The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-07-26

SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA
1t is promised that the new Bagdad
railway will restore to the city OF Har-
oun al Raschid her long lost %splendor.
a transformation more wonderful han
any recorded in the Arabian Nights
will, it is expected, be brought around
the tombs of Haroun and his consort
Zobediah. Since the city sprang sud
denly into existence in 766 it has been
visited by every variety Of the oriental
tyrant. 1t was not till 1850 that the
porte was persuaded to appoint the
pasta nominated by the city. and a per-
1od Of peace, tempered by pestilence,
permitted the baZaars to resume some
thing of their ancient magnificence.
Stanley Condor is an 11-year-old boy
OF Liverpool, England, who is believed
TO hold the runaway record. He has
visited all parts of his native country
by riding under railway cars, on the
bumpers" and in freight cars, and
recently eclipsed all his former feats
by travelling to Winnipeg, Canada, free.
lie was q stowaway from Liverpool to
Halifax and beat his way to Winni-
peg and then to New York. He was
discovered by the officers Of the ship
on which he sailed, without a ticket
from New York to Liverpool. He will
probably be sent to a reformatory.
In the newspapers of Russia and 9TH
er countries there recently ran a per
sonar advertisement b~eseeching q
Count Montecucoli to declare himself,
AT last an accident brought him to light
IN Siberia where the count was acting
as railway guide. Broken by wildness
n extravaganza, he had to quit the
Austrian navy and fee. Going from
bad to worse he had taken the lowest
rank on the Siberian railway. It was
now his lot to learn that his uncle,
head Of the house, had died and left
him enormous estates and 81, 900, 900 a
year.
Jethou island is by far the smallest
OF the channel islands, and boasts tho
distinction Of being the smallest inhab-
tied island In Europe, having, indeed,
only one dwelling house upon it. 1t
mas a population of seven souls. It has
no road or pathway or post. AT the
last census more than half the popu-
lation Of the island was absent, hay
Ing gone into Guernsey market with
the butter and cream from the Jethou
COWS. The weather being bad, the
visitors had to stay at Guernsey dur
ing the census time.
The effect of sunshine on sugar
growing is said by the New Orleans
Picayune to make the crop more pro-
ductlve. Thus Spain has become as
successful with beet-sugar growing SO
with her established c~ane-sugar indus
try, Notwithstanding an arid climate.
On the other hand, the storms and fogs
that envelop the British islands are
said to have prevented the development
or the ~beet-sugar industry, there. Eng
iands annual average hours of sun
shine are only 1,400, while Spain has
5000 hours.
There has been a curious sequel to
the arrest of q penniless anarchist
named Cruny, in Paris. News OF his
apprehension was published In the
provinces and met the eye of a lawyer,
who Tor weeks had been seeking his
whereabouts, to tell him that a fortune
had been bequeathed him. Now that
Cruny has means he Is to be released
from prison. He says that his views
of economic questions have already un-
dergone a radical change.
The great glacier on Mt. Blanc Is be-
ing used for other purposes than fur
nlsh1ng an occupation to guides and an
attraction for tourists. An ice trust
has one into the business on an exl
tensive scale of quarrying the clear,
hard ice, at an altitude of 1000 feet. The
Ice is blown out in great blocks by
means Of dynamite after which it Is
sawed into regular sizes and sent down
the mountain sides on a narrow gauge
railway.
Probably IN of the largest benevo-
lent requests recorded in any country
IN modern times has fallen to the lot Of
Hungary by the will of the late Count
"A. karolyi. The count was rs years
old, and he left no direct descendants.
He mad also been one OF the most en-.
terprising supporters of modern meth
DDS of scientific agriculture in Hun
gary. BY his will he bequeathed a sum
OF S6,Ooo,0oO for philanthropic objects.
Mexico has a cactus which grows
toothpicks; another, ribbed and thick.
" set with t%oothpick spines, which fur
nishes the natives with combs; there is
another cactus, the long curved spines
of which resemble fish hooks; there is
another which is an almost perfect imi-
tation of the sea urchin; still another
resembles a porcupine; there is another
covered With long red hair which Is
nicknarned the 'red-headed cactus"
1t is the custom OF the Khonds in
h Madras presidency of India to Offer
9 buffalo in sacrifice in substitution
for the human victim. But in doing
deity, explaining that they themselves
would willingly make the customary
sacrifices, but are prevented by the
British government, on whose head
they pray that any anger at their neg
lect Of duty may be visited.
The trial of a case thai involves the
important question, What Is Whisky?'' 81
is greatly interesting the British at
present. 1t presents many problems.
"Supppose," asked one of the counsel,
the other day, that a merchant has a
blend of spirit three months old and
spirit ten years old, what is the age of
that whisky 2" Five years and a half
that whisky2" Five years and a
half" replied the witness.
A special postage stamp was issued
by the Japanese government to COM
rnemorate the return OF the troops from
the war. I've of these stamps, of the
face value of y and 3 sen, respective-
", We're issued, and they We're avail
able for postage for letters only on
the day Of the recent great review.
Not more than on of each kind was
sold to levery applicant at the general
postoffices.
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