The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

THE CITIZEN REPUBLICAN,
p. A. BLISS, Editor and Proprietor.
SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA
The Anti Cruelty society, of Chicago.
has gone to the aid OF horses that are
unable to draw heavy loads up the
inclines at the Rush street bridge. In
charge of an employe of the society,
q big draft horse has been stationed
at the steep end of the bridge for use
in assisting horses with heavy oad
up the grade. The horse will be kept
in use all winter, and arrangements
may be made for permanent service.
This plan is in line with that OF the
IS. p. c.. A, of New York., which tries to
make the billy streets Of that city pass
able in slippery weather by sprinkling
them with sand.
The Cyclades, stands in the Eegean
sea, are famous for their marble quar-
ries. Among them is Tinos island.
The marble quarries Of Tinos are the
freehold property OF a British com
pany, n contain large deposits of
dark green marble with white and yio-
let veining. The Tines green marble
is extensively used in Europe for fur
niture tops, as well as for interior dec
oratiye work. In America and Great
Britain, the marble Is much sought for
columns, pilasters, etc, principally for
its beauty and solidity. The production
In 1907 exceeded LOCO. 900 tons, of
which 592,5S7 tons have been exported.
At the thirty-flrst annual meeting of
the Iowa Association of Unitarian and
Independent churches. recently held at
Perry. q resolution was adopted declar-
ing the conference strongly in favor
Of both men and women in the minis
try" and as believing women fully as
efficient and valuable as men in all
that pertains to religious leadership"
The Rev. eleanor Il. Gordon was secre-
tary of the conference. She Is also
president of the Iowa woman suffrag-
lists. One of the most successful meet
ings Of the conference was said to be
that at which the Rev. Miss Stafford
was the leader.
To the average mind the conception OF
the atom, or electron, as a sort of whirl-
pool in the ether, renders 1t difficult
to understand how matter can be rigid.
Rightly Is explained as due to the en-
ormous velocity of these ETHEREAL vor-
tees. 1t has been shown that water
moving with sufficient velocity through
o tube can be broken into by a violent
blow from a sabre. "a layer of water
q few centimeters' thick" says M. lie
Bon. eliminated by a sufficient velocity,
which would be as impenetrable to
shells as the steel plates of an IRON
clad."
Parliament house, Melbourne. which
has been rushed by the unemployed"
OF the commonwealth capital. is the
costliest legislative palace In Greater
Britain. A million has been expended
on 1t. and tits not yet completed. 1t
belongs to the parliament of Victoria,
but since federation it has been tho
meeting place of the parliament of the
commonwealth, Its owners moving to
q wing Of the exhibition building close
An electric spark is the luminous eff
feet produced when a sudden descriptive
electrical discharge takes place be-
tween two charged conductors at diff
1erent electric ~potentials. The length
OF the spark depends primarily upon the
difference Of potential of the two
charged bodies. 1t is, hence, In general
q conspicuous phenomenon with high
potential FRACTIONAL electricity. and not
with ordinary voltaie currents.
Tie growing scarcity of timber suit
able for ties, with a resultant increase
In their cost, has led IL roads to start
forests. Ten roadsi In the East have al
ready planted In their respective for
1st sites thousands of catalpa, black To-
Gust, red oak, pin oak Inc chestnut.
One road has selected the eucalyptus
because Of Its rapid growth and adpta-
bility to the climat OF California, New
Mexico and Texas.
Il Is difficult to estimate the total
loss on the Scottish grain crop Of this
season, but IL we put the deterioration
at the quite moderate figure of E2 an
acre for 30 per cent of the n under
crop the total Is a sum considerably
W. $4,000, 900, says the Glasgow Her
aid. The winter loss from using half
rotten fodder n from protracted sales
OF discOlpred n Inusty grain Is not SO
sasily calculated.
In the British army there Is a de-
q thai he excessive smoking OF
cheap and bad cigarets be discouraged
Or prevented. In several battalions eff
forts are being made in this direction
% as to lessen the practice among the
young soldiers. In one battalion COM
pany officers are enjoined to nave an
order against the cigaret read u at
avery parade. Pipe smoking is not yet
under the ban.
s4ss Mrs. Golden SSanaerses IL yery. re-
oentful OF h suggestion that the
wonnen Of England have a separate
legislature. 1t was q major general In
the army who suggested the plan. but
the ladies will LAY none of it and
declare that 1t would be most absurd.
Lady Warwick Is also opposed to tho
Idea, an are the other s~uffragettes. "a
A vapor blanket so feet thick is
found by Professor Frank II. Bigelow
70 II the reservoir at Reno, New.
Assuming tina a like invisible shield
protects the Saiton sea, 1t Is concluded
4ion not more than four or Ave feet
yearly. instead Of the eight feet hith-
Nxto expected.
There ie a noticeable Increase In
rambling by boys In the streets OF New
York. The police sometimes interfere,
- WIS b case recently. when q pos
n 1anenaan chased q score OF urchins from
Ia 4r0ntNoH a well known rambling