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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
PRIVACY IN THE HOME
IS SCARCELY POSSIBLE
ITO Be Alone At Last" Is
Now a Demostic
Myth.

To be alone at last-this is an Oft
used phrase that comes straight from
the heart. How many or US nave known
what ii Is Ito be alone at tast!" The
privacy of the home is something de-
MED the most of US through the present
social conditions. Charlotte Perkins
Gilman, n Of Americas foremost
thinkers" takes up this subject in an
article entitled. Some domestic
Myths" appearing III the Pictorial Re
view. She says: .a
This dates from the introduction of
homogeneous marriage. There was
small claim to privacy in a tribal group
or a polygamous household. 1t Is the
solitude a deux, the AT Last, Alone!"
ideal and the very ~dwindling of domes-
tic industry to the last details of per-
sonal service which give rise to the
myth. Being less venerable thar the
others, we may with better grace ex-
pose its fallacy. 90
VIVA Is, as a matter of fact, this
privacy? Who of us, at home, has
any privacy? Even IL we belong to the
scant fraction of well-to-do persons
able to pay for separate sleeping rooms,
we have in them only, the same physi-
cal privacy that is open to any guest
at a hotel. Less, indeed, for the other
members of the family seldom ad-
NIT the privacy of n %another's rooms.
or even Of one another's closets and
bureau drawers. AS to TIE men. ask
any American how rIuch privacy he
has at home. The very rich, with sep
arate chambers, may have some; but
they are few. And those great mansions
with their throngs of servants and
guests, are by no e what we have
in mind when we speak of the privacy
of the home. AS to the woman-the
average wife and mother-what privacy
has she at home? She has no retire
ment whatever from her husband, save
when he is away from the house, and
none from her children at any time.
Mothers room is e~verybody's DOM.
Besides the children, she is, while at
home, always liable to the demands OF
servants, tradesmen n callers. To es-
cape these last, we have invented a
common lie, not expected to be be-
lieved. In order to preserve the privacy
of the home, we say we are not in.
In the house without servants. that
Is in ffteen-sixteenths of American
homes. there is neither space nor time
for privacy. In the house with serv-
ants. we fondly introduce into these
sacred limits low class aliens, possessed
Of eyes to see, tongues to speak and
nothing whatever to gaze upon blu
personal affairs. How a even the
elastic human mind maintain the myth
Of privacy as to such a placer"
Parsel-MiScellany-
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08

AS soon as the fire burns red and low,
And the house upstairs Is still,
h sings me q queer little sleepy song
or sheep that go over the hill.
The good nttle sheep run quick and soft,
Their colors are gray and white;
They follow their leader nose to tail,
For they must be home by night.
And one slips over, and one comes next.
And one runs far behind;
The gray ones nose at the white ones
tail,
The top OF the hill they find.
And when they get to the top of the hill
They quietly slip way.
But one runs over and one comes next
Their colurs are white and gray.
And over they go and over they go,
And over the top OF the hill
The good little sheep run quick and soft,
And the house upstairs Is still.
And one slips over and one comes next,
The good little. gray little sheepl
I watch how the fire burns red Inc low,
. And she says that I fall asleep!
--Iosephina Daskam Bacon
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
"Surs Death" for Ants.

I have read IN the Helping Hand d.
rections for driving away large black
ants. | am sorely troubled with small
red ants. They are a yearly pest and
years. They evidently enter the house
from without. as we have never been
able to find any nests within doors. If
you can give us a remedy for the
plague you will confer an uhspeakable
benefit upon many housekeepers in this
place. An Old H~ousekeeper.
Various and sundry ways of expell-
ing the scarlet runners from kitchen
and cupboard are recommended as
sure. death" I will enumerate a few
in which 1 personally have faith:
Wash a large coarse sponge with
warm water to open all the cells and
sift into these all the powdered sugar
resorts Of the ants, They will soon fill
it. Then take up the sponge %gingerly,
not to scatter them. and drop instantly
into a pan of boiling water. Squeeze
and rinse the sponge, refill with sugar
and set it again. This will clear the
place in time.
Mix 5 cents worth of tartar emetic
1t with milk and set Upon the shelves
~freQuented by ants. They eat it greed
lily and apparently do not die in the
house" They merely ARE not" hence
forward.
Scatter whole cloves upon shelves
and III drawers, They do not like the
perfume.
Lay rags dipped in kerosene in their
tracks.
Mix into yellow turpentine soap red
pepper, when o have a soft paste,
rub the underside of the shelves and
the outer Lodges of window and door
stills with this.
Make abundant use Of sticky fly
paper. Tack it to the underside Of
pantry shelves and lay 1t upon tables
and shelves at night. The odor of the
composition coating the papers is Pc
culiarly deadly to ants. l have found
them dead in heaps under the papers.
The smell had killed them before they
tried to cross the surface.
Lastly, rub carbolic acid soap into
cracks and under the door and window
stills. The ants dislike the disinfectant.
, l have devoted so much of our VAL
liable a to this matter, because
ants are a summer pest. and as OBJ
stinate as they are prolific. Next to
the bedbug and harmful fly, they are
our most Objectionable warm weather
~Visltants.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
CONTINUED From Last Weekly

He pushed the sheet Of paper away
and took another.
He wrote:
when I left your house today. fate
overlook me in the form OF Monsieur
de Fleury, the chief Of the society to
which 1 belong. The police have Wis
tied the Offices Of the society n ar
rested many members. 1t La my duty
to attempt to free them. This I am
about to do. II I fail, you will not,
perhaps, see me again. II 1 succeed,
] shall be at your house tomorrow at
the hour appointed.
Armand"
He rose from his chair and paced
the room for a moment.
Then he sat down and folded, sealed
and addressed the letters. He rang
the bell. 1t IA answered by Jasmin,
the servant who always attended to his
personal wants.
'HTake this letter." said the comte,
TO Monsieur Blanc, No. :, Rue Pett
Versailles. see him personally and place
1t in his hands. Take this letter to
Compiegne to Madame la Baronne
Linden at the Villa Rose. You had bet
ter take a post chaise for the journey.
Ask the house steward for what money
you require"
Yes, monsieur"
5uOulu MOI15IcuE DlALS AOI 10 at
home, do not leave the letter al his
house, wait till your return from Com
piegne. 1t L. for his hands alone"
Eyes, monsieur"
Pack me all I require in the way
of clothes for three days absence, have
the portmanteau placed in my travel
ing carriage and order the horses to
be got ready. I am going to Yer
sailles IN a visit to Monsieur lie Duo
de Richelieu." /
Yes, monsieur"
Jasmin retired, leaving the young
man alone.
Turning to the desk. he began to
arrange his papers, burning some and
putting others in order.
He knew that in the adventure on
hand, his life would hang upon a hair,
for Monsieur lie Due de Richelieu was
q gentleman, who, II he failed to pass
his sword through the heart of a ktns-
man caught ransacking his papers,
would inevitably order his servants to
complete the business.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08

advertised for such cases and / sent and
got a bottle. 1t did me so much good
that I kept or taking it and found It to
be all you claim. / recommend your
Compound to all women afflicted as (
as."-Mrs. F. P. MuLLENDoRE, Mum
ford, Alabama. y
An Honest Dependable Medicine
is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. A Root and Herb medicine orig
mated nearly forty years ago by Lydia
E. Pinkham Of Lynn, Mass, for con
trolling female ills.
Its wonderful success in this line has
made it the safest and most dependable
medicine Of the age for women and no
woman suffering from female ills does
herself justice who does not give It o
trial. I.
If you have the slightest doubS
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia Il. Pinkham MedicineCo.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held I'm strict confidence.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
Widows Ways.

Mamma, why did you tell Mrs. La
mode that l was only eighteen when |
am really twenty-four?"
Widow-Because eighteen Is six
years under twenty-four. my dear.
Daughter-Yes. I know; but surely
I don't need the benefit Of those six
years at my age, do l?
Widow-Not at all, my child; but |
do.-London Tit-Bits.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
Matter of Curiosity.

Miss Gibson vas very rich and Mr..
Hanna was very poor. She liked him,
but that was all. and he, was well
war Of the fact. One evening he
grew somewhat tender and at last he
said: You are very rich, aren't you,
Helen?" Yes, Tom" replied the girl,
frankly. II am worth about two mil
lion dollars" will you marry me,
Helen?" "oh, no, Tom, / couldn't"
Il knew you wouldn't" Then why
did you ask mel" oh, l just wanted
to see how a man feels when he loses
two millions"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
Tariff a Local Issue.

Congressman Hammond, the demo-
cratic representative from this district,
will look after the republican interests,
so far as the tariff goes, on farm prod
uCts In the middle northwest. Congress-
man Hammond Is for tariff revision down..
ward on everything until 1t comes to farm
schedules for this stAte. Then he is a
republican. When it comes to arguments
on that line he goes pack and digs up
the arguments made by McCleary in his
last two campaigns against Hammond.
And we have the strange spectacle of
Hammond going back on his own argu-
ments OF a few years ago and adopting
the of his opponent OF that
time to bolster up his contention OF to-
day. 1t takes a man Of genius to turn
such somersaults and the people seem TO
enjoy the gymnastic performance I'M
menAelY.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
Why a Poet Quit Politics.

Explaining why he gave up politics,
". B. Yeats, in a lecture in Dublin,
said: II saw that when you try to
speak high and sincere things and
at the same time carry on a political
life, sooner or later you give up the
sincere and high things and speak ex-
pedient things. London Mail.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08

change or Life thaS
! could hardlr live.
My husband had to
nail rubber on all ths
gates for / could NOT
stand 1t to have o
gate slam.
81 also had back
ache and q fullnesn
in my stomach. (
noticed that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table WAS
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
Rainy spell.

Beautiful the rain is, cheering to
the crops; umbrella men, golosh men.
hail those gracious drops. Blest pre-
c~ipitation, early, latter, fall; but
kindly pipe and smoke it-you've been
running baseball!
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
SIOUX CITY PIG. CO., NO. 1s-1s11
Pneumonia and E~rysIpeIas Serum.

pneumonia and ErysIpeIas Serum.
Not long before his death last Feb
ruary DR.. Philip Hanson Bliss of Bal
timore discovered serum for the treat
ment Of pneumonia and erysipelA1.
which are now being tested with much
interest. DR.. Ford of the Johns Hop
kins medical school, who followed DR..
Bliss in his work, says that the serum
for pneumonia is not a cure in any
such sense as the antitoxin for dlph-
iberia, but that it is helpful in the
treatment of the disease.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
Game Always in Order

Ruth-Love Is a nice game to play
at.
Fred-Besides, it's the only game I
know of that's never postponed On
account Of darkness.-Boston Herald.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

AAhDAD SaN "A&hn W.
enc size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, the Antiseptic powder to be shaken In
to the shoeH II make tight or new shoes
feel easy. Gives rest and comfort. Refuse
substitutes. For FREE trial package. ad-
Grens Allen &. OlmBted. LS Roy. N. Y. Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
HUSBAND NAILED
RUBBER ON GATES
Wife so Weak and Nervous
Could Not Stand Least
Noise How Cured.

Munford, Ala. was 90 weak and
nervous while passing through tho
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08

An indoor golf school has been
started In London.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08

Dayton, Fla. is TO have a new hotel
to cost $500, 900.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08

Continued Next Weekly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14
AMBASSADOR WILSON TALKS.
Doesn't Like British Views, May Be
Dismissed.

Washington, Aug. l4.-Henry Lane
Wilson whose resignation as ambassa.
dor to Mexico was accepted to take eff.
feet October IA, issued a statement yes
terday attacking the reported statement
by the British foreign office that recog-
milton of the Huerta government had
been extended after he had made con-
gratulatory speech" to the provisional
president.
President Wilson was so incensed at
the tone and comments on the state
ment that he promptly requested Seere-
tary Bryan to ascertain the facts
through the British embassy here and
last night the dismissal of Ambassador
Wilson by the summary acceptance of
his resignation to take effect immediate
ly was under consideration by the adj
ministration.
Special exception was taken to the
ambassadors remark that "if this state
ment really emanated from the British
foreign office it is at variance with its
traditions and with the character which
1t has maintained before the world for
two centuries"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14

like smallpox corpuscles. | rubbed them
with rough cloth, they itched SO. They
blended together and made sores about the
size of nickel and scabbed over. My cloth
ing irritated the sores SO that put damp
handkerchief next TO them. Some said 1t
was the itch and others the hives.
II took several treatments but got no
relief / was suffering for over six weeks
when l began with the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. / washed myself with Cuticura
Soap and hot water every night and when
had dried myself | rubbed the Cuticura
Ointment thoroughly in and to my astonish-
ment by the end OF week the whole trouble
had disappeared and the old skin brushed
oil. / have not had a sign of spot on my
body since" (signed) c. w. Charles, Now
o, 1912.
Cuticura Soap CSC. and Cuticura Ointment
SOC. are sold everywhere. Liberal sample OF
each mailed free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad-
dress postcard "Cutlcura Dept. I, Boston"
RJ-Men who shave and shampoo with Gu
ticura Soap viii find 1t best for skin and scalp.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14
RECALLS BELKNAP CASE.
Wife of Grants War Secretary Believed
To Have Been Responsible, 1t Is Said.

Washington, Aug. l4.-Veterans in the
Senate and House yesterday recalled his
torial facts in connection with the i'm
parchment of William w Belknap OF
Iowa, secretary Of war under Grant, and
Grants choice for his successor as presi
dent, which are peculiarly interesting in
connection with the Governor Sulzer case
and the allegations that Mrs. Sulzer was
in the Wall street deals. When Belknap
was being questioned on the stand by
the senators he was asked whether It
was true that Mrs. Belknap was in
volved, together with an army officer,
in specializing in post traderships. Bel
KNAPP refused to discuss the question,
simply saying:
81 was secretary of war"
Two years before Belknap's death,
Smith ID. Fry, for years Washington
newspaper man, went to Belknap, whom
he had known from boyhood, and asked
him to give him statement which
might sometime be used.
"a bride is on my tongue, my boy,
until I'm in my grave" was the reply,
and the former secretary of war went
to his grave without opening his lips.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14

inator. Indeed, she was quoted as ION
the fence" But when more fuel was
needed she supplied ii. Some think"
she said to Mrs. Brown. a prominent
advocate of the pastor, that Mr..
Brooks is growing deaf. 1t seems to
me that far greater drawback is his
throat Did you notice how husky his
voice was last Sunday?"
mo. Was it?
"Why, couldn't hear half he said"
Then came those to whom 1t sud-
denly occurred that q church couldn't
stand still. 1t must go forward or
retrograde. The First church had
gained nothing in ten years. 1t must
get man who win bring in persons
of influence in the community. 1t
needs larger organ and quartet
choir. Those things cost money.
understand there's movement on foot
to get this big preacher that's been
electrifying the people of N.
This big preacher was Miss Tatler's
candidate, but his bigness had been
created by the lady herself.
But her modesty-so it was supposed
always led her to say: Don't quote
me. | have nothing to do with this
matter. yield to the will of the ma
jority."
Three months after Miss Taller put
In her wedge the fact that there was
dissatisfaction with him first reached
Mr.. Brooks ears. Great was his as
constituent 1T is my duty" he said.
under the circumstances. to place my
resignation before the congregation for
acceptance or rejection"
Don't" said his supporters; 1T will
give these malcontents an advantage"
Good" said Miss Taller to herself.
1T is not yet time for a resignation.
We need more on our side for a ma
jority."
The resignation came three months
before the anniversary of the instala-
ton of the minister and was voted on
IN the course OF few weeks. 1t was
accepted.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks celebrat-
ed their silver wedding there was a
dearth of silver presents, but super
fluffy of blessings from the poor. who
had IN great numbers and for many
years been the recipients of their kind
efforts and sympathy. Fortunately their
older children had grown TO manhood
and womanhood and helped their par
ents as their parents bad helped others
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14
Spoutins Whales.

The prevailing impression that
whales spout water through their blow
holes is declared to be incorrect Ac-
cording to Professor Willy Kukenthal
of Breslau, what has been taken for
fountains of water by sailors and 9TH
ers is really the breath of the whale
charged with moisture, like the visible
breath of man on cold morning.
DR.. Kukenthal suggests that the
breath of the whale is sent out from
the lungs under powerful pressure and
the expansion of it as it reaches the
air makes the vapor visible. A
whales blowholes connect directly
with the lungs. but the mouth has no
connection with the nasal passages, so
that it is impossible for the water TAX
en- in at the mouth to be thrown out ut
the blowholes. Dr. Kuenthal points
out the fact that young whales do not
blow and larger ones are never seen
to blow on hot days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14
The Church and the Sabbath.

Sunday should serve four ends: Rest
from labor, spiritual growth, recreation
of vital energy, family life.
"If the church had recognized or
would recognize now the proper proper
ton among the four purposes of the
Sabbath which have outlined, and
would respect the activities which are
not primarily religious while demanding
respect the activities which are not pri-
marily religious while demanding re-
spect for itself, it would do much to
make the Sabbath the greatest possible
aid to human development and growth.
The church must not adopt dog-in-the-
manager attitude toward that part of
Sunday when religious activities are not
going on. Let it meet the question of
Sunday golf not with anathema but
with sympathetic consideration of the
service it can do for men who work at
high pressure six days in the week.
Harold j. Rowland in Suburban Life
The Countryside Magazine for August.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14
BOY KILLED IN FIGHT
WITH SIX OVER DIME
Pawtucket Lad Tells His Story of Death
of Companion-Police Thought Case
Was an Accident.

Pawtucket, r. l., Aug. 1.-THE in
vestigation into the death of l6-year-
old Charles Nichols, who was found in
semi-conscious condition on Maple
street Saturday night and who died the
next night, was reopened yesterday
when Harmless Allard, 10 years old,
walked into the police station and con-
fessed that he and five other bays at
tackled the dead youth.
After telling his story Allard was held
pending an investigation. The boy ex-
planned that be had told all about the
affair DO his parents and that they had
sent him to the police station to tell
the authorities.
Much interest was displayed in the
reopening of the case, for the police had
concluded that the Nickols boy had
fallen on the pavement and fractured
his skull.
Allard told the police that the other
received the injury which caused his
death were Frank McDermott, William
Mills, James McDermott, James Caul-
field and Raymond Connolly. He said
that one of the boys said Nichols had
taken 10 cents from him and that in the
rough and tumble fight which resulted
Allard struck at Nichols and Nichols
fell, in trying to escape the crowd.
Mrs. Joseph d. Nolan of Maple hotel,
who was the first to reach the injured
boy, says that Nichols said that he had
been struck and knocked down. He
then lapsed into unconsciousness. Mrs.
Nolan declared there was a mark on the
boys face as though a fist had struck
him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14
AGED SEXTON WEBS
ADOPTED DAUGHTER
Avoids the New Hampshire Legal Pro-
hibition By Marrying in
Cohasset.

Cohasset, Mass, Aug. l4.-Cornelius
II. Parslow, 20 years old, sexton of st.
Johns Episcopal church of Portsmouth,
n. H., and Georgiana Shattuck, %, his
adopted daughter, were married at Co
hasset on Monday by Rev. Howard Key
Barlow, rector of St Pauls church. The
couple were accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Delmere. Delmere is flag
man for the New Haven road here.
The girl applied for the license at the
office of the town clerk Saturday.
Parslow and Miss Shattuck filed inten-
tions to marry at Portsmouth on July
10, but owing to the New Hampshire
law which forbids the marriage of real
or adopted relatives, they were forced
to 90 out of the state to have the cere-
mony performed. Parslow, besides beng
sexton of the church at Portsmouth, IS
engaged in the painting and paper hang
ing business. His wife died three months
ago.