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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-09

at the next primaries. The. law
requires that you call on the pre-
cinct clerk and enter your name,
In your own handwriting, on the
register book. Remember that the
clerk cannot do this for you, as in
former years. Adv.
Before having life insurance of
any kind, see hostel s. Jezewski
at Tabor. They represent the U.
$. Annuity Life Insurance sCo.
which is gaining members daily.
In fact it is one of the best.
advertisement. }
Maurice Wagner who lives
southwest of town on q farm had
the misfortune Of being kicked by
a horse Sundap evening. DR..
Moore wrs called and dressed the
wounds which comprised a couple
of broken ribs and numerous
bruises. Lesterville Ledger.
Anton Charvat of near Wagner
is here this week taking treatment
from DR.. f. Blezek. About six
months ago Mr.. Charvat was over
come by heat while working in
the field and has since noticed
that he is gradually unable to read
altho his eyesight is good. His
memory also is effected since in
conversation he cannot think of
common words, ,r.G.E,, =
A corn huskers dance will be
given in the Sturma hall by, joe
seph Halla Saturday, October IS
Three prizes will be given as fol-
lows: So cash and free dance ticket
to the person bringing the largest
ear of corn; so cash andfree dance.
ticket to the person bringing the
ear of corn; 81 cash and
free dance ticket for the heaviest
ear of corn. Music will furished
by the Tabor band. A cordial In
vitation is extended to every one
to attend. .. s:2 W.
The Commercial Club held it's
meeting last Friday at which it
was decided that the Lyceum
Course which we are to have here
in the winter be conducted under
auspices of the Club, There are
twenty signers to the contract for
these entertainments all of whom
are members of the Club so it is
hoped that this arrangement will
be satisfactory to all. members.
The first number of the course
will take place on Nov. 10, the se-
cond Nov. %, the third Dec. 10,
the fourth Jan. Is, and the fifth
Feb. IL.
The local ,bowlers are doing
some good work at Caps bowling
alley and are gradually working
the score up to the top notch.
Thus some days ago John Kostel
established score of 201. A few
days later Vi. Noll beat him to
it and made POP, this added stimu-
lus to others and without warn
ing comes Harry Roose and makes
the high score of 220, which no
doubt will stand for some time.
A. J. Novak also made 202. A
prize is given each month to the
one making the highest score dur
ing such q month and this, of
course adds a little spice to the
game. >.-
We are informed that the new
townsite promoters have scored
one on the rest of u.s. inasmuch as
the railroad commission ordered
the Milwaukee railroad to con-
srruct a sidetrack between Tabor
and Yankton. However, we did
not ascertain whether it was order
ed on the Fejfar land, which is 5
miles cast og Tabor and IL miles
west OF Yankton, or whether the
distrnce was more equally divided
between the two towns. This of
course settles the controversy and
we have nothing more to say but
that soon enough there will be
another town at Napa
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-09
In our Large Store

The public has the advantage of complete supply Of
goods in all Of departments This scope
in selection; in other words get what you want
Our price low is consistent and the
Especial attention is called
Clothing and Shoe Department
We make speciality of these two departments carry
in them at all times complete stock that would do credit
to any exclusive clothing shoe store.
Your Patronage Solicited.
Order your goods by phone or mail.
VAUK BROS.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
Spoke German at the Rate of 81 Miles an Hour

Y ANSAS CITY, Mo.-Over at the
N City Center bank they plume
themselves upon the ease with which
they speak German. Indeed. there is
a sign upon the window, announcing
to all and sundry that "Deutsch" is
'gesprochen" here.
The real German sharks are the
president and a young woman book
keeper. The jocund cashier also
speaks a little German sometimes-he
can order a beer in German with ease,
but when 1t comes to more complex
matters he proceeds somewhat slowly
in the cultural tongue.
The other day the president and
the Contemplating bookkeeper were
both out at luncheon and the ]. C..
was in charge. To the teller's window
came a man who began to rattle on
the kaisers language at the rate of
ninety-two miles an hour. The jocund
cashier raised one hand.
"Nicht so schnell mot so fast),"
said he.
And the German customer slowed
down to ninety miles an hour. The
cashier was able to satch references
to the sign on the window about Ger
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abouts that the old darkey had worn
the selfsame suit of clothing for the
last 80 years.
His system of dietetics is simple.
Soup and tobacco, tobacco and soup
and there you have his menu. Four
teen hours a day George sleeps; five
hours more than President Wilson
and ten hours more than Napoleon or
Thomas Edison.
George used to tell great tales of
himself and Of the events Of long ago.
but during the last few years his
mind has gradually failed, and now
his tongue keeps up a babble as cease
less as it Is meaningless. That his
memory isn't quite gone, however. Is
attested by G. A. Smeeman of Grand
Rapids, now in his twenties, who re-
Gently visited here after an absence of
many years. When a lad of six Since
man was given some fish by George.
who in those days was an active old
man.
The ancient African, IN his quaver-
ing voice, rehearsed the story Of the
fish in detail as he crinkled the parch-
ment-like skin Of his face into a wiz
ened smile.
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OUT Fl YEARS; IS CAUGHT
Georgia Convict Returned From Sc
eurIty In Another State to Scene
Of Crime.

Dublin, Ga.-The desire that seems
to possess all fugitives from justice
to return to the scene OF their
crimes has resulted in the capture
of an escaped convict In this county.
who ran away from the gang twenty
one years ago and has been living In
Florida. He returned to Laurens.
Ed Anderson was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff B. w. RafieId, who was
also the deputy who arrested him
when he was put in jail for the crime
of bigamy, for which he was given
q sentence In the chain gang. Ander-
son was sent to the gang In 1898 from
Laurens, and as the lease system was
then In use in Georgia he was leased
to a big sawmill operator, who sent
him to a mill at Amoskeag. near East
man.
After serving five months he es-
capped and for the last twenty years
has lived In Florida, where he has
married and where he left a family
to come back to Lsurens.
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RODENTS CUT OUT CIRCUIT
Rat and Mouse In Electric Switch
Shut of Circuit for Forty
Five Minutes.

Memphis, Tenn.-A mouse and a rat
climbed into a switch of the Memphis
Consolidated Gas and Electric com.
pany lines. created short circuit and
shut of all power for 45 minutes the
other night.
More than 500 Offices Of a telegraph
company, between Nashville. Memphis
and Texarkana, Ark, and Cairo and
New Orleans, were out of commission.
Elevators in hotels and Office build
lngs were dead" and the other sorts
Of business we're still while men were
inspecting sources of trouble and
switching power onto other supply ca
bles.
twenty-five men worked from mid.
night until four o'clock before the
cause of the trouble was found, and in
order to be certain of 1t, the men had
to inspect IL miles of power cables,
lifting lids to manholes and testing
connections.
About four o'clock, one of the ex-
Perts found troubles that caused him
to climb the pole where the circuit box
was attached to an oil box. Taking of
the lid, he discovered the charred re
mains OF a mouse and in a hole In the
oil box he found half the body of a
rat.
The new wires we're connected and
In minute every power cable went to
working az usual.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

nETROIT, MICH.-Everybody knows
~ what to expect when the ground
hog comes out of his hole on Feb. 2
and sees his shadow, but what does it
mean when a red alligator somes out
of drain pipe in October, and growls
at you?
That is what Nick Dippong. labor
er, is anxious to find out.
At least part of that experience hap
pened to Nick the other day, but he
is tAe only one who will vouch for the
growl.
Nick was employed on an excava-
ton job at 80 Monroe avenue. He un-
covered a small tile and broke 1t
open with his pick.
Look out" he yelled. IT'S coming
out OF the sewer"
Nick didn't stop to explain what
1T" was, but just breezed out Of that
\ basement and didn't draw a full
breath until he was aboard a dump
wagon outside.
Other workmen decided Nick's &C
tons deserved an explanation, and
they sought it in the basement. There
was mo- mystery about 1t, however, for
there near the tile lay the cutest lit
tie red alligator they had ever seen
not that they had ever seen one be-
fore. for they are all sober. industrious
men.
The diminutive saurian blinked one
eye and smiled at them. 1t is rather
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dig his own grave while being beaten
on the back by a saber in the hands of
a Mexican captain.
After escaping from his predica-
ment he walked to the nearest rail-
road station and came to FL Paso,
never to return.
The Mexican major was arrested
in Juarez on trumped up charge of
sedition, was taken to Chihuahua and
Imprisoned in the dark cells with
other condemned military prisoners
and had nothing to eat but a few
beans, thirty-six to be exact, for he
counted them, daily, and dry bread.
After being left alone in his cell.
without anyone to speak to and with
the vermin crawling over him, he was
taken from his cell at night by a de-
tail of soldiers in command of
federal first captain, marched to the
graveyard and there given pick and
shovel and made to dig his own grave.
While this was being done, the fed
eral captain beat him over the back
with the fat side of his saber, swear
ing at him in vile Spanish all the. time.
Finally Major Echagaray says he
could stand 1t no longer and de-
manded that he be shot rather than
hear his mothers name insulted. Just
as the firing squad was lining up in
front of him to fire the midnight bells
on the cathedral in Chihuahua rang
and were followed by a trumpet call
to cease firing. A reprieve had been
granted him and a detail of officers
had been sent in an automobile to
notify the federal commander. who
was about to execute him. He was
liberated the next days as it was
found that he was not a spy and he
slept in the hills until he could
board a train and reach the border.
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III CUSTOM. TEX. - Land sakes
IL alive! Amt we men folks got
no right at all?" said bystander who
watched the proceeding. "All day
long fair damsels parade the down.
town streets In flaming sunlight and
himsy gowns and 1t don't take no Solo
mon to understand why they are 80 at
tractive. No one complains. They
may slash their skirts as they wish
and yet Just because one poor, exuber-
ant mortal Of man only took or his
hat. coat. shirt, necktie and undersh-
no. he didn't quite get It off-women
were startled. men ran around In cir
cles and the poor gink was thrown In
to a cell at the police station, charged
with intoxicationi
And, funny thing, that what every
body was so stirred up about wasn't
intoxication. 1t was just because the
poor soul was trying to trim his cos
tune to match some OF those that
fitted before him. II was Just jeal-
ousyl That's all 1t was. And the
women are the cause OF iti-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
ALL WORTHY A TRIAL
DISHES POPULAR IN MEXICO MAY
BE APPRECIATED HERE.
Highly Favored But Tasty Are All
These Reeipes-Delleious Chile
sauce-Turkey Dressing Our
Southern Nelshbors Like.

Chile Sause.-Take a half peck Of
ripe tomatoes, three green peppers.
three large onions, five cups of brown
sugar, one teaspoonful each of ground
allspice, cloves and cinnamon. Chop
the onions and peppers together, put
In a preserving kettle with two and q
half cups Of vinegar and boil for an
hour and half; salt to taste. Bottle.
Red Chile Sauce (ChiIe Colorado -
Take six large ripe tomatoes, three
tablespoonfuls of brown sugar, one
spoon each of ground ginger and Gin
namon; half spoon OF ground cloves;
one cup of vinegar; half a spoon Of
ground mustard; one pod of dry red
pepper; two large white onions, bit
Of Glove or garlic. Cook until 1t thick
ems. Bottle and it will keep indefinitely.
Chicken With Almond Sauce.-Boil
a chicken, either whole or cut in
pieces; an onion, a carrot, a bit of gar
lie, piece of ham, some thyme, sweet
marjoram and a half cup of vinegar,
the chicken when cooked to be served
with the following sauce: Grind four
ounces Of almonds, heat a little lard
with a Glove of garlic well mashed,
then dissolve a little -four in some of
the stock and stir. to prevent browning
too much. Add piece of butter and a
ladle full of stock. Incorporate the
almonds, the ham and parsley. chopped
hne; add salt, pepper and a dash Of
nutmeg. Chop two hard boiled eggs,
fine chopped. put in chicken and boil.
This is dish At for king. 1t is said
that 1t was the one Spanish dish to
which the Aztecs took kindly
Turkey Dressina.-Until within the
last few years, after the Introduction
Of the American cooking stove, Mexi-
cans rarely baked fowls, as they prefer
their fowls and meats boiled. The fol-
lowing recipe for cooking and dressing
turkeys Is followed by the housekeep-
ers on all the haciendas (plantations)
and not few city cooks. It Is a vari-
alton from the baked turkey of the
United States. Clean the turkey or
fowl, spread with lard and pepper, put
on in a large pot and boil. When near
ly done take out and stuff with this
dressing: Five small green onions.
ave apples that have been boiled and
mashed through a colander, four
ounces of ham cut into small bits. pep
per and salt. Fry this all together
until done. stuff the turkey, put back
In pot and bell until done. Remove
from pot; have ready a large. deep
vessel in which there is boiling lard.
Put in the turkey, and turn frequently
so that 1t may be Drowned on all sides.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
PIGS AND CHICKS
ONLY COMPANIONS
Michigan Negro 115 Years Old
UnmindfuI of All Health Laws
and EdictS.
UNAFRAID OF GERMS
George Banks, Bangor, MIoh., PIo-
neer, Has Worn the Same Suit Of
Clothes for the Last 90 Years and
His Diet 10 Simple.

Bangor, Mich.-Health demonstri
ton trains run around the state,
health officers lay down their laws,
newspapers cry out-all with the doc
trine that cleanliness means longevity
and ancient George Banks goes
right along living, unmindful, in his
dirty old log cabin. Germs and George
have afinities for each other, or else
germs hate George so badly that they
won't go near him. George himself
neither knows nor cares.
AS near as has. been figured out,
George is one hundred and fifteen
years old. That would fix his birth in
the year 1898. From a little picka-
ninny down on a Kentucky plantation
he grew up into strong young slave.
About 1927 he escaped, and he man
aged to stay escaped until the Civil
war came along. and made him free
technically. George helped make him.
self free, as a matter of fact, for he
fought all through the war on the
Union side. leaving his present abode
to join the army.
1t was in 1916 that George came to
this region. He built himself little
log house seven miles from Bangor
and there he reared a family. The
family has been buried for a good many
years, except for a granddaughter.
now fifty-two, who takes care Of him
to a greater or less extent-for her
granddad doesn't welcome too minute
affectionate or efficient attention
these days. He's satisfied to live In
defiance of all health mandates and
let things go at that.
On sunny days he sits on a little
stool in the doorway of his dingy log
cabin, while pigs and chickens uncon-
cernedly stroll In and out of the
house. On rainy days he-with the
pigs and chickens-stays inside. Not
in IA years has he been more than 100
feet away from his house.
He doesn't approve of change Of
clothes any more than he does of the
changes in scenery. II is said here
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Have Kansas Girls Way to Make Dad Happy

Topeka, KAN.-n father shows q
disposition to throw things at the
children, or to swear at the family
horse, or slap old Bossy over the back
with the milk bucket when Bossy
switches him In the eye with her tail,
it is all because he hadn't had q
dainty breakfast or because there
wasn't a pretty, fresh flower beside
his plate.
That is the Kansas idea, anyway,
and the Kansas girls are being taught
that the way to avoid bad humors at
breakfast, or shortly afterward. Is to
provide an exceedingly good break
fast and have II served In dainty
manner with the proper scenic investi-
ture.
breakfast is really the most impor-
tant meal OF the day." said Miss Alma
Barned, q graduate student of domes-
tic science at the Kansas agricultural
college. 1T is the disposition meal
OF the family, and good or bad break
fast fixes to more or less extent the
disposition Of dad and the entire lam
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Lacerta Carnegiensis in Water Pipe Two Years

disconcerting to have an alligator
smile at you, particularly a red one,
and for a moment a panic threatened.
About this time Nick returned with
the boss" William J. Keegan, the
contractor who had the excavating In
charge. Keegan has spent some time
in Florida and knows all about al
ligators. Hence he was quite inter
ested In a red one that growled.
One of the workmen with more
temerity than the others thrust a
pencil at their strange find ano
promptly conceived deep admiration
for the animals dentistry, for the pen
Gil was bitten squarely in two.
What have you got here, boys!
asked Keegan.
"A-a-er, a-darn ia red alliga-
tor" answered he of the broken pen
ell.
"a what? Well. look at that!
Wouldn't that give T. r. f1t?'
Keegan began humming softly and
stretched out his hand. The alligator
closed his eyes. Keegan picked him
up gently and laid him in the palm OF
his hand, the while stroking his head
and back.
you poor little cuss," he said.
What you doing way up here?
Carnegie" as he was named that
on the spot, opened one eye and
showed his teeth In a slow grin.
It has been recalled that guest at
a hotel about two years ago had two
young alligators and that one escaped.
II is believed that "Carnegie's" pres
ence in the drain pipe can be account
ed for in this way.
His unique color-a dull, brick red
is explained by his two years resi-
dence in the tile.
Carnegie" is about ten inches long,
and is thought to be four or five years
old.
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EscaIIoped Oysters.

This amount is for two. Use one
pint OF oysters. Roll into fine crumbs
a dozen and half Of crackers. Take
a quart (enameled or crockery) dish.
butter It well, then put in a layer OF
the cracker crumbs to cover the bot
tom. then cover with a layer Of oys-
tiers and bits of butter and little
shake Of pepper and salt, and 80 on
alternately, until oysters are used.
having last layer of oysters. Then
pour over the top the oyster liquor
and a cup Of milk with an egg beaten
up In 1t. Put in oven and bake about
three-quarters of an hour. Delicious.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
BRIDGE OF NANTES FALLS
With Great Splash When Arch
Gives Away.

Nantes, France.-The old stone
bridge Of Nantes, known as the "Pont
Maudit" fatal bridget, which spans
the Loire, and which has been under
mined by the water. fell into the
river with great splash.
The authorities had anticipated
such an event and precautions had
been taken, although traffic was not
suspended until the day preceding.
The quays alongside the bridge also
are showing signs Of ives kening and
have been cleared.
The Pont Maudit was one of the
numerous bridges built across the
four branches of the Loire, flowing
through Nantes. and with the Pont
du la Bourse and the Pont Haudan-
dine it connected the center of the
town with the industrial quarters Of
the Prairie au Due and the Island of
Santa Anna The end Of the bridge
came when the keystone Of one OF the
arches gave way.
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into a room every one In that ana,
ment has to quit or be suffocated
Clear out Of this. boys!" shon,.s
my friend.
Bursting open the door be russ.s
out and plunged into the river. ~
were not long in following suit Ca
of our visitors made a slash Az -
with a sword as passed him I'm. !
lodged. We scrambled up the h,n,
and ran for our lives. They sent
few shots after us, but made M :,
tempt at pursuit. l guess they var.
not particularly anxious to kin {,
1T was bitterly cold and we hss
nothing on but our pajamas. 40 Won
may imagine how glad we were whs,
after stumbling along the bank 49,
four or five miles we saw the liehss !,
the guard boat That Chink ofscs,
was a trump. He looked at us aa5
laughed, shook his finger at us ana
made a speech, but finding we did uol
understand him he stopped talkinp
took US down into his cabin and qsvs
us supper of pork dumplings ana
hot tea
All Kun Disappeared.
AT daylight he sent out 4 party IA
look for our boat The thieves hsa
carried away everything portable. But
they had not molested the crew. q
we got back to Canton without any
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thought / would like to see what the
back parts of the country were like.
I'VE started one morning early. my
friend, a young Englishman and my
self. We had with US as cook and
general help a crosseyed son of a
washerman named All Kun. He had
rascal written all over his face: but
they told me he was the best hand at
chicken curry In the country. de-
termined to keep my eye on him, but
as matters turned out he kept his on
me and raised me one better.
Captain Was Excited.
I'VE sailed up the river for three
days without getting very far away
from where we started. for the cur
rent runs six knots an hour. We went
on shore the fourth morning and shot
snipe in the rice fields. at least the
other two men did. At night we tied
the boat to a tree. It's a pleasant
way of travelling II ones not in Q
hurry.
About five o'clock the next day we
passed a guard boat, the captain Of
which hailed us. We drew up along
side and he made a speech. He
seemed to be exciting himself about
something, but as he spoke Chinese
we were none the wiser. We asked
All Kun what the man was driving at
He smiled and said the captain want.
ed a present. So we took no further
notice of him and sailed on until we
came to a creek. in which we tied
up for the night.
at might have been about IL
o'clock when I was reused by hearing
a splash of oars alongside. and short
ly after that number Of men Jumped
on board. l shook my friend and he
leaped up and yelled for All Kun. No
one answered. grabbed for my gun.
but II was gone. So pulled out the
derringer l always sleep with under
my pillow and fred into the dark
ness. There was yell as II some
body had stopped the bullet and a
stinkpot was hurled through the win
dow right into the middle of us.
Don't know what a stinkpot is,
Ell? It's an earthenware shell filed
with some kind Of abomination or 9TH
er. and when it is lighted and thrown