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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-07
A War Obituary

The war poet of the Columbia
State reels off this one:
Solomon Grundy
Married on Monday,
Drafted on Tuesday,
Claimed exemption Wednesday,;
Wife learned it Thursday.
Sought the Office Friday,
Returned him with thanks to his
country Saturday,
And blew him up all Sunday.
That was the end of Solomon
Grundy."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-07
In the Boston Globe.

William Bayard Hale, President
Wilson's biographer and his special
envoy to Carranza during the Mexi-
can troubles, has become a Socialist
and is no longer Wilson's friend.
Twelve hundred employees of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey have just received an advance of
10 per cent. in their wages, the fifth
increase since July, 1915.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-07
Money To Loan.

Money to loan In large and small
sums.-Lloyd Webster, Spring St
Adv. S-25-tf cod.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-07
Specials In Meats

the remainder of the week, meat, at
our store, will be sold at the follow
i,,cx mia
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-07

The United States Steel Corpora
ton has just granted an increase of
10 per cent. in the wages of its EN-.
ployes, the fifth in twenty months.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-07
B. {. & A. RY. co.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE
N0VERER o6 IOI
STEAMER SERVICE, CHOPTANK
RIVER ROUTE

Steam leave Pier Light St. Wharf, weather
permitting
P. M. daily, except Sunday for Tilghman Isl
EastoD, Oxford, Cambridge and landings to
Windy Hill:.6 p. M
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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10

produce satisfactory evidence Of my
good standing as a transient, they
would try to get me a special permit
for a breakfast roll.
"You can tell your police" / began.
'"No, sir" answered the waiter. 81
can't"
SO l breakfasted carnivorously on
fish, like an Eskimo, and got no bread
until ! arrived in Denmark.
Normally only about eighty minutes
is occupied in crossing the sound to
Copenhagen, but Of late the journey
takes two hours, following a route a
long way north Of Saltholm. The sound
today is one great mine field, Swedish,
Danish and German. Like the great
belt, it's international waters-the mid
strait channel-are netted by the Ger
mans to keep the allies submarines
out of the Baltic. The crossing Of the
sound in these days is not without its
hazards, for mines are always break
ing loose and drifting into the tortuous
rshipping lanes. A. few weeks ago all
the steamship communication between
Denmark and Malmo ceased for some
days, so numerous were the stray
mines. All the time nowadays the
steamers cross with lifeboats swung
out, ready for emergency.
In tie Midst of Dangers.
The Germans have camped out in all
the waters around Denmark, mining,
p~atrolling, maneuvering, taking neutral
vessels in for search at Swinemunde,
the Teutonic Kirkwall.
A few miles out of Maine a dark
speck doomed up in the snowstorm and
hove over across u course. A group
Of Englishmen and Italians on board
eagerly leveled their field glasses. We
were out in international waters now,
where all things were possible. In a
very few seconds she vas seen to be a
patrol boat, flying the German flag
astern. A couple of shundred yards
away she seemed to be making straight
for us, with the intention of boarding.
| Our captain rang down the engines to
half-speed. But she passed without in
terfering with us, only a few feet from
our leeward side. Some miles farther
we were approached by a torpedo-boat
destroyer, but. as she swung round, we
saw she flew the Danish flag.
An hour later we were running up
the long. narrow harbor. jammed with
ships from the ends Of the earth, and
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10

Mr.. Jos. Drtina, organizer of
the z. c.. B. J. Fraternity will be
at Tabor, May 16, and will give
an illustrated lecture on Bohemia,
Morayia and the present war, in
TIE Black hall which promises to
be both instructive and interest
ing. Mr.. Drtina is considered
one of the best Bohemian lectur-
ers in this country aud the stere-
option views Of which there are
several hupdred will be a decided
treat for the people of this vicini-
ty. Admission free. Beginning
at $50 sharp. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all to come.
Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
One on the JUDGE.

A judge, who used to wear very long
waving hair and u heavy beard, n
day was on his way to court when he
was accosted by a little street boot.
black, with an exceedingly dirty face
with the customary "Shine, sir?" He
was very importunate and the judge
being impressed with the terrible
state of the boys face, said: 81 don't
want a shine, but If you'll go and wash
your face, I'll give you sixpence."
"All right, sir" swell, let me see Won
do It," The boy went to a neighbor-
ing fountain and made his ablutions.
Returning, he held out his hand for
the sixpence. The judge said: "Well,
YOU earned the money. Here II is"
But the boy said: II don't want your
money, old fellow. You can take It
and have your hair cut" and forth.
with scampered off.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
Some Simple Remedies.

When we are called upon to assist a
neighbor in times of sickness or acct
dent, we are often reminded of the fact
that there are very few families who
keep up a supply Of simple family RENE
dies on hand for an emergency. A fam
lily medicine chest is one Of the neces-
stiles in the household, and every
housewife should understand how to
use its contents. There should be a
place for keeping all the bottles and
packages together, although it be moth
ing better than an upper shelf in the
closet or pantry. Then they can be
found without loss of time, which is
not the case where the bottles are left
scattered about on the windows and
mantels all over the house.
The home medicine chest should con-
tain a bottle Of camphor, ONE good
liniment, a few doses of q~uinine In cap
sules, sweet oil, castor oil, paregoric,
naxseed, mustard, sulphur, vaseline,
limewater, and various other things
that have been tried and found good.
Should any member of the family be
severely burned, cover the burned por-
ton with linseed oil and limewater /;
then wrap 1t with cotton wool. Allow
1t to remain "a hours.-Exchange.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10

CURIOUS thing about going to
~ Norway is the Indifference and
II even the boredom of the from
tier officials concerning your
personality, aims and a~ntecedents. /
believe i am correct in asserting that
the frontiers you cross going from
Sweden into Norway and from Sweden.
over to Denmark are the only frontiers
In Europe today where there are no
formalities or intimate q~uestionings.
Going from Stockholm to Christiania
nobody wants to know even your name.
AT seven in the morning, when your
train gets to Charlottenburg, the GUS
tomhouse men come aboard, lift the
lid Of your suitcase, aimlessly tumble
a few seconds in the interior, bow,
smile, salute and depart. The engine
whistles, the train rolls On. In ten
minutes you are in Norway.
The Swedes, however, are more in
quisitive about you. As you near the
Swedish frontier, going south toward
Gothenburg, the conductor Of your
train hands you a long list of questions,
starting with the inevitable. "Year Of
birth, place of BIRTH" At the begin,
ming of the wal the precise recollec-
ton OF these early personal reminis-
cences used to be a severe mental eff
fort. Like a lot Of recently arrived
tenderfeet nowadays, ] used to sit drum
ming deliberately on my fingers, and /,
never handed the frontier police a
flled-in schedule without a subsequent
guilty feeling that I had made a years
error In that date. But two years spe-
cial service work all over the torn
map of present day Europe, has well
taught me at least one thing. Now l
know indelibly, indubitably and instan-
t%aneously the date of my birth.
Questions Vex Travellers.
However, the Swedish frontier ques-
tionnaire is not so disquieting as the
German, so silly as the Russian OF so
p%erplexing as the Sicilian. When you
are going home the Russian question
naire asks how long you will stay in
your home town, back in Cook county {;
and where you will go after that. 1
will leave it to your own intuition to
discern the m~onosyllable reply to the,
second part Of that question written
by many irritable and outspoken
American citizens. The Sicilian war
time QUESTIONABLE inquiries minutely
not only about you and your parents.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
Our Own Mountaineers.

In "The Men of the Mountains" Ar
thur w. Spaulding quotes a touchins
little story Of one Of those isolatel
homes among the Appalachian hills
whose occupants seldom hear the voice
of prayer, have not seen a Bible and
could not read 1t IL they had II. a
minister, visiting the home for the
first time, told the little family the
story Of the cross. They followed him
with rapt faces. and when he had cor
GUIDED the mother, leaning towaFl
him, whispered hoarsely: "StrangeI
you say all this happened a long time
agoT "Yes," he said, almost 2,VW
years ago." "And they nailed him y
thst thar tree when he hadn't done
nothing to hurt Fem, only jest love-
'emr" "Yes." She leaned fartha
and placed her hand impressively upon
his knee. "Wall, stranger" she SAID
the tears standing in her eyes, "lets
hope hit amt sol"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10

out it demands intimate Information
also anent your grandparents, includ-
ing your grandmother's maiden name.
A st. Louis man l met in Malta told
me that when he calculated Search
ne" on being asked his grandmother's
maiden name by the Messina police,
hey wrote it down Theoretically as
'Cercmi" in the allotted column of the
register.
A snowstorm was sweeping over
Malmo and the snow lay deep under
DOT. There was no steamer for Den
lark for three or four hours. /
hecked my baggage and went over to
| hotel for breakfast. Presently they
brought my fried plaice and coffee.
But no bread. After a while l remind
I'd the waiter that the bread "a lack
ng. He remarked that 1t would con-
inue to lack until l produced my bread
,ard. Two days since bread cards had
been introduced in Sweden. l ex-
planned that / could hardly be expect
ed to have a bread card, as l was
lhCISly Ill S"CuSh " lhlSV u "S
transient. During u discussion the
other lone breakfaster in the restau-
rant finished his coffee, paid his bill,
pocketed all the remaining bread on.
mis- table and went out. This spoiled
my idea of asking him to lend me a
piece of bread l would have sent him
another piece subsequently by regis
tered mail.
Breakfast Without Bread.
l told the waiter / knew nothing and
cared less about his wretched bread
card ritual and had him phone the po-
lice. The police graciously replied
that If ] cared to leave my coffee and
plaice, go out and grope through the
blizzard for several blocks until ! found
the police headquarters and could then
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
Only a Beginner.

An old farmer was driving along
a lane along a golf course and stopped
for a moment to watch the game
"What's thati' he demanded curious
Iy. "Golf." was the reply. want to
try your hand, uncle?" "Don't mind If
] do" declared the farmer. wrapping
the lines around the dashboard and
climbing down. The players gave him
a few points about hazards and bog
les, and finally one pointed to a flag
on a hill $50 yards away. "At the
foot of that pole" he said, "is a little
hole. The object is to put this ball
In the hole with the smallest number
Of strokes" The farmer took the
club, sighted for some time. and then
let 60 a whale of a stroke. The ball
scared with a mighty swish into the
air, and fled unerringly toward the
flag. 1t fell short, bounced, rolled and
wound up a hands breadth from the
ohjective-a phenomenal shot that
made the experienced players gasp.
by golly. l missed it the farmer ex-
claimed.-Everybody's Magazine.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
Statement of Condition of
The TABOR STATE BANK
Tabor. s, D..

Al the close OF business on May 1. 1917
Date OF call by Examiner May 4. 1917.
Date OF report by bank. May s. 1917
R~ESOJIRCES.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10

A CURIOUS thing about going to
~ Norway is the Indifference and
~ even the boredom of the from
u IN flor officials aoncprninu ynur
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
Great Memory for Faces.

She (after dinnerl-Excuse me, but
haven't we met before? Your face
is strangely familiar.
He-Yes; our host introduced us to
each other just before dinner.
She-Ah / was positive ] had seen
you somewhere. l never forget a face.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
Daily Thouuht.

Every day, as 1t rises out Of eternity.
keeps putting to each of us this u
tlon afresh: What will you do before
this day has sunk into eternity and
nothingness agan?-F. w. Robertson.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
lenzth Of pay and Ninht.

Length OF Day ard Night.
by a simple rule the length Of tD'
day and night. dny time Of the yeaF
may be ~ascertained by simply doublln'
the time Of the suns rising, whicl
gives the length of the plight, an'
double the time of setting will Civ
the length Of the day.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
Must Be Able to Overlook.

Two persons will not be friends
long II they cannot forgive each other
little faillngs,-La Bruyere.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10

]. James A. Wagner, cashier OF the above
named bank do solemnly swear that the above
statement Is true To the best Of my knowledge
and belief. James A. Wagner. Cashier
~ Jos. v. Wagner.
J.T. Janda.
Directors
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ST.
day OF May 1917.
J. A. Dvorak, Notary Public.
(SsaD Ny commission expires May 10. 1919.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10

htate OF SOatn DakOt8.
County OF Bon Homme SIS.
L. Robt. Vauk X. cashier of the above
named bank. do solemnly swear that tn.
above statement Is true TO the best of my
knowledge and belief.
ROBT. yAUK. Cashier.
Correct attest: Chas. yauk.
j.. A Ptak. directors.
Subscribed aud sworn to before me this eth
day OF MAY. 1917.
(seaD f. A. Bouska. Notary Public.
My commission expires Mar. 10. 1918.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-05-10
Trade at the
JANOUSEK STORE
Janousek. S. D.
Janousek. S. D.

Where you will always find a complete
line of General Merchandise, Fresh
Groceries and seasonable Dry Goods.
We are daily increasing our stock to
meet embarrassing business.
We invite you to our store and give
us a trial and are sure you will be our
steady customer. Our prices are right,
J. G. FEJFAR, Prop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
MEATLEss DAYS, I,
AND FASTING

lMeatless4 days are now the rule in
most of the warning countries of Eu-
rope. It was first ruled in Germany
that the consumption of meat must
be reduced, and the meat cards fol-
lowed, which were issued for four or
five days in the week, and on those
days. which meat was permitted, the
allowance was cut down to a mini
mum. &tonday and Tuesday are now
meatless days in France. England
wants its meat consumption cut down
and on this side of the ~tlantic he
high cost of living is doing it's share
in that direction. All of which leads
to the reflection that it wouldn't be
SO bad to try fasting for one or two
days a week or even longer, for those
who can stand it. Tt can be done.
Just think how much money we
would all of US save if we could fast
for forty consecutive days, as DR..
Tanner of New York did thirty-seven
years ago. 1t was undertaken for
scientific purposes and from noon of
June 28th to noon or Aug. II 1880,
DR.. Tanner went wholly without food
of any kind. He drank very isstle
water during this period, and no
other liquid whatever. When he be-
gan his fast he weighed 1877 pounds;
when he ended he weighed 12l
When his fast was over Dr. Tanner
disproved the old theory that hearty
eating after long abstinence was ia.
tai by eating liberal quantities OF
meat and fruit. If some of the pc
pie in the warning countries could dc
that one of the greatest problems OF
the war would solve this.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
MRS. MAPP

In the London Daily Post of De-
cember 22, 1897 there appears the
following obituary notice: "Died last
week, at her lodgings, near the sew
en- Dials. the hltalked of Mrs.
Mapp, the bone setter, SO miserably
poor. that the parish was obliged to
bury her." Mrs. Mapp was the
daughter of a country bona-setter
who had settled at Epson, where she
became famed for wonder-working
cures. These, it is said, were really
accomplished more by boldness and
personal strength than by skill She
married MERGERS servant, who ran
away from her after a week of we'd
ded life, and took a pocket-ful1 of
money with him. She soon consoled
herself. however, and devoted her
self entirely to her profession of bone
setting. Besides having people come
from III over 10 visit her at Epsome
she used to drive to town once a
week in a coach and four, and re-
turn bearing away the crutches OF
her patients as trophies. 1t is said
that she operated successfully upon
the niece of Sir Hans Sloane and on
the same day Strengthened the BODY
of a man whose body had stuck out
two inches for nine years; and a gen
tleman who went into the house with
one shoe-heel six. inches high, came
out again cured of a 1ameness OF
twenty years Standing The fair
bone settlers career of prosperity was
however, a short one. In 1895 she
was at the height of her PROSPERITY
and at the end of one year, in 1887
she died in miserable circumstances
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
PAST COMMANDERS,
S. OF w., TO HOLD THEIR
ANNUAL OUTING AUG. ii


The annual outing of the Past
Commanders. Connecticut division,
Sons of Veterans, to be held at
Bishops Colonnade, Saturday after
noon, Aug. IL, at 1880 O'Clock, will
be regular family party. There will
be none of the stiffness that bars out
siders at Treunions of some organiza-
tions but everybody is welcome in
Guiding men and women, old and
young, according to printed circulars
being sent out by the committee to-
day. Anyone interested is cordially
invited, whether a member or not.
And we particularly desire ladies to
your friends
That is the reading of the invita-
ton signed by Charles G. MuIlineaux
president of the Past Camp Com
manders' Association for the sixth
annual outing, and countersigned by
Harry c. Cooley, secretary treasurer
1885 Wood avenue, Bridgeport.
!. The committee has been able to
procure for the celebration a large
section of the Colonnade and also
Hon. Samuel Campner, mayor of New
Haven, Department Commander Ben
iamin H Cheney, G. A. r., and Di-
vision Commander Charles H. Bissell
S. of v, who will discuss live topics
of the day. There will be big del-
egation from Bridgeport and parties
will come from all over the state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
Mexico Denies
Petroleum Tax
Is Unjust One

Mexico City, Aug. Rafael Nieto,
sub-secretary of finance recently is
sued a long statement explaining at
length the process by which the pres
ent ad valorem duties on petroleum
and its derivatives were arrived at
Mr.. Nieto declares that the duties
are neither burdensome nor confisca-
tory and that the impression which
apparently obtains among many in
the United States that the duties rem
der expectation of oil from the Mexi-
can fields to the United States prac-
tically impossible, is incorrect.
Mr.. Nieto points cut that in many
cases newspapers in the United States
printed statements to he effect Shat
the tax on crude oil of cerain grade
was more than eleven pesos to a ton
whereas the figures mentioned was
the average price a ton in New York
on which the tax for that period was
based, the tax being but ten per cent
Of ths price.
As proof that the new taxes are
not prohibitive the statement asserts
that in the months Of March and. APP
ril this year S16.745 Atoms of crude oil
and 411,178 tons of fuel oil we're ex-
ported from Mexican fields
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
Pindy, Famous In
Paris Commune Is
Dead; Three Live

Chaux De Ponds, Switzerland, Aug.
Louis Pindy, the man who set
fire to the Hotel de Vile in Paris in
May 1871, and who was one of the
last four members of the Paris Com
mune exiled in Switzerland, has just
died at the age of IT. The remain
ing three are Protot, who was min
lister of Justice in the government of
the Commune, with Louc1as and Ger
ardon, two inconspicuous members of
the Commune.
1 tPindy was in command at the Ho-
tel de Vile. He declared that, if OBJ
liged to quit the building, he would
leave it in flames, and kept his word
Condemned to death for that act
of incendiarism, he hid ten months
in the rue Saint Maur, manufacture
ing jewelry meanwhile. Denounced
by his partner, he escaped to Switzer-
land by way of Mulhaus and set
tied at ChauX de Fonds where he was
employed for forty-four years by the
same firm making watches
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07

Probably no shooting case in recent
years aroused so much excitemnt in
society circles as that of John L. De
SaulFes by the woman who divorced
him.. The shooting occurred at the
home of Mr. De Saulles, 1.-The Box -
near Westbury, N. Y, The dead man
was prominent in society, cuisines and
politics and famous in sport as one
of the best football players and cap
tains Yale ever had. The shooting
took place after a quarrel over the
custody of the four-year-old son Of
the couple.
Mrs. De Saulles was formerly Seno-
rita Blanca Errazuriz of Santiago,
Chile. She came Of a prominent and
wealthy Chilean family, one of her
.uncles having been president of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
BEANS CANNED i
BY HOUSEWIVES
FOUND SPOILED
Heavy Rainfall and Late Sea-
son Blamed for Condition
of Vegetables.

The heavy rainfall Of the late spring
season has had such an effect on the
bean crop of Fairfield county, that
those in touch with the gardening sit
uation estimate that upwards OF ], 200
bushels of string beans, canned by
thrifty housewives, are lost. The con-
dition of the beans due to the late
season and rain, was such, that after
canning they spoiled. These. results
impossible to foresee, have caused
what amounts practically to the waste
Of a large amount of the early bean
production in addition to putting. those
who did the canning to a great loss of
time and money expended in the pre-
serving process Because Of the fact
that the canning was done by nearly
all Of the women at the same time
and being for winter use, none of the
cans was opened, it was not possible
to make the discovery soon enough to
sound a general warning against the
practice. In places where the Farm
Bureau provided canning demonstra-
tons especially, the loss has been
heavy. = -
But a more dangerous condition and
one that will effect a shortage of po9
tatoes next winter is the blight which
! is reported as having hit thes crop
throughout the county. Efforts: of all
interested in farming has lpeen direct.
ed to solution of the trouble and as
yet little headway has been made.
Potatoes which grew well early in the
season and gave promise of a big har-
vest are now showing the effects. of
the blight. The stalks are dying and
this will prevent the growth of the
potatoes. Front lawn potato patches
IN Bridgeport have been hit as well as
the large gardens - -