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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22

Dean Hole in his book, More Memo
ries," tells an amusing story Of how an
old woman got the better OF her clergy
MAJ in an argument. The village
churchyard was overcrowded except Oh
its sunless northern side, in which the
suicide was buried. One day the vicar,
while visiting Il poor old woman VINO
was nigh unto death, thought he would
try TO get her consent to be buried IN
the roomy northern plot. He began by
assuring her that the common aversion
to burial in any particular portion OF
consecrated ground vas a silly preju-
dice and a foolish superstition. Ihen
he besought her, as a personal favor
to himself and as IN example to others,
to permit her body to be buried IN the
northern plot of the churchyard.
The old woman thought 1t all over
for q few minutes and then answered,
well, sir, as you seem to think as II
part Of the churchyard is as good as
another and that it makes 40 difference
where we be put, perhaps you'll gle US
q lead"
The vicar did not grasp the argu-
ment, but he changed the subject.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22

Mrs. Eob",t L2uis Stevenson has told
Of the circumstances aatc:' which GER
tain Of her husbands hools; were writ
ten. Stevenson and his Wife were
looking over solne records of trials in
the Old Bailey court during 100.
Among the papers was one describing
the trial Of james Stewart for the MUIR
der OF Il man which Stevenson read
with avidity." He used much of the
story in this old court record for "Kid-
Mapped" besides taking out the charac-
ter of Alan Brock. David Balfour,"
the sequel to kidnapped" was writ
ten In Samoa amid very 'sdistracting
circumstances" Mrs. Stevenson says,
with the natives on the verge Of war
and amid the most Kaleidoscope po-
litical changes, uncertain as to what
moment his personal liberty might be
restrained, his every action miscon-
strued and resented by the white in
habitants Of the island, the excitement
and fatigue of my husbands daily life
might have seemed enough for any one
man to endure without the additional
strain Of literary work"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
President Hayes Watches.

President Hayes was in the habit of
wearing a cheap nickel watch while in
the White House, and much comment
was aroused as to the reason. The
truth was that almost weekly a depu-
tation Of western Indians called upon
him, always bringing presents Of ONE
kind to the great father. OF course he
was expected to give something in re-
turn, and the object was to find m
thing cheap and at the same time ac-
ceptable. Watches were q novelty to
the Indians, and to present q chief
with a watch which the great father
himself had been carrying always i'm
pressed him greatly. Having discover
ed this and not caring to distribute
gold watches or even silver ones, Mr..
Hayes hit upon the expedient of buy
ing nickel watches at $3S a dozen and
always made it convenient to have one
with him against IN emergency.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Menus.

Catering to animals requires both q
plentiful and varied supply of foods,
as may be seen from this report of ma
terial fed at the London Geological
gardens last year. For the flesh eating
guests there were supplied 144 tons of
horsetlesh, nearly 8 tons Of goatfesh
and $3.50 chicken heads. Fourteen
and q half tons of fish, in addition to
1,26O pints Of shrimps, furnished the
water fowl with their daily fare, while
297 loads Of hay and 6,030 punches Of
green's supplied the ruminants. Other
items on the list We're S72 pounds Of
grapes, 40S pounds Of sugar, G,262
loaves of bread, 5,0S6 quarts Of milk,
3O3 pounds Of crackers and more than
$4,000 eggs. The chicken heads We're
for the various members Of the rat
family, the eggs were fed to the birds,
and the shrimps formed the easiest
way to the affections Of the hamin-
goes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Three Stories.

Here are some bits from the diary of
Sir Mountstuart Il. Grant Duff: "a
gentleman who rather ~overvalued him
self, looking at a case Of birds, said to
an ornithologist who was with him,
What is that bird?' That said the
other, is a magpic.' It's not my idea
of a magpie,' vas the re.ioinder. Per
haps not replied his friend, but It's
Gods idea Of Il magpie.'"
A man named Faber lay ill. "'You
are very i'll indeed said the doctor.
Then you had better the sick man
reloined, order the prayers for the dy-
Ing to be read No. answered the
person to whom be spoke, 4 think
you will live four and twenty hours
oh, in that case re.ioined Faber, read
me Piclwick.'"
Things IN would rather have put
differently" writes the diarist. .sMr.
Cecil Rhodes to his neighbor at dinner,
an extremely pretty woman: He-I
hate Germans. She Well, l don't
hate them, but l by no means like
them. He-Oh, I thought you were a
German!"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22

The Woman's Home Companion
for July has much that is appro-
pirate to the season besides the
regular good things for which it
can always be depended upon. It
opens with a Fourth Of July story,
ga Declaration of Independence
and its other fiction includes a sto-
~, "The Second Suicide of Caleb
Johnson" by Leroy Scott, author
of that successful book of the hour,
"The Walking Delegate" aud an
other by Morgan Robertson, auth
or of SO many fascinating sea-sto-
ries, called "The Floating Mime"
There are three on four other short
stories; Marion Harland's serial
is concluded, and there are Deauti-
fully illustrated articles on alice
in Wonderland" in Real Life, Gun.
conventional Bungalows of Profess
sional Women" and "The Ep-
worth League" by the editor of
The Epworth Herald. There are
two full pages Of striking photo.
graphs Of "Fresh-An" children,
and one, Lovers Of All Nations"
The usual ample space is given 10
fashions, and Mrs. Sangster's page
and all the regular departments
are found in their places. Pub.
llshed by The Crowell Publishing
Co., Springfield, Ohio; one dollar
a year ten cents It copy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
A Disappointing Celebrity.

An odd impression was that which
George Eliot conceived Of Schiller aft
er her visit to Weimnr with Lewes in
the August of the year Of 1.-The union,'
1854. She was thrilled, she says, by
the legend over the poets old house,
"Hier wohnte Schiller" but something
in the nature of establishment await
ed her within. 1t was very interesting
to see his study, left in its original
state. But when it came to his skull,
(which we saw for the first time, we
We're amazed at the smallness Of the In
tellectual region"
After that she could take no further
pleasure in the contemplation of the
too tlattering bust and portrait. And
then "Raucn told US that Schiller had
a miserable Stirne'-a wretched fore
head" while to complete the destruc-
ton of her ideal she heard how '"Tieck,
the sculptor, was wont to declare that
something in Schiller's whole person
reminded him ola c~amel."-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
A Norway Legend.

According to a work on Norway, the
scantiness of the soil in that country is
explained by some of the country PEG
pie as follows: At the creation Of the
world the angels whose duty it was to
scatter the soil forgot Norway. Seeing
this, the guardian angel Of the land
made complaints to the Creator. What
was to be done? Impossible to restart
the whole of the creation for the sake
of Norway. "Come, my little angels"
said he, look carefully and perhaps
YOU may still find a little earth" The
conscience stricken angels swept the
floor of heaven, and the little dust they
found they gathered In their draperies
and scattered V e the Norwegian
rocks.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
SUBSCRIPTION 500 PER YEAR.
Lnws AEninat E1abornte Meals.

An edict Of Charles TX. of France
dated 1868 made 1t a civil offense to
offer any guest more than three courses
ut n meal. II a fourth appeared the
proyider Of the feast was liable to a
fine. Of 200 francs, while the guests who
partook of 1t could be called upon to
payethe q authorities 40 francs each. The
unlpcky purveyor was struck at still
more severely. for If he took an order
fora four course dinner he became
amenable by law to fifteen days i'm
prisonmcnt upon bread and water. If
after this severe discipline upon two
occasions he offended again he might
be whipped and driven from the king
dom MS n danger to the state.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Faces and Feet.

An English artist, writing in a Lon
don woman's magazine, says:
Il do not know if any one has ever
drawn attention to the fact before, that
you can generally tell the shape Of a
woman's foot by her face. There is as
much character IN a foot as in a hand.
You will generally find the round
faced, short nosed little woman has the
prettiest ankle and foot; the high
checked, long nosed woman the ugliest.
Women with Very pretty faces seldom
have pretty feet. Nature, somehow or
other, c~ompensates its. daughters" 4
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Humility and n Hair shirt.

"The bishop of Arichat," said Father
Burke, sis Il most unassuming crea-
ture-a mar who keeps the stone in his
episcopal ring turned against his palm,
SO that he may not be recognized as 4
bishop"
He must be an extraordinary per-
son." Stephen Essex. the Methodist
parson, admitted.
1T is his humility. I am told he
ear a hair shirt the year round"
rs that an evidence of humility"
Stephen asked, with an incredulous
smile.
TRY it and see,', the priest advised.
Have you tried it, Father Burke?"
Eyes, and one days trial convinced
me that vas neither a saint nor q
rhinoceros," he said, with a wry face
From The Bishops Niece" by George
II. Picard.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Recnlling 4 sIailea I,ester

After letter is addressed and
5staf1 ped and put into the mail box has
the postmaster any right to give 1t back
to the sender II sender wishes to recall
it?
It is not only the right, but the duty,
ofsthe postmaster to give back q letter
already mailed which the sender wish
es to recall. He Is even authorized in
certain cases to stop the delivery Of a
letter which has already started for
It's destination By telegram to the
postmaster at that place. But he must
pc very certain that the person who
wishes TO recall letter in either case
is the q who Wrotelt, and the latter
must bearNany expense that arises
t~eiegrapliing, etc:-St. Louis Re-
public.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Padded Conahman

In Russia It is q mark Of distinction
for a c%oachtnan to have a very rptund
figure. The drivers of fashionable ar
riages appear at first to be abnormally
stout. AS q matter OF fact this APP
pearanee, according to Burton Holmes,
who made some Investigations recent
y, Is due TO the skillful padding of the
coachman's livery. The padding is
done with cotton, and some remarkable
results are obtained.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
d Horse Feed.

What do you think Of feeding horses
on goose eggs" asks an Australian
backwoodsman. THAT was done by
a party who We're stuck up on the AIDE
laide during the wet season. The ma
dves used to bring in canoe loads Of
eggs, which We're broken into buckets
and supplied to the horses
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Herace Grecier ana 80 Anton.nr


Horace Greeley and an Autograph.
In his "Reroilectlops of ii Busy Life
Horace Grcc!eE tells the story of how
he oliee ae:t very effectively with d
persistent autograph hunter. 4 gusll-
ing youth wrote to Greeley as follows:
Dear Sir Among your literary treasures
You have doubtless preserved several all
jtograplls of our country's late larnanted
poet, g Allan Poe. If SO, and YOU
can spare one, please inclose ii to me and
receive the thanks of yours truly, -.
70 which Greeley replied:
Dear sir-Among my literary treasures
there h~appens8to be just one autograph OF
our country's late lamented poet, Edgar
Allan Poe. 1t Is a note of hand for $50
Will, my Endorsement across the back. Ii
cost me exactly $5o.75. including protest;
and you may have 1t for half that
amount. Yours respectfully,
HORACE GREELEY.
The autograph was found among
Greeley's possessions after his death.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Cuban Diarrhoea.

q. S. soldiers who served in
Cuba during the Spanish war know
what this disease is, and that ordi.
nary remedies. have little more ef-
fectsthan SO much water. Cuban
diarrhoea is almost MS severe and
dangerous as a mild attack 6f
cholera. here As one remedy,
however, that can always be de-
pended upon as will be seen by tie
following certificate from Mrs.
Minnie jacobs Of Houston, Texas:
1 hereby certify that Chamber
lain's Colo, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy ct,red my husband.
Of q severe attack OF Cuban Diar-
lr.hoea which he brought home.
from Cuba. We had several doc
tefHatIsy did him no good.
One bottle Of this remedy cured.
him as our neighbors will testify.
thank God for 50 valuable i
medicine. For sale by v. b.
Diahl Drug Store, next door to
-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Pitched Lower.

In the course of her first call upon
II of her husbands parishioners
young Mrs, Gray spoke feelingly of his
noble, generous spirit.
He is as nearly an altruist as man
may be-" she said proudly and affec-
tionately.
rs he an altruist?" said her hostess,
with mild surprise. Il thought from
the tone Of his voice that he probably
was a bass"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Huge Task.

1t was a huge task to undertake
the cure Of such a bad case OF
kidney disease as that of G.. f.
Collier of Cherokee, Ia, but Elec-
trio Bitters did it. He writes :
"My kidneys were so far gone l
could not sit on a chair without a
cushion /; and suffered from dread
full backache, headache and de-
preston. In Electric Bitters,
however, | found a cure, and by
them was restored to perfect
health. | recommend this great
tonic medicide to all with weak
kidneys, liver and stomach. Guar
anteed BY Y, B. Dielil, druggist.
price soc.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Cautious,

First Burglar-Why not try to rob
the house of that plutocrat? Second
Burglar-Neyer. He'll make good by
getting the money back from the poor
people. Let's eonfine ourselves to the
middle classes.-Life.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-22
Cab stealfnE In London.

Cab stealing is by no an I'M
common thing in London. A cabman
who has had any experience in the
great metropolis would not AXE the
risk of leaving his vehicle even for a
few minutes unless he placed a relia-
Bile ma in control, but the unwary
are frequently robbed Of horse and We
hiclc. Tie cab thief usually drives
some distance from where he stole the
property and takes advantage of some
secluded spot OF quiet street to alter
the number Of the vehicle. so as to es-
cape Immediate detection. This done,
has two alternatives. He either
tries to carr; a few shillings In fares
before abanIlaing the cab or else he
makes away with the whip rug, mat.
and lannp. leaying the vehicle for the
police 70 take charge Of when found
Some thieyes actually s. to the trou-
bic OF STRIPPING or from the wheels
the indie rubber tires.-London Stand
ard.
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New National Theater.

Lew Dockstader and his minstrel company
are announced TO appear at the New Nat
ional Theatre Monday night. The mere
mention of Dockstader's name is sufficient
to convince many theatergoers that the en-
tertainment to be provided will be excellent
in every respect Though the program
last year was one that could have been re-
peated Mr.. Dockstader has made number
of innovations this season. He has elimi-
mated all speciality acts and instead gives an
old-time minstrel entertainment with mod
ern equipment. Artistic scenery and effects
help to give the entertainment picturesque
interest. The performance has been de
scribed as decentralization of minstrelsy.
There Is a thread of interest between each
number on the program that makes
the ensemble resemble a legitimate climax.
The company includes a small army of the
best singers host of dancers and corps of
comedians who are bright lights of the
comedy world. Lew Dockstader makes his
entrance in an airShip and takes his audi
ence with him on a hurried tour of the
country The company includes Carroll
Johnson and Neil O'Brien.
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Chase's Theater.

There will be revelry and rivalry at
Chase's next week and the feature that is
expected to claim most attention and ad-
miration is that of the Four Mortons one
of the few famous families of funmakers,
and destined for an early departure from
polite vaudeville into stellar ranks In mu-
steal comedy. 1t might be said that the
Mortons' trademark comprises vivacity and
beauty, the latter being the share con-
tributed by dainty and pretty Clara Nor
ton, and the other furnished in unlimited
quantities by the rest of the relatives. In
New York city and elsewhere in the vaude-
vile places where once the Four Cohans
reigned supreme it is now the Four Nor
tons for whom the crowd clamors, and they
possess the record of more frequent ap-
pearances in the metropolis than any other
headline feature. Fratelli Riccobonos Eu-
ropean Equine Arenic Sensation has been
secured for the second position of prom
inence, and in their abbreviated sawdust
arena the cleverly trained horses and dogs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25

private life. declares that he takes his pro-
fession seriously, that man whose repu-
tation and financial emoluments depend on
his ability to provoke SO many smiles with
in 50 many seconds must concentrate most
of his mirthfulness within the period of his
active, public employment. He quotes Tai
leyrand, who once remarked: Il find nom
sense singularly refreshing. 49, He also
points out the numerous poets who have
written, Laugh and the world laughs with
YOU" as well as the many scientists who
claim that laughter strengthens the lungs
and cures dyspepsia. Mr.. tDockStader be-
leves that man whose responsibilities in
dispensing so important a social influence
and so powerful a tonic ought to be. as an
Individual, permitted to indulge in as much
seriousness as may be necessary for proper
relaxation This Is his explanation of why
so many famous funny men have seemed
sad in private life.
A NEW PLAYA new play has just
been put on the stage in Los Angeles Cal,
which promises to be a success.
Helen Hunt Jacksons Ramona has
been dramatized by two clever South Caro-
lima people now living in Los Angeles-Gen.
tombstone Jones and Miss Virginia Calhoun.
It was given It's first presentation In the
new Mason opera house the last week in
February to crowded houses.
Ramona" is one of the most popular
novels published since Uncle Toms Cabin"
and is regarded by many as holding the re-
lationship to the far west and the poor In
dams that Mrs. Stoves book held to the
south and the negro. Arthur Farwell, the
interpreter and collector of Indian music,
has arranged the music for the play, which
includes well-known Spanish airs and
Navajo War Dance.
Walter Pontin, who has just finished the
putting on of "Hiawatha' in London, will
be Miss Calhoun's manager, and predicts
for the play an instant and brilliant sue
cess Some time ago he wrote to President
Roosevelt in regard to the dramatization
of this touching Indian love tale of the
west, knowing what a vital interest he took
in the western Indians. In a letter to Mr..
Pontin that great "westerner of the east
said: you are doing useful work in set
ting forth the better qualities of the Indian
and of Indian life Ramona will only be
presented this season in California, but
next season Miss Calhoun and her COM
pany will tour the east and probably
Europe
Miss Calhoun is the sister of Miss Eleanor
Calhoun, who won brilliant reputation as
an actress in England:
Gen tombstone Jones was adjutant gen.
eral of North Carolina, but moved some
years ago to Los Angeles. He is lawyer,
and for several years was district attorney
at Los Angeles.
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In Japan With Burton Holmes.

For the third time Burton Holmes. the
popular lecturer and traveller. will give
Japan in this city, this time at the Co.
lumbia Theater this coming Thursday after
noon at 4:30. Those who have already
heard this travelogue can bear testimony
to the beauty of the colored views from
negatives by Mr.. Holmes and by some of
the best Japanese photographers, all finely
colored by native artists. The motion pic
lures, which are also shown, were taken
by Mr.. Holmes on his last visit to Japan
1t was his third visit to the island, his
first trip having been in 1891. This gives
him an excellent opportunity of showing
to his audience the old Japan and the new,
the sights and scenes of fifteen years ago
and those of the present time-a most In
teresting comparison and in itself an OBJ
ject lesson in the rapid progress OF this
enterprising nation.
Mr.. Holmes is now lecturing three times
week in New York, twice a week in
Brooklyn and twice week In Boston. This
he will continue for the next five weeks,
give his second annual London season. At
the close of his London engagement he will
start in quest OF new material for the
coming season of ten weeks to take place
next fall and ending on December IT, The
shortness of next season Is accounted for
by Mr.. Holmes intention of spending the
winter and the summer of 1906 in an eX-
tended journey through Egypt and India
returning to this country in the fall OF
1906 via Ceylon, Sumatra and Java.
The subjects which will be given here
next fall will in all probability be as fol-
lows: switzerland" THE Italian Lakes"
"Oberammergau." where the first presenta-
Testament miracle play, Norway" and
Morocco"
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vest one sheaf called the strangers sheaf.
This belongs to the first stranger that
comes along. He can do what he pleases
with 1t-sell 1T, or cart Ii off, or give 1T away.
But it's hissen.'
Then says I, does this here sheaf be-
long to me?' b.
Sure says she
Wots the idea o. the thing?'-I says.
IT'S for luck she explained The farm
ers think the strangers. sheaf gives them
good luck. It's French custom. All over
france in harvest time you'll find strangers
sheaVes Waitn for the strangers to come
ana take them. My fathers a Frenchman.
He lnterduced the custom here.
wen, sir, / made over a dollar out o
them strangers sheaves in Sassy-fras. You
bet go to Sassy-fras next year
A BURNT CORK COMEDIAN.-Lew
Dockstader has held his own in the amuse-
ment world until, by process of elmina-
ton in accordance with the memorable law
of the survival of the fittest. he has be-
come one of the few left of the many min
strel entertainers who have amused Amerf-
can audiences. Although Mr.. Dockstader
has presented representations In white face,
it Is as the raconteur in cork and the song
ster of syncopated rhymes that fame has
given him recognition. Mr. Dockstader, in