The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-01-09

discover these frauds, and severe pun
ashnlent has Deer inflicted on many o.
lenders. Although women are as muc
addicted to the opium habit as me-
mot a single case has been discovere
where a woman made herself older /
order to be allowed to use opium.
The belfry top of Brooklyn's boroug
hall has been in q quieScent state 70
80 many years that a good many folk
were startled the other day when tn
bell began to ring as a welcome to tn
first subway train. Years ago whe1
folks in Brooklyn heard the bell the.
began instinctively to count its stroke4
to learn where the fire was, for tina
was the way the fire alarms were given
AT night n red lantern was hung out o,
81 belfry to indicate the direction o
the fire. 1t was the custom also. t.
ring the bell in case Brooklyn's grea'
anniversary day parade of Sunday
school children had been postponed
Even this was discontinued some years
The old connection w law and
literature, the Law Journa of England
isays, was strengthened by the late Sir
Lewis Morris, who practiced as a con-
tveyancer in Lincoln's i'm, while he was
establishing his reputation as a poet.
There have been several poets who
have abandoned the steep places of the
bar for the slopes of The
present poet laureate was called at In
iner Tempel in 1857, and attended the
York assizes and West Riding sessions
FOR two OF three years. But the late Sir
Lewis Morris Is the only poet of repute
who found the tasks of conveyancer
not Incompatible with the cultivation
OF the muse"
THE latest wrinkle in Kansas real
estate transfers." said Representative
William Reeder, of the Sixth district of
Kansas. sis the purchase OF top soil
from alfalfa fields IN north central
Kansas, to be shipped by the carload
10 farms along the Missouri river,
where it is difficult to get this excellent
forage plant started. Like all legum-
dnous plants, alfalfa fertilizes the soil.
and in the Kaw valley an old alfalfa
Held is expected to yield 20 bushels OF
corn to the acre. Bailey Wagner, a
lawyer OF Atchison, recently shipped Il
carload of top soil from Cloud county
10 his farm in Atchison county"
Princess Senakoffska has arrived in
England, at Chantilly. from Russia.
having Travelled in an enormous cara
van, in which she is making a tour
Through Europe. The vehicle is drawn
by four horses and contains three
rooms reserved for the princess, and
accommodations for thirteen servants.
Whenever the princess leaves the van
TO take a walk she is escorted by a
Gigantic Cossack wearing a military
uniform and several medals. The prin-
cess intends to proceed in her
to the south of France.
The announcement that King Ed
wards great diamond probably will be
taken to Amsterdam to be cut, and that
1T may be reduced in weight to 1000
!karats, shows how much these great
gems lose in the process of cutting. Fol
moderately large gems the loss is gen.
orally reckoned at about half. says the
London Globe, but for one of such q
isize as the Cullinan 1t is admitted that
ut cannot with safety be estimated at
less than two-thirds.
Consul Walter c.. Hamm, OF Hull.
England, says: Among the 25, 900 or
more ships that have entered the Hum
Der river ports during the last seven
years there has been only one ship of
register. This was the bark !
Homeward Bound, from San Fran
cisco, loaded with barley. which
reached Hull in March, 1906" No more !
evidence than this probably |
can be given of the decadence of the
marine.
The owners of the old liberty bell In
Philadelphia are four women. sisters. :
Closlsy, Mrs. G. Z. Emerson and Mrs.
.. Coward. live in Philadelphia,
while the fourth, Mrs. S. w. b. Diehl.
in Washington. The sisters are
heirs OF John Wilbank. the maker
Of h new bell, who was allowed to
the old bell in part payment for
his work.
1t has been reported to the Camil-
district council In England that at
= mouse In st. Cleather two Of the oc-
bedrooms have no windows. but
Dnly apertures. 1t was stated that the
house was very clean and that no per-
son had died there recently Until so
years OF age. and some were 90. The
council decided to call on the owners
put In each room.
generation g water drinking oc-
rupants OF civic chairs We're very rare
N Scotland. Total abstainers. however
that 46 Scottish burgs are
over by sustaining provosts.
The list includes Sir William Bisland.
Bart. lord provost OF Glasgow, and
-or Provost Gibson. Edinburgh.
An old cello. which the owner Al
'fount Noorah. Victoria. sent to be re-
~ vas found to bear the label OF
sieofo Amat and the date 1924. There i
also found a record OF the instru-
having been repaired by Louis
Of Versailles. In 1881, for {
.ouis XVI.
Professor Barus. OF Grown university.
s~eol12r1ends as q motive power for sky I
some form OF high explosive. mar <
icutsa ny Those which can be worked up I
ntD Micks ard ribbons. He :
a continuity OF power values !
ltrogcn explosives by using cold I
forage. !
"A French paasarl@to warn ,u. pick |.
rs Off his place has t,osted this notice. !