The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-07-05

lHE GIIILEH-REPUBLlGAk
P. A. BLISS, Editor and Proprietor.
SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA
Propaganda OF the simplifed SPELL
ing board is now issued from the
boards headquarters. at / Madison av-
enue, New York City. In "A First
Step" the plea s,made for tho remove
OF handtcaps SO that English may be-
come the worlds language. 1t con-
tains a list of common words spelled
In w or more.ways. and the board
seeks to find. how far Intelligent read
ers will accept the simpler form. Those
Interested are invited to netffy tho
board Of tfcir willingness to use the
simpler forms, mt ml such will re-
ceiye its publications as they appear.
In the Girls Technical high school,
at New York, a practical course in
hospitality, or tho entertainment OF
guests at dinners or receptions, has
been added to the course in house,
Keeping. Different classes already
have given %receptions to tho wives Of
of this work, the girls recently ar
rangedfa combines reception Of all the
classes, to be known as appreciation
day" as q mark Of esteem for teachers
end principals.
The archbishop Of Canterbury, on
Msle occasion, when addressing the
members Of a chess club, saia that
though he was not a distinguished
chess player, he could claim to be a
representative OF chess in an Unusual
degree, for he had seen q good deal Of
Kings and queens, q lived in two
castles and was the only living man
who was both a knight n a bishop,
so that he represented all the pieces
except the pawn"
The Province Of Quebec, Canada, has
b new license LAY respecting nonresi-
dem commercial travellers. employed by
Canada Under this law q
cial traveller doing business in that
province must pay from 500 to $500
per annum license. The tax is not q
popular one, even In Canada, but there
vs. no immediate prospect of its abro-
cation.
A suggestion has been made by the
Utah board Of education to ask tho
rs, 5000, 600 school children of the United
States to contribute S 100000 for the
erection of fifteen school buildings in
San Francisco. The national commits
sioner Of education has been asked to
set aside q national school day. when
each pupil will be asked to contribute
3 or 10 cents for this purpose.
Memories Of Garibaldf are recalled
Sy the death Of. Sig. Vito Riccobono, at
Eondon. He was in bis Saith year and
played an important part in the revo-
hutton of 1S43 at Palermo and went
Ehrough the whole campaign under
6arihaldl. In more recent years he
was associated with Covent Garden
n Drury Lane theaters as an oper-
alto singer.
! "A story Of a ~man-eating hippopota-
mus comes from the neighborhood of
Barberton, in the sTransvaal. It IS as
serted that the animal came out of a
river, walked into a kraal and seized
a. small native boy In its mouth, crush
ing him to death. The natives then
turned out, killed ~theaanimal and ate it.
Consul -Dunnhrg. writes that the COM
merctal development OF Italy is further
shown by the official announcement
that the volume OF traffic on the state
railways from July /, 1908, to Febru-
ary 20, 1906, was $42,40o,ooo. an in-
crease over the corresponding period
Of the previous year of ss,ooo,ooo.
Sir Harry johnson, the famous ex-
plorer, once escaped from a tight cor
ner In Africa when surrounded by two
score OF murdereous natives. He sent
out as envoy a wretched looking abb
no., who declared that there was small
pox In camp. The natives fled, fear
ing smallpox more than Maxlms.
Consul Woman states hat the inn
mense gain in the deposits of the nj
OF Canada Is the most convincing evil
dence OF the dominion's prosperity.
Last year the deposits were $512,6s0,-
900. The total has now grown to $500
0 5000. In 1898 they were 1928, 900, 900,
than half that amount.
For four days millions Of robins flew
s~outhbaund over Yuba, Nevada and
Placer eeanties, California, in success
sive great clouds recently. At night
they alighted on trees. shrubs and
rocks, and at daybreak resumed their
flight. Nothing has ever been seen in
like 1t.
The Chinese alarmed by the manner
In which the Indian and Ceylon teas
have driven theirs out Of the market,
have Investigated the matter and come
h conclusion that all that is needed
to bring theirs to the foreground again
Is systematic advertising.
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The decrease in the number Of hogs
Slaughtered IN Germany last year was
30 considerable that the heavy imports
Of cured pork products from Holland.
and the United States We're not
sufficient to maintain a good supply.
5
John Redmond, leader Of the Irish
parliamentary party. makes q. practice
Of being within the precincts of the
house Of commons from the moment
the speaker takes the chair until the |
proceedings terminate at night.
King Edward has taken to equestrian,
as q means of keeping his
weight down. Since the rabbit hole
has been unable to AXE walking exer-
else.
F,or lilies OF the valley d vicar In Car
marthen draws $4,000 a year from a
Etondon dealer. while an aged woman