The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-08-06

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Altogether the coinage of the countr,
comprised II different varieties. sever
of which Were for the Philippine is,
lands in pesos and centayos, one
of which OF the Same denomination
was for account of the Mexican goy
eminent. The number of pennies
turned out averaged q little less thar
one for each inhabitant. The tota'
coinage for continental United States
was s215.714,S 62. This has been one
of national %rninting. OF this amount
$I7e,23S.337 were in gold and s16,532.-
AT in silver, or about the ratio OF one
of silver to ~ of gold.
Two bronze tablets in m OF
President Mckinley are soon to be
placed In B~randywine Park driveway.
In Wilmington, Del. I'M of them is
to be commemorative of a lttle-known
incident In the career of the slain chief
magistrate, representing a scene iii
which Mckinley, rs a corporal In the
Union army in the civil war, was the
leading character. While a savage bat
tie was raging Corporal Mckinley
made his way to the front and served
the men on the firing line with water.
n a picture of the scene liz ROW to be
p~erpetuated in bronze.
A collection of anecdotes of musical
celebrities just published at Leipsic
C01tdlIlSs UHiS one ulOer JnG ne9u OF
Anton Rubinstein. When the great
pianist was making his tour Of the
United States he sat one day in a rail-
road train looking u upon the seem
cry. Suddenly a man sitting across
the aisle spa over Rubinstetn's head
out OF the open window. The master
drew back and gazed in astonishment
and anger at the vulgar American,
who smiled n said, soothingly:
Don't worry; I know my distance"
The number OF physicians In France
has nearly doubled in ten years. There
are now 10000 and nearly 1000 are
turned out every year by the medical
schools. Fees have decreased alarm
sngly because Of his competition, and
because of the diminution of disease
due to hygienic precautions. In some
districts In Paris a franc is all that Is
paid for D doctors call.
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Panama hats are made from the i'm
mature. unexpanded leaves of the
Etemless screw pine, which is a native
of Central America and Colombia. Aft
er they receive a special treatment to
remove the soft parts of he leaf the
1ber Is soaked to render 1t pliable. The
weaving is then done under water. The
hats most valued are those made of
one single leaf.
BY way OF adding a new. picturesque
s "a tVMiSo aIa Till Jdi N,
Baitlmore.s park board has directed a
newly engaged shepherd to attire him
self, wheal on duty. in real Scotch kits.
The board has appointed Peter Mac
kenzie. OF New York. to watch over the
sheep in Druid Hill and has sent an
order to Edinburgh for a supply OF
kits.
Charolles. a small town 30 miles from
Macon. In France. has recently been
visited by a shower of sulphur. The
roofs. gardens, fields, vineyards. rivers
and ponds were covered with a yell
low dust. and for some time the peas
ants In the fields were troubled by a
suiphurous biting odor which made
breathing difficult.
Excavations carried out in the sacred
precincts OF Olympia, Greece. near the
great altar OF ZeuE, have resulted In h
discovery of interesting remains of the
neoltthic period, including house yes
sells and Implements. Thus 1t is be-
lieved to be evident that Olympia was
z place of human habitation more than
1000 years before Christ.
Under the omnibus public buildings
Dill. the pork barrel" which was
passed by congress al the close Of it's
recent session, the supervising archi-
tect has just undertaken the construc-
ton OF 400 federal buildings. For this
work ne has $s400o,0O0. In addition to
these there are about 100 unfinished
projects left from other years.
saG
OF the sc. 1872. 800 acres area Of Colo
rado, 25.84S.772 acres are under govern
snent control--forests, 15,-
U.s. ~ acres; coal. $500, 900 acres. and
6or Indians 800 acres. The state owns
approximately i.4o0. 900 acres, and there
are 2,60t,228 acres OF open government
land subject to entry.
Reports on the last seasons work
received from the rs branches Of the
81 a. g. A. on the Pennsylvania raiI-
show q paid membership pf
scmething over 10000. the largest
being at Philadelphia with IL
the season was 6S2,7 1923.
The ~lp-to-date butcher shop is now
provided with an electric meat Jaw,
4 junk pile: IN Its place is 4 small
bardsaw, driven BY an electric motor.
which all bones Iii a neat and
expeditions
Since the uniflcation 81 the Wesley
brotherhood and the Brotherhood 81.
~. Paul In the Methodist church. Whieh
Zoo societies together. the
lnenlbershp, which was 10000 at the
easne 81 the union. has taken q rapid
stride forward.
According 10 q report from Paris
ma arRes submarine vet built WIN
Hh0rtly he launched at Sherbourr Tha
vessel Will 8 FOB feet long, with 625a
g businessmen and h will be de-
SOP 3 mean Sped e .l5 knots.
since the establishments sh~e#denart-
s4nAn1 ofSagricultire cost the ITnifa5
1919. 1sasss more than s2oosooo.eoo. II has