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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
A Union Of American Soldiers.
From the Springfield Republican.

1t is OF truly national interest to
learn that at the recent encampment
Of the Grand Army at Toledo, Ohio,
there was a strong un~dercurrent among
union veterans in v of a joint
encnmpment of the Grand Army Of the
Republic and the United Confederate
Veterans in one of the border states.
It was felt that this would be a well
come o completely wiping out
the old feeling of a~ntagonism between
North and South, and 1t is said that
the idea was hailed with pleasure by
many of the influential leaders Of the
Northern organization. Colonel J. A.
Watrous, Of Milwaukee, past depart
ment commander OF Wisconsin, says
such a convention a movement for the
erection OF q Joint to the
memory Of General u. S. Grant and
General Robert e. Lee at Appomattox,
and OF all the soldiers who fought In
the war of the rebellion.
Here is q suggestion and a consun-
nation hat should not be permitted
TO drop until 1t has resulted IN the erec-
ton OF such a memorial. 1t would
stand to the lasting honor of the valor
of q great people, who are not least
great in the cernenting of fellowship
(which has followed the colossal internal
conflict, The conception Of such a me-
mortal is worthy of brave men, and
there is no reason to doubt that the
survivors among those who wore h
gray will be ready to Join In such &
seriously proposed IS about the last
ching needed to complete the story Of q
unified nation, and to make the civil
| conflict q memoir whose significance
has been made broad inc Charitable
by h passage of time.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
On a Footino.

From the Youths Companion.
AbSalOm FOote, An eccentric ola man.
who a grow tired OF life in the city.
decided to move TO some smaller town,
free from h roar Of traffic, tho hustle
of confusion of the thronging multi
tude, where he could end his days tran
gully, as became a man of his age. In
casting about for a location his eye
Glanced to light upon the advertise
ment Of q Village paper, of one Thomas
r. F0ote, who wanted to dispose of his
boot and shoe store. at a bargain, hay
Ing made up his mind to remove to
the city.
That's the very thing" he said.
selling shoes Is a nice, Easy occupa-
ton. 1t will give me just enough to
do to keep me from stagnat,ng, and it
won't wear me out with overwork. I'll
investigate It,. It's queer. though, that
his name is Foote, my name Is Foote.
he wants to come to the city, and 1
want TO go to the country
A visit to the little town decided him.
He liked Its appearance and location.
He was pleased, moreover, with
Foote's shoe store" mi bought ii.
good will and all. at a bargain.
"Well,' said the other Mr.. Foote.
you'll have to change the sign
no." he answered, slowly, Urn Just
add q little to it,,
The next day he added this. Just be-
low the sign:
This place has changed feet"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
Smith on His Travels.

From the chronological Journal.
John Smith-plain John Smiths
not very high sounding; it does not
suggest aristocracy; 1t Is not the name
of any hero in die-away novels; and
yet it Is good, strong and honest. Trans
ferred to other languages 1t seems to
climb the ladder OF respectability. Thus
in Latin it is %Iohannus Snithus: the
Italian smooths 1t off into Giovanni
SMITH; the Spaniards render 1t Juan
Smithiis: the Dutchman adopts it as
Hans Schmidt: the French f1atten 1t
out Into Jean Smeets and the Russian
snecaes and barks Jonlofr Smittowski.
When John Smith gets into the tea
trade in Canton he becomes Jovan
Shimmit; II he Chambers about Mount
Hecla, the icelanders say he IS Jaime
Smithsons IL he trades among the Tus-
caroras, he becomes Ton Ga Snnitta: IN
Poland he Is known as Ivan Schmitti-
weiski; should he wander among the
Welsh mountains. they talk Of Jihon
sSchmidd; when he goes TO Mexico he
IS booked as Jontlf FcsSmitti; IL OF
classic turn and he fingers among Greek
ruins, he turns to Ton Smikton. and In
Turkey he is utterly disguised as zoe
Seef.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
A Hero of tho First Glass.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Fact is more thrilling than melo-
drama, sometimes. According to a tele-
gram from Owensboro, Charles May, a
fireman on the Louisville, Henderson
& ST. Louis railroad. rescued a. little
negro child from death in a manner as
spectacular as 1t was courageous. The
train was going down grade at high
speed when the engineer and fireman
say the child ON the track. They knew
that the reversed engine would. not stop
soon enough to save the child. The
fireman started Town the run,aaing
board and reached the pilot in tilrss to
snatch the 1ittIs negro from the track.
In reaching for the youngsters cloth
ing Inc lost his balance and pitched
did not fall in front of the cowcatehef.
and he managed to drag the child tMto
the ditch unh1rt. This sort of thing
done ON the stage for the entertainment
AID Inspiration of audiences fond of
tbs strenuous a is frequently ridi-
cltleGG ecause Of its improbability In
real life.
Possibly Mr.. May may be awarded
a Carnegie hero medal. AS. a rule med
al5 recording deeds Of heroism in let
ters carved In gold are very nice. things
to ave around the house. 1t Is, corn-
Portable to leave them to posteritY as
proof that the family boasts an an
ceEtor who was altogether game, hut
for his own personal use h genRine
hero does not greatly care about med
ais. Mr.. May, who risked his Life in
am entirely d~isinterested effort to save
al small black atom Of humanity is a
good deal more OF a hero thar the man
who save his sweetheart from the lake
or a burning hotel, or the father or
mother who rushes to the rescue OF a
child. He risked his life unselfshly.
He is in fact a hero of the first magni-
tude and 1t Is satisfying to know that
there are such men In railroad service
where pluck sometimes averts catas-
trophe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
THE TIME TO SLEEP AND THE
TIME TO WORK SOL WE'D

loWard Everett Hale In Woman Home
Companion.
Feopie talk about the midnight oil
as II 1t had some virtue attached to it.
In truth, four times out of five the
midnight oil means overwork, or it
means that you nav neglected some
DUTY which hould have been attended
TO oerore the sun went down.
Inc physiological study OF the last
century has taught us a good deal
about sleep. DIR. Franklin, who has
written on the subject of sleeplessness,
did not know what we know. We know
that In healthy sleep the circulation
or the blood in the brain is less than
IT has been in the waking hours. If
by any misfortune, or any folly, or
n wickedness of yours, the blood
presses upon the brain, you do not
sleep. Galen, the old Greek physician,
supposed that in sleep the blood yes
sells of the brain are more heavily
gorged than In the waking hours. We
know now that when these vessels are
too heavily gorged the result is stupor,
under whatever name you choose to
give 1t. And we know hat what we
need, when we cannot sleep, is to cor
rect this oyercrowding of blood.
There are many a In which we
a do this. And to speak very simply,
all care about Insomnia in the temple
of Goo is founded IN this physiological
IioIh. NAYS Iol you some I0G ola
grandfather or uncle who likes to sit
I'm the winter evening with his feet
stretched out before the fore log, while
he Is totasting his feet in the heat of
the hickory? He knows more about
sleep tina Galen did. For ne is draw
ing the blood off his brain, and he
is assuring himself a few hours OF
sleep, at least, as the night begins.
n o may follow your dear old
uncle's example to advantage. If you
have been foolins by writing some ex-
reading some exciting novel, you
have set your brain all on fire. II
seems as If the pillow case itself
would be in q light blaze. And this
means insomnia.
Let this be a peremptory warming to
you. Never again make Of the even
ing a time for heavy brain work. Make
Mary play on the piano to you. IL the
authorities OF your church will let you
play a game Of cribbage or of whist
with your wife with two dummies. If
o can, go over to the Roscommons
or to the Joneses and nave half an
hours talk.
That is to say. do your brain work
early In the day. II you say SO, l will
aet you get out of bed at S in the
morning; IL you will drink a cup OF cot
Zee at once, or drink a glass of milk
and eat a biscuit, you may go to work
then on the hardest work you have to
do. But let Angela or Bertha have your
breakfast ready within an hour. / let
you do this SO that the exasperating !
letter or the difficult calculations may
be out Of the way as early as possible.
And l am not writing so much for
women In this matter us I am for men
-and mostly for men whose work con- |
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22

Germs the welfare of others. Doctors
are terrible offenders in this matter.
though they know better. When they
have delicate and difficult cases in hand
they Will sit up at night for hours
reading up this or that authority which
viii help them the peXt day. They
should go to bed at night and sleep all
that the doorbell will permit. But
now, If they want to, let them turn
out at 5 O'Clock in the and
study in all those five hours between 5
II 10 when people do not want to see
them.
The cashiers OF banks, the responsible
officers of other great fiducfary insti-
tutions, make the same mistake. Thus,
the Executive director of the Methus-
elah Life Insurance has its
onerous business on his mind and con-
science. Poor man! he is certain tina
he ought to give his best work to that
business. He goes down town at 8,
so as to be at the office before any
body else is. For eight hours he works
like q dog, and then he goes home to
his 2ice wife and his pretty children in
the pretty suburb called New Arcadia.
Mary has everything ready for a nice
dinner. And then the poor man goes
into his own little den and goes to
work again-this time on what he calls
his "own business" His brotherinlaw
wants him to invest in the Cattaraugus
IL Opelousas railroad. JOIN Smith, his
tenant In Buncombe county, thinks
hey had better have n new dam on
the Swift river. Or the president OF
the New Padua university wants him
to write to Mr.. Carnegie for 500, 900,
And the poor actuafy gives up two or
three of those precious. hours Of the
evening in studying our these letters
ana writing the And when
bedtime comes he is dead beat. he can
hardly get his clothes off, and he can
hardly get into bed. He ought not to
be surprised and / should not be sur
prlsed II | heard that his poor heated
brain did set the pillow case on fire
and that they were all burned up to-
gether. L am not surprised when. af-
Ter some years OF such experiments, I
hear that he. has committed suicide,
Without attempting the detail, it is
enough here to say that you need to
give the first half of your ii hours Of
waking life to the more important or
necessary duties of the day. If you get
out of bed at 6, everything of critical
importance should be well out of the
way before 2 in the afternoon. After
tina hour you let the poor old machine
which you call the body rest itself.
strictly speaking, the relief of the brain
should begin right there. You may go
to walk or to ride. o may lie on the
lawn or blow off the feathers of the
.dandelion. You may ride over TO your
mothers and play with the children.
You may swing I'm a hammock and look
up through the caves to the sky. In
a word. You ave one with the days |
greater activities until the next morn
ing at 6. Unless each night RECEIVERS the
ground lost in the exertion Of the day
before you are committing suicide by
lncnes: and O have no light to COM
NIT suicide at all.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
500 Reward. SIOO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
70 learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
IN all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires .
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature In doing its work. The proprie-
tors have SO much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for LIST
OF testimonials.
Address +. ]. CHENEY L CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by oil Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
Date for Felt Hats.

From the Millinery Trade Review.
Felts promise to come into use earlier
than ever this year. Their advent has
quite ceased to be q matter of tenn
perature-it is one of mode. Fashion
deprecates the wearing Of straws after
September Is, and not to be caught
transgressing its rules f~ashionableS
likely to overstay this date have been
ordering felt travelling hats to carry
away with them, the general exodus
having commenced last week. These
are not particularly wide i'm the brim,
which Is rolled UP at the side, and are
mostly in soft felt trimmed with quilts
effect.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
MEDITATIONS ON
AN ANCIENT THEME
The Inexplicable Something
That Attracs People With
Nc interests in Common.
Tron, Harner,a Wee,slv

$500 PSA
The casual philosopher was talking
t,about something that he called "the
most mysterious and extraordinary
ssforce known to the observation of men"
that singular emotion which ensues
between two human beings OF opposite
E sex, and an obedience to which may
Involve the surrender of reason, wis
dom AN honor. He quoted the query
OF an earlier philosopher of himself
VIVA Is more pitiab1e than a wise
man at the mercy OF his emotions?"
Has the world eve explained" he
t n nature Of the force which
draws together irresistibly two persons
F&iaWlng no mental, spiritual, tempera-
mental, or social affinity whatsoever;
whose predictions and instincts, may
sOe radically and unalterably opposed?
What Is n nature of the force which
Is able to supersede and set at naught
khese natural antipathies? And OBJ
sperve," he continued, "the strange man
ener OF Its workings. These two beings
'tof opposite sex have known each other
slightly. casually for a space OF time.
Then, without any increase Of mutual
intimacy, a curious and subtle altera-
gtion viii take place In the feeling OF
q OF the two toward the other. 1t
neeH not be, often 1t is not, In response
to any outward change In their rela-
ftionship. 1t springs ~ssealthily into be-
ing like o small fame: the manner Of
tits ignfting Is hidden and inexplicable.
fkt may continue n increase and ut
sterly overwhelm: it may purify and
sexalt; or it may subside and vanish,
las mysterious as 1t appeared. It may
he quite free of physical impulse; It
may be wholly imaginative and con-
Eemplatiye. But why? why? We know
that our friendships are conditioned
and governed by common sympathies,
by ~closeness of association, by COM
munity OF taste and inclination. We
know that h love of kindred Is a re-
suit OF blood relationships. But what
Us the origin and nature Of this tyran-
nical, imperious, fortuitous force which
operates In defiance Of logic, fitness,
and all that we know OF the laws OF
attraction?
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
The Mountain TO the Pine.

Here IS q sonnet eloquent OF a blind
man. power OF vision. The poet writer.
Clarence Hawkes., has been blind since
childhood. Helen Kellar preserves it in
the Century.
Thou tall, majestic monarch OF the wood,
standest where no wild vines dare
to creep;
Men call thee old and say that thou
hast stood
century upon my rugged steep:
Yet unto ME thy life Is but q day
seem
The forest monarchs that have passed
away
Upon the spot where nrst ! saw thy
green:
For / am older than the age OF man,
4 Or allsthe living things that crawl or
creep,
or birds Of air. or creatures OF the deep;
4 was b first dim outline OF Gods plan:
Only the waters OF the restless sea
And the infinite stars In heaven are old
to me.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
MRS. X. RRIsToW DRAPER.

New York, Special: Friends of Mr..
Chen S. Draper, lieutenant governor Of
Massachusetts, are discussing with in
terest the report hat he has become
reconciled TO his son, H. Bristow
Draper, who wed Queenie Sanford, a
chorus girl, in opposition to the wishes
Of his parents.
Young Bristcw, his wife and infant
SOL are at the home of his parents,
and the little grandchild is credited
with bringing about the reunion.
1t is thought likely thai Bristow
Draper and his little family will soon
take up permanent residence in Hope
dale. The couple were married in New
York, at the Little Church Around the
Corner" about two years ago.
With his family's consent young
Draper was bou to wed Miss Marjorie
Ray, OF Frankini, and the lieutenant
governor had commissioned Robert A.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
WOMEN ARE THE
SOUL OF HONOR
Mr.. Bateman Proved His Case,
But Didn'S Relate the
Sequel.
From the New York Times.

One Of several men employed in q
downtown office boisterously proclaimed
the time honore principle that women
are devoid of principle.
They are tricky to the core, every
mothers daughter of them" he said.
They don't know what honesty
means"
Mr.. Bateman resented the imputa-
ton.
II don't believe a word of that" no
said. Women have just as sound prin-
ciples as men. Take my wife, for in
stance. She Is the soul of honor. You
couldn't hire her to do a tricky thing,
Just let me tell you hat a trump she
showed herself to be a week ago. She
was coming home from the matinee.
While crossing Broadway she found a
package hat had evidently been
dropped from the platform of a car.
Obviously there was no way Of catch
ing the car and restoring the package,
50 of course she brought 1t home. 1t
contained six yards of beautiful creamy
lace. The check said it had been paid
for and cost $13.50.
Nov, my wife had two wraps whose
sleeves needed remode.ing, and, human
nature being what it Is, her first
thought was hat she could utilize the
lace for trimming. But her spirit of
r%ectitude ~triumphed.
No she said, / won't use the lace.
I will take it back to the store. Pos
sibly the person who lost 1t VIII inquire
about it at the lost and found depart
ment.'
II advised her to keep the lace and
not bother about the woman who had
lost IT. My wife seemed startled at my
iniquity.
IF 1 return 1t and the loser doesn't
call for the lace, what will become of
1t p she asked.
1.-The store will gobble it up said T.,
sell it over again. 1t belongs to
you just as much as to them
But she was r%esolute. Possibly you
are right she said. but I cannot keep
Is not mine, 1 must return the
lace
And she did" continued Mr.. Bate-
man, proudly. And that, I take 1t. is
as pretty an Instance of honest dealing
as you will find in anybody, either man
or
The scoffer at feminine honesty adj
that for ar example of probfty
Mrs. Batenan's heroic surrender of lost
property would be hard to beat, and the
meeting adjourned with sentiment lean
ng pretty strongly toward the ma
igned sex.
Mr.. Bateman went home In a partic-
llarly happy frame of mind. He kissed
his wife with unusual fervor, and IL
lally offered to take her to the theater.
she was dressed he noticed a diff
in the appearance of her mo-
lair wrap.
isn't hat lace something like that
vou found in the street the other day."
lie asked.
Yes" she said. at is the am piece"
II thought you took it back" said
3ateman.
Mrs. Bateman blushed. II did, she
aid, family. but II got it again. 1
give it up. 1 went to the lost
nd found department the next day and
for it myself"
''Oh!" said Bateman.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
FUNNY BASEBALL INCIDENTS

The queer things which are all the ttu,e
for the fans who are bugs on the game.
Perhaps the quea1est thing that ever hap
pened during a game OF baseball was
pulled off one da1 In Chicago when Andy
Moynihan OF the Chicago club was play
ing third base. and with a runner on first
base. The next batsman up hit a terrific
liner down where Andy was all set for
through space with Iightining-like velocity
Andy stuck up his ungloved hand and the
ball stuck In 1T.
tators were surprised to see the third
baseman begin dancing about the field
with his hand stuck under his arm, and
the man on first seeing that something
was the matter tore down to second and
then to third and then on home, while the
rest of the intielders were trying to force
Moynihan's hand out from where he had
it hid.
When finally they succeeded they found
the ball stuck SO tightly in the third base
mans grasp that 1t took the combined
efforts Of five players to release 1T, and
then it was noticed that the partly closed
hand wss completely paralyzed from the
shock of h bali coming into contact
with 1t.
Moynihan was several days recovering
from his injury and regaining the use of
the hand, but he finally did so, n
though the above story may appear un-
likely to skeptical people still the instance
is on record In the annals Of the Ma
tioual league
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
Saint n. I. s.

Sultry and brazen was the August day
When Sister Stantslaus came down to
see
The little boy with the tuberculous
knee.
And as she thought to and him. so he Law:
Still staring. through the dizzy waves
of heat,
At the tall tenement across the street.
But did he see that dEeary picture? Nay.
In his minds eye a sunlit harbor
showed,
Where a tall pirate ship at anchor
rode.
Yet, he was full tea thousand miles
way @
The Sister. (when she turned his pill
low over,
Kissed Treasure Island On its we'll
worn cOver.)
N. Cleghorn, in the September
Atlantic.
Because a man hangs onto the words or
h1s sweetheart is no sign that he suffers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
Wanted 70 90 the Same Way.

We were taking a little trip into h
country. The only vacant seats in tho
train were turned SO as to face each oth-i
err. I told my little girl. 4 years of age.
to take the seat in front OF me, as riding
backward would not make her sick. She
'hesitated, and said:
Il know 1t won't make me sick, but II
I ride backward will I go to the Same
place you are going tor
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22

Cook, an architect, to draw plans for
a home for the young persons. Sud-
denly came the news that young Dra-
per a broker his engagement and
married the chorus girl.
The lieutenant governor was highly
d~ispleased. Young Draper accordingly
went to Burlington and hired out as a
machinist in the cotton mills. On his
small wages he provided a cottage
home for his bride and worked hard
in the mills. His independence and
industry are believed to have won the
admiration of his father,
Added to this, the advent Of a little
child enlisted the affection of the lieu
tenant governor. The arrival Of the
little grandson and Mr.. and Mrs. Bris-
tow Draper is believed by many to
mean that Bristow Draper may soon
find occupation in his fathers mills and
take residence near the other mem
bers Of the family.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22
Nothino Doino

Hiram Hayrick-Hev any excitement
when you were in Their city?
Silas Corntossle-No; 1 never met any
bunco-steerer, and since they put in
these here electric lights a feEler amt
got no chance ter blow out Their Gas.