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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
Grass Widows Grievance.

That fortune teller got all mixed
up on my husbands" said the grass
widow as she left the seventh daugh.
ter, with an escort holding tight. she
said l had had two: then she wouldn't
say l would have three. l thought
that mean Of her. Instead, she kept
on saying what a nice husband l had
now, what a fine man he was, and all
that idiocy. Why, my husband is the
meanest little brute hat ever lived.
I haven't laid eyes on him for two
years. Now, why do you suppose that
fortune teller kept on saying he was
such a nice husband?" she demanded.
That's easy" said the escort. She
thought l was your husband and she'd
get to tell my fortune when she had
finished yours"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
CHAPTER XII.
WHO LAUGHS AT LOWE.

Days passed, and no word came from
Adayo Carr. The Blagdens lived in
constant fear of a telegram announcing
the capture OF their son. They started
with every ring of the telephone bell.
The rattle Of the knocker on the front
door always brought a quick chill Of
apprehension. Then they would look
question in their eyes, always with
an immediate lowering Of the lids.
There was not an hour In their days
and their nights in which they were
free from the feeling sthat the front
door was about to open to admit their
son, n that he would stink in as IL no
other refuge was open to him.
Adam Carr certainly had laid the
foundation for a sublime revenge. The
most Machiavellian mind could not
have developed a scheme for vengeance
had put in his way. Barring the defec-
ton Of Eric, the Blagdens might go to
the end of their days without a single
instant Of immunity from the plague
that hung yer their heads.
So long as they hyed they would be
waiting for the some coming of Chef
wynd. H.. ...-
Adams unhappy accomplice appre-
ciated al this, and yet could not break
the spell that had fallen upon him. He
was not blind to the suffering Of his
uncle and aunt. In his heart he pitied
them. He found It easy to convince
himself that he had not committed
murder. His conscience vas clear as
to that. Long hours OF miserable re-
Election had brought surcease to his
own troubled mind. II was not the
thought of Chetwynd that brought re-
morse to him, but the sight OF these
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
TraInlnu Baby.

Yells from the nursery brought the
mother, who found the baby gleefuIly
pulling small Billy's curls.
Never mind, darling" she comfort
ed. Baby doesn't know how It hurts"
Half an hour later wild Shriekl
from the baby mado her run again to
the nursery.
Why, Billy" she cried. What "a
the matter with the baby?"
Nothing, muzzer," said Billy, calm
ly, only now he knows!"- HarperR
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
Evidence,

Il have reason to believe that pic
ture Is a genuine Rembrandt"
Have you had 1t examined by an
expert?"
No, but I picked it up in q second
hand store for a dollar and q hrIf,
and that's the way most Rembrandts
are acquired"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

What makes that boy 90 fdgety at
the breakfast tablet" groWIed tho
head Of the family an he glared oVer
thu top OF his paper.
Il suppose he's waiting for you to
get through with the sport page 30
he can find out who won yesterdays
gAms." said the boys mother. You're
the same way yourself when the news
man forgets to deliver the paper"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
POSTING Up,

is there a war in Europe. hubbyr'
Yes. my dear. How did you hear
about it?'
While cleaning house I happened 70
glance at some old newspaper ! wAa
putting on the pantry shelves"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
Drink oenlson's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.
Fond Of Powder,

Crawford-I e the belligerents ara
calling out the older r~eservists. Do
you think that married men should DO
compelled to fight?
Crabshaw-Why not? They are
used to it.-Life.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
No Rest for the Weary.

1T "a bad enough when every 9TH
or man you met knew all about the
causes leading up to the war in Eu-
roper
Yes"
But now every smart Alec you
meet thinks he knows what Japan has
up her sleeve"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

weakness. For two
years I could not
stand on my feet
long at a time and !
could not walk two
blocks without en-
during cutting and
drawing pains down
my right side which
Increased every
month j have been
at that time purple
nthofaceandwould
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
An Appreciated Contrast

Are you going to commute this
summer"
Yes" replied Mr.. Crosslots.
There's a great comfort in commut-
ing. The ride makes the ONCE In the
city seem so delightfully."- cool and
restful."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

There is at least this to say for the
women. No woman " bought hair
restorer of a ~baldheaded barber.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
Penn Family Claims LiquIdat.d.

Penn FAMILY Claims L~iquldated.
The claims Of the Penn family "a
Pennsylvania were extinguished at tho
time of the revolution. The common
wealth paid Penn's heirs to ~relinQuish
their proprietorship.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

walk the floor. / could not lie down or
sit still sometimes for q day and q night
at q time. / was nervous, and had very
little appetite, no ambition, melancholy,
and often felt as though I had not q
friend In the world. After I had tried
most every female remedy without sue
cess, my mother-in-law advised me to
take Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. / did 80 and gained In
strength every day. / have now no trou-
bic In any way and highly praise your
medicine. 1t advertises itself. Mrs.
s. 7. HURLEY, Eldon, Missouri.
Remember, the remedy which did
this was Lydia E. Pinxham's Vegetable
Compound. For sale everywhere.
It has helped thousands Of women
who have been troubled with displace-
ments, inflammation, liberation, tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means have failed. Why don't you try
TT Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co,
Lynn, Mass.
Iurnv Jaw Cnrn mazda hut ma an
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01
WOMEN CAN
HARDLY BELIEVE
How Mrs. Hurley Was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Eldon, Mo. -"I was troubled with
displacement Inflammation and female
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

Sim Heck's notion Of the ideal ccndL
ton is to be too sick to work and wen
enough to come downtown.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

An il-fed waiter makes an il-fed
guest
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

The supreme moment OF satisfaction
In a woman's life In attained when
she takes her corset on
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

Mncks LumF Jaw Cure needs but one ap
picGtion- One bottle treats three to sii
cases Price 81. Mack Bros. Spencer, lows
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

b over
ant Of
such a
visit
profess
b have
Is. the
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tlemen
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adays,
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Bmbled
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Albert
cartes,
roll.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-07-01

never
had to
Indian
I've for
|bssible
he can
|ill not
as; he
uniting
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The Spectator., 1915-06-22
lmpertinent.

Strawber (to Singerley) That cer- tainly is a beautiful car, old fellow. Does 1t sos--Lifo
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
Not a Progressive Member of Society
By J. B. MORGAN. De Kalb. Ill.

which IS mere farce from beginning
 TO begn wlth the farmer ment ever will be progressive member methods has he brought forth Absolutely All preseny improvements and modern ideas soil analysis our city brother laborng in his laboratory
 During the progress of these experiments of seed selection and soil analysis our farmer merely stood around with his idle curiosity and r cued the good work But when the results able then our esteemed farmer assumed all the credit Rather inconsistent it not? The has been equally the history chnery.
 In all the experimental work has been done by the city to the help of the farmer It thus show that the farmer has proved himself totally incapable of carrying the experimental work and has left all the active brain of the city brother The writer knows whereof he speaks the his life O farm.
 One continual round of drudgery from early late the evening" and after retiring thoughts of the days work would mind addition the worry about stock breaking pasture barn.
 When farmer ret because he has amassed he badly need ocu raghn his vision It simply of being out that prompts him to town
 brethn do be deceived about the wonderful opponi ties farm. Stick regular salary and keep health and thus your happiness the fullest if desire long and wel-spent life.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

ing one of the first on the ground, I started a saloon in shack and a boarding house in tent. For several months Gillette was fast becoming the center of the Cripple Creek region. Then the gold gave out. It was shal- low. People left here in a single night. Many did not take even the precaution of shutting their doors. Gillette start ed like a whirlwind and in like man. ner it became deserted.
 Only few of us remained, firm in the belief that the country was plenti- full in gold. My business was ruined, yet I kept it up and still have it today. Gradually my friends left Gillette, but l remained and have lived in a solitary grandeur since 1908, when the last of my family moved away.
 Why don't leave. you ask? Why should I? I have formed an attach ment to Gillette. 1 will die here. am emperor of the place. My word is law, having no one to dispute it.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
0NE LEFT IN TOWN
Once Thriving Mining Center Now
 Is Isolated.
Living Alone in City of a Thousand Homes, Former Saloon Keeper De- clares He Is Supreme and Has
 No Wish to Move.

Topeka, Kan.-Living only in mem ory of distant past, isolated from the rest of the world, yet living in city of a thousand homes, sitting idly hour by hour at the front of small saloon where twenty years ago prosperity and excitement were on every hand, Sam Bolger. former Topeka bartender, la ter an adventurer, gambler and Colo rado saloon owner. is residing in the deserted mining town of Gillette, Colo.
 Bolger occupied dilapidated saloon, but had no customers. An inquisitive nomad asked
 Where are the rest of the voters?"
 The faded old man did not answer st first, but then he replied. They are everywhere but here"
 He then relapsed into silence, but another Kansan spied table and a few suspicious looking bottles within the place. He called the ancient gen. tleman and together they entered the poorly kept saloon. When the old man came out, some ten minutes later, he was in more talkative mood
 q left Topeka in 1880. not long after the prohibition amendment went into effect. I had lost my job. l had no money. So l just naturally drifted West. and for the next ten years roamed around California. New Mexi- co, Arizona and old Mexico. But it was in 1880 that I came to Cripple Creek. The first real strike had been made. With thousands of others fell a victim to my ambition to be rich. Out of all those who went to Cripple Creek in those years only a few re- main today who have wealth.
 'I sweated my life away in the mines. l gambled and drank away my wages in Cripple Creek. There never was city yet that could equal it. Money flowed like water. l believe it was the wickedest spot on the map.
 'I was in the great Cripple Creek fire of 1896. The fire destroyed my place and l was broke again. Then l heard rumors of Gillette. The town became a city in night. The rush of men here at that time was heavy. Be
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
Granddaughter of Wealthy St.
 Louis Man Finds Papers.
Heirs Immediately File Suit to Re- cover on $6o,ooo in stocks-Girl, Searching Garret, Runs Across
 Old Bible.

St. Louis.-Suit has been filed by the heirs of John Gilmore Shelton, who at his death in 1869 was regarded as one of the wealthiest St. Louisans. to recover from the William H. Thomp- son Trust company and the National Bank of Commerce on thirty shares of gas company stock valued at $6O.OOO which were found by Sheltons grand daughter, Miss Oracle J. Rives, in 1910. after they had been lost since the own CTS death.
 The stock was in the old St. Louis Gas company, which was taken over by the Laclede Gas company in 1890. It is claimed by the Shelton heirs that no accounting was ever made for the thirty shares they knew their grand. father had possessed, but were un- able to find.
 The petition asks that the defend ants be compelled to pay the pro rata value of these shares at the time of the sale, estimated at $60,000 and in addition compound interest at 6 per cent from January I, 1890. This would increase the aggregate claim to more than S200,000.
 Miss Rives said that for several years prior to 1910 she and her mother had made their home with her uncle, John c. shelton, Jr. She always helped with the spring housekeeping. In 1910 she gave the house a more thorough cleaning than ever before. In a garret storeroom were many pieces of old furniture which had not been disturbed for years. She found solid mahogany library table covered with dust. In one side was drawer so constructed that at first glance 1t was not noticeable. She opened the drawer and found lot of faded pa pers. Under them was an old Bible. In turning the leaves of the Bible she came across a folded paper. yell lowed with age. She took it to her uncle, who examined it and found 1t was the certificate for the lost stock. Among the other papers in the drawer were found certificate for fifty shares of stock in the Missouri Wine company, now the American Wine company; a certificate for forty shares in the old Ohio and Mississippi railroad and . certificate for several shares in the old Pacific railroad. It
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
RATS COME HOME TO BOOST
As Result of Experiments Southern Doctor Claims Rodents Have
 Domestic Instinct.

New Orleans.-Folk who butter their cats paws to keep them home can easily achieve the same results with their rats by cutting off their ears. At least this is what Doctor Creels lat. est experiment seems to prove.
 Doctor Greet contended that the home instinct was as strong in rats as in newly wed husbands.
 Doctor Creel took for a subject q big. healthy. gray rat. trapped in Westwego. Put to sleep with ether, the animals ears were docked with an office punch. It was then taken to City park and released from cage.
 When last seen alive it was disap- bearing into clump of trees back of the Greek temple on the far side of the lagoon. still staggering bit from the effects of the ether. Three weeks later it was found dead in a tran in Doctor Whites district. five miles from the spot where released. From the direction of travel and it's near. ness to the Stuyvesant docks. 1t is thought that 1t was seeking means to cross the river to the westwsgo homo.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
FORTUNE IN BIBLE

is not known what value attaches to these stocks and so far no action to recover on them has been determined upon.
 Negotiations for a settlement of the claims under the gas company stock were suspended after the death of John G. shelton, Jr.. in 1913. Miss Rives said the heirs at that time were unable to agreev as to what division to make of the property and decided to drop the matter.
 Only recently they took 1t up again and employed an attorney to push their claims. The suit Is directed against the National Bank of Com merce and the William H. Thompson Trust company. because, it is alleged, the pro rata distribution of the stock at the time of It's sale was made through the bank, and Thompson acted as trustee in the transfer
 Miss Rives said that If the suit is successful the sum recovered will be divided into five parts for the heirs of the five children of her grandfa- ther. She will receive the entire part that would have gone to her uncle, John c. shelton. Jr. having been be- queathed his share. and one-half of the share of her mother, who is dead. The remainder will go to the other groups of heirs.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
DOLLAR DEFECTS A BULLET
Aside Syrian's Shot In Oregon Town.

Pendleton, Ore.-A silver dollar in his shirt pocket saved the life of Joe Hays. an Indian, who was shot by George Ackley, a Syrian. Hays and Patrick Isidore, another Indian, went to the restaurant of Ackley and or dered hot tamales. There followed a quarrel with Ackley, who claims that Hays was holding him while Isidore was trying to knife him. Ackley drew a revolver and fired. The bullet struck the Indian squarely over the heart, but was flattened and stopped by the sil. yer dollar.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
Hair of the Dou.v

When man is debilitated from the effects of the previous nights dc. bauch he is frequently counseled to take "a hair of the dog that bit him." the meaning being that he should take little of the same kind of li quor that had upset him. The saying is a remnant of an old superstiticus belief that the burnt hair of a dog was an antidote against the i'll effects of intoxication.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
y|Healthy Young Men
 lAre Merely "Sitters"
By KATHERINE POPE, Chicago


 
 At lecture last winter the University of Chicago selected hall not half large enough During the lecture leaned wea the wall The In the house sat line line of sturdy husky Americans and ehared dappe orenasuperby scious of the standing
 From time time rested exchanged with of the standing shood but few boys after the first firm
 demong for both occidental oriental sgnfed good da this sophisticated bruata change morals well 
 Shortly after another illustration attention na sub urban goody of athletic anchored comfortable a although among the strap hangers of charity several gayaired ladies' feeble old and girls Buwarked behind their newspapers convinced that they doing "the thing the young sat
 "Siters" they above everything else.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
Snail Farming Made Quite Profitable
By Charles Parnell Stewart. London. Eng.

frost and rdng birds there always the danger of the snas getting out, in which neghbors may claim damages
 while number of snails escaped from fam and radng negbong warehouse several bales of tobacco sands of religious tracts The farmer had $50 compensation and though he recovered his sna they all surfe and religion.
 There why Londoners of modest and adventurous taste should sna There need Princes for them Sna e had several of the quite moderate Soho have eaten them admirab cooed of ghenny luncheon Soho where they bought
 prepared and all have to do is them home and cook them
 Tie trouble about snals that they kuy cooked they tough snail bad wk which has been described n mouhful that lasts half an hour
 The snail has original kind of flavor not the least like anything his he should young and in excellent health
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
Beautiful Geysers of Yellowstone Park
By ]. H. HAYNES. Yellowstone. Mont.

locate single gusher Nowhere the world there either grandeur number with those the Yellowstone The and beautiful Mammoth those of New Zealand The Grand Canyon the Yellowstone unsurpassed beauty and color ing, and the Great Falls at its head 360 feet in height
 Hundreds of foreigners have remarked visiting the people of this country little appeca of the splendid scenery they have at home that they prefer abroad and returning into ecstas what they have when their doors they far more magnificent sights
 The altitude of the park its gates about 67oO feet but stage will take up to elevation of $500.
 Of hunting not permitted the park but enjoy fishing mountain and Yellowstone lake, where exceptionally good
 Some time the future perhaps the American people will awaken realization that this country only country of wealth and the world.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
Iawver's Abiljty.

It seems that a lawyer is something of a carpenter. He can file bill. split hair, chop logic, dovetail an argument, make an entry, get up a case, frame an indictment, empanel jury. put them in box. bore a court, chisel client, and other like things.
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

It has been asserted that there are geysers in other parts of the North Ameri- can continent than Yellow stone park, but after dili- gent search and inquiry, I
 have never been able to
The Spectator., 1915-06-22
So much has been writ

So much has been writ ten lately extolling the farmer and setting forth the ideal conditions under which he is living, together with the opportunities that exist on the farm, all of
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

Sometimes it seems that the "lower'' of this age, youths in the early twen- ties, have as their chief characteristic the power to sit. And the sturdier the boy the more firmly rooted
The Spectator., 1915-06-22

Snail farming, profitable as it well may be when one single snail can produce of its own volition 60 little ones in a year, is not quite all beer and skittles. In addition to losses through
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-05

triumphs of the seventy-five years Of
our religious existence west of the
Father of Waters. Our sons and daugh-
tiers fro mthe shores of the pacific,
from the International line of British
America, from the arid wastes of Ari-
iona and New Mexico, from beneath
the shadow of the stately and franz
ing Rockies, will come back to our
Mecca of Western Methodism, back to
the shrine of the mother of this West
ern Religious Empire, beautiful in her
robes of righteousness, we gather July
4th, to bow at her sacred affairs and
sing together, the praise of God.
Back to the affairs of st. Paul, the
Queen of u empire! What honors
shall we bring in memory of the Illus
trious fathers of the past? We be-
lieve that every loyal son and daugh-
ter of African Methodism in all this
vast territory-these twenty-five thou
sand children of Father Quinn, will
each make an offering according to
means to carry on our Mission work
in this territory and ask all who can
possibly do so, give us One Dollar. If
you cannot give One Dollar give Fifty
cents; give twenty-five, give ten cents,
give five, give as God has prospered
you in life. Those who give fifty cents
or more will have their names printed
in the records of the celebration.
Report to the pastor or to whom he
may designate to receive it to be sent
to Rev. A. A. Gilbert, 4729 Ferdinand
street.. st. Louis, by July A, 1915. With
faith in your love and loyalty for At
rican Methodism.
H. B. PARKS, Bishop.
]. D. BARKSDALE, Gen. Sec.