The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-08-09

oL one OIL llo DcalS was carried out
the presence of representatives of Il
imperial navy and many shippin
firms. h vessel was fully laden
represent 200 passengers, and it We
assumed that, in of a lea
caused by a collision, the entire engin
room division, into which water Wa
pumped, had filled, while q hole wa
made TO the exterior to admit wate
freely. The ship accordingly sank. bu
when 1t was full of water it had sti
about a foot of free board above tn
surface, thus satisfying the condition
imposed.
James Bruce. the eighteenth centur.
traveller and explorer, owed his discov
cry of the source of the Blue Nile t.
his ability to amaze the Abyssinians
He a some reputation as an astrolo
ger, but his cure of smallpox WtS NOR
of a feather in his cap as n mcdicin-
a His firing Of a tallow candl'
through a table established his FAM
still higher as q worker Of miracles
His tanning of savage horses n shoot
ing of kites on the wing were the 1ina
which opened the w a t
the river to whose discovery he hat
dedicated his life.
According to recently published
statistics there is a further reduction
IL Tie ijedl cO"llSGllDtlOH III IeIllidIly
In the first quarter of 1906 it was not
only less tina in the last quarter OF
1905, but also shows a decrease as com
pared with the first quarter Of 1905
Per capita, the population of Germany
used during the first quarter of 1906
20.94 pounds of meat, during the fourth
quarter of 1905 21.4o pounds. and dur
ing the first quarter Of 1905 22.ll
pounds.
Educators and the public in genera,
are showing much interest in the recent
opening of the Dread School Of Agri-
culture, Manufactures and Commerce
which occupies 1000 acres of land some
eighteen miles from Baltimore, Md. Its
founder and head is Henry d. Perky.
From each state w students will be
admitted to work their way through,
but the number of pay students is I'M
limited. All will be air in actual
cultivation and management Of farms.
According to the government returns
IS, 900, 900 punches of bananas were inn
ported into the United States for the
fiscal year ending 1905. The declared
value of those bananas as given on
their entry into America, taken from
the invoices at port of shipment, aver
aged 25 cents a bunch. The selling price
of the same banana is abou ST. 30, thus
'tAo 'i5 IN hlItiii II llltJ
about $50, 900, 900 annually for transpor-
alton and profits.
The school board of Racine, Wis, has
recently adopted the policy of with
holding 10 per cent. of the teachers
wages each month until the end OF the
school year in June. The purpose is
to prevent teachers who receive offers
of better positions from breaking their
contracts in the middle of the term.
Teachers and principles have objected
to this rule, ana threaten to resign in
q body if it is enforced.
Statistics of coke and anthracite pig
Iron production for the first five months
of this year show a production of TO-
S10,525 gross tons. The production in
June, if 1t continued at the rate for
the month of May, will bring the total
UP to 12,523,9 S6 tons, including s 2,4l6
tons Of charcoal iron. This indicates a
production of %, 900, 900 tons for the
whole year, against 90. 1922. $50 tons in
1905 and 16,497,0 33 tons in 1904.
The Irish language is spoken in the
among the mixed descend
ants of the Hibernian patriots banished
long by Cromwell to the West IN
dies. One can occasionally near ne
gro sailors il the East Enc of London
who cannot speak a word of English,
talking Irish to the old Irish apple
women who gather round the docks.
The idea of teaching children to read
phrase by phrase or sentence by SEN
tence at the outset, instead of the old
fashioned alphabet method or the pres
ent word system is advanced by Di-
rector De Croly OF the Brussels In
stitute OF Special Instruction, accord
ing TO a translation for the Literary
Digest.
New York City nearly 1000
million units of electricity per annum,
while London, with nearly double the
population, consume not more than
one-fourth of that amount. The con-
sumption per head of population in
New York is stated to be 2S2 units,
against only AZ per head in London.
The l%iquidator appointed by the
French government to manage the
property Of the Carthusian monks sold
by auction recently the trade mark of
the Grande Chartreuse, together with
q right to reproduce the form of
the bottle. The trade mark realized
$125,000.
As the British war department Is
ao0uI 10 move from Its old quarters in
Fali Mall to the new quarters In
~ ouSSeSllOn is made tina
It sell its furniture in the old place and
BUY 1t back. at an advance, for the new
place, South African style.
"
Owen Seaman, the new editor oP
London Punch, lectured the other night
on the art of parody, and" saws the
Express, without a blush he quoted
examples Of his own parodies to illus
trate the ~apotheosis of the art"
Some plants are affected by chloro-
FORM, Just as animals are. Sensitive
plants, which shrink from the human
touch in ordinary circumstances, lose
shelr irritability in air charged with
vaDor.
Seaweed parasofs were the novelty at
recent Henley regatta. The real
weed is used and is skilfully applied to
background of fine biscuit or pastel
tinted U An outer layer of galzA
Is then placed over it.
Mr.. Lloyd-George was recently re-
elected from the Carnaroon district.
When the returning officer
ascertained the figures the town han
clock showed 1924 j. m. The majority
was 1,224.
People usually live longer In islands
small ~peninsulas than on CONT
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