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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17

relieved Of my suf-
fering. 1t is agreeable to me for
you to publish this letter. l am glad
to have an opportunity to say to all
who are suffering as have done that
I obtained relief by using Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills.
Dodd's Kidney Pills soc per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. podd's Dyspepsia Tab
let's for Indigestion have been proved.
SOC per box.-Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17

large shows, and. to overcome the handiS
cap, local shows of all kinds are being
organized. from corn and canning con-
tests for boys and girls to neighborhoo6
live stock shows.
The local show may seem like a poor af-
fair when 1t starts, but there Is dyna-
mic interest In 1t that soon leads to Inn
provement. The start Is made by bring
ing out what happens to be in the neigh
borhood. and growth begins when the
best standards are applied, with the rea-
sons how and why. And that works surely,
and planting
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
Safely.

Johann, a soldier in a Bavarian.
Landwehr regiment, seemed to have
something on his mind. Finally he
spoke up. IF l only knew what sort
Of humor the captain was in" he said,
II would ask him for furlough."
Well" remarked Fritz, there's one
thing about it. If you go to him now,
at least he will not eat you. This is
one of the days when nobody amt al
lowed to have meat"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
The Story of the Lazy Servant
From the Louisville journal.

1iVih TIC AuASfhiS SOutAeI-JouTHal.
Once there was a lazy servant vino
wished she was rich.
So a fairy appeared and gave her a
lamp.
Rub that lamp" explained the fairy
land you can have what you want"
But the lazy servant was not impressed
IT'S just q scheme to get the brass
work. polished" she yawned.
And so her fortunes remained as they
were,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
The Suprema In Nerve.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
What has become OF the candidate who
hsed to have his photo taken beside load
OF hay?"
HE may be a little out of date How
ever, no candidate has as yet mustered
UP the nerve to have his photo taken be
side a stock ticker"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
Times Change.

What? You need new clothes
again? When / was boy wasn't
ashamed to wear garments that were
patched"
Eyes, dad, but you know you didn't
associate with such refined people as
I do"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint Of water add or. Bay Rum, O.
small box of Barbo Compound, and y OF. of
glycerine. Apply to the hair twice q week
until IL becomes the desired shade Any drug.
gist Can put this up or you can mix IL at
home at very little cost 1t win gradually
tarken streaked, faded gray hair. and re-
moves dandruh It Is excellent for falling
hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
It will not color the scalp; In not sticky OF
greasy, and does not rub olf.-AdV.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17

fered for a number of
years with backache,
also tender spots on
spine, and had at
times black floating
specks before my
eyes. l also had lum-
bagO and heart trou-
BILE. Since using this
medicine I have been
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
Admonition Applied.

Young man, don't you know that
It's better to be alone than in bad
company"
yes, sir. Good-by, sir"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
A GRATEFUL OLD LADY.

Mrs. A. G. Clemens, West Alexan.
der, Pa, writes: have used Dodd's
Kidney Pills, also Diamond Dinner
Pills. Before using them had suf-
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
Not gray HaIrs ont TIraa rv,,

make us look older than we are. Keen
your Eyes young and you will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co,
Chicago, Sends Eye Book on request.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17

Speaking of educated snakes, the
adder's in class By himself.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17

Woman's silence signifies more
than mans because it is much less
frequent.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
Test.

what is q square meal?" u
TITS one when you kin feel the cor
aers stickin' you
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
The Loom Of Time.

MANS life Is laid in the loom Of time
To a pattern he does not see."
Henry Ward Beecher
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
WHAT couRTsHrP CONSISTS OF.

ICopyright, 1916, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
who love would seek
Let him seldom speak,
For in loves domain
Silence must reign
Or it brings the heart
Smart and pain"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01

wharves between Palatka and Silver
Springs and whenovor the boat stop
ped she simply ran up to tho bank
and the passengers stepped ashore.
The little steamer, however. was COM
Portable and smooth-running. and In
the end the primitiveness OF her make
up really added to the pleasure OF the
trip.
Tho cooking was done by an old
Southern negro Of the "befo' de war"
type. and his cornbread would tempt
tho palate Of the most fastidious cpl
cure. to say nothing of his crisp ba-
.on. fried chicken and grllled sweet
potatoes. The table va set in the
cabin on the lower deck and all the
passengers were served at one sitting.
About twenty-five persons were on
board and after partakinG OF a gen.
uine Southern dinner during which
everybody became acquainted with
everybody else. general good humor
prevailed and tho passengers ad-
journed to the deck to enjoy the
scenery. The warm sun spread over
the decks and those who had come
from homes where snow and Ice were
the order OF the day threw OF their
wraps and fairly reveledI in balmy air.
We left the wharf about l o'clock In
the afternoon and ran up broad. calm
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01
EXPLAINS WHY MEN
Are GROWING BALD

Thousands of men are, growing
bald every day and don't know the
reason why. Many of them never eX-
pect to save even what hair is left.
This is indeed a pity, says a spe-
cialist because badness usually
comes from carelessness and anyone
who gives the scalp a little attention
should always have an abundance OF
good healthy hair. dust and dirt
help to cause badness by clogging
the pores in the scalp and giving the
dandruff germs fertile ground for
BREEDING.
The treatment is very simple:
Shampoo at least once in ten days and
destroy the dandruff germs by APP
plying frequently Partisan Sage, a
delightfully."- efficient preparation
that Wells-Haymaker Co., is now re-
commencing as the surest treatment
to stop falling hair, to remove dand-
ruff and to refresh and invigorate the
hair roots.
The cost of a generous bottle OF
Partisan Sage is very little and drug
gists everywhere have been author
lied to offer II with guarantee Of per-
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Advertisement.
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locusts have ut intervals r%eappeared
in Syria, but in smaller areas and
causing nothing like a general dlsas-
ter or distress. More recently occur
red in 1892, in the Jordan valley
near Jericho. where waving fields of
tall green barley and wheat were
eaten down to the stump in n remark
ably short time.
Fly in Thick Clouds.
THE locusts of the recent plague
first made their appearance during
the last days of February, 1915.
They few overhead in such thick
clouds as to obscure the sun. How
ever, before they were seen, a loud
noise, produced by the Tapping OF
myriads Of locust wings, was heard
described as resembling the distant
rumble of waves, or as st. John has
it. the sound of their wings was as
the sound of chariots of many horses
running into battle
They reached Jerusalem in the
first days of March. Attention was
drawn to them by the sudden dark
ening of the bright sunshine. They
did not settle in Jerusalem, evidently
seeking grecner and less populated
districts. They departed for Bethle-
hem. Quantities were now gathered
by the poorer Bethlehemites, and a
few ate them roasted. describing the
taste as delicious, especially the fe-
males full of eggs. Still the main
reason for collecting them was in or.
der to secure the small bonus offered
by the local government of Bethle-
hem.
Tons were destroyed, being
buried alive till several ancient aban-
doned cisterns were filled. while in
surrounding villages each family was
required TO produce a stipulated
weight. Likewise in Jaffa they
were destroyed by being thrown into
the Mediterranean and, when washed
ashore dead and dried on the beach.
were collected and used as fuel in
the public Turkish baths and ovens.
These clouds of flying lOCuStS, in
Jerusalem at least. invariably came
from the northeast going toward the
southwest, and ii was observed that
when strong winds ros too stiff for
them to resist, rather than be carried,
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by any country in the world.

by any country In the world.
All this variety OF enjoyment and
recreation may be had in Il trip up the
Oklawaha River-that ever winding
stream which wends its way through
Northeastern Florida. Away back In
1850 n man from Vermont discovered
tho beauty OF this river and conceived
the idea OF running excursion boats
upon its waters. For" no declared.
tho people should see this picturesque
water with Its tropical foliage and its
birds and reptiles.1 At that timo 1t was
the homo OF hundreds Of alligators
and a perfect aviary of birds. 1t took
several years to clear the river Of
fallen trees, brush and other obstruc-
lions but by the end OF the Civil War
no was ready for tho boats which DO
gan running from Palatka to silvor
Springs-a distance OF one hundred
and thirty miles. Since that time hum
dreds OF tourists hnvo found JOY in
the mythical labyrinths Of the glorious
tropical waterway.
The Okcehumkee.
Ono bright balmy January morning
the writer boarded the Steamer "Okee-
humkee" at Palatka. The boat was
old-fashioned and by no means palatinl.
At certain angles she looked as though
she might topple over ut any moment,
yet she was well balanced in every
way, while from another point she ro-
sembled a house boat which had been
pulled up on shore. There arc no
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01

Tower was so filled that the dry earth
seemed to be a living mass.
Fortunately, by the time these
young broods had hatched the grain
crops were too far advanced to be
much hurt The vineyards and orch
ards were the places at which the
locusts naturally halted, for the "a
pidity of their markings and the
frequency OF their stops seemed TO De
regulated by the amount of forage
encountered.
Once entering a vineyard, the
sprawling vines would in the shortest
time be nothing but bark, the long
dark stem lying fiat on the ground,
much resmt/ng snaks. Fig leaves
perhaps Of all things best suited
their taste, and once a tree felf a
prey to them the ground about would
BIZ literally layers deep, and the
trunks so covered with crawlers as
to make it a bright yellow color.
They first ate away the tender parts,
leaving a perfect skeleton of the large
broad leaves, but soon these, too,
were devoured, and usually after
one days work The tree stood naked
of any leaves, with nothing but the
hard unripe fruit protruding stifly
from the branches. When the
daintier morsels were gone the bark
was eaten off the young tomost
branches, which after exposure to
! the sun, blcached snow white. Then,
seemingly out of malice, they would
gnaw off small limbs. perhaps 10 gel
the pith within. The effect thus
caused was Il weird one, resembling
white candles on a dried-up Christ
mas tree.
Corn Eaten to Ground.
Likewise were destroyed the veg
etable and truck gardens in the plains
and hills, to say nothing of the abso-
lutte humiliation Of the grape, and
thousands of acres Of native corn,
still but a few inches tall, We're eaten
20 the ground. In fact. nothing es'
capped their ravages except the or
ange gardens at Jaffa. due to the
heavy sea breezes and strenuous hui
man efforts, while those OF the SUI
burbs were entirely eaten.
"In Nazareth it required several
hundred men to sweep the locusts
together and destroy them, and many
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01
Not Any Harder to Bear Than
the Burdens of the Pres
emit War.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Plagued
with a locust invasion as severe as
that brought over Egypt by Moses
the law-giver, its hordes OF tribute
bringing pilgrims cut off by the world
war, and bearing the burdens of war
taxation in money and men, the Holy
Land, in the year 1915, struggled
against such adverse conditions as II
has not known throughout its mod
ern history" begins a bulletin Just
issued by the National Geographic
Society at Washington, which EN-
bodies an account of the great locust
plague over Palestine and Syria dur
ing 1915 as told in a communication
to the society by John d. Whiting.
THAT which was left by the
creeping locust hath the swarmins
locust eaten, and that which was left
by the swarming locust hath the
grass locust eaten, and that which
was left by the grass locust hath the
corr locust eaten. Awake. and
weep and howl. For a nation
hath come up over my land, bold and
without number Thus Joel, writing
some seven or eight hundred years
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their marshy home. 1t was necessary
TO move slowly for some of the curves
we're 80 sharp that In making turns
the boat bumped tho opposite shore
and the passengers amused themselves
by pulling vines or moss from the
trees.
Battle Ground and Orange Grove.
At one place the Captain pointed
out n part Of tho swamp as one OF the
last battle grounds Of the Seminole
Indians In the days Of the famous
Osceolo, ono OF Americas greatest In
dian warriors. 1t was only a cluster
of old moss-covored trees with a thick
underbrush-an ideal place for an In
dian ambush.
Late in the afternoon the boat ran
up to the bank and stopped at an
orange grove which seemed to DO tho
only clearing anywhere along the
river. There an enterprising man has
set up a home in tho picturesque Will
derness and Is raising splendid fruit.
Everybody went ashore while the crew
loaded on an extra supply OF wood to
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01
NEVER LET
HER HAIR GET GRAY
Kept Her Locks Dark, Thick,
Glossy, with Sage Tea
and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it's done so naturally,
so evenly. Preparing this mixture
though, at home is mussy and
troublesome. For so cents you can
buy at any drug store the ready-to-
use tonic called "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" You just dam
pen a sponge or soft brush with 1t
and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at n time.
BY morning all gray hair disappears,
and. after another application or two,
your hair becomes beautifully dark
ened, glossy and lIxuriant. You will
also discover dandruff Is gone and
hair has stopped falling.
Gray, faded hair. though no dis
grace, is a sign Of old age, and as
we all desire a youthful and attrac-
tive appearance, get busy at once
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur and
look years younger.-Adyertisement.
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feed Dur engine. The passengers wan
dered about among the orange trees
and sampled the FRUIT purchasing It on
tthe trea.
The land about this place Is said
to be rich In the remains Of monsters
Of bygone ages, and Q few years ago
10 party Of hunters unearthed q part
of the bones Of q marine monster
which Is supposed to have been at
least ninety feet in length. Numbers
Of Indian sand mounds have been lis
covered and some were found to con-
tain Implements made OF copper-rel-
les OF the early days Of the seminoles
when they left the Creeks OF Georgia
and wandered into sunny Florida.
Night Scenes Fantastic.
Soon after leaving the orange grove
the sun set owe the jungle in all Its
red glory. going down behind the pal
mettoes like a ball OF fire. Then night
fell over the wilderness and the scene
became ever more beautiful. The tall
pines stood out like sentinels guarding
the silent river as they were silhou-
cited against the sky. The odor OF
the Jasmine and orange blossoms
waited through the soft night air filled
iour nostrils and we sat and gazed In
dreamy fashion out into this Florida
wilderness. Supper was hurriedly
eaten as everyone was loathe TO leave
the deck even for so short a time.
BY and by the moon came up and
flooded the waters with Its silvery
light and the trees took on fantastic
forms as the wind swayed their moss
covered limbs. We sailed | N this
fairyland of light for an hour or more
when the sky became overcast.
Suddenly n strange weird light
spread over the waters and turned the
Spanish moss into chains Of silver for
n time. The birds, disturbed In their
sleep, fitted from tree to tree. while
the splashing of the water Indicated
that even the reptiles were disturbed
by the sudden glare.
The illumination came from the up
per deck of the "okeehumkee" where
a huge iron box had been set up to
act as a searchlight. 1t IA a clumsy
looking affair on tho order Of n OF
the paper burners used in cleaning up
our city markets. The negro deck
hands fed pine logs into the box and
the dry wood blazed and cracked Us
it lighted up tho river and its shores
The weirdness OF the scene was fasci-
mating in the extreme and this was
enhanced by the singing Of the dusky
crew as they piled on the logs.
It was after midnight when the pas
sengers began to turn in and then they
fell asleep listening to a negro with a
clear tenor voice az he sang:
where tho ring doves meet thell
mates,
! Cooling at the cypress gates
OF the Oklawaha."
All night long the colored pilots
kept their flambeaux burning and the
resinous flames lit up the banks out
side the staterooms. and from their
berths the passengers could SEQ far
into the Jungle. One or two of the
women declared that they saw animals
proving about and hat they were
terrified lost the wild creatures should
climb into their cabins. OF course
this was Imagination pure and simple
as alligators, snakes. turtles and birds
are the only inhabitants Of the Ok
lawaha shores. Recently a modern
%searchlight has taken the place Of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01

pine torches due to the fact that the
authorities feared that during the dry
season the sparks from the DANES
might set nre to the dry brush. While
there was, Of course, danger OF this.
the searchlight is not nearly 90 pic
turesque as the old-styie light
Plenty Of Alisators.
Everybody was astir early in the
morning and SO eager to view the
landscape Ger" that little breakfast
was eaten. About seven o'clock q
small steamer passed US Just at a
point wide enough for that purpose.
and except for a little boat which fol-
lowed US. this seemed to be the only
traffic on the stream. Tho morning
was clear, and although it was Jan
uary the day was like early June. All
Nature seemed awake. The birds twtt-
tered as they few back and forth
across the river and the b~utterniesN
seemed to be pluming their wings IN
the sunlight as they lit on the bushes.
Pretty soon the captain came on deck
and began to point out alligator MONIES
and at one place a good-sized drowsy
gator which was taking a sun bath
slid off the bank and splashed into the
water. Then another, and still an
other followed. 81 told you that ALI
gators grew here!" said the Jolly cap
tain as everybody gazed in wonder on
the ugly creatures. Turtles tumbled
off the logs and a water snake sought
safety by slipping through the roots
which projected into the water.
Silver Springs.
At times 1t seemed that u boat
could barely push through the swamp
cabbage, and at others 1t seemed that
VIC had reached the end Of the river
and were running directly into the
bank. These scenes continued until
noon when we ran into Silver Springs.
There the transparent depths Of the
water gave one the impression that
the boat had turned itself into q flying
machine and that we were moving
through the air. Every pebble ard
every aquatic plant stood out as clear
as II 1t were on shore instead Of at
the bottom of the lake. Even the fish
and alligators swimming about seemed
to be in an aquarium or at least In a
tank behind a glass plate. These
springs have a surface ares Of about
three acres and are held in five lime
stone basins. The largest basin is
about elghty-five feet deep and two
hundred feet wide and the water is so
transparent that q dime thrown to the
bottom can be clearly seen and all OBJ
jccts thrown into this particular pool
have an iridescent glow.
The trip ends at this point and the
passengers take a little Jerkwater train
going to Ocala, where connection Is
made for Jacksonville, and the city Is
reached in the evening. Those who
prefer to make a quick trip may take
a smaller and faster steamer which
makes the trip in a day, but those who
love Nature prefer the more primitive
fashion OF the slow-going boats. The
journey Of n hundred and thirty
miles was mado in t~wenty-four hours
over a river which flows through the
very heart of Florida.
There Is no other place in this coun-
try and perhaps in the whole world
where one can in comparative comfort
and safety experience such weird Wild
ness Of natural beauty and fantastic
night scenes as on this picturesque
stream.
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02e 62[CN
Sroo0Gg
5Sn7zr7ols I7oLHx7T
Midwiinter Sail
Over This Picturesque
River Where January
Is As BalmyAs June
The Home Of the Alliga-
tor andBirds ofBrilliant
Plumage.
Copyright 1916, BY The International
Syndicate .

Copyright, 1916, BY The International
Syndicate.
~LORIDA rs a winter resort Is
- famous tho world over and tho
average seeker after pleasure
and freedom from care usually
eontents himself with tho ease and
comforts afforded by the magnificent
notels which line the Eastern coast OF
shat State. While this is, Of course.
spell Of tho man-made beauty Of those
~onderful hotels and gnrdens one
misses the real natural glory of that
land Of wonderful jungles. With a lit
Ito travel to the Interior and tho on
during Of trifing inoonvenlenccs n
may see wild beauty and variegnted
scenery similar to tho junglos of Asia
r Africa Many persons journey to
these far away countries In search OF
experience and excitement, although
20 have in our own land a wilderness
.hich Is quito as Interesting to tho
traveller on pleasure bont and which
y free from the danger and hardship
Of African travel. Added to this. 1t
boasts OF the same balmy climate Of
the world famed Riviera.
Within a few hours travel of mil
!lans OF our population we have COM
h.ned in one section of Florida Wild
ness Of Jungle filled with nearly every
variety Of reptile and with birds OF
gorgeous plumase, beauty OF scenery
and q winter climate with clear. warm
I-ys and invlgorating air unsurpassed
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01
LOCUST INVASION
OF II HOLY LAND

B. C. begins his description of a To-.
Gust plague, which then as now must
have laid waste this land. We mar
vel how this ancient writer could
have given so graphic and true a de-
scription of a devastation caused by
locusts in so condensed a form. The
Oldest men of Palestine remembered
no such invasion. Since 1865, COM
monty called the year of the locusts'