The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

the least known. 1t has been used for
ms purpose, however. for the last
thirty years In the steel works Of No
taia, in Sweden. From 1900 to 5000
cubic yards Of peat are thus used year.
~. It costs rather more than coal gas.
out has the advantage OF containing
scarcely any sulphur or phosphorus
In several places in Europe peat gas
- USED Tor heating n In glass melt
ding furnaces.
Professor Pau Clemen. historian of
art at the University Of Bonn and
russian conservatory Of Art for the
kline provinces, has been assigned by
the minister of instruction to lecture
IN the United States from Septem-
Der, 1907, to February, 1908, under the
system OF exchanging German and
American professors. Professor Glenn
Carlovingian art and an authority on
art of the Charlemagne period.
Natural soap baths are not an un-
mixed blessing. The curious soap
spring that forms a wonder of a, VII.
lage In Timor. East Indian islands.
consists of a small elevated mud cone.
rom which bubbles up water heavily
charged with alkali and radium, the
diseharEe giving the appearance of a
immature volcano. "A disadvantage of
such a washing place is that vegetation
Is ruined for miles around.
The preservation of wood with sui
phur, applied In liquid form. is gaining
special, favor In Germany. The raaferial
completely fills the cell spaces Of the
fiber, and at moderate temperatures It
ts little affected by water, acids and
alkaline solutions. though 1t oxfdizes
readily at high temperatures. Poplar
Is best adapted for his treatment, re.
suits with oak and pine being less sat.
1sfactory.
Sir William Crookes. as a result OF
his own researches and the experiments
of Professors Krowalski and Moscicki,
Of Freiburg university. haE discovered
process OF extracting nitric acid from
the atmosphere. The process is avail
able Tor commercial. Industrial and ag
ricultpral purposes, and is expected to
revotutionize the nitrate industry and
the worlds food problem.
The Circassians, Who live In the
northwestern part OF the Caucasus. and
who think It is more honorable to live
by plumber. than by industry, make 1t a
custom to bring their daughters up to
be sold as slaves to the Turks and Per-
SLAMS. Circassian beauties, therefore.
shine not III their native land. III in
hareins OF the orient.
sS# e&
The aigrette In q ladyss bonnet lis the
= - OS-hAly NJ oil GKIGS nOInGT.
The collector SEXES the bird While she
1s on her nest. with the younk Just
Matched. hi tears OF her plumes and
wings, ieavfng her to die beside her
little ones, who deprived OF her foster
Ing care. also die. victims OF wornan,s
vanity.
Two OF most attractive places for
instruction In New York city are the
M~stropolitan Museum Of Art and the
American Museum of Natural History,
yet there are thousands OF residents OF
New York who have never been in
fhe1na, and more than half OF their daily
syis1tors are STRANGERS n y city.
King Victor Emmanuel OF italy is.
perhaps most literary monarch in
& Europe He knows English. French
md German equally well@with his ma
tive Language. and has q reading ac-
@quAfntaHceswtth Russfan.He spends at
least three hdurs q day In his study
d Dylgy With cnxrent literature OF every
The season for bcainess and nieas,,ra
n 6inla and the other summer resorts
In HtiMalns rs III from the middle ~
AprtiStO the emf pf September. During
sfhA1S period the government Is removed
hot MONTH thsre are 1000 White ne ene
pls sfn sifsia; Tia rest Of The year only
s tANrecoTd power ~transnission u
h4As1ksth Kern river plant ia sos,{h-
snk miles at q Pressure 81 ~ gm M
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF this plant are cSns
CHARACTERIZATION will incseasa IS.
6er tc e6.oa0.