The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-18

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zone of the boys homes was q mat with
the words, Wipe your feet One day
as DR.. Bernardo was entering the
house he saw a new boy removing his
shoes and stockings and Wipihg his feet
lon the mat. He had taken the instruc-
tons in n literal sense" A London q
per comments gravely: THE anec-
idote reminds one of the notices at
american doors, Wipe your gums re-
lferring to the g%aloches universally
worn in winter"
AS a result of the second days drive
of the herd of wild elk which for years
ihave made their feeding grounds on
the Miller & Lux ranch at Button
WILLOW, thirty miles south of Bakers
field, Cal, ~twenty-three perfect specl-
mems We're captured with the lariat,
land of these twenty lived to be trans
ferred to the government reserve at
tSeuuoia park. AT least IT'S animals
lare still at large. The task of trans
fferring the herd Is to be abandoned for
the present.
A recent invention in Germany is.
automatical billiards. By dropping a
small coin into a slot the balls are
produced automatically from hidden
pockets, and at the end of fifteen min
utes they disappear from the surface
of the table. In cafes and restaurants
this arrangement does ava with the
Eeryices of a waiter and assures the
landlord q true account of the time
spent in playing as well as the proper
pay for the same.
An egg Within an egg was brought
TO Smith Center, Kan, the other day by
G, L. Buswell, a farmer. The outside egg
measured eight inches in circumfer-
telee the long way and seven inches the
other way. Inside of this was another
perfect egg shell and all, being sep
l{arated from the big egg by about a
half inch of the white of the egg. 1t
was laid by an ordinary hen, 4 mixture
of Plymouth Rock and Leghorn.
A Cape Town clerk made an involun-
itary trip to England recently and was
arrested on arrival at Southampton for
traveling without paying his fare. He
explained to the judge that he had
Boarded the vessel iii the South African
porto see a friend off, had some drink
and fell asleep. When he awoke tie
vessel was at sea. He had nc desire
to come to England. He was r~enlanded
for inquiries.
4 resident Of selukwe. south africa,
writes: THE township is beginning to
wear an air Of excitement in conse-
uuence of the natives coming in to pay
their hut tax. BY their singing and N
~traYagant antics YOU would fancy our
dusky brothers we're higaiy delighted to
come into own III pay The, pound de-
manded by our MISUNDERSTANDING
government
Without consulting Uncle Sara in the
gnatter, about 100 citizens entered the
tp~ostoffice at Sparks, New, one night
recently and, taking possession Of the
place. loaded the mail, stationery,
stamps and fixtures on a wager and
moved them to a building situated in
another portion of the city which they
consider more suitable, as it is more
central.
Six of the I4enass officers do not wish
to leave California. They have applied
ito the Russian government for positions
las inspectors and government agents to
watch the construction of the ships of
1.-THE new Russian nav which it is ul-
derstood Will be constructed in San
.Franeisco within the next two years.
London.s leading fireworks firm has
shipped enormous quantities of its
syFares to India, fer display in honor of
h prince and princess of Wales.Nhen
they arriwe in Bombay several WAL
ships will make a pyroteelanic display,
which wilt be In the hands of profess
SIGNALS froinsLondon on each ship.
5taen per cent. of error. q y Chief
sssFrfitis Ii Moore, is the record of the
vsntiser bureau. Not only is this proc
ar'en lower than in any foreign bn-
Is1ss Gut in ten9years not a criticism
We ~ work has come from any COM
rssreial, maritime or scientific orgailizl-
sian.
German consular officer, writingSto
government. points tut the enor-
Il 1s,ssss Dessihjlities of BraZil's forests,
: ais attention 70 the fact that an
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