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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-06-22
We want a Name for Our
Annual Celebration.

Tabor businessmen have decided
to hold celebration annually
during the second week in August.
As no name as yet has been select
ed for this annual day it has been
decided to give every one a chance
to suggest name-a name that
will he we'll sounding and, fitting
or applicable to the occasion.
Five dollars in cash will be paid to
the person who suggests a name
that will be accepted by the com.
mitee and which shall be used to
designate the day. The business
men of Tabor want everyone to
join in on this. You cannot tell
you may have a good idea, so try
your wits and see if you can win
the prize.
Rules of Contest.
1. All are elligible-no one bar
red.
2. Only one suggestion will be
accepted from each person.
3. All suggestions mus be sent
in by mail, or handed to the secre-
tary in u sealed envelope before
July Is, 1916.
4. All envelopes containing sug-
gestions, as soon as received, will
be marked in numerical order and
also the date and hour when re-
ceived.- '
5. After July Is, 1916, the COM
mittee will open all envelopes con-
tanning suggestions and will de-
eide which name is the winner.
6. In case of tie, that is if there
is more than one person suggest
ing the winning name, the d. to
and hour marked on the envelopes
when received shall be considered
and the persol who had sent, or
handed in, his suggested sooner,
shall be declared the winner, a d
will be awarded the prize ::
There are no strings tied to this
proposition. If your idea of a
suitable name sounds good to the
committee you will receive the
prize.
Fill in the coupon below and
send it in sealed envelope to
F. J. FRANA,
Secretary Commercial Club,
Tabor, S. ID.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-06-22

A school election for the pur-
pose Of electing a chairman. for
Tabor school district was held
Tuesday afternoon in the school
house at which j. NJ. Petrik was
elected to ill the position. The
out going chairman, Mr.. Jos. No
votny has held this position for
the past seventeen years.
The pupils of the public school
gave very nice yropram in the
Society Hall last Friday assisted
by the Tabor orchestra. A very
large crowd of parents and patrons
Of the school attendt d and all en-
joyed the program immensely
This marks the closing of a very
successful school year considering
that the school opened ON January
3rd. Miss McCardell and Miss
Dickson certainly worked hard to
make up for lost time and they
have succeeded to a large mea
sure.
Tabor trimmed up Avon last
Sunday on the local diamond in a
tight game which lasted ten inn
ings. The score was 7 to 8. Here
with chart Of the doings of each
,,lau
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-06-22
Don't Forget the
Movies

Be sure and see the Passion
Play, or The Life Of Our Saviour,
in Z reels and natural colors at the
Scenic Sunday, June Is. These
pictures will be shown at 1:30 in
the afternoon on said day and also
at 8 p. m. These are the finest
pictures ever put on the screen
and no one should miss them.
Matuska & Koletzky. Adv.
Admission IS and 15c
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-06-22

Miss NcCardell was at Tyndall
Monday.
Albert Vauk Of Avon was vi
sitor here last Friday. }
A j. Fillaus of Dante and his
wife we're visitors here Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Skalak visited rela-'
tives near Scotland over Sunday.
For . square deal. good lumber. and
low prices. come to J. H. ousal Co.
See the Passion Play at the mo-
vies Sunday, June %. Adv.
Mrs. Jos. Horak of Wagner vi
sited relatives here early in the
week.
Miss Alice Hakl of Yankton
spent Sunday here visiting rela-
tives. >...
7. v. Ptak of Tyudall was here
in the interest of his lumber yard
Wednesday.
Mrs. C.W.Rootwent to Spring,
field Wednesday for a visit with
her parents. |
Mrs. Jos. Melichar, Mrs. Stella
Petrik and Mrs. 'Barbora Novak
we're at, Yankton Wednesday.
Homer Beeman and his sons are
painting the JOS. Black buildings
on main street.
JIM. Petrik at present is in
Montana assisting his sons George
and Joseph on q claim.
Splendid, Red. Seal and pure rye
-four for sale at the Farmers eleva-
5 tor. 81 Adv.
For sale, surrey, almost new,
and one buggy without top. Aug
ust Seiner. Adv.
School warrant books for sale at
the Independent. 81 book of
100 warrants
Farmloans at 5per cent. Farms
for sale. Lindstrom Investment
{ Co., Yankton, sgd. Adv.
Protect your home with the Py-
. rene FIRE extinguisher. For sale
by Tabor Auto Go.
A few bargains in Charles Mix
county farms. g. B. Bowling,
Wagner, S. d. Adv.
Try some of our Monarch paint
and varnishes. The best on the
market. Ptak Lumber Yard Adv
Miss Clara Herman came down
from Tyndall last Saturday for a
short visit with her cousins. |,
Joseph Kotalik bought another
Overland car of the Tabor Auto
Co. evidently for one of his sons.
Bart Wagner and his wife of
Andrus, were visiting here the
latter part of last week in their
Ford. {
John Pekar and his sister, Miss
Albina of near Trip spent last
week at this place visiting rela- 1
tives. IA
Eugene Szymanski after a short
visit here with his, brothers, re-
turned to his home in Owatonna.
MINI. Monday.
Mrs. Vaclav Nedved and her
daughter, Miss Rose, returned
Monday from their visit in Omaha
with relatives. =
Miss Caroline Strejc after vi
sit at the home of her uncle, Jos.
Black, returned to her home in
Greenwood, Neb., last Friday.
Helen Black went with her to at =
tend school there.
A very large crowd attended the t
a. Q. B. j. picnic Sunday and all {
present had q very enjoyable time q
The committee in charge certainly !
provided for the comfort of the \
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
STATUES IN EUROPEAN cITIEa
Things That Impressed English Au-
thor When He Visited Capitals Of
Germany and Russia.

1t is interesting to recall at the pres
ent time, when Russia and Germany
are warning, what Lewis Carroll, the
author of "Alice in Wonderland"
wrote in his diary of Berlin and Petro,
grad, the rival capitals, during a con-
tinental tour he took as long ago as
1S67-even before the Franco Prussian
war.
After commenting upon the enor.
nous number Of statues In Berlin.
Lewis Carroll goes on to say that one
OF the types of statue most frequently
seen is the colossal figure of a man
killing, about to kill, or having killed
(the present tense is preferred) a
beast. A dragon is the correct thing,
but if that is beyond the artist, he may
content himself with a lion or a pig.
The beast-killing principle has been
carried out everywhere with relent-
less monotony, which makes parts OF
Berlin look like a fossil slaughter
house."
He continues his tour, and eventual
ly comes to Petrograd. This is his de-
scription: There is a fine equestrian
statue of Peter the Great near the ad-
miralty; the horse is rearing, and has
a serpent coiled about his hind feet.
If this had been put up in Berlin Peter
would, no doubt, have been actively
engaged in killing the monster, but
here he takes no notice of it; in fact,
the killing theory is not recognized.
London Tit-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
WROTE FOR A MoNGo0sE
Revenge on Rats, Which Annoy Them,
Plotted by British Soldiers
In Trenches.

An army officer searched all London
one day for a mongoose, which is a
weasellike animal. He had received
piteous letter from some friends in
the trenches asking for one of these
valuable little beasts-a sure cure for
rat plague. He was told that one could
only be had II private individual
happened to have one to sell, and the
price would be about s27.50.
Cecil Isaacs of the Royal Mena-
geries said the mongoose is the only
animal that can be depended upon to
rid a trench of rats.
"A ferret" he said, will kill for the
sake of eating. But mongoose kills
for the sake of killing. l guarantee
that any trench with a mongoose will
noe suffer from rats. The difficulty is
to get a mongoose. 1 have sent out
half a dozen recently to France, but
live stock = 10 not being shipped to
England now, and the home OF the
mongoose is Ceylon.
THE only chance is to seek out pri-
vate owners and ask them to sell.
Many inquiries have reached me from
officers at the front. Even the ferret
is scarce
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Golden AGE of Our Poetry.

There is no more hopeful sign Of the
Advancement of a new age Of artistic
appreciation in this country than the
recent genuine renaissance Of native
and vigorous poetry, blazing new trails
for itself in realism, fantasy. form and
method, says the Century.
The best of this work is based upon
the craftsman's knowledge of his craft
and his clear-sighted study Of the
poetic "old masters though the mod
ern poet shows his individuality in two
distinct ways. He is either merci-
less and challenging realist or weaves
new and gorgeous patterns upon the
loom Of fancy, rejecting old poetic
phrase, the age-long pigeon holed fit
expression" for a given theme, shap-
ing out of the flexible, slang accreted
language of the day a new poetic die
ton full of pith and "brimmed with
nimbler meanings up" Thus, mixed
metaphorically, some idea may be
given of his enthusiastic and hearty
modern method
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
His COLLEGE Handicap.

II remember when it was really q
disadvantage to have had technical
mining education" said John Hays
Hammond. Il remember going to one
Of the large mining magnates of the
day In California, who had got his In
formation and experience by hard
knocks, and asking for a job. He
said: There is one serious objection
to you. You have been at Freiburg.
and you know you have to unlearn
good deal when you get into active
practice l am sorry to say there is
4 great deal of truth in that too.
Well said, I will tell you in con-
fidence. but do not repeat this to my
poor father. who has made every sacri-
ace to send me abroad for mining
sducation-I did not learn a confound-
I'd thing at Freiburg.' Then he said
I will take you And that was the
1rst job l ever got
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
GIVES HER DIVORCE AND JOB
After Granting Decree Asked For
Judge Takes Interest in Do
serted Woman.

Mrs. Augusta Blackledge got a di-
vorce and a job on the same day
through the offices of Superior Judge
Graham. After testifying that her
husband, John Blackledge, a clerk,
had deserted her year ago, she Sc
cured an interlocutory decree.
When the Judge questioned her as
to her finances. she said she had Just
six dollars, and would have one dollar
left after paying the court stenog-
rapher his fees.
IF that's the case, there will be no
stenographer's fees m this case,' de-
clared the court Stenographer Roy
Gallagher willingly consented. Some
time later Judge Graham got busy on
the telephone, and as a result Mrs.
Blackledge was notified that employ
ment awaited her in local depart
ment store.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Brave Dogs Honored.

The hall of brave dogs was the
most fascinating exhibit" at dog
show, held in London, recently. There
are ten of those hero dogs on view on
a wide stand draped with purple hang
ings, the observed Of all observers.
One called Sammy" is the greatest
hero. He is a pleasant-faced, kindly
retriever. A year ago the lady who
owns him was lying i'll in bed, and
alone in the house. She was awak-
ened by Sammy barking and licking
her face. The bed was on fire. She
was dazed and half unconscious, and
she most certainly would have died
had not her faithful dog dragged her
out of bed and so out Of danger. Five
years before this she was attacked
in Epping Forest by wandering luna
tic. The brave Sam, who was rowing
near by on the quest Of rabbits, heard
his mistress cries, dashed up, collared
the mailman, and held him by the
throat until assistance arrived.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
. ALTON & SMOOT
Chinese Architecture.

The monuments of China are among
the most conspicuous in the world
Interpreted broadly they range from =
coin or an oracle bone to the Great
wall. China has more than 1900 i'm
portant specimens of the pagoda, an
original form of tower architecture I'M
surpassed for beauty by any similar
kind of structure. The Porcelain tower
at Marking deserved to be ranged with
the wonders of the world, and for
reasons which made it the superior of
the so called seven wonders. Chinese
sculpture has never been surpassed,
and there is no evidence in mundane
art to show that it ever will be. There
II a single fragment in the Metropoli-
tan museum in New York-a stone
head Of the Tang period-whose gran
deur of plastic mastery since its ap
pearance has conferred distinction upon
the sculpture of the world.-Journal of
the American Asiatic Association.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Chance for the Battered.

An ancient, storm-battered British
trawler, with leaking sides and worn
out engine, is worth more to the owner
these days than a new spick and span
craft with equipment, dry hold and
fast engines Similarly the one-eyed
skipper. who had a hard time getting
job before the war, is in more demand
than one without physical defect.
The reason for this is that all serv-
iceable trawlers and able-bodied skip
pers are snapped up by the admiralty.
Meantime, owing to the shortage Of
craft, the old tubs and their derelict
masters are making fortune in fish
ing. 1t is true, they engage in risky
business and run the chance Of both
mines and submarines, but the reward
for a good catch is several times that
Of the old days.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
One Voice Music

Composers have not scored wr1tfng
airs to suit the style of particular sing.
ers, thus. as Francis Rogers remarks,
storing up for the usual voices of sub
sequent generations much travail and
sorrow" Mendelssohn crowded Hear
Ye, Israel" with high F sharps to
give Jenny Lind. whom he adored. a
chance to display the particular beauty
Of her voice in that region. with the
result that that air has been a sore
trial to most sopranos ever since.
Faure, the famous French baritone,
also had a particularly facile and met
low high F sharp, and many parts
were written especially to give him 4
shance to exhibit it to the gasping mul-
htude. But in most baritone voices
this F sharp is the very limit of the
upper range. and, although 1t may have
both power and brilliance, 1t seldom
possesses either mellowness or facil-
ity; consequently all the roles written
for Faurse Meyerbeer's "Dinorah." for
instance) are particular trying for The
ordinary Acknowledgements
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
WHEN THE Poems PROFITED
American Soldiers, in Their Progress
Through Mexico, Threw Away Sill
yer Money Too Heavy to Garry.

On the only occasion when Ameri-
can soldiers and marines got further
than Vera Cruz ON the job of clean
ing up Mexico" they threw away
money on the march and paid as
much as $3.50 for a canteenful of
water.
That was in the days of wooden
ships and iron men," when General
SCOTS army marched from Vera Cruz
TO Mexico City. There was a company
Of marines from the San Jacinto with
the army. Instead of the present-day
khaki they wore blue with white belts
that had to be carefully pipe-clayed.
The marines, deprived of the grog
that Uncle Sam served them daily ON
shipboard, In that year of 1916, suf-
fered greatly from thirst on the road
to the capital. Water was scarce, and
sometimes they paid as much as $3.50
for a canteenful. They had been paid
in silver before starting from Vera
Cruz, and finding that the money was
too heavy to carry they threw it
away. The poems along the way prof
tied from that march.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
French Ministerial Etiquette.

The wives of outgoing French min
listers suffer loss of dignity through
their husbands departure from office,
for they must conform to the rules of
precedence carefully defined by the
protocol 1t is enacted that the wives
of senators and deputies must rise if
the wife of cabinet minister enters
a room where they are seated, and
they must remain standing until
Madame la Ministresse finds seat.
Ministers wives show similar defer
ence to the premier's wife, who, in
her turn must rise to salute the wife
of the president of the chamber or the
president of the senate. The last
named ranks in the official hierarchy
next to the hostess of the Elysee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
cITY's LOW COST OF LIVING
Cheap Dinners Supplied Working
Girls In British Metropolis
Without Loss.

Whatever the fate of Germany, the
English are boasting of the plentitude
of food in their country. What is
claimed to be the cheapest lunch in
London Is provided by girls club as
ISOLATED with the Social Institutes
Union for Women and Girls, of which
Lady Ancaster is president, says an
exchange.
In connection with the union there
Is a Women's and Girls Dinner Hour
club, whose members meet and dine
daily at the W. H. Smith Memorial
hall, in Portugal street, Kingsway.
Some 200 working girls lunch there
every day, and the meal costs them
only Is cents. Before the war the
price was ten cents, but the advance
in the cost of certain articles has
obliged the management of the club to
put up the charge.
The following is a typical menu
from which the girls may make a
choice:
Roast leg of mutton, boiled rabbit,
steak pie or sausages.
Baked or boiled potatoes, cabbages
or haricots.
Boiled mince roll, rice pudding, rhu-
barb tart or stewed rhubarb.
Apart from the dining room there is
q coy restroom, with a piano, and
many Of the girls are accomplished
players. Membership in the club costs
four cents a month and working girls
are joining it in increasing numbers.
The club is run without loss. All
girls working in the neighborhood are
invited to attend.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Wearing Shabby Clothes.

It's a great thing to wear shabby
clothes and an old hat Some Of the
best things | have ever known. Ike
these experiences Of the streets, have
resulted from coming up to life from
underneath, of being taken for less
than I am rather than for more than
am.
l did not always believe In this doc
trine. For many years-the years ba-
fore was rightly born into this ailur-
ting world tried quite the opposite
course. I was constantly attempting to|
come down to life from above. Instead
Of being content to carry through life,
q sufficiently wonderful being named
David Grayson, tried desperately to,
set up and support sort of dummy
creature which so clad. so housed, so
fed, should appear to be what
thought David Grayson ought to APP
pear In the eyes of the world. oh, !
spent quite lifetime trying TO satisfy
other peopleLD David Grayson in Amer
scan Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
a newspaper Dictionary

Burly Negro Any colored man az
rested
Engineer-The man who gets blamed
for railroad accident (See probe.D
Gentleman Burglar-A thief with Q
collar. (See Raffies.l
Joy Ride What precc - an autom0
tile accident tSee broAer.)
Loot-Goods found in q f1at In Har
lem
Millionaire-A man who owns his
own home. tSee divorce.)
Plot Something that u thwarted
{See folly
Pretty Giri-Any female.
Scanty Attire What people escape
from burning buildings in
Sleuth-A detective In the headlines
Society Leader A woman who ~
turns from Europe.
Twenty -four Hour8-The period n
which the police expect TO catch IL
mpsdAref. --Puck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Women to Raise DRUGS.

After consultation with leading
firms of drug dealers and medical
men. the Woman's Herb Growing as
ISOLATION, recently formed in England,
has drawn up a list of medicinal
plants which it is both desirable and
profitable for women to grow in their
gardens and allotment plots. In the
old days England used to grow most
of its own drugs, but in recent years
the industry has passed largely to
Germany, Austria-Hungary and the
Balkans. The new association intends
to prove that the industry can be car
ried on Just as well in England by
women Among the plants in urgent
demand are monk's-hood, camomile,
deadly nightshade, thornapple, hen
bane, purple foxglove, fennel, opium
poppy, valerain.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
snorino Caused Divorce.

The French law courts declare that
a woman afflicted with snoring hus-
band has good grounds for divorce.
Some time ago newly-married couple,
both Of whom were confirmed snorers,
found it impossible to get good
nights rest as each woke the other
by unpleasant snoring noises. At
first they tried sleeping in different
rooms, gradually increasing the dis
lance between them. But they both
snored SO vigorously that the fiat was
not big enough to cure the evil. Final
ly they mutually decided on divorce
as the only solution of their common
trouble.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
The Inns of Chancery.

Most of the old inns of chancery are
no more. Clements inn, where Fal-
staff and Shallow heard the chimes at
midnight" New inn, of which Sir
Thomas More was member; Lyon,
inn. where Cobe once taught the ste.
dents: Furnivars inn, where Charl,p
Dickens lived; Thavies inn. which was
ono Of the earliest Of all the legal set
Elements in London: Barnard's inn
where Lord Chief Justice Holt was
among the principals these his
toric places have ''in the change and
chance of time" disappeared from
view. Staple inn remains in its an
Client state by the good will Of the in
sHrance company that purchased 1t
number of years ago.-London Law
Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
HE shaves Stopped AIImony.

Unable, he claims, to pay the ali.
mony awarded his wife because of ex-
penses attached to daily shaves, at
tending the movies nightly and other
more or less princely luxuries. George
Lawson was arrested by Detective
Barnshaw on a bench warrant issued
by Vice Chancellor Leaning and sent
to the county Jail on contempt pro-
ceedings.
When his wife brought action for di.
vorce some time ago Lawson strenu-
ously objected to the amount of ali
mony imposed by the vice chancellor,
declaring that he was unable to pay,
as he required the ministrations of
sarber daily and seat at the movies
to settle his nerves after a day of toll.
The vice chancellor told him to buy
a safety razor and drop the show pas
sion.-Atlantic City dispatch Philadel.
phia Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Decorations for Women.

Foreign countries are most prodigal
of feminine decorations. There are in
all some twenty foreign orders, and it
is said that Spain was the first coun-
try to honor the gentler sex by includ-
ing them in orders of chivalry. The
Legion of Honor, which has been
pinned to not few feminine breasts
in the present war, the Russian Order
of ST. Catherine and the Austrian Star
Cross are a few of the greater orders
which can be accorded to women. In
no country does the decoration be-
slowed on a woman carry any title,
as in the case of masculine knight
hood, but in several countries certain
female decorations bestow sort of
status equivalent to rank in the army.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Another Voyage of the Sunbeam"

Another Voyage of the Sunbeam"
Lord Brassey has placed at the dis
posal of the government of India his
steam yacht Sunbeam, which was also
utilized for the same purpose last au-
tumn in the Mediterranean.
There can be very few yachts in
commission which have seen so much
active service as the Sunbeam, for
it must be more than forty years since
the first Lady Brassey made the ship
household word by her account of
voyage round the world in it. A
few years ago, it will be remembered
the gallant old yacht was entered for
a transatlantic race for sailing yachts,
and made quite good showing among
the younger and larger boats, though
not the first to reach the goal.
The stanch old boat now fitted
with steam, though retaining her
masts and spars for sailing, paid a
visit to Montreal harbor four or five
years ago, under the command of her
noble master, who is properly quail
fed sea captain.