam cut
rounds Of tissue paper the size of the
jar. soak each In vinegar and lay close
over the top Of the preserve. This will
prevent 1t going moldy.
There's an easy way to make Jelly.
and that Is to boil the fruit right In
the muslin jelly bag. The filled bag
is placed In a large kettle and Gov.
cred with cold water After boiling
until the fruit is soft. the bag with its
contents Is lifted out and suspended
from hook to drain all night II one
has no assistant this idea has much
to commend 1t.
Do not throw away vinegar In which
homemade cucumber pickles have
been preserved. Keep 1t and use 1t
In salad dressing. instead Of the ordi'
mary vinegar The flavor is delicious
and one that cannot be gained In any
other way.
When canning or splicing fruit save
the surplus juice in the alright jars
and when you make your homemade
mince meat pour this juice into the
mince meat. You will find this saves
sugar and at the same time gives tho
mince meat a much richer flavor.
To open a stubborn fruit jar, invert
the top Of the jar In hot water doll
ing hot. but not boiling), taking care
that the water is not deep enough to
touch the glass The principle is to
expand the metal top. Then open as
usual. A minute or two Is sufficient;
should 1t remain in too long the glass
would also be expanded
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20

economic habit. ana ~ meadow mice
were abundant In the field in Ques'
ton, the serpent had no doubt taken
up its abode there for the time being
and was fattening itself on the 70
dents.
We have a number of small snakes
like the grass snakes. ribbon snakes
and water snakes. and some larger
ones. like the fox snakes, milk snakes.
and one of the water snakes. which
are more or less common every
where. Some Of these are likely to
continue common where some other
species will become extirpated. for
each has some popularity which acts
as . protection. The water snakes
live in small creeks and bitches ev.
erywhere and find protection in debris
that gathers In obstructing places. A
We shall always have open waterways.
these snakes have great prospect
for the future. The grass snakes are
colored like the foliage and are thus
well protected. The milk snake is
adapted for living about human habi-
tations and SO will not be necessarily
reduced in numbers by the clearing
and ditching OF the country.
As snakes are more often than any
other animal killed at sight, the
writer cannot resist the temptation at
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
i. THE i.
SCQAp
BOOK
HOW TO KNOW AND AVOID THE
vENOMOUS SNAKES.

BY a careful study Of the subject It
has been found that there are about
twenty-five different kinds Of snakes
In the state Of Ohio.
From our own knowledge Of rep.
tiles 1t 10 probable that this number
OF varieties will be found in most Of
the middle west and western states.
The venomous snakes found in that
section Of the country west Of Penn.
sylvania are two kinds Of rattlesnakes
and the copperhead. The copperhead
Is pretty widely distributed. 1t is
hazel-brown. shaded with coppery red
and has on its back fifteen to twenty
Ave V-shaped yellow blotches and a
row Of thirty-flve to forty black spots
on each side. The head is copper
colored, and the length of this snake
is not over forty inches.
The copperhead is dangerous
snake. because 1t has no rattle with
which to warn persons approaching
1t and is quick to strike. However. it
quickly disappears on the clearing Of
land and the settlement of the coun-
try. There are two species Of rattlers.
the prairie and the common rattle
snake. The former varies in color.
existing in both light and dark form
and many people believe there are
several species of this snake. 1t lives
in low, swampy regions.
The common rattlesnake is larger
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
ESEEsFi6Es

In molding peppermints or other
candy, keep the hands busted with
confectioners' sugar
Potato balls which are sailed in but
ter after being boiled are delicious.
They should be served with gener-
GUS sprinkling OF minced parsley.
To clean frying pan after fish or
onion, boil out the pan with soda wa
ter, washing clean. then put it on the
fire and shake a little oatmeal in.
Small tin cans can be used for gem
or patty cake pans by melting both
ends from them in dripping pan.
The cakes will easily slip out of the
bottomless rings.
When using a bottle of glue. the
stopper may be prevented from stick
ing by rubbing a fresh one with 1T
tie lard or grease Of some kind and
using that In place Of the old sticky
one.
To clean an enameled bathtub wipe
it dry and then rub 1t with cloth
dipped in turpentine and salt. After
ward wash it with clean warm water,
then wipe it dry and it will look like
a new tub.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
SECRET SURELY SAFE
Everything All Right II 1t Was
Told Only to Mabel.
And She Thinks Il Absurd to Question
Her Ability In That Line, and
Forthwith Proceeds to
Give Proof Of It.

Mabel" said Harriet. "can you keep
a secret? II you can, I've half a mind
to tell you something"
Can keep q secret?" returned
Mabel. We'll, rather guess I can!
Hannah Brown was in here Thursday
and told me how her mother threw
china plate at her father at breakfast
last Thursday morning, and missed
MIN. breaking all the teacups on the
mantel'piece and entirely running their
new ormolu clock, and I've never
breathed a word about it to anybody
yet. And two weeks ago yesterday,
Lulu Henderson was in here and told
me In strictest confidence how her
father had really had to take the fam.
lily portraits down OF the wall and
send them to pawnshop over In Phil
adelphia to raise money enough to
pay for the second instalment on her
mothers new motor car, and 40 ele-
plants couldn't drug it out of me.
What's more, poor Mrs. Windles
was 'over here day before yesterday
and confided to me the unhappy fact,
which she wouldn't have get out for
anything in the world, that her daugh-
ter Susie Is not really over in New
YORK studying music, as everybody has
been given to believe, but has actual
~ gone out to Reno and taken a cot
tage there for a year, SO that before
next spring comes around she can
qualify as resident In order to get
a divorce from Jim Slobberts, who,
Mrs. Windles says. though outwardly
kind and considerate and generous, as
matter Of fact is the meanest, most
brutal old skinflint in private life that
was ever inflicted upon a long-suffer-
ing woman.
There are at least three of the most
important secrets in this town, con-
hded to me by people who know me,
and who are fully aware that even the
fire Of the 1nquisition could not lead
me to betray them-and yet you ask
me II l can keep a secret!
Have I told anybody that Marie
Shoemaker's first husband had been
~AA AAAoAoA DOtAC4 UClOl q uo lieu
here and married Marie representing
himself as the younger son of the Brit
ish peer?
Have ever breathed to a soul
what l have known all along, that the
reason Tom Traddles resigned as pay
ing teller in Col Blathers' bank was
that Betsy Blathers proposed marriage
to him and he refused even to think
OF it. thereby getting the whole Blath-
ers family down on him? Did ever
tell you what Jessie Skies told me aft
er Sunday school last Sunday, that
she knew you dyed you hair and
bought your complexion by the box
from mail-order house? You know
never did, what's more, never will
Can keep a secret? Suppose you try
me!"-Harper's Weekly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
New Town an Old Name.

The city of St. Paul's first speech
was Antioch of Pisidia. 1t is import
ant to designate the city Of the pro-
vince of which it was the capital.
since Seleucus, the founder of the city,
the great conqueror and ruler Of the
Seleucid empire, named no less than
sixteen cities after his father Anti
ochus.
The name Antioch, however. is not
repeated in ancient geography SO
often as many modern names recur In
modern geography. There is, for in
stance, a Washington in almost every
state of the union, and no postmaster
would be wise enough to know where
a letter addressed TO Newton :"
should go unless the state was also
added. 1t is interesting, by the way.
to note the name Newton was as
popular in the ancient Biographies as
in the modern, only it was called Nea-
polls, which meant new town, or new
city.
There was Neapolis through which
St. Par' passed on this very journey
some twenty miles from Antioch. At
another Neapolis on the coast of Mace
donia he landed on his way to Philippi
on a later journey; and the great
modern city Of Naples is but another
way of spelling Neapolis or new town.
Christian Herald.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
seaweed az Food and Medicine.


Seaweeds having been suggested as
a possible source Of future wealth. es-
pecially for food products, Perrot and
Gatin, two French oceanographers
give some facts concerning present
uses. In Europe they are collected
for their alkalies and iodine, for which
they are chiefly valued. In some To-
calities they are popular medicines,
one kind being employed as a vermi-
fuge In Corsica. and others. on &C.
count Of their iodine, being given in
goiter and scrofula. In Brittany.
where some Of the poorer inhabitants
have employed seaweed as food. about
twenty tons in year has been col
lected of the variety known as Ice
land moss. In the north of France q
little seaweed is gathered by the peas
ants as manure. To the Asiatics these
plants have been more important, and
in Japan edible seaweed is not only
the source Of number Of food prepa-
rations but Is even extensively Guilt
waited to give a SUFFICIENT supply. Celia
tines and glue are among the products.
These gelatines are not very nutri-
tfous as food. and 1t is supposed that
their popularity may be as an aid to
the digestion of the great quantities
Of fish and rice eaten by the Japa
nese.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20

sects, still others upon mice. Many
do not show any decided choice Of
food and take whatever they find
easiest to procure. So far as they
make their food of field mice, they
are highly beneficial, for these mice
cause much injury. Many of the in
sects and animals taken for food are
Injurious and snakes benefit man by
feeding upon them. Much Of the food
eater has no economic value and
therefore is not considered in eco
nomic treatment. However, snakes
sometimes feed upon birds and eggs
and some Of them have adopted this
habit to the extent that during the
nesting season most of their food is
of this kind. So far as they do this
they are considered Injurious, for
most birds are highly beneficial Birds
that build on the ground suffer most
from this cause, although some ser.
penis climb trees readily and nests
in trees are not beyond their reach.
There are two species of large black
snakes in several states; one is called
simply black snake, or at other times,
when it has blush color, blue racer.
The other is properly called pilot
snake. The two are distinguished by
the following characteristics: The
blue racer has smooth, shining scales
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
How He HELPED.

Apropos of the terrible Rosenthal
murder in New York, District Attor.
ney Whitman said to reporter:
"The ramifications Of this crime
were bewildering The most unlikely
men helped in 1t in the most unlikely
ways. It's like the case of Johnny
Jones.
"Thc minister, one lovely Sabbath
morning. saw Johnny vending his way
toward the cemetery with basket on
his arm.
"'Why. Johnny. what are you up tor
he asked.
"Jm helping mother with her peach
preserving, SIR said the lad.
1.-THE minister smiled incredulously.
Helping with the preserving!' he
scofed. 'Nonsense!'
"'Oh, yes, am, SIR Johnny persist
ed. I'm on my way to the cemetery
now to collect the jars.'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
Blackberry Pudding.

One egg, one cupful Of sugar, one
cupful of sweet milk, one-half cupful
of butter, one-half cupful OF lard, two
cupfuls Of sifted flour, one-quarter Of
teaspoonful of salt. two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. one pint Of black
berries. Beat sugar, butter and lard
to a cream; add beaten egg, milk and
-four sifted with the salt and baking
powder. Dredge berries with -four.
use no Juice and add. Place in a pud-
ding mold Steam two hours.
Sauce-One cupful Of sugar. one Ia
blespoonful Of butter, one teaspoonful
Of -four, one cupful Of boiling water.
Mix butter and sugar. add -four, pour
on the boiling water and cook until
it foams.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
Princes Romance,

The Bulgarian crown prince Boris,
it is said, fell in love with Princess
Elizabeth. eldest daughter of the Rou-
manian crown prince-though he new
er met her-upon seeing photograph
of her when the queen of Roumania
paid a visit to the Bulgarian court last
year. Immediately upon coming of
age Prince Boris is said to have in
formed his father, King Ferdinand, Of
his passion, and said that he must
marry Elizabeth or remain single all
his life. His father had no objection
to the match, but on being approached
on the subject, King Charles, of Rou-
mania, vetoed 1t for political reasons.
King Ferdinand, however, on a recent
visit to Vienna, persuaded the Aus
trian emperor to use his influences
with King Charles. and this has been
so successful that an official announce
ment Of the engagement of the young
couple is expected shortly. 49, London
Standard.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
Maryland Maiden Blush.

1avorite apple in its season and q
variety to the manor born, rs the Mary
and Maiden Blush. In days long past,
oe1ore apple-growing partook of high
uegree Of art and method, this variety
was grown from seed and suckers
rom the roots were taken up and
painted In orchard form, resulting in
ulany varieties of type in fruit and
characteristics OF tree. There are,
noweVer, still in existence in different
portions Of Delaware and the eastern
suore OF Maryland some of the best
s.salns of this grand apple, and to
name Its superior for a fall apple Is an
~ mat would be difficult to perform
- me satisfaction of a large majority
= tne native born citizens.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-09-20
ANIMALS Do REASON
Evidence Seems to Prove Cor
rectness Of This Position.
Instances From Real Life, In Which
Dogs and Cats Have Apparently
Used Their Brains, Have Been
Verified.

Few subjects have been SO pains
takingly investigated or so widely dis
cussed as the mental processes OF
the higher animals. Whether they
reason or not, a great many careful OBJ
servers are convinced that they do;
and every reference to the question
brings interesting letters from read
ers all over the country.
w l.. Mott Of Bolivar, Mo-. has
written to tell US Of an extremely in
telligent Newfoundland dog, Of which
he was the owner. In the presence OF
Mr.. Mott and his brother-in-law. this
dog chased a gray squirrel into hol-
low wooden pump log lying on the
bank OF a creek. For time he bark
ed and worried the end Of the tube
without any satisfactory result.
He then desisted from chewing the
log, sat down In front Of It and OBJ
served it attentively. Suddenly no
sprang to his feet, seized the end OF
the pump log dragged it over nearer
the bank Of the creek and with his
nose pushed 1t into the water. The
squirrel Of course came out as soon
as the water reached him. and the
dog. springing into the water, easily
caught and killed its prey. Here is
course Of action which has certainly
most Of the external indications Of
reasoned process.
Another reader. Mrs. May Jordan
MacDonough Of Dubuque. Ia, sends
two instances to show that animals
do learn by initiating each other.
Bruno and JEFF were two dogs be-
longing to the same family. JEFF had
an extensive repertory Of tricks. none
Of which had ever been taught to
Bruno. But Bruno observed that his
friends performances was invariably
rewarded with lump Of sugar or 9TH
er canine luxury. Accordingly, he
set himself to do the same tricks, and
in short time, without any human
instruction whatever. he could beg.
play dead" and roll over as obedi-
emily and successfully as Jen.
The other instance Is that of cat.
Toots by name. Toots was stray
kitten that had been adopted by
charltably disposed family, which al
ready owned a cat named Tom, so old
that he had lost all his teeth, and had
to hook his food from the plate and
carry 1t to his mouth in his paw.
Toots watched this performance with
interest. and gradually gave up eat
ing in the usual way, feeding herself
with her paw as long as Tom lived.
When the older cat died the kitten re-
turned to her own more natural meth
Cd of feeding.-Youth's Companion.