The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-09-27

curtain across the room. Behind th1
the patient takes her stand, thrust
out her tongue and hand through tn
holes In the curtain, SO that the ma
of medicine may see n and feel tn
Dther, yet not look on the face of tn
person to whom they may belong.
A record time for converting grai1
into bread has been established by
Canadian farmer. Wheat which was ii
the sheaf at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon
was made into scenes before G.. Wher
operations began a wagon stood In thu
barn with about half a load of prair
IN the sheaf. Beside it was a thrasher
connected with this was a gasoline en-.
slne. The engine vas started, the
pheaves were fed into the thrasher anc
the grain was deposited IN a bin. The
power was then transferred to the
cleaner, and the work of changing the
newly thrashed wheat into -four was
quickly carried through. The rest OF
the task was easy.
Prolonged forty winks" during the
day are severely condemned by many
doctors on the ground that they affect
pne,s regular sleep. Scientists have
found that in the ordinary course in
the human being there is the greatest
vitality between 10 a. m and 2 d, M,
Ind the least between 2 o'clock and 6
o'clock In the morning. Long sleeps
turing the day interfere with this or
der OF nature and sometimes affect va
flous organs, causing headache. The
nap of forty winks, but only forty,
proves refreshing to man because it
IS TOO short to have any injurious con-
sequences.
Water is sometimes very scarce and
precious on the South African veldt,
recording to a writer, who says: 'In
Sur veldt cottage We had no well, only
arge tanks, and about August our con-
alt1on usually became desperate. If
you washed your hands you carried the
precious fluid out to pour it on some
thirsty plant or vegetable, the bath
water the same, part Of it being first
saved to scrub floors with. Cabbage
and potato water were allowed to cool
md then used for the garden or to
wash the dogs In first, so that these
waters did three duties"
You are young inc I am old.a Toll
stoi Is quoted as saying to an inter-
lever but as you grow older you
F1ll md. as | have found, hat day fol-
.hange in you till suddenly you hear
people speaking Of you as an old man.
i is the same with an age in history;
lay follows day, n there does not
leem to be much change, till suddenly
Is found that the age Is become old.
y is finished; it is out of date. The
present movement in Russia is not a
hot, 1T Is not ever a revolution-it is
me end Of an age"
One OF the most curious peerages.
ind the only Russian one held by a
British commoner, is the barony of
FL Essenden Place, Hatfield. The great
sreat-grandfather of the present hold
tr of the title, DR.. Thomas Dimsdale,
vas specially retained to vaccinate
catherine of Russia. For this service
The ave him 100000, an annuity of
1880, made him n councillor Of state
md created him Baron Dimsdale with
he prefix Of honorable. The late lord
Eas0f e London belonged to this fam
street preacher in a west Of Scot,
n town complained to a passing POI,
pceman about being annoyed by a PARK
move the obnoxious ones. "Weel, VI
Zee. replied the cautious officer, dit
would be a hard job for me tae SPOT.
tthem;s but I'll tell you what I'd dae lie
We're YOU What would you do?"
EAGERLY inquired the preacher. Just
sa' round wi the hat!"
Charles Astor Bristed is the latest
man of wealth to seek an elective posi-
hon In the government Of the town of
6tockbridge, Mass. Mr.. Bristed now is
making a vigorous campaign for mem
pership on the board of selectmen. The
Exclusive summer colony at Lenncx al
ready is represented on this board bv
Eustace Jaques, and upon the
board of assessors by DR.. John @.
Ereenleaf.
The c~ountenance of the emperor Of
China, the son Of heaven, is not ofeen
kored few says he has a melancholy,
frightened look. Ills face is pale, and
though 1t is distinguished by refine
nnent and quiet dignity, 1t has none Of
force OF his martial ancestors.
nothing commanding or imperial, but is
altogether mild, delicate and kind.
There is q kind of rock called green
Stone, found In New Zealand, Of which
HE natives make beautifully carved
etubs. These clubs are precious heir
toorns, and very rarely indeed do they
leave their owners family. Lord Rob-
Srts. received n as a present from q
thief and counts 1T among his most
priced treasures.
The newspaper flles of the British
museum have been moved to a special
nSpoSiloiy at f1SEuOH, seven miles from
London, where they occupy six miles
md q half of shelving.
a farmers OF Somersetshire, Eng.
that thanks to the d~ust8raised nv
cars there is remarkable free
nom from blight In their orchards this
ear.
Pliny's Natural History NAV ~
regarded as the first encyclopedfa-
g at contained 3u,UUO facts com
piled from 1000 books by 100 authors.
saaSS
AsLondon furniture dealer8who COM
United suicide the other day left q note
EXPLAINING that he had done SO becamse
: of hisshad@asked him.
YSThessSswiss are the hotel keepers 81
@gNariou Swiss syndicates are
lnnilg SsciVilizea hotels lii All III
where II b multitude sc.
About 170 old letters have been dis
covered IN q post box j the county
ourESnoMs of Belfast Some OF them
nau n 81 since 1896.
sOfevery1 !, 1000 miners nsGreat BRIAN
lsz4Sloss their liyesssby accident annual
x lnafSermany tte rate aSI.000 @issI al:
"a 1ne Jnite states 3 ss5.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT postof1Ica ]
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