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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-03-05

(CopTrzkht iAl& BY the Mcclure News
pqper Byndicate.l
MIRA Tahbsa Grey had three little
They were very slick looking kittene.
for their mother licked their coats
shiny every morning 1T IL very
strange that ! should not have u
child that resembles me-" she said
morning. surveying herself IN q bright
milk pan that had been put by the
door TO dry. "Nnt that / do not think
you all are handsome she remarked
what she thought was a reflection on
her mflk-white coat. "You \ three
as handsome kittens as any mother
could wish for" abe said. giving a
more touch to Blacks white vest.
Now. SIT in the sun, my children, and
get nice and warm" she said, "but.
mind you. do not stay long, Yellow, for
your coat IS OF such a delicate color /
am afraid II might fade"
just then Mrs. Tiger Table, who
lived next door. came along with her
FOUR little tiger kittens. "Good morn
ing, Mrs. Table Grey she said: II
am going to a barn, where there are
lots OF mice. Don't you want to come
along? 1 am going to teach my little
ones to be good mousers." Black,
White and Yellow lifted their heads a.
little, their noses went into the air and
they looked at Mrs. Tiger Tabbie and
kittens with disdain. @PlI 60
along with you, /" said Mrs. Table
Grey. II would not mind having q fat
GUS for myself, but my children do
not need to catch mice. They have
plenty Of nice nniIk, and sometimes fish,
so they do not need to work for their
food" Mrs. Tiger Table did not re-
ply then, but as they walked along
she remarked: 'Don'r you think you
are making a mistake, my dear. bring
ing up your children not to be able to
catch mice or get their own food.
Even u II 10 not necessary now, you
may not always be here TO Look after
them or your mistress might move and
not take you and your family with
her. What would your children DO,
'thenfs
"Oh, such a thing will never happen.
4 am sure" answered Mrs. Tabbie
Grey. MY children are so handsome
they win all find good homes. why.
only yesterday a lady was calling on
my mistress remarked upon their
beauty and said II she were not living
In an apartment, she would take one"
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rake Your Choice ~ Morals.

Escape OF q student who fell down
the Lutschine gorge In the Alps but
Wan caught on a rock and remained
suspended for two days and nights.
recalls to the London Chronicle an
other Grrndelwald escape OF which
Leslie stephen tells. Returning from
the chalet above the Eismeer, n OF
Stephens guides, Michel, reached the
edge Of a clin where a wooden rail
guarded the path. Unfortunately the
rail left or prematurely, and Michel
had been drinking. So he stepped
over and fell on hard rock nearly 100
feet below. He lay there ali night
and next morning got up and walked.
home, sober and whole. Stephen sub
mits two morals for choice: Don't
get drunk when you have to walk
along the edge OF an Alpine clifr." and
Get drunk II you are likely to tall
over an Alpine cliff"
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STuRRY,S ADVENTURE.

(Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newgpa-
per Syndicate.1
, On q farm away out In h country
lived g family OF white kittens. There
was Father Tom, Mother Table and
three children kittens,
One was named Pink Ears because
her ears were so pink. Another was
called Stubby because his tail was Just
a stub Of a tail, and the littlest kitten
was called Bunny. This white family
belonged to q little girl who gave them
nice food and q good warm place TO
sleep, so they did not have to catch
mince. but could lie in h sun all q
and play.
Bat this was too quiet for stubby,
and when Pink Ears was making her
coat slick and washing her face Stubby
pushed her into the dirt and made her
cry. Mother Table would soold him
and chase him away. But n day
Etubbyy was very naughty and caught q
little chicken, then Mother Tabbie
boxed his ears and told him be was a
wicked kitten. Stnbby told her he was
tired oe the country life n was go-
Ing TO the city where there was more
to do.
Mother Table did not want stubby
10 60 away from home, and told Father
Tom, but he only laughed n said
Etubby would go and that he would
come back. The next morning when
the little girl called the kittens TO
breakfast 6tubby did not appear; he
was on his way TO the city. n he
was tired and hungry toe.
He stopped at q house Ind fneowed
at the door but the maid shook o. broom
at him. This frightened Stnbby, for
he w was treated 50 before, he ran
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THAT ID Jusf the point,w said 1Rrn.
Tiger Tahbfa. ,sThe apartments are
our peril ~ your Mistress should
move into ana yeu would DO without
In an apartment. and nov yau aee why
YOU sught to teach your children to BE
good mousers.
But Mrs. Tabbie Grey die not take
her neighbours advice, and her chill
dren were made slick and clean every
day and sat In the sun doxtng while
Mrs. Table looked out for them.
Now. the very thing that Mrs. Tiger
Table had predicted happened, and
one morning Mrs. Table Grey and her
kittens found themselves all alone In
ow, Meow cried Black. Whits and
Yellow. 1--WE want our breakfast: we
are hungry" "Do not cry. my dears,
replied their mother with a heavy
heart. II wiz hunt q mouse apiece Tor
you.n We do not want mice" meOwed
the kittens, 1--WE want milk 4 do not
know where we can get milk this
tresS has moved away ami left us be-
hind" Mrs. Tahbic brought back the
mice, bnt the Kittens did mo want
them. After q while. however. they
had to eat what their mother had pre-
pared. For q long time Mrs. Table
trey WAS Kept bUAy hunting muCo LoE
her children, and at last she said: You
are old enough to hunt for yourselves;
come with me and I win teach You.
The kittens followed slowly after
their mother. hut they had nos gone
far when Black said. II am tired, and
here Is a. nice warm spot am going
to sleep: you can bring my Nous here
when you catch It." II dc not want
to learn TO catch mice said White, Il
win stay here. too. ann sure my coat
would get sofled." "And mine. too"
said Yellow. = win stay with Black
and White. and you can bring our
dinner 60 MS" Poor Mira. Table Grey
looked ne her kittens as they stretched
out IN the o. sun, and she realized
now that IL Yves te0 late; that her In
tehAed Kindness 70 her children bad
made them FAR Tram q blessing " her
and OFF she fretted to hunt mice for
her lazy children. She paused Mrs.
Tiger Table, her old neighhor, who
was doing in the gun. while her chill
dren, now grown, looked out that she
always had the biggest mouse thsy
Icaught.
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lGRzNEgER9RaB
IN RRJ9HIasR
49, on MRS E1NE1ZR
OK Ezz2g EHN4Z1ZR
RED APPLE.

II do not want te stay here. u said.
II shall decay II I remain In the sun,
A robin hopped over to the apple 2
pecked az It.
HaGo away. IL said, s.do not spoil me.
I want to do Some good In the world.
but IL ! am not beautiful I cannot 90
IT"
aBut i have not had any water to-
day said the robin, and you are nice
and juicy. You will do some good IN
the world II 1 eat you." and he pecked
again at the apple. Then another robin
Joined him and soon the large red ap-
pie was full OF holes.
Away up on the hil its mates hung
patiently on the tree, and the next
morning the farmer who owned the or
Ichard picked all the apples and put
them carefully In a barrel.
II will send this barrel OF apples TO
an orphan asylum" he said as 4 have
more than i can nell. They VIII 40
some good In the world II I send them
TO those poor children. II they are lett
OF the tree they win decay"
The little boys and girls who lived at
the asylum danced with delight when
the barrel was opened and they saw
the large red apples. and the heart or
every one was made glad.
So you see the apples that remained
patiently upon the tree were the ones
that did the most GOOD In the world,
while the one that rolled about. Inn
patiently looking for q special chance.
lay by the wayside, disfigured and de-
cayed.
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and covered 1t with q warn rug, and
the bare table I nlied with q nice
breakfast, and when daylight came. !
became invisible and waited for him
to- awake.
HE opened HIS eyes, and looked
around, then felt OF the bed, but when
he saw the table he ran 10 1t and ate
as though he never could get enough.
III left him smiling and putting on q
warm suit OF clothes, into which I had
Ichanged his old ragged clothes, and
wondering who had done 80 much for
him. i hope you will not think my
time wholly wasted good queen, and i
viii try 10 dc more next time"
The queen touched her with her
wand and said: Rise, good fairy: you
have done the best work OF all, for you
gave help where IL was needed" Then
she turned to the other fairies and
said:
You did not give happiness to NOR
tails, for the roses are so beautiful they
do not need TO be more 80, and the
pretty girl had charms enough without
our help. And the rich man did not
need more gold to make him happy;
you should have taught him TO spend
his money to help others and make
them happy; that would have made the
rich mar happier In the end and given
him q pleasure that he knows not Of.
You must all follow tho example of
your sister who helped the cripple
Jack she said, IF b wish to give
real happiness. 60 into the alleys and
out the wretched; they are needy
and the truly grateful ones
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on and came to Some big cats eating
scraps out OF q bucket. He thought
they would be glad q see him. but Two
OF them chased him with upset backs
and Kissed at him. So poor Stubby ran
away az fast as he could and crawled
behind some barrels and went 70 sleep.
He was so tired that even hunger
could not keep him awake. but the rats
ran around him and they were so large
that Stubby was afraid and ran away.
The next morning q nice little girl gave
him a saucer OF milk at a house where
he meowed. This made Stubby feel
better and he ran on again, He soon
found himself on o car track. and a
big car banging along almost ran over
him. Then an auio ran very close TO
him and q dog chased him into a door
way, but he was DON driven out, and
when II came night the big lights on
the q r and autos frightened him and
he ran into a yard. There a big cat
chased him and he Jumped on the fence
and ran along the top OF 1t. When he
came to the end Of the fence he Jumped
down TO the road. He was tired and
hungry. but he kept on running with
out knowing where he vas going. and
Just as the sun was peeping over the
hill in the morning Stubby stopped and
looked around him and he was right in
front Of his own home.
When the little girl called the kittens
to- breakfast a very untIdy Stubby ran
10 her as fast as ne could. He ate All
his breakfastN Nnd then meowed foI
more, then M washed hts face and
hands and went to sleep and slept al
day
Mother TabbIe was 30 pleased to ses
Study that she forgot TO scoid him
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nance to think, and one day he said TO
his mother, 'fDo you think / would
have drowned II Rover had not puIied
me to shore?"
Eyes" his mother replied, II think
you would"
II have plagued him lots Of times"
said Freddie. "He might have let me
drown if he had remembered"
IT think he remembered all the un-
kind things you have done to him" his
mother replied, 'but he thought you
were q little boy ana il Yves his duty
to save you"
IT am very sorry for all the things
I did to bother him" Freddie said. "
barked until Freddie's mother came to
the door. Then he ran q little way and
stopped and barked again. Els strange
actions made her wonder what had
happened. so she followed him. AS soon
as Rover saw that she was following
he ran very fast. When they reached
the bank OF the pond Freddie was sit
ting up and looking about in q dazed
manner Rover ran to him and licked
his face and danced about him, he was
so delighted.
Freddie's mother saw at once what
had happened and she took him home
and sent for the doctor. Freddie
caught a bad cold and was IN bed for
many days. During that time he had a
never viii do anything unkind TO Rover
again or to any other animal" he
added.
II told YOU that some day you would
be sorry said his mother, "but I did
not think you would have suck q Sc
we're lesson When Freddie was well
and went out OF doors the first thing
he did was TO ind Rover.
He patted him and called him a good
fellow. and Rover wagged his tail and
Jumped about with delight. He seemed
ITO say: 81 have won your friendship
at last, and ] am glad Freddie and
Rover became great chums, and the
cats and dogs In the n~eighborhood were
no longer afraid OF Freddie. But he
nearly lost his life before he learned
to be kind to animals, and II Rover had
thought only OF the boy who had tor
mented him and not his duty, poor
Freddie miRhr have been Drowned.
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= ~. d3r. Douo'o Kidney
Pills cured me Of that and the Kidney
Trouble. 7 take Dodd'e Kidney Pills
now TO keep from having Baclache. I
am " years old and q farmer. Xon me
ct liberty to publish this testimonial
and you may use my picture IN con
nection with Il" Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney pills, 800. per box at
your dealer or Dcdd,s Medicine Co.
Buffalo, n. X. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
(EHngiish and German words) and reel
Pea for dainty disheR An 3 sent feea.
Adv. I,
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ADVENTURE nE THE GIRL AND THE I0RToISE.

Ccopyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper syndicate.l
L1ottie lived with her stepmother and
her stepstster. whose name was Madge.
One day her stepmother sent her to the
spring for water, and Madge went
along to see that she did not lpiter.
A tortoise was crawling along beside
them and said, IT am very thirsty. 4
wish I could walk as fast as you do.
VIII n OF you carry met"
mo" answered Madga. do you
think I am q servant2 Crawl along;
aBut I 20 SO slowly shat / may die
OF thirst before I reach the spring. DO
carry me-"
Madge pushed him OF the way
with her foot, which turned him on his
back. and there he lay, struggling to
get upon his feet again
Lottie picked him up and put him in
her apron. It'll carry you," she said.
ct am going to the spring for water"
THAT is right, Miss Scrub said
Madge. waiting on animals Is good
work for you"
what do you call her Miss scrub7"
asked the tortoise,
because that Is what she Is said
Madge, t'she does the housework and
scrubs the floors"
why do you not help herr" asked
the tortoise. You are her sister,
IT want you to understand that 4
do not scrub floors Madge answered.
ut would make you q better girl IL
9 were more thoughtful" the tor
toise answered.
THAT need not concern you,"
answered Madge, tossing her head.
'eBy this time they had reached the
spring. You put that horr1d creature
down. said Madge, 'and hurry home,
You have to get the supper"
Thank you for helping me" said the
tortoise, II will not forget your kind
ness When the girls reached home
Madge told her mother about the tor
toise and how Lottie. had carried It TO
the spring.
sYou lazy GIRL said her stepmother;
there I am waiting for that pafl Of
water and YOU were wasting your time
carrying a dirty tortoise, You shall go
to bed without your supper2'
The next day the girls went for water
again, and thece on a rock sat the tor
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NO GusHER
But Tells Facts About Postum.

A Wis. lady found an easy and safe
way ont Of the Ills caused by coffee.
She says:
We quit coffee and have used Pos
tum for the past eight years, and
drink IL nearly every meal. We never
tire or it.
Tor several years previous to quit
ting coffee ! could scarcely eat any
thing on account Of dyspepsia, bloat-
Ing after meals, paIpitation, sick head
ache-in fact was in such misery and
distress ! tried living on hot water
and toast.
Hearing OF Postum / began drink
Ing II and found 1t delicious. My all
ments disappeared, and now / can eat
anything I want without trouble.
my parents and husband had about
the same experience. Mother would
often suffer after eating. while yet
drinking coffee. Ny husband was a
great coffee drinker and suffered from
Indigestion and headache.
After he stopped coffee and began
Postum both ailments left him. He
viii not drink anything else now and
We have it three times a day. r could
write more but ann no gusher-only
state plain facts
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for q copy CT the
famous little book, "The Road to Well
vile.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be wen
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum--is a soluble pow.
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
IA . cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes q delicious beverage
Instantly. zoe and soc tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds Is
about the same.
~There'a q Reason for Postum.
aold BY GFocera
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From tha Baltimora NAnn

With the announcement or Congressman
Palmers candidacy for the Senate from
Underwood viii be chosen 20 Represent
Alabama IN the upper chamber, we have
o. clearing OF the air In regard 10 the
change Of leadership In the House OF Rep
resentatiyes.
Mr.. Ritchin OF North Carolina Il an
parently destined for that highly import
ant post He has shown strength ny
t-horonghness. but not the WONDERFUL poiao
OF Underwood, and the country viii nave
10 rely partly upon hope that ne VIII
measure up to the requirements. But a.
most the same thing might be said or any
man who might succeed the present Lead
er OF the House. / fact, II might hayo
been said OF Underwood himself before
opportunity came TO him.
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Arson and Insurance.

Joseph Johnson, Fire Commissions Of
New York, IN the American Review
OF Reviews.
/ set my forces at work to investl-
gate thoroughly the matter OF arson
and its relation 70 fire insurance. For
a whole year they pursued this pioneer
work. In order to ascertain II X were
actually true that reputable fire insur-
ance companies, doing business in New
York. would issue policies to unknown
applicants. without previous investiga-
ton, my men In December. 1911, be-
gan taking out insurance on household
effects. located in apartments rented
from time TO time In various parts of
the city.
Our first '.plant was a four-room nat
In a tenement building at 239 East
101st street the very heart Of our 500
called "1rebug zone" This flat was
furnished" with the following articles.
purchased for the purpose by the fire
department.
Two wooden chairs, 81 cents each. s1.sa
One small gas heating stove, with
Three sash curtains. IL cents each AS
One cuspidor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .0s
Total value ..............s....s 1914
Upon these articles the fire depart
ment obtained fire insurance to the ex-
tent OF 10000. We even obtained some
insurance at an address where there
were no household effects al all. Alto
gether we obtained IRE insurance
amounting to $127. 800 on articles cost
ing 1895. This insurance was In the
form OF 135 policies. Practically every
company, which is a member Of the
New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
issued insurance policies 20 my men.
An inspection would have shown
them that the property they were In
surfing was worthless. But no such
inspection WAY made. Scarcely with
out except d. the coEapanies did not
/; consider IL worth while to see what
manner of fousehold effects they were
issuing insurance upon. They accepted
the business without question.
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WHAT AN OHIOAN
Ma TO SAY ABOUT CONDITIONS
in WESTERN CANADA.

w. q. Lewis formerly lived near
Dayton. Ohio. He went to Saskatche-
= seven years ago with $1,000 In
nnpnay. q carload OF household effects
end farm implements, including four
hrxses and three COWS. or course, the
GxBt year he only got feed from the
eknpa, but the second year had 100.
neres Id wheat which made over $500
bushels. He has not had q failure In
CROP and at present has % head OF
hurDea. is head OF cattle and So hogs,
md oans L,12O acres or land, all UNI
Der cultivation. He has been offered
US an acre for his land, and should
No pare TO dispose OF his holdings he
could pay all his debts and have $780,
900 TO the good; but, as he says,
Where could I 80 to invest my money
and get IS good returns" He con-
tinuoa IN his letter TO the immigration
department, August, 1912:
We have equally an good II not
betker prospects for crops this year a.
w had three years ago, when our
wheat ranged from 80 to As bushels
par acre. / meyer believed such crops
eouId be raised until / saw them my
salE ! had IS acres that year that
made SO bushels to the acre. Our
harvest win be ready by the 18th.
We have this season in crop 400 acres
~ wheat. l25 Of oats. 80 OF FAX and
rvsi three binders with four men to
60 the stocking. We certainly like
tsis country and the winters, although
me- winters = cold at times. but we
6p not suffer as one would think.
What we have accomplished here can
~ duplicated In almost any OF the
nsw districts Advertisement.
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GAS FOR MANY PURfosEs.

The vast exhibition OF gas appli-
'ances. recently held in Philadelphia,
was a. great public eye educator; Ii
was given under the auspices OF the
National Commercial Gas association.
all organization OF about 5000 members
composed OF the various gas companies
Eof the United States. and those man
ufactnFing gas appliances for q great
variety OF uses, such ais factory and
street lighting; for cooking IN the tiny
Kitchen of the fat in the apartment
house Kitchen or Ia the larger tyres
Of residential hotel cafe and r~estaur-
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New Idea IN shIpbulIdlnu.

@T7T. FNSVN FWWN TT ~IFFHUffNFENt M
Scene. the main gate Of tho Brook
hn navy yard.
Some big function was going on In
side. and q crowd had gathered to
watch the generals and admirals en-
Ger. Two poorly dressed men were in
the crowd. One Of them said to the
other
Say. what's goin' on In there to.
day?.
VI dunno" said the other. But |
guess they're layin the cornerstone
Of a OF them big battleships."
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.AmsnI5
From the odebolt Chronicle.

why can't we have q Go-to-Church Day
some time soon2 Many other towns haya
tried II, and are loud In It's praise. II
the preachers Of this town should inaugu-
rate sue a move. would the people CO.
operate? Il you hkegthe idea OF such =
scheme, viii you not speak to your paa-
toe about ftfx III would be very gratifyinw
70 sea every church In our town literally
full for just one Sabbath, II no mora
Aman.
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$50 yOu want 70 marry ray dauRA
err What n your financial standinef-
"Well, sir. I've figured out every ex
emption possible, I've had the bee,
legal advice that money would secura
iva done everything I could To- dodEe
ib-Rnd I stin ind that ! can't entirely
escape paying an income tax.
SHES yours.Clevelaad Plain
Dealer.
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~
not think / woniGNe
alive today liz II
were not Cor Dodde
kidney Pills. I
strained my back
about forty gears
ago. which left Il
very weak. I was
troubled with innam-
nation Of the hlad-
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Next aaove

He-since you lost that bel, / think
I can claim the forfeit.
Shell really don't know what you
mean; and, besides, some one might
see us.-Yale Record.
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Mr. w. d. Smith, Ethel, KY, writear
Fl have been using podd's kidney Pnls
Tor ten or twelve years and they have
done me a great deal Of good. i Do
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BAD ENOUGH.

Here's a fellow offers to teach you
y talk and drink at the same time"
@Eor PHYS sake don't let my wife
md out about him.
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Too cheap.

Held like to propose a little
Aoast-
6he-None or that cheap STUFF for
me. I'm hungry. Bring me a bird
snd 9 cold bottle.