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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

BY fractional distillation under rela-
lively low pressure, an Italian has
found way to remove alcohol from
wine without otherwise altering II.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Adopting the slogan, "Songbirds for
ever and a catless world by 1920" a
wealthy Dakota farmer has offered
priZes to those who kill the most cats.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Denicotined cigars and cigarets are
being made in France and Switzerland
that are acceptable to smokers of the
best tobacco.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

The area Of Lake Superior is $1,000
square miles; Lake Michigan, 22,45O;
Lake Huron, 23,800; Lake Erie, $3.50:
Lake Onario 7,240
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Sounds produced by an electric siren
invented IN Germany, are FASTENED on
their way by a fan built into the ma
chine.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

A serious effort Is being made in In
dia to revive the natural indigo indus
Try and more than 25S,000 acres have
been planted this year.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

II is estimated that $4,000, 900 worth
OF gold is destroyed annually by a
Chinese custom Of burning small pieces
Of gold leaf on certain anniversaries.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Recent examination Of the coal de-
posits Of Spitzbergen indicates that
they contain more than 1000, 00O, 900
tons of fuel Of remarkable purity.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

The peak of Teneriff, in the Canary
Islands, throws a shadow streachine
across the sea for a distance of SO
miles.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Coke, automatically fed under the
boiler, is used for fuel in a New Eng
land steam driven road tractor OF great
power.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

The largest butterflies are found In
British Guiana, some Of which have a
wing measurement Of IL inches.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

During the six months from April to
September, 1915, $50 motor cars of
American make were imported into In
dia as against 407 made in GreaI Brit
ain.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

An electric process for drying lum-
Der in piles of Embarked logs has been
yerfected In France.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Among the lower animals only about
B per cent are defective at birth. a
much lower ratio than among human
beings.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

There is an excellent market for saws
IN Russia, as that great country does
not manufacture them.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30
CLAY COUNTY FARMER
SEEKS EMPLOYE Who
FLOATED BAD CHECKS
After Getting Confidence Es
tablished Employe Made
Away With 500.

Vermilion. s. D.. March 27.--The
Clay county authorities are looking for
forger who secured nearly 500 on
worthless checks and then disappeared.
The name OF the fugitive is James Null
len. and for about a month he had
been employed by T. r. Walker, a
Clay county farmer, in aiding in set
ting up a sawmill. On several occa-
sions his employer had entrusted him
with checks to get cashed and his deal
ing on these occasions were honest and
straight. Then he suddenly appeared
in Vermillion, and within a period of
an hour or two succeeded in cashing
four checks to which he had forged
Walkers signature. The forged checks
were passed at stores, Mullen making
small purchases and giving the forged
checks in payment therefor, receiving
the difference between the amount of
the purchase and the amount OF the
checks in cash. He has been trailed as
far'as Elk Point, where all trace of him
was lost.
Miller. 8. D., March 27.-Plans are
Hudson, s. D., March 25.-Through
personal detective work on the part Of
S. r. Hoffman, cashier of the First
National bank, Of Hudson. Frank
Adams, who Is wanted in Hudson for
forgery, has been placed under arrest
at Mineral Point, Wis, and will be
brought back to South Dakota for trial.
He Is accused Of having forged the sig
nature Of Melvin Solberg, a we'll known
farmer, to a check for $35, which he
had cashed at the First National bank.
The alleged forger then disappeared.
Cashier Hoffman had ascertained that
the fugitive had relatives both at
Mineral Point and O'Neill, Neb., and
kilograms Offering a reward for the cap
ture of Adams and containing a de-
scription Of the fugitive were sent to
both those points, with the result that
Adams has been captured.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

BalSu, Russia, imports $4,000 worth
AZ wire monthly from the United States.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

The Portuguese language is used ty
about 3o.00o,0o0 persons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
High Prices Hit Washerwomen.

Berlin.-The heavy hand of increas-
ed prices probably has fallen nowhere
with greater weight than upon the
hundreds Of washerwomen Of Greater
Berlin, who do about 90 per cent OF
the laundry work of the capital, Soap
prices have risen by about $50 per
cent, starch by more than 400 per
cent, and bOrax by almost 900 per
cent. Yet despite these startling in
creases, the laundry prices have re-
manned about at their old figure, and
cannot be lacked up appreciably, the
washerwomen claim. Even today they
are in nearly respects ridiculously
low, judged by the American standard,
certainly lower than one would ex-
pect to find them after studying the
cost of materials necessary for run
ming a laundry.
Asked why they do not increase
their prices somewhat at least, the
majority Of the washerwomen shake
their heads and declare that their
clients will not stand for the increase
Most Of them express the belief that
the time is not far ahead when there
Will have to be radical change in
fashions, whereby people will wear
darker colored clothes so that so much
washing will not have TO be done,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22

ern frontier. would provide but q men
to every mile Each man would be $50
feet from his neighbor, nearly a city
block, and it would be a paltry crew
of raiders that could not break through
at any point and accomplish destruc-
ton similar to that at Columbus be
fore sufficient forces could be gathered
TO drive them out. Even with our
whole regular army and all our ma
tional guard gathered along the Mexi-
can border we would have but 100 men
to the mile and each man would be
"A feet from his neighbor.
General Funston is doing as much
as any man can do with the troops
available, as consideration of the
above facts must convince.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
CHINESE SOCIAL REFORM.

That the Chinese republic has not
been flash in the pan is proved by
the remarkable social reforms which
have taken place in the New China, re-
forms that have apparently come to
stay. EX-President Eliot of Harvard
said year ago that the Picking prison
was the most interesting thing he saw
in his whole trip through China. 1t is
in fact almost model prison, In GER
tain respects more advanced than any
thing the prison reformers in our
country have been able to achieve. At
the Picking prison they teach every
prisoner a trade; they have an en-
ployment bureau that connects a man
with job; they segregate first offend
ers from old offenders; the parole sys-
TEN has been introduced and the gov
ernor has decided to stick TO it; while
physical drill, an innovation in any
class of Chinese society, is held daily
the result being that for more than
four years there has not been single
attempt to escape This astonishing
prison is only one of the products of
the Far Eastern revolutionary spirit
discussed in the June Century, in an
article entitled Social Reform in
China" by Gardner L. Harding, others
being the Gate of Hope" for women,
the Picking industrial home, and the
poOrhouse. Mr.. Harding, who spent a
year in China investigating social con-
ditions, reached the interesting conclu-
sion that the remarkable spirit of re-
form in the Chinese is entirely spon-
taneous and owes almost nothing to
foreign influence and example
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
New Substitute for Gasoline.

Il have just returned from Detroit"
reports IgnatZ. While there | buzz
ed Hen Ford, and indirectly he let
me in on his latest scheme to make
his fiivver more attractive to the
buyer, the gasoline question being at
present the most worrisome to the
owner of a car. Hen, if | gathered
accurately from his conversation, has
discovered that his car will respond
to joke, If it's a good one. The idea
is to spill pun into the engine that
will bring chuckle and send the car
on its way. The test, | understand,
has been made, and the joke has prov
ed an acceptable substitute for gas.
or course the average joke is nothing
but gas, anyway, and the wonder to
me is that it hasn't been tried before
now. The plan at the Ford factory
is said to be to assemble all of the
jokes that have been originated at the
expense of the little car, put them
into a book, and make a gift of a copy
of the book to each purchaser of a
machine. Each joke is to be guaran-
teed to draw giggle from the car.
How far it will carry the machine, of
course, depends upon the mood of the
mechanism when the pun is dropped
into the f1ivyers ear"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
FIGHTING WEEDS.

In Kansas the state board Of
health is urging every town and city
in the state to wage a campaign
against weeks. The chairman of the
board has issued the following state
ment: Hay fever can be avoided if
weeds are cut down. The disease is
due to pollen from the weeds getting
inside the nose and causing an irri-
tation. | want every city and town in
the state to pass an ordinance order
ing all weeds cut, and then enforce it.
If they do, hay fever will be driven
from Kansas" The Indianapolis News
says that it is worth remarking that
if Kansas or any other state gets rid
of its weeds, hay fever sufferers will
not be the only persons who will ben
eft. Weed eradication will mean an
annual saving to the state financially
that would be difficult to estimate. 1t
would probably amount to millions. 1t
would mean increased crops, valuable
labor diverted to more productive
work, more sanitary conditions gen.
orally, fewer insect and disease pests
to attack crops and assail human be-
ings, and better health on the part of
the public as a whole. The News calls
attention to the fact that in many
states there are anti-weed laws on the
statute books, but nowhere is the law
enforced as it should be Kansas will
make a real contribution for the good
Of humanity if it can discover some
means Of enforcing the law. The
News suggests national week Grad
ication week, during which every
body, everywhere, would do his share
in driving out the nuisance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
Tavenner's Capital Letter

recruiting officers of their respective
communities to call on them. | trust
they will not all speak at once.
| Here are other things the conven-
ton took particular care not to do:
% The convention did not indorse
! the government armor-plate bill
| (2) The convention did not pass
resolutions placing itself on record in
favor of taking private profit and pri-
vate graft out of war and preparation
for war through the government con-
struction and manufacture of battle
ships, submarines, aeroplaneS, NUM-
lions, etc, so that money appropriated
| for preparedness in the future will go
into preparedness instead of princi-
pally into the pockets of men identi-
i fled with the Navy League, which is
where a large part of the taxpayers
money appropriated for preparedness
/ in the past has gone.
! 90 The convention did not deny
that J. P. Morgan, for so many years
a director of the Navy League, is the
| officially accredited munition agent of
/ the British government and one of the
largest individual beneficiaries of war
and preparations for war in the entire
world.
| a. The convention did not deny
! that the president of the Navy League
| is also president of the New York
Metal Exchange and chairman of the
board of directors of the International
| Nickel company (the nickel trust) q,
and that because of the great quaint
| ties of nickel used in battleships and
munitions this concern would profit
probably more than any other single
concern from the s500,O00,O00 bond is
sue for battleships which the presi-
dent of the Navy League has been ad-
vocating.
(5) The convention did not deny that
representatives of every armor-plate
concern in the United States are in
cluded in the list of the 10 men pub
lished on page 80 of the February,
, 1904, issue of the Navy League Jour
nal, the leagues official organ, as be-
ing the founders" of the Navy League.
90 Last but not least, the conven-
ton did not indorse house joint reso-
luton 112, which requires war traf-
! licking firms to divulge the names and
addresses of their stock and bond
holders, so that the public may know
| to what extent the men who are cry
| ing out to heaven for preparation for
war will profit financially in the event
that their agitation is successful.
/ Here are some of the things the
convention did:
| Called to order by the chairman of
the board of directors of the Inter
national Nickel company.
| Opened with prayer.
Kissed the secretary of the navy,
who is in favor of the government
manufacture of munitions of war.
Heard papers and addresses advo-
eating larger appropriations by con-
gress for the army and navy.
| Kissed the secretary of the navy
| some more.
| Banqueted at the expense of the
chairman of the board of directors of
the International Nickel company.
! Passed resolutions indorsing a naval
program which will require vastly in
creased appropriations, and which will
also mean increased taxes, increased
cost of living, and increased profits to
the war traffickers
Reelected the chairman of the board
Nickel company president for another
term
Adjourned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
]EAETHTALKS
William Brady,n.D.
,aII From Bread and Milk Club

berculosis after the tonsils are cut of?
Does removal of the tonsils injure the
singing voice? Can the operation be
done under a local anesthetic?
Answer. Ne. 2. Removal Of en-
larged or diseased tonsils usually i'm
proves the singing voice. 8. In adults,
yes; in children, no.
Dinner at Six O'Clock.
Is it better for children to have
lunch at noon and dinner at six? They
are seven and five, and retire at sew
en- and eight o'clock.
Answer-Six o'clock dinner is pre-
ferable for everybody.
Chronic EndOcarditis.
Is chronic endocarditis incurable?
What treatment is best for it?
Answer-It is as inCurable as
wrinkled skin or gray hair. but the
heart trouble resulting from il may
be relieved by rest, good hygiene,
graduated exercise and such general
care as heart insufficiency always re-
QuireS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22

The Bread and Milk club has
throw open the doors and will be glad
to consider applicants for member
ship. We want only preferred risks.
No downright sick people with one f.
in the g. need apply. The charter pro-
hlbltS the acceptance of such appli-
cants. The club was originally organ
lied for the near-invalid, the over
fed, autotoxemic, bilious, sedentary,
liver pill-consuming too stout, pleth-
oric individual who thinks he or she
isn't in need of medical attention. We
can accommodate a number of new
members, and we extend a special in
wilton to business men, Office men,
clerks, professional people, house
wives who hire all the work done, and
all other persons who take life too easy
after the age of 50. Applicants under
thirty must show cause why they
should be considered at all.
Under no circumstances can the
rules and regulations be varied or sus-
pended to meet the convenience or
whims of members Anyone who wish
es to retain his standing in the club
must confine himself rigidly to his
bread and milk all day Monday every
week. No half way compromise will
do. Be a hero, or else keep out. One
of the prime motives in the institution
Of the Bread and Milk club was to
teach the public that it is not fatal to
skip few meals now and then, for the
sake of the liver, lights and other or
gans that have more than they can do
disposing of the excuses ordinarily
poured in upon them.
1t is very simple The initiate opens
his eyes on blue Monday and calmly
pours his bowl of certified milk, and
drinks it slowly and deliberately.
munching a cracker or two or
crunching on a small slice of home
made bread to encourage the startled
hormones. Then, regularly, by the
clock, he repeats the process at inter-
walls OF two, three or four hours all
all day long, as he prefers. If very
stout and bilious and very susceptible
to administration, once in four hours
is often enough.
Were it not for the limitations of
space and our great regard for the
interests of the profession We would
print some testimonials from members
of the club-testimonials that would
induce a riot among the nearinvalids
who would desire to join.
OF course there is no secret grip.
and no dues TO pay in the Bread and
Milk club. Anybody is welcome to en-
ploy our ritual and degree work. But
we only recommend it for the too we'll
nourished victim of nervous prosper
ity who is 80 years old or over. No
younglings are admitted, and no sick
folks are wanted in the club. 1t is for
people who loathe 10 think themselves
anything but healthy. people who feed
themselves to death by inches and
never can see the use OF that annual
physical examination the economy eX-
perts are advocating for all high-clasS
machines whose efficiency is worth
guarding.
Tonsill0tomy and tuberculosis.
Is a person more apt TO contract tu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22

had escaped despite his watching but
would doubtless be overtaken and car.
ried back, the law being on her guard
ian's side. AS married woman
through her husband, she could claim
her freedom. The rector listened tn
her explanation. pondered a few min.
utes, then said:
II fancy l can get you ont Of your
trouble without this marriage, which
will bring complications difficult to I'm.
raveL Suppose | hide you"
Can you? VIII your
81 can"
The girl told the man she had coma
with that IL he would stand by her
and not reveal her whereabouts she
would give him the money she had
promised him to marry her He was
an honest chap and said that be would
stand by her without being paid 70
do so.
AS soon as he had gone the clergy.
man took the girl into the church and
placed her behind a curtain in the
chanceL. Then he went back to the rec.
tory, where he found breakfast wait.
ing for him 1t was not long before a
groom, mounted, rode up to the rec.
tory and, throwing himself from his
horse, knocked at the door, The rector
answered the summons and questions
as to whether he had seen the escaped
girl. Lying not being In keeping with
his sacred office, he excited suspicion.
The groom rode away leaving the rec.
tor convinced that he would report bis
suspicious, and the church and rectory
would be searched. Going into the
church, he informed the girl Of her
danger. She was beside herself with
| terror.
Il will take the place." he said, ~ot
the man who agreed to marry you, but
without price, and will consent to an
annulment at such time as you may
| desire"
The girl was only too glad to avail
| herself of his offer. A servant was
sent post haste for a Methodist minis.
ter who lived a short distance from
/ them. He came, the servants were
called as witnesses, and the two were
legally married.
The ceremony had scarcely been fin
ished when a gentleman was driven up
to the rectory and demanded in the
name of the law to search the prem
ises for his ward. The rector led her
forth and presented her as his wife.
| When shown the marriage certificate,
| the guardian acknowledged himself
beaten, and that was the end Of the
| persecution.
| Some months later, when the lady
had become of age, the rector offered
to arrange for an annulment of the
marriage The annulment, however.
was never applied for, and the mar
rage was accepted by both the parties.
But that constitutes love story in
itself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
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THOSE LITTLE BROTHERS.

THOSE LITTLE BROTHERS.
Here's to the little brothers
Always in the way,
Regarded as such bothers
Throughout the live long day.
In morn they're apt to shout about
And make lot of noise,
So those who want their beauty sleep
Just long to kill those boys.
II they are feeling extra good
When they arrive at school
Teacher no doubt will take them out
And use the golden rule.
After school, if they are playing
A little game of ball,
And the ball goes through a window
They're mauled again, that's all.
If at the evening repast
Their face and hands aren't clean,
They're ordered from the table
Now, tell me, amt that mean?
And should they wander afterward
In where sis and her beau are at,
They're quickly ousted with the words,
Get out of here, you brat"
What can those little fellers do
When all they do is wrong?-
Why anything,-cause they don't care
Ooinell dances to their song!
O. D. X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
Test of War Shirt,

Emporia, Kan, Gazette: Should the
United States be compelled to raise a
volunteer army, there will be plenty
Of men who will volunteer, providing
they can go as colonies. Lieutenant
colonies may be found without diff
Guilty, and there will be many recep-
tive if not active candidates for jobs
as majors, captains and lieutenants.
A few humble citizens will go as ser
geants, company clerks and as cor
porals. The great task will be to find
a few bright men to take the privates
jobs. To be a private requires that a
man must take orders, including
plenty of fool ones; must do night
guard duty while the officers sleep;
must fight with the flies for a tin
plate full of "slum" and a can of
black coffee, while the officers eat
regular food in a screened field din
ing room, and must f1unky more or
less for officers, many of whom were
his social and business interiors at
home. A volunteer army, in the ma
ture of things, is more or less demo-
cratic, and conditions only after pro-
tracted war can be made similar to
those of the regular army. There will
be plenty of volunteers for volunteer
officers jobs, for an officer may re-
sign when he gets tired of it, but the
response to the call for plain, every
day privates will be the real test of
the war spirit