The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-12-17

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r. a. BLISS, Editor and PrurEiet-,t.
SCOTLAND SOUTH DAKOTA
In Japan the weil-to-do have almost
Always in their houses n room called
tke "chamber OF the inspiring view
Its essential is a beautiful view, but
taste Is catholic in Japan, and the de-
aightful view may be a blossoming
cherry tree, q glimpse Of a river, a
miniature garden OF only the newly
fellen snow. In that delightful coun-
kry they get up parties to visit the ma
pie trees in the glory of autumn color,
pr the fresh, untrodden snow, as IN
this country n gives theater parties
and dinners.
According to an English authority,
I'VE eat more than my ether people. 1t
takes 20 pence a day per capita to feed
|tls. The Briton grows fat on 2S pence,
the German o n 81 pence, a Frenchn1an
on 10 and an Italian on 8. The am au-
thority tells us that we work and pro-
lduce In proportion to our eating. Our
annual exports are abou in the same
proportion. But we are not as sWeetly
inclined as our British cousins. They
teat seventy pounds of sugar a year
land we but sixty-seven per capita.
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There are 22.4O0 publishing houses in
1.-THE United States, with a working
capital of S314, 900, 900. The census fig
lures show us that in 1900 the value of
1.-THE product of the industry WAS $$347.-
loss, 900, to produce which involved an
loutlay OF $780, 900, 600 In salaries for off,
GERS, SS5, 900, 900 for wages, $56, 100000 for
rents, taxes, etc, and $4,000, 600 for ma
t~terials, supplies and freight; l,290,-
100000 pounds of paper were used last
year, n so per cent. of that went to
the newspapers.
One-half Of the worlds productiontof
coffee comes to the United States. We
pay over 81, 00o, 1000 q week for our coffee,
n send the money out of the country
Germany and France together last year
consumed only half as much as we did.
We consume 100000, 900. or about ten
and one-half pounds apiece, every
year. Most of this coffee comes from
South and Central America, some from
Porto Rico, h Philippines and Hawaii.
1900
Richard McMichael, managing pro-
prietor of Congress Hall at Saratoga
Springs sixty years g and for a great
many years after, died at his home In
Brooklyn a few days ago. Congress
Hall when he ran It was as famous a
hotel as there was in the country and
was the ~favorite resort Of southerners
when they came to drink the waters,
remaining SO Until the outbreak OF the
rebellion.
Some statistician has figured that
there are GOO, 900 Smiths In the United
States. Three Thousand are employed
by the United States government and
nineteen Smiths die every day. In New
YORK. alone there are 10000. Includ-
Ing the Sn1ythes and other variations,
the family is roughly e~stimatedsto COM
prise j, 900 900 In this country.
They dug the bruised and battered
form 81 the Inventor out from under
the ruins Of his flying machine. i
want to say" he whispered hoarsely,
chat my invention Is going to be a
magnificent success! Ihave found out
Just what ails It'll Waving the sur
geons away, he continued to talk to the
veporters.--7Ghteago Tribune.
William p. Frye OF Maine boasts OF
being the only great-grandfather in the
United States senate. a girl baby hay-
ings arrived at the home Of his granson,
William Frye White, in Washington.
Mr.. Frye Is willing to acknowledge that
there are great granntes In the senate,
but revelsHin the distinction Of being
the only great-grandfather.
Ri ship Terra Nova has now sailed
from England to relieve the Discov-
cry. h British government, which
sdition, lis acting without the advice OF
the Royal Geographical society and the
Royal society, which originally sent out
S Hh~esexpeGitieT, assisted by grant from