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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-11-01

Sunday closing is not to be an
experiment" said Mayor Jones. This
declaration and the spirit of which
it was the expression won more than
a half of his battle.
Are you one of those who cOntinu
ally insist that the liquor question is
the biggest of all questions? Does
the amount of time and money Tin
proportion to your ability which you
devote to it prove the sincerity of
your belief?
The era of law enforcement is up
on us. 1t will strengthen and extend.
1t will never stop until law is respec-
ted as law, nor will it stop until laws
are enacted and enforced which con-
sign to oblivion the most lawless
institution of the land, the American
saloon.
In urging contributions to the Y.
M. C. A. building project in st. Paul
which, by all means should succeed,
the st. Paul Dispatch, which is no
Prohibition organ, said that the Y.
M. G. A. movement is "a counter
balance to the saloon" It. must bring
comfort to the saloonkeeper to hear
his business characterized as an
3 enemy of everything that is pure and
right by even secular organs. But
the world do move.
'Things are stirring in the hearts
of the American people in way |
would not have thought possible ten
years ago." So said President Cyrus
Northrop in introducing resolutions
commencing Mayor Jones at the Chap
man meeting at the University Ar
mory on the first closed Sunday. 1t
was Jesus who said mot many
mighty, not many noble are called"
The masses, the common people,
must inaugurate moral movements
and push them to the point where
they will challenge the attention and
secure the support of men in prom
inent position.
REVERENCE FOR LAW.
Lincoln said, "Let reverence for
law be taught in schools and colleges,
be written in primers and spelling
books, be published from pulpits and
proclaimed in legislative houses, and
enforced in the courts of Justice; in
short, let it become the political
religion of the nation" The 7th OF
November was a great Lincoln day
ALL GOOD LITTLE BOYS.
s'For my own part, l wish to be
perfectly fair regarding this whole
business. do not wish to violate
either the spirit or the letter of the
law, and the fact that every saloon
in Minneapolis was Theoretically
sealed on Sunday shows that the
saloon men are law-abiding citizens
These pious sentences were uttered
by Tom Lally, President of the Min
neapolis Liquor Dealers Association
They show how good the saloonists
are when they can't be bad.
''There goes man who believes in ex
cessve drinking.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-11-01

"There goes man who believes in ex
cessve drinking.
"He doesn't show it."
"Oh. he doesn't drink"
"But why?
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-11-01
Brief and Brainy

I will remain a Prohibitionist until the
mothers stop praying. R. H. Perley,
Pillsbury.
I'd rather vote for what I want and not
get it, than to vote for what I don't want
and get lots of it.-Ei Ritter.
If the liquor business were not protect
ed by law, it could not exist forty weight
hours.-Father ]. M. Cleary, Minneapolis
A Prohibitionist is worthless as a work
er and contributor until he takes a paper
and becomes interested in party work.
State Chairman Wilson, Illinois.
That man is dangerous citizen who so
far mistakes means for ends as to be-
come servile in his devotion to his party
snd afraid to leave it when the party goes
wrong.-Theodore Roosevelt
Pure Christian government and undefiled
before God, the Father, is this: to visit,
is to see to, look after-the widows the
orphans, the .careworn, the oppressed and
keep itself clean enough for that business
John G. Woolley
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-11-01

The great London Times makes
this prediction which, considering it's
hitherto conservative position, is both
remarkable and most cheering: "Be-
lief in the Strengthening and support
ing qualities of alcohol will eventual
ly become as absolete as a belief in
witchcraft"
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-11-01

Find enclosed rs cents in stamps for
another year. Backbone is the best small
paper that comes to our home. God bless
you in your work for humanity" Isaac
Mondereau Meadville, Pa
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
MANY INNOCENT
SLAUGHTERED
Women and Children and Men
Shot Down in Gold -
Blood.
HUNDREDS WE'RE KILLED
After the Charge of Troops the
Crowd of Strikers Dis
. persed.
MORE TROUBLE is RIFE
Great Revolution Is On in Earnest in
the Russian Capital and Horrible
Scenes Will Be En-
acted.
MORE ROUBL is RIFE

st. Petersburg. Jan. 24.-The IN
peror's answer to 100000 worknen
trying to take the palace square Sun
day was n solid array of troops who
met them with rifle, bayonet Il saber.
The priest, Gopon, the leader and idol
Of the men, in his golden yestmeHts,
holding aloft the cross and marching
at the head of thousands Of workmen
through the NarVa gate, m~iraculously
escaped a volley which laid low half a
hundred persons. The figures of the
total number killed OF wounded at the
Moscow gate, at various bridges and
islands n at the Winter palace vary.
The best estimate is 500, although
they are exaggerated figures placing
the number AS high as 5000. Many
men We're accompanied by their wives
and children, and in the confusion,
which left no time fo- discrimination,
the latter shared the fate of the men.
The troops, with the exception of a
single regiment, which is reported to
have thrown down it's arms, remained
loyal and obeyed orders, but the blood
which crimsoned the snow has fired
the brains and passions of the strikers
and turned ONE as we'll as men into
wild beasts. and the cry of the in
furiated p%opulace is for vengeance.
The sympathy of the middle classes
is with the Workmen.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Pierre. S. D., jan. 1s-An opposition has
been removed to the Cooper bill in the
senate to legalize liquor licenses granted
by, own and cities when no vote was
taken last spring. and the bill has been
favorably recommended by the temper-
ance committee. The first plan OF the
anti-saloon people was to fight this, but
they will allow it to go without opposi-
ton.
The cattle. dipping proposition is begin
ming to be shaped up in a meeting OF the
committees Of both houses with the state
veterinarian. and a bill is being proposed
which will be satisfactory to all parties
interested.
The house took up senate bills, passing
one to relieve the state land commissioner
from passing OH titles in question on
sales of state lands, and the bill to allow
cities TO condemn. roper outside their
limits for waterworks purposes. This
measure passed the senate without a dis
senting vote. and no opposition appeared
in the house until the vote was taken,
when it failed to receive the necessary
two-thirds to pass an emergency measure,
and only went through by a majority. It
was a Black Hills bill, and the oppcs.-
ton came from the eastern part of the
state
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
THE MAN AND TIE HOUR
asher Gopon, Leader of the Multitude,
Is the Hero of the Pop

ST. Petersburg, Jan. 22It begins TO
appear that Russia has produced the
man-that a great cause has 1ound IT'S
leader. Thus does history promise to
repeat itself in the momentous crisis
which has arisen here. Men VINO are
able to inspire a complete spirit OF
~martyrdom IN their followers are the
iraresI OF the human race such a man
is Father ape who TO lead
his supporters unafHed TO the mulZleS
OF Russian guns.
1t may seem Incredible, but such is
the marvellous power OF this priest over
Those who come within his personal in
fiuence that even cold blooded otticial-
dom believes that these men will sac
rifice their lives in a hope to rescue
Russia from tyranny. Before that spirit
which way to turn. Only a Won Plehwe
lwouid dare to slaughter unarmed loyal
4 men who demand only that their Sow
ereign listen to h story of their
wrongs. They will accept naught else,
and only in case of refusal will they be
leone rebelliouS masses.
The working people of Russia still re-
tain in large measure their faith and
.iloyalty to their little father the car
II They believe his mistakes are due sole
ly from9the ignorance of their condition
Imposed upon him by his ministers ane
III encourage; hence they will makes then
plea to no minister, grandduke, or 9th.
:f er representative of the sovereign. Ths
ear himself must receive them@or they
j will resort to tie only means left t,
) secure relief by a people oppressed be
You'd all endurance.
Such was the situation last night. IA
the moment of greatest peril In the his
rsitory of this empire it should be EN-
phasized that his uprising, although i
~ rak fhna form of n strike iS M la No;
/ movement. This is made clear by TIL,
~authorities themselves, who, when In
yited to intervene at the outset. con
u yeyed to Father Gapon the repl,s tina
the CONCESSIONS ne asked could not b
granted owing to political obstacles.'
Thereupon the psople cried: Away
i then. with political obstacles, and civ
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
A GREAT SUFFERER
LAY HELPLESS AND SPEECHLESS
FOR HOURS AT A TIME.
Sinking Spells, Headaches, Rheumatism,
All Caused by Poor Blood-Cured by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills.

When Mrs. Williams was asked for
some details Of tho fearful illness from
which she had so long suffered, she spoke
as follows:
"Ever sinceI had nervous prostration,
about thirteen years ago, l have had
periodical spells of complete exhaustion.
Any excitement or unusual activity
would throw ne into q state of ~lifeless-
ness. At the beginning my strength
would come back i'll q moderate time,
but the period Of weakness kept length.
ening until at last I would lie helpless
as many as three hours at q stretch"
"You were under medical treatment,
of course?'
Eyes, when I became so bad that !
had to give up my ~housework, i'll May Of
1908, | was being treated for kidney
trouble, and later the doctor thought my
difficulties came from change of life. ]
was not only weak, but 1 had dizzy
feelings, %palpitation Of the heart, misery
after eating, hot flashes, nervous head.
aches, rheumatic pains i'll the back and
hips. The doctor did me so little good
that l gave up his treatment, and really
feared that my was incurable."
What saved you from your state OF
hopelessness?"
I'm July Of 1908 I had a very bad
spell, and my husband came in one day
with 9 little book which told Of remark
able cures effected by remedy for the
blood and the nerves, DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. He bought n box for ME, and
that was the beginning of my return to
health. My appetite grew keen, my food
no longer distressed me, my nerves were
quoted, and my strength began to re.
vive."
"How long did you take this remedy"
"For two months only. At the emo
of that tins I had regained my health
and ~cheerfulness, and my friends say
that / ain looking better than T have
done for the pastffteen years"
Mrs. Lizzie Williams is now living al
No. 416 Cedar street. Quincy, Illinois
The pills which she praises SO highly,
cure all diseases that come from i'm
poverished blood. If your system is al
run down, DR.. Williams Pink Pills are
the avery best remedy to take. Any drug
gist can supply them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
A Lobstcr's Endowments.

Tour-Track News: The lobster has been
endowed by nature with two gifts which
go far to offset the evils attending his lot.
all the time, If necessary. ana the other is
the ability 20 grow a new member, an eye,
a leg or a claw. when ever the original is
lost In the fortunes Of war or by reason Of
any domestic unplcasantness.
1t is these two gifts which enable him to
grow up and become a useful member OF
society, most Of his members being sec
%ondhand, SO to speak, by the time he is
really grown.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
GOPON WAS FIRM.
Priest Leader Would Make No conces-
sion to the Demands of
Authorities.

ST. Petersburg, Jan. 4.-Father Gopon,
at the request of Minister of Justice Mura-
v.eff, went to the ministry of justice Satur-
day and held a long Interview with Mura-
yieff, at which the minister tried to dis
saude him from his program for Sunday.
Father Gapon, however. could not be
budged. and at the end of the interview
left, saying;
w must each do our duty accoralng 10
the light given u.s."
The plan Of the workmen is to assemble
at three points, the Putiloff and Outsou-
koff works and the island of Vassili Os-
trovs, and march to the Palace square.
They are fully convinced the emperor will
be there to receive their Petition
The representative of the Associated
Press went among many groups of the
workmen, but found no one who expressed
doubt. as to the emperor meeting them.
All spoke of him reverentially, and they
insisted tina he is kept in ignorance of the
truth, and that once he has heard of their
grievances they will receive justice. They
sal Gthat Whatswas wanted was shorter
hours and more pay and also political
liberty; but the case of the men on he
latter subject is r~udimentary and they
could not exactly explain it, their only
concrete conception being that they want
ed a condition such aseXists in Germany:
LIZ not, that: they did not want any emperor
at all. Ihey declared their peacefui In
t%entions and said they did not want to
fight. They seemed to entertain little
thought OF being shot down.
1.-The soldiers are on our side said one
of the leaders. They may FIRE on the pal
ace, but not on ush.'
None Of the men raised a voice against
the emperor, though they did not spare
some of the imperial family, especially
Grand Duke Alexis. who with others, is
/ charged with being responsible for Rus
sia's defeat in the war in the far east,
their accusers saving they kept the en-
peror in ignorance of the rue situation.
Some of them repeated current gossip
about GrandsDuke Alexis and the Russian
fleet.
I'VE know what happened in the theater
some time ago, when his mistress came on
Il the stage covered with jewels said one OF
themen. The galleries Kissed her and the
people cried out: Take them off; they
are not diamonds, but drops of Russian
u blood"
Late last night it was reported that a
strike had been declared in the paper mills
!. in Finland, and rnmors are that if blood
is shed hero today there will be many Sc,
J rious risings throughout the land. The
rumors, however, probably belong to the
crop of sensational stories with which tho
t city is filled.
Private letters from Helsingfors received
by the Associated Press tonight do rot
give f!le slightest inttmation Of the immt
] nence OF a movement amons the Firms
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM
That Dodd's Kidney Pills Will Cure
Bright's Disease Remarkable Case
nf George 7, Observation-Disclosures.

Dodd's Kidney Pills Will Cnr.
Bright's Disease - Remarkable Casa
Of George ]. Bnrber-Quick Recovery
After Years of Suffering.
Estherville, Iowa, Jan. 23d.-(Spe.
cial.)-The experience. Of Mr.. Georga.
j. Barber, a well known citizen of this
place, justifes his friends in MAKING
the announcement to the world
"Bright's Disease al be aured.' Mr..
Barber had kidney trouble and it de.
veloped into Bright's Disease. HIS
treated it with Dodd's. Kidney Pills.
and to-day he is a we'll man. In an
Interview be says:
II can't say too much for Dodd'a
Kidney Pills. I had#Kidney. Disease
for fifteen years and though j doctored
for it with the best doctors here and
in Chicago, it developed into Brights,
Disease. Then l started to use Dodd's!
Kidney Pills and two boxes cured me
completely. | think Dodd's Kidney
Pills are the best in the world"
A remedy that will cure -Brlght'sa
Disease will cure any other form Of
Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills
never fail to cure Brights Disease.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

Numerous wild pheasants have late
!ly been seen in the southern part of
the city. They are in the woods and
fields. and some have com into Gen.
esee Valley park. Some years ago these
birds were introduced into this section
iby persons at Geneseo. AS the male
birds are great fighters, the weaker
ones have been driven outward from,
1.-THE vicinity Of Genesee. These birds
strictly protected by law, there be-
ing no open eason for them, III a!
fine OF S25 being provided for the,
shooting of one Of them,-Rochester
an. W Post Express.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

, The TWO eides of a PERSONS face are
never alike. The yes are out of line
iin two cases Dat of five. and one eye is.
stronger than the other in seven per
sons out OF tel, e The right ear is Also
las a rule, higher than the left. only
Tne person i'll i Iteeit mas perfect cars;
the largest pert entage of defects pre-
fyaiEing among fair-haired people. The
smallest intervals of sound can be dis
singuished better with n ear than
with both. The nails of Two fingers
never grow with The same rapidity,
that of the middle finger growing the
fastest, while that of the thumb grows,
!slowest. II ffty-iour cases out of 100,
,the left leg is shorter than the right
The bones of an average human malei
skeleton weigh twenty pounds; those'
lot a roma are six pounds lighter. :
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

Mr.. and Mrs. G. Z. Bailey of San,
automobile in Santa Barbara county,
suddenly came upon a thousand wild
cattle in the road. They forced their
way through, crowEing the cattle TO
right ard left, but for q time they and
the herisrs expected to see the auto
5sirse1 ard wrecked tg The excited ami
mails.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

One of the greatest artistic marvels
tof the world is to be seen in the mu-
iseum at Harvard university. ThisE
curiosity consists OF hundreds of speci-t
mems of flowers and plants formed Of
glass. but with such exquisite fidelity!
ito nature that they appear to be real
every tint and marking, every tiniesti
being faithfully reproduced.
They are made by Il secret process, tlei
being a father and son in Ger,
many, who, it is said, may let their
secret die with them. AS an instance
iof the wonderful workmanship, it may
be mentioned that the very hairs which,
appea on the stems on certain plants
are reproduced OF the glass limitations
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

/ President Roosevelt is 5 feet 8 inches,
in height and weighs 165 pounds. He
exercises daily, if it be only a series
of movements without apparatus. ex-
ecuted in his bedroom before his morn
Ing bath. He is of full,blooded habit
the kind of man who grows very stout
but through exercise he keeps his
chest measure eight inches greater
than that of his waist, and has no su.
i~perfiuous flesh.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

: The English Church Missionary So
ciety calls attention to the fearful raw
ages of pestilence in several countries
in which its agents are at work. In
uganda the sleeping sickness has DESC
lated Busoga and the northern shores
of Victoria lake and is fast depopu-
Hating the Sese islands. The plague
in the PunJab his been claiming as
many as 10000 victims a month, while
cholera, which has laid thousands LOO
In Palestine. is nov raging in Persia.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
Girl Ate Match Heads.

South Shore, s. D., Jan. 2s.-Eating
the heads offia few matches caused the
death OF Minnie, the 3-year-old daugk-
ter OF Mr.. n Mrs. a. S. Eaker. we'll
known residents of this place. The
little girl was playing with matches,
and. unnoticed by her mother, ate the
heads off a few of them. She became
III Immediately and wien the cause
OF her sickness was discovered medical
aid VIA summoned. The poison, how
ever, had gone through her system to
such an extent that her life coald not
be saved.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

A curious custom has just been cele-.
!brated at Kiln, nea Moscow. All the
ilnarriageable girls in the town lined up
jim the principal street decked out in,
their simple finery, many of them also
Having with them the stock of linen,
household and personal, which forms
part of their dowry. The young men
contemplating matrimony then walked
down the serried ranks of beauty as
they moved toward the church and Sc
lected the girls of their choice. A for,
ma visit to the parents to rrange de-
tails was then made in each case and a
date fixed for the ceremony.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

All the five planetary satellites dis
covered since 1916 have been found by
Americans. They include Hyperion, the
seventh satellite of Saturn; Diemos and
sPhoebus, the little moor of Mars, and
Phoebe, h ninth moon of Saturn.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

Tie German torrn of Bilbrfch has a
law rsaaeh caSls for q special tax on
al h-o9Asao1Gsrg vrao have balconies
araaeha6 70 tsae5r houses. These are
fssEssiaefad 2az1rE. The tax money
rs Essa for the improvement of the
streets. 4
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
More Scientific Education.

IT reckons," said Miss Miami Brown,
dat what de young gemman needs
nowadays is mo scientific education
"What makes o think SOP
I was done stanin' under de mis-
tletoe fob half an hour, but fob all
dem young gemmen knowed bout bot
any it might as well have been a. cab
b. ge leafn
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

When the German emperor travels
90 home railways a detailed bill is
made out for every engine and car
used and for the distance traversed. 1T
as estimated that he pays the Prussian
railways alone about $4,000 e
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

Charged with a~dulterating white
lead, a London firm testified that gen
sui1e" white lead means the best. "Best"
white lead is the genuine reduced"
with barytes. The court made the re-
duction cost $1G2.50 fine and costs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

A locomotive owned and operated by
fsse London and Northwestern since
1852 mad UP 10 1909 made 100000
= s E-4AsaaeeSs.@A The tine cut of4ssrv-
zoe for repairs averaged - per cent.
Of she working time credited the loco
motive
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
An Inventor.

Louisville Courier-Journa: Mrs. McTFlub
Your husband seems to be quite versa
tile. Has he ever invented anything?
Mrs. Sleeth-Oh, yes. One of the finest
lines Of midnight excuses you ever listened
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
They Miaht site.

chicago Record-Herafd 3.tWn nat NJ
yo44 DOT some lawyer were to com, 9Es
yc'l tomorrow and tell you that you wta9&SS
tie only heir to q great estate somewheNs
over the sea?"
II would give him the names Of those
bankers who We're worked byAMrs. Chad.
wick and advise him to try 1T on them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

Charles .. Glidden, Of England. who
drove amotor car across the Arctic
seircle, is now on his way to the Anti
sspodes, and will endeavor 10 drive to.
the most s%outherly point yet reached
by motor ar.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26
How He Did Ii.

Chicago Tribune: "How did yousS
get our wife out of the burning build-
ing SO quickly without alarming her?.s
II told her IN auction sale of house,
hold goods was just beginning in the
flat next door,