The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-21


problem that has proved d oificolls
Tor all armies. The object is to ind q
cartridge which Will be of qua efn-
cheney at short and Ions ang Now,
In France and Germany this end is not
yet STAINED. The German bullet mark
50 Is light and Is good at short ranges,
while not SO precise at the long ones.
The French bullet mark d. has the
opposite defect-it is weak at ranges
shorter than 900 yards. The Swiss
army authorities believe they have q
bullet which will solve the problem.
Congressman J.. Adam Bede, OF
Duluth, one OF the wits OF the house.
was q reporter in Washing
ton for years. Mr.. Bede was first q
democrat, and, desiring appointment as
marshal, made application 10 President
Cleveland on a piece of birch bark,
which he sent through h mails. Mr..
Cleveland was SO struck with the orig
1nality Of the applicant that after in
vestigating his character appointed
him. Mr.. Bede resigned the marshal
ship in 1896. when he left the demo-
cratic party to support Mckinley.
Honeybees are generally credited
with Instructive skill In making the
cells of the comb ~hexagonal in shape.
but 1t Is probable that this construction
is merely the ordinary result of me-
chanical laws. Solitary bees always
make circular cells, and the bees in a
hive no doubt make them circular also,
bu mechanical pressure forces them
into a hexagonal form. A well known
naturalist, in speaking OF the matter.
says hat all cylinders made Of soft,
pliable substances become hexagonal
under such circumstances.
According to Professor Beeknan
fN1t was Invented f,pfora waayino Tha
middle and northern regions of Asia
are occupied by Tartars ara other
populous nations, whose and
customs appear to have continued un-
changed frssn the most remote antiQ-
uity, and to whose simple and un-'
be as necessary as food Felt is the
principle substance both of their
clothing and of their ~habitations.
In six ear with an increase in the
population OF about 2,400. 900. or some
thing more than 10 per cent. the south
has increased the value of its farm pro-
ducts by S72S, 900. 900. or 81 per cent.
and the value of its manufactures $751;,
100000, or 81 per cent. 1t has added
e,{93, 900 spindles to Its cotton mill put
DIT, an increase of IS per cent. It's mtll,
used In 1906 about 2.875.o0 bales Of
american cotton. or 48 per cent. more
than In 1900.
"A machine which automatically
ehufaes a pack OF cards in an instant
with the cards concealed from the sight
and which changes the position OF nfnel
out OF every ten cards is the latest,
mechanical device for card players. It
not only protects the cards from in
jury, but gives an absolute a deal
Shuttle. The machine, says Popular.
Mechanics. weighs four pounds and at
taches In a moment to any table. 1t liz,
about twelve inches high.
Norris Brown, the new United States
senator from Nebraska, is both a young
and a poor man. He succeeds Joseuh
u. Willard, who was the opposite, both
elderiy and rich. Mr.. Browns father
was a farmer and his boyhood wast
largely devoted to the farm. For sew
erai years he rode eight miles to school
on OF the farm horses. In 1879 he
entered the state university OF Iowa.
and was graduated four years later.
Carl Schurz memorial professor
snip" 10 to be established at the Uni
verstty OF Wisconsin as a result of the
movement recently started In Mtlwau-
kec by q number Of prominent German
americans. The plan is TO raise an
endowment OF $4,000. the income OF
which viii be used for the establish
ment OF an annual course of lectures
% be given by prominent professors of
German universities.
The state medical board OF California
nAs foTfJ-Efx mandamus suits against
y q allegations are that certain
Pnysacaans who control it are maintain,
lng q doctors trust and are keeping
pnystcians from other states from Sc
curing licenses In California, Among
tncss barred, IT rs alleged, Is DR.. Charles
3oagiisn, OF Washington, d. c.. who was
e family physician of President Ben-
1aSnfn Harrison.
Japan is the largest copper produ-
1ng country OF the far east, but az
~ her output {1S05) Is only one-f,f-
tenth Of h total production OF the
Norzd. The output rose from 23.8s9
tons IN 1888 to $4,000 tons In 19oh.
Topper mining IL at present one Of
Saparss weak points. the operations be-
lng conducted without method. Her
PEAR.
William r. Letchworth, whose ,eift
~ xsOOO acres Mt Portage Fails, ON the
Ne4Aesee river, for a public park has
Seen accepted by the state OF New
oensca tribe OF Indians, ana Deans ths,
Tribe name Haiwa-te-is-tah, the mann
Nno always does the right thing.s'
With b exception q nesting btrds
staW Wild animals perish In q Forest
-: They have ~tnstinctive knowledge,
- u ionx before 4 reaches them and!
~ generally outrun the names. H,i-
naan lives have been saved ~ horses
anstinctavely taking TO water.
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