The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-09-13

Johnny Mine. a Kickapoo linguist
and a. philosopher, thinks the white
wife Is a person entirely above
criticism. mot much difference be-
tween the white squaw n the red
explained Johnny. "They both
and red brave with red paint. They
both have to wear feathers when
dressed up: Indian, he wears
feathers, white squaw wears any
kind Of feathers she car get. White
squaws not much different from the
Indian"
disappeared at the time Of
the eruption Of Mont Pelee, and his
in France, believing that he
was dead. divided his fortune among
them. He has returned, healthy
and wealthy. He says hat after the
he went to Australia, and
thence to Japan, and that during the
into Port Arthur, for which
services he was literally rewarded by
the Russian government.
When Princess Beatrice of England
s years old she mad some cakes
and offered them to Lady Ely and
others Of the court at Windsor. They
>AoSSA @ FSAy Z oAAS bo1A, llloSlA
annoyed at their refusal, "as DR.. Stan
ley Is not here, I shall give them to
the donkey" DR.. Stanley, to whom
this doubtful compliment was paid,
of Course, the celebrated Dean
Stanley, who was q great friend and
iavorite of the young princess.
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A single maple tree on the left bank
OF the Oder, In Germany, is at least g
century old, II has been twisted and
cut into a kin of circular house Of
two stories. A firm, leafy floor has
been formed by causing the branches
to become gradually woven together.
Above this is a smaller second floor.
similarly formed, n the ends OF the
branches have been woven into solid
walls, In which eight windows on each
story have been cut.
Politically, Brazil is divided into
twenty-one states uncluding the fed
eral district), but SO unequal Is the d.
vision that three OF these embrace prac-
tically her entire lowlands, as well as
a portion of the western uplands, and
exceed In area the remaining eighteen
which lie within the highland region,
cha coast. These latter, however, con.
tain more than So per cent. OF the pop.
ulation.
A Philadelphia minister told this
story Of the conversion to a religious
be" she said, foolish and VAIN. World.
~ pleasures and fashions We're my only
thoughts. I was desperately fond OF
silks, jewelry, ribbons, laces, automo.
bling, etc. But, my friends, 1 o
found TINT these worldly things were
dragging me down to perdltion. So !
gave them all to my dear mother-fn-
law,
At Osaka, in Japan, a library was
opened In February. 1904. In March OF
the present year 1t had 40, 366 volumes,
Of which 5000 were added In the last
year. The circulation during this a
vas 342.1ss, or this literature and
philology made up % per cent; medi-
cine and science, IS; arts, 10; nature
~. The number Of visitors to tho
library during the year was 88.4O0, and
Of these over 5000 were women
Two Chinese fought a, duel in Bankoh
recently with their fingers. One was
killed. They fought with the forcing
ers of each hand, stabbing each other
with these in the regioa of the spleen
and at the same level on the other
side Of the body. The men who go in
for his Y Of contest practice every
morning, stabbing bags of rice or
paddy with these fingers till they can
use them like a piece Of iron.
The shell and boilers OF the new Gu
harder being built at Wallsend, Eng
land, are said by Consul Metcalf to be
constructed Of the largest steel plates
in the world. They are silicon steel.
weighing ten tons each. The boilers
alone will weigh over 1000 tens. Mas
siye ingots n slabs weighing twelve
md fourteen tons, are continually pass
ing through the rolling mills there for
this work.
Lord Kelvin paid a visit to the Brit
ish school ship for navigating officers at
Portsmouth, on which are several me-
chanical contrivances and appliances
Of his own invention. The practical
working of these had to be demon
strated and explained to him. Lord
Kelvin understood the Theoretical. prha-
ciples Of the mechanism, but had new
er seen thorn applied and at work be-
fore.
People who are received by the pope
must appear in full evening dress, al
though the hour is usually at IL o'clock
In the morning. The outer office looks
like that of a good New York lawyer.
pleasant young secretary in secular
meets the visitors. All is very
simple, not in the least aWe-inspiring,
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hand.
The largest and costliest building thus
undertaken. in New York, the city
OF immense structures, is the magnifi-
cen $l0.t00,000 Episcopal cathedral Of
st. John the Divine, now being erected
on Morningside Heights. This will be
the greatest sacred edifice s~nsAInerica,s
and the fourth In Importance In the
world.
The productionssof gold in the mines
OF South Africa for the month OF June.
was the creates e~yerSrecorded. Inlthet
FIRST six months of the current year the;
production was nearly Sc. 900, GOO greater
thanstn the corresponding time l~astsyaar.
The Paris jehu,S not noted for the
Inercylhe shows his horse, is of the,
opinion thai the sunbonnet is too hot
for the beast. Therefore, ON of the
drivers have provided their animals
with parasols. strained to their heads
lss
IA circular issued BY the church Mis-
sionary society begins: THE hospitals
are now, thanks to Gods blessing on
our work. so cromdedSa to be Nery In
sanitary ind the Wornenss Hospital is
totally unsuitable for its purpose.