The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-19

A curious VIII dispute has recently
been settled by the court at Rebel, In
the department of the Ardennes,
France Some time ago a man of in
dependent means and somewhat eccen-
trio habits committed suicide by hang
ing. "A search among his paper failed
70 disclose any will until under thd
bed, on a piece of sheet iron, We're
found the following words: This is
my last Will and testament I bequeath
AL my property to the borough of Ar
dennes, on condition that the mayor
and borough council give 912 to the
men of the local fire brigade for d bean
1eaSt, to be held as soon as possible"
This extraordinary will was disputed
by the relatives, but the local court has
decided hat it is valid.
In many business offices fire buckets
are placed. filled with water, in readi-
ness for an emergency. 1t is seldom.
says the Scientific American, hat in
structions for use are pinned near the.
supply. The wrong way to tackle an
%fncipient fire is %(usually) to hurl the
whole contents of a bucket on the spot.
Most OF the water Is wasted by this
means. A heavy sprinkling is more
enecttve. The water may be splashed
on the blaze by hand, but a more USE
1ul sprinkler is a long-haired white
wash brush. One of these should hang
beside every nest Of fire buckets.
An inquirer into the social life OF
France has been Investigating the
prevalence OF civil burial, and comes to
the conclusion that for the last quarter
OF q century it has been stationary at
from 10 to 20 per cent. of the popula-
ton. An odd fact about the question is
that among the educated classes civil
burial is almost a negligible quantity.
1t Is practiced almost exclusively by the
very poor. OF 10000 such burials an
nl1EI1V z ono nro Of fhn clocd yuhtclF hos
70 be buried at the public xpens and
1000 more among the very poorest Of
those who buy their W graves.
Since 1906 the variations in the level
of Lake Chad have been closely
watched, and all available data con-
corning 1t have beea compiled, includ-
Ing notes obtained from the natives.
There seems to be a twenty-year per-
aodicity, and at the end of four or five
twenty year periods there seems to
come an almost complete d~esiccation,
and then a great rise of level. An old
native a drying up which
has been placed between 1928 and 1888.
while in 1851, about twenty years later,
the level was high. In 1906 the lake
appears to have been very low.
There is a dearth of theatrical .'su-
pers" in Paris owing to the extension
Of the cinernatograph. There are cine
matograph shows everywhere In Paris
law, aLih tHe companies WHICH run
them need number of people as actors
and actresses for their living pictures,
Nhe general pay of the Paris super"
IN a theater was about rs cents a day,
or even less. last season. This season
managers are offering 62. cents a day
without success. The cinematograph
are paying $3.50 and $1.75
AND they engage their supers by the
mont.i and in large numbers.
The winter months in Minnesota are
noted for their deep snow and short,
oark Gays, and the experience Of the
echool teacher In some of the remote
districts throughout the long winter
months are not without hardships.
Sometimes they Gun wild ami
mails on their way to school, and In
one instance a teacher lost her way
searching parties were out two
days before she was found. However.
the work goes on cheerfully and it Is
no often that any Of the plucky teach
ers forsakes her school after having
taken charge.
there ha been n disturbance at
Chusan. says the North China Daily
News. The mandarin tried to force
q soldiers to take their pay in big
cash The soldiers rebelled and, aided
by their wives. nearly bit the officer
70 death. 1t ppear there is no pun
dshment for biting. so they took this
method OF inflicting castigation on the
~ ~ AAua lIlSy DGdlGu or TrucK
the officer they would nave been sub
ment.'
a report of accidents on railroads
and street railways in Greater New
York made to the public service com.
mission shows that during the month
Of October forty-seven persons were
killed and 1896 injured. The report
states that 500 persons were injured,
while alighting and $40 in boarding
cars. Car collisions with vehicles
caused injuries to 791 persons. while
sos employees We're hurt in the per-
of their duties.
Th cost of municipal government In,
New York was $I64. 493,1 IN 1905; In
Philadelphia. with three-eighths of New
FORKS population, the cost was ss2,-
65b,o74, or less than one-fifth: Chicago,
with half the population OF New YORK.
$41,7OO.7 52, and Boston s2S.-
600 600. The debt OF New York in 1906
was $64I. SOY. 295: that OF Boston sos, 49,
sS6; OF Philadelphia. 500, 800, 2e5; Of Chi
cage $69. 950.640.
German paper. writes: '.The custom
Of arranging matrimonial contracts!
through agents or matchmak ers has
been practfced In China for ages. Thisil
business receives support from all
1nen In some instances select their,
nrst wives themselves, the additfonalI
yves are all secured through the
boys and girls" said the
0cno0l director who was making a few
remarks, lis q thing to be cultivated
and practtced by all OF us. Read and
ponder the stories of the great friend
ships OF sacred and profane history
TAX them for vol models-David and
Jonathan. Damon and Pythias ana
Bcyila and Charybdis.
ord Clifton. whose coming OF age
has Just been celebrated at Gotham
Halt Kent, England, is sir feet seven
inches high. His father. the Earl 8 {
gI3arnley, Is six feet four Inches. While
the earl. Lord RliRh. the Hnn ~ p h..n