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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03
Robbers Make Use o. This Herb.

Boston Globe: In New Caledonia
there is said to be an herb which has
the rare property of revealing ones Sc
crets 1t is known as the datum
stramoniurn, and has white flowers and
rough berries. full OF dark grains. They
IRE treated of in the current number of
Annals of Hygiene and Colonial Medi-
cine. A person who has swallowed the
tea made of this herb Will after falling
asleep tell where his money is hidden,
and will also arise and go direct to
where his treasure is concealed. Rob
bers often use this tea as Knockout
drops with which to rob their VIC
fins.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03
Continued Next Week.
What We All Know.

Henry Loor1;s Nelson in Boston Her,
aid: Railroad managers know this,
and know that they are paying artif-
cial prices for the plates with which
they are building street cars. Builders
know that they are presenting money
to manufacturers in the form Of beney-
%olence. forced from them by govern
ment, whenever they buy beams, grid
ers, nails and screws. The Gamers
know that they are forced to contribute
to the makers of tin plate. The car
penter knows that his American tools
are high.
The furniture maker of Grand Ran
Ids knows that he Is paying tribute to
the glass makers. The glass cutter
knows h a protection Induces the
American glass maker to manufacture
inferior blanks. and conpels him. In
order 10 meet the manufacturing de-
mands of his art, to import glass from
France. The shoemaker clearly mn
derstands that his raw material is too
expensive. Down in the bottom OF
their hearts, the cotton goods and
WOODEN goods makers know that they
must have wider markets. The New
~Englander. all but the Gloucester fish
errlen from Nova Scotia, wants 4 mar
ket In the Canadian provinces. The
- ho VI LII Is CON-
scious that his lumber in Canada mIists
cost him too much when ii Isl brought
into this country.
The publishers OF books and ~
newspapers are grooming under the
weight of too much taxation on tha
material from which their raner !
rlade. The farmer knows, as ha has
rarely known before, that our nana
tectiYe tarifr law conrels him To- sen
tn the cheapest market ard to buy II
the dearest. Since the London TI1,,aa
made It's examination OF industpssf II
eosidisioilIs iabpring men iii this cniI,s-
fry fa We begun TO realt3a I'LL tha s.sss.
teiitias bat high pFpfaetiy ION ynass, q
hissh s8aaes a lallt Esss ssaga fsat .s.e ri,
ngr casafS 4ltlef AsaasaEsaa sssssEs 81
Aaisss EzfssEE rho III aen snH ASSSssSs@S
Fiji Iess III 1ssX
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03
Mooern Way,

Chicago News: Shall We notify the
cunts relatives that ne Is being held for
ransom asked the trusty lieutenant.
Il should say not replied the bandit
chief. Advertise him for sale In one of
those American journals devoted to the
interests OF title-seeking heiresses. See?"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03
New WING n an Old sot.lo.

New Wine in an Old Bottilo.
The village belle In bridal gown
stood at the altar rail-;
She waited for the tardy groom
He surely would not fail.
Al last ne came not, and at last
Someone the bride must tell,
And so 5tstey told the sexton, and
Ths sexton told the belle.
TorIfra
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03
The Reason,

Puck: Northerner-I understand tina.
there was a light vote In the recent cleo
ton.
Coiored. Arkansan-Yasgah, OATS de
troof, sab. De dark vote done reorganized
de fact dat It was safest 10 stay al home.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03

Blessed IL he (sne, or it) who doesn't
need adversity to strengthen them, nor
afdtkshun TO purity.
I am satisfied thare liz but very little
distress In this world which cannot bs
raced to sum kind oy folly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03
DOCTORS COFFEE
And His Daughter Matched Him.


Coffee drinking troubled the famll.
OF q physician Of Grafton, w. Va, who
describes the situation briefly:
Having suffered quite a while from
vertigo, palpitation Of the heart and
many other arrangements of the nerv-
GUS system and finding no relief from
usual methods of treatment, / thought
to see how much there was in the Pos
tum argument against coffee.
$50 resorted to Postum, cutting off
the coffee, and to my surprise and sat.
isfaction have found entire relief from
all my sufferlngs, proving conciusively
the baneful effect Of coffee and the
way to be rid Of it.
Il have found Postum completely
takes the place OF coffee both ID flavor
n in taste. 1t is becoming more po5-
ular every day with many OF our PEG
pie and ID having great demand here.
MY daughter. Mrs. Long. has been
assuiferer for q long time from attacks
Of acute indigestion. BY the dismissed
of coffee and using Postum iii iss place
she has obtained e~onnpIsta raiies.
have also saard grosasanaayo others
wID lsa need
osa sssIIsass III sot$aa
aaa
Ess3 ssss
sxsgs
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03

Only one-third of the worlds q
lation use bread as a daily arti6
food. Nearly one-half OF the peep
the world subsist chiefly on rice.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03

The remarkable echo at Eagles
on the banks Of Killarney, Ireland
peats a bugle call 100 times, each
and distinct.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03

Send to any authorized Cana
Government Agent for copy Of
and information as to railway /
etc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25
sIREs AND SONS.

Senator Beveridge Of Indiana was a
iaborer on railroad when a youth
Governor Odel 81 New York deliv-
cred ice from door to door once upon a
time
Professor 81. Curie, the diseoveref Of
radium, says 4 was a veritahle duffer
Ia school My teachers said was the
worst scholar that ever lived"
Lord Archibald Campbell the heir
presumptive to the dukedom of Argyll,
Is tie only titled Scotsman who can
speak Gaelic fiuently and play the bag
pipes.
Lord Rosebery Is the owner Of fifty
square miles Of land In the United
Kingdom, and be also has large estates
in Australia, some being within easy
distance Of sydney
w. s. Gilbert. associated with Arthur
Sullivan Ia the composing Of comic OPP
eras, is reputed to be enormously
wealthy. The royalties from his .Pyg
malion and Galateap alone brought him
IN 100000.
james Rigby, about forty years sex
ton and verger at Holy Trinity church,
Burnley, England, who recently died
was said to be godfather 70 half the
people in the parish which has $4,000
inhabitants.
Sir Edward Clarke, X. c., is said to
be the best paid professional man IN
England His earnings at law are
about $217 an hour II he We're to work
ten hours d day 500 days IN q year, bis
income would be S651,o00 q year.
Lord verulam is the only peer who
can claim any sort Of resemblance to
the king. He Is. in fact the kings dou-
Bile, equally in figure as in feature
Time and again be has been taken for
his majesty In the streets Of London
1t Is said that John y. Rockefeller
mas horror OF water. which partly ex-
plains why he has never crossed the
Atlantic or owned q steam yacht. lie
has 20 faith in vessels propelled by
steam or sails and prefers a bridge to a
ferry every time in crossing rivers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25

good Gasc; headquarters. choice, i0iz
M1lkc; common to good. case. fore
quarters, choice, Z 1-4Gl7 S-ie: common
to good, safe; extra mutton Sc. com
mon to good, 70716c: eastern. ed7c;
western, 6n7c; spring lambs. eastern
choice, llM12e: common 10 good. 9a10c;
western. good to choice. 1Oui2c. veals.
eastern choice, zoe: fair to good. SU9c:
common, 6aI7e.
Dressed poultry Northern and east
ern fresh killed fowl, choice, 15@I6c;
common to good. 13Mlic: nearby
broiIers, 8 to 3ls lbs d pair, 1Tm19c 10;
pigeons. S1ml75 doz; squads $1,000
$40 doz. western iced turkeys. choice,
l4td15c: common 70 good, 12al3c: fowls,
choice, 14cs common to good. 1913 3 4c.
Live poultry Fowls, 12isc; ROSTERS,
Sc; spring chickens. lbs and over. 14a
15c hi; small. 13c TO-
Hay. etc. Choice, S1Sdl9; No. j, SIT
M1T50; No. 2. $i4014.50; No. 3, S1l. 80
ml250; fine choice, Sl15Ua12. 80,
clover mixed, No. i, 50ul2.50: No.
2, Sl1.5oa12; clover, S10Mll: prime rye
straw, $23: oat straw, S9Mla
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25
LABOR AND PROGRESS.

The turbine engine Is steadily inefeas-
Ing In use both on land and on sea.
There are now about 100000 spindIes
employed IN the worsted industry ln
Australia against 100000 spindles in
1852.
In the stone quarries Of st. Tfiphon,
in the Rhone valley the stone IS sawed
by means Of continuously running steel
wire cables kept moist with wet sand.
About 10000 horsepower BE- watef
turbines will soon be purchased for the
Toronto and Niagara Falls Power com
pany on the Canadian side Of the oata-
ract
Italian industry spreads itself over
the world. 1t makes in large measure
tile worlds roads and tunnels, II built
the great dam across the Nile, and it il
boring the slmplon tunnel
During the year 1908 the various
boards Of Cancellation and arbitration
IN Great Britain are known to have set
tied 7ss cases of labor trouble Most
Of the actual stoppages We're settled by
tile parties themselves or their repre-
sentatives. The number Of stoppages
settled by arbitration ana Cancellation
was 20, involving Fl TOO work people.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25
The Times Daily Short Story.
sCsCSc9 0saS0y 0o9oaQ scSesescs sCso scsCo

piazza anu ApldlA opening tue uouf,
walked into the house. Miss Winter
stood still, lost in admiration at the
mans assurance. In few minutes
peeks appeared at the window and
was about to grasp a rose from the
vase when he was suddenly drawn
back violently Then there was an
occasional appearance within the room
Of Mr.. Peeks sparring with young
man. The enemy looked younger and
smaller than Peeks. who was evidently
getting the best Of him. At Inst Peeks
dragged him 10 the window, where lie
held him with one arm arosHd his
chest while he carefully removed the
vase with the other. then forced the
man out Of the window and held
him suspended above the turf far be-
low
'shan l drop him2s he called to Miss
Winter
NO; for heavens sake, NOT
I'll do it, for your sake
"For my sake stop. Come back
here
Just MS you wish"
He pulled the young man in the win
dow. then seized rose, and Miss Win
ter could hear the door slam In an
other minute he came out Of the front
door and. joining Miss Winter, offered
her the flower. The young man III the
rooU. frantic with rage, came to the
window and shook his fist. muttering
maledictions
"Wel. upon my word" said Miss
Winter. aghast. that's the most I'M
pudent thing ever saw done What
will the people In the house think Of
Won? Aud that poor boyl You ought
to lie ashamed Of yourself He was no
match for you whatever. DO you think
they'll have You arrested"
"What care II Have not made a
test for myself and won|
Miss Winter turned her face away
and shifted the rose No more marked
test Of assurance could have been de-
vised nor carried out more success
fully.
do you think he will follow your
she asked. referring to the young man
who had incurred such hard treatment
"No. He's nothing but boy I take
no credit for having worsted him. He
doesn't want any more Of i"
They walked On till they reached
Miss Winters hotel
81 suppose may call this evening"
said Peeks
Certainly
| Mr. peels called. he was really O
rery acceptable person, aud now that be
had fulfilled the conditions Miss Win.
ters romance had imposed there was
no reason why she should not accept
I him. anu she did 50 before he left her
Mr.. Peeks Informed his iancee that
| his mother was with him at the sea
shore. He would announce his en-
gagement 20 her, and she would cal
the next day. Mrs. Peeks called, and
when Miss Winter returned the cal
She drove mp to the cottage where Mr.
Peeks had proved his remarkable as
surance. The young man he has
| trnunced was his own brother.
MARY BROWN CHADBouRNE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25
MAKING A
REPUTATION

tCAAHAAfAtttl
"Why, Mr., Peeksl1
upon ms word, Miss Wlnserf'
With he surprise was embarrasa-
ment on both sides. They had both
been visitors in the city during the
winter; had met Mr. Peeks had pro
posed and had been refused. Miss
Winter was romantic and wanted a
daredevil Mr., Peeks had no especial
desire to break bis neck or kill any one
for Miss Winter though he loved, her
Now they had met at the seashore. He
Joined her and walked beside her.
Fate seems inclined to throw US TO-
gether, he remarked. after all, fate
knows what's best for us,
Il know better than fate she re-
Piled
in respect 70 who shall be your hus-
bapdge
Il will marry no man who viii not
dare and do for me before consent to
be his wife. If be win not before mar
riage, cannot expect it Of him after
ward
..Wnl you put him TO testf"
Possibly"
you say that you win only marry
a man who will dare and do for you;
that you viii test him and find out for
yourself If he is that kind Of man.
1t all seems very plain, but you may be
deceived after all"
Il don't mean that | will not marry
any except one who would swim in
dangerous water to pluck me pond
lily. Ny fancy is one who has that
cool assuranG we so often see in
heroes In the theater, one who can look
down the muzzle Of a revolver and
crack jokes with the enemy who points
tia man of assurance"
"Such situations are not to be called
up at VIII, except In plays
'.Oh. can tell the kind Of man
mean very easily"
They were strolling on an avenue
lined on either side with cottages. The
sun shone down upon these homes by
the sea, glistening from their roofs and
the vines which III many cases GOV.
cred them. Miss Winter was without
parasol. without hat She loved the
sunshine and would not Interfere with
its kissing her check.
what a dainty little cottage" she
exclaimed as they approached one 81
the residences, "and what pleasant
outlook there most be from that win
dow, with its pretty white curtains
in the peak Or the roof. See the vase
of roses standing on the sill"
would you like one Of those rosesG
Miss Winter cast a quick side glance
at her companion.
Il rather think would, she said
"very will, you shall have II Il i
costs ME my life to yet il"
Mr.. Peeks pushed on TO the gate
walked rapidly up the walk to tbs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25

The outline Of a fish on a time table
and the imprint of a clam and a five
dollar bill on a postal card We're found
among the contents Of q poeketbook
fished our Of Fox lake the other day,
says the Chicago Tribune The pocket
book belonged to G. A. Ebbott OF 7044
Yale avenue and had lain at the bot
tom Of the lake since Sept. 10, 1908.
When G. b. Chase, florist Of Chicago,
who was fishing for bass reeled ii his
line, he found that the frog bait had
become detached from the hook. and in
its place was tattered wallet. The
purse contained Identification cards.
$40 in money and railroad tickets On
time table is the distinct outline Of a
fish two and half inches in length.
and all through the papers were found
the outlines Of clam she'll
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25

The great crested tlycatcher and sew
eral other birds wind into their nests
one Of the old skins which have been
shed by snakes. so that these look like
live snakes coiled about the nest By
this device other birds or lizards intent
on stealing the eggs are frightened
,,,-n.,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25
IA ono stnne chnrch.

Waterloo, Ia, has church for which
one immense glacial bowlder furnished
practically all the material The huge
stone before being blasted was twenty
eight feet high, thirty feet wide and
twenty feet thick, 1t was estimated to
weigh 5,125,00o pounds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25

In fashionable drawing room in
London great lady keeps hive OF
bees. The open window gives her pets
chance to hunt for honey in Hyde
park, which is near at hand
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25

Amber, according to Chambers, Is a
concretion Of birds tears. In "I'he
Fire Worshipers" Tom Moore says,
Around thee shall glisten the love
Hest amber that ever the sorrowing
sea bird hath vent
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25
Jnpnnese Postage stamps.

Japanese postage stamps are rated as
the most artistic in the world The
first stamps We're issued in 1871 There
are few rare ones, the highest price
ever known 70 have been paid for one
being $50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25

For thousands Of years the entire
world depended wholly on the honey
bee for all the sweetness used in
cookery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25
SCHROON LAKE
The Finest Lake
In the Adirondacks
Via Adirondack Railroad to Riverside and
Leyeyt's Coaches and Steamer Evelyn.
H0TE[S ON ScHRoON LAKE.

HOTELS ON ScHRoON LAKE.
Leland House ...."....c. T. Leland, Mgr.
SchroOn Lake, N. Y.
UndaWa House. .sssssss...s. s..sf. I. Bailey.
Sehroon Lake, N. Y.
Taylor House (and IS cottages). C. F. Taylor. H.,
Mgr. Taylor's o. Schroon. N. Y
Watch Rock Hotel George Cecil. Prop.
Adirondack. N. X.
Moon Hill Camp Miss Helen Warner, Prop.
PottersviIle, N. Y.
MeilS HOUSE. y. D. MeltS. IRON.
Pottersyille, N. Y.
For rates please write to the above addresses.
also for booklets and further information.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-25
rhamnlnn 80 prInkers.

The champion ten drinkers of the
world are the Tlbetans They buy 1t
in bricks and drink It in pints Tea
bricks are used rs currency
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-22

One Of the doubles of King
Edward is Baron Alfred de Stern,
the nulti-miIl;onaire brother OF
Lord Wandsworth. The resem-
blance is so startling that II re-
suited in turning the baron 5
head. He insisted upon being ad-
dressed as sir, and as "your
royal highness." This was in the
DAYS when the king was still the
Prince of Wales-and on one oc-
casion the baron created ire
mendous disturbance in Pail Mall
at the very height OF the season
by endeavoring to force his way
into Marlborough House, declar,
ing that he was its master.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-22
GuatemaIa's Diaz.

Manuel Estrada Cabrera, who
has been reelected for a term OF
six years as president OF Guate-
mala, has come to be known as
the Diaz of his country" From
1862 to 1889. when Cabrera was
first elected president, Guatemala
was in a continual turmoil OF
revolutions. But for six years
there has been remarkable peace
under Cabrera. The republic
has more than 1900 schools, has
coffee for its CHIEF agricultural
staple. and has mineral wealth,
besides many possibilities not YET
developed. Before his election
President Cabrera had been a law
yer by profession and was a man
Of education and culture Every
president before that for sixty
years had been a military officer.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-22
small Change.

To have notion Of the point to
which economy can be pushed one
should learn the currency of Japan.
The yen when not deprecated is
worth ST, and now considerably
less-perhaps half. It is equal to
100 sen, equal to 10 rim, equal to 10
shO, equal to 10 kotshu A kotshu
then equals one one-thousandth of a
half cent American. Perhaps some
of these minor subdivisions of the
currency are like the American mill,
imaginary 50 far as coinage is con-
cerned.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-22
A Remarkable Echo.

An ordinary echo is curious
thing, hut according to the state
ments of a Frenchman at a water,
ing place in the PyTenees, one
echo on the Franco-Prusslan from
tier is far from ordinary.
AS soon as you have spoken,
said the Freedman, who had Sc
cured an audience of wide-eye0
tourists, you hear distinctly the
voice leap from rock to rock, from
precipice to precipice, and as soon
as it has passed the frontier it as
sume5 the Spanish .Ongue!'
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-22
A Woman Admiral.

Queen Olga OF Greece is the
only woman admiral in the world,
having been appointed to that
honor in the Russian navy by the
late car. She is devoted to life
On the sea. On a recent s@pec-
ton she made such a thorotfAh ex-
animation Of the battleship as TO
amaze the navel experts Of her
country and win their admiration.
She 5 the eldest daughter OF a
Russian noble, grand duke, the
niece OF the late car. and since
her marriage TO King George she
has done much to unite the IN
ferests Of Russia and Greece. She
is the founder. friend and patron
ess Of the seamen S. home. and on
certain days OF each month visits
he old sailors and talks to them
# life at sea.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-22
Origin OF French Morocco.

In France old shoes are bought
up in large quantities by leather
dealers and sold to factories. There
they are taken apart and submitted
to long processes, which turn them
into paste, from which the mateial
Is Transformed into imitation leather,
finally coming out in form which
very closely initiates the finest mo-
rocco. This material IS stamped
with the most stylish designs and it
appears IN the shops in the form
OF handsome wall paper, trunk COW
erlngs and similar articles of house
hold decoraf;n~
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-22
Generous Life Insurance Agent.

The active insurance agent, I'm
der contract to write 100000 a
year, spends no incOnsiderable
sum in entertaining prospective
policy holders. The style and eX-
tent of this entertainment depends
upon the amount tie victim is eX-
pected to take ont. For instance
II y Is good for d policy OF $4,000
he IS worth blowing to two or
three light lupcheons, on occas-
ional treat at the bar and one din
ner. If Q looks to be a cinch for
$4,000 he will be nursed along
with an invitation to dine at the
club, a bottle OF champagne now
and then. a trip up the Hudson or
down the bay, Coney Island or
Far Rockaway, and a poker party.
II Q intimateS that he NAV apply
for $4,000 he suddenly finds HIM
self overwhelmed with at least 100
handmade "Nuelta Ab2jo' per
fectors. a box at the opera. a din
ner at Dels with the general
manager. an invitation to inspecI
the magnificent offices Of the COM
pany and lunch with the presi-
dent. automobile drives autoboat
races. horse races, etc. There Is
a wonderfully clever fellow in
New York who saws he lives on
the tat of the land. vet never buys
a meal His hosts are life inSur-
ance agents. This IS his tale OF
gloat:, why shouldn't those
chaps pay Tor my meals and
drinks? They give me trouble to
take out a policy for $4,000, and
now I'm getting even. | promise
'manana. nanana, like the Mex
icano. but tomorrow never comes.
In the meantime they treat me
10 the finest in the town. Agents
Of four companies are after me N
heated rivarly. and I'm playing
one against the otter OF Course
theyll tumble 70 me after awhile,
but I'm making hay while the sun
shines Cne generous chap has
spent nesrlv TIE waoie of his eX-
pected commissroa on me. Ne,
they don't Ok ny -a-heS
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-22
Tobacco Receipts.

The total government receipts
from tobacco from all sources
were S44.655,8o8.75 Tor the fiscal
year I0o2-IGo3, or an increase OF
S1.I4o,998.5I. This increase is
participated in by all branches OF
the trade, except cigar manufac-
ture-here we see a decrease OF
S236,z56.oI. As cigar manufac-
turing shows the worst condition,
so tobacco manufacture shows
The best condition. Receipts for
this branch Of the trade exceeded
the receipts for the previous fiscal
year by SI,o77,79o-oo.