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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
(contipued Next Week.)
A Sleep Mill.

Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin: II call
1t a sleep MILL said the manufacturer,
as he led the way to his huge plant. He
opened a door into a long room where
two rows of girls were boxing Instruments
like electric fans, the wings of the fans
being studded with small round mirrors.
Many insomniacs," he said. can sleep
at the window of an express train. The
sight of the landscape rushing by them
invariably brings on a refreshing nap.
Well, this machine, with its whirl n
glitter of revolving mirrors. acts on the
eye and brain in the same soothing man
ner, and the insomnia whom a train ride
helps is Invariably helped by this.
Here he said, entering a smaller
ROOM we turn out slumber balls"
A number of young men were rounding
and polishing balls of bright metal, and
he took one in his land.
FIXED high above the bed" he said.
$50 that it strains the eye to stare at 1t.
this ball frequently brings sleep to in
| somniacs of a melancholtc type.
I'm this next room WI make a small
| machine for clamping the arteries lead
| ing to the brain. 1t Is easy to adjust
and it very considerably diminishes the
flow of blood to the brain centers. TIC
certain nervous. feverish lnsomniacs-
authors. actors and so on-the clamp of.
ten brings sleep in a few minutes.
And here we make a very simple bat
terry that. while the patient lies in bed
sends a mild current up and down his
spine. The battery treatment usually sue
ceeds best with female insomniacs.
w employee" he concluded. 800 hands
here. It is a tribute, isn't it. to the hectic
activity of our twentieth century civiliza.
ton. a great mill like this. devoted tc
the production of sleep for those who ar,
too tired and nerve worn to rest natural,
iy?"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
AN UNIQUE IDEA FOR
announcement PARTY
Telegram From Dan Cupid wan
Make the Function Most
Exciting.

There are so many forms of n
nouncemert parties that the girl VINO
wishes to announc an engagement
must do a lot of thinking before she
can think of any original plan for n
nouncing the engagement. An an
nouncement party which would differ
from others might be arranged III tnls
fashion:
Cover the table first with pale Law
ender satin and then with cloth of thin
white. so that the lavender will show
through. In the center Of the table
place a dish of damp sand and stick
White roses in the sand until 1T is COM
pletely hidden from view. The roses
must look as though they had just
been thrown in a heap on the table,
and therefore must be placed careleSSly
and not stiffly in the sand. which will
keep them fresh for hours.
In the center of he roses place a
small bisque Cupid, and place it SO that
the arrow which he is shooting points
directly at the place where the girl
Who engagement is to be announced
will sit. The chandeliers should be
draped artistically with green smt
lax.
Use single candle holders of silver or
cut glass and dainty lavender candle
shades. Place a white rose tied with
a lavender ribbon at each cover. AT
the end of the ribbon a tiny heart
pierced with an arrow should be hung
AS the coffee and nuts are served the
maid or one of the family nay ring the
door bell and enter with a telegram
for the hostess. With a little clever
acting the event might be made x
citing. The hostess must read the tel
egram, give a startled exclamation, an6
half rise from her chair.
Ry this time the guests win be al
excitement and curiosity, and the host
ess may then read the telegram from
Cupid" announcing that he has sho'
two people and has bound their hearts
together. The hostess mentions thu
name of her two guests of honor, or, il
1t is her own engagement which is tc
be announced, the telegram may be adj
dressed to one of the guests who has
previously been let into the secret.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
Bows Work for Baby.

Pittsburg Dispatch: Professor VIM.
Frear, of the Pennsylvania State col
lege, discussed in Harrisburg the SO
kinds of breakfast, foods that he re-
Gently tested for the government.
Most of them were very good
said Professor Frear. The taste test
in most cases. was pleasure rather
than work. To make work out of it
would be to act like a little boy I
know in Bellefonte.
This little boys mother went, Last
Washington's birthday, to a reception,
leaving the baby in Jimmy's are
With an injured ook Jimmy said on
her return:
"Mamma. [ wish you wouldn't
SO bad that L had to eat two mince
pies and half the fruit cake to amuse
him."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
LOST $500

0uyiax Medicine When Right Food
Was Needed.
Money spent for .~tonlcs'' and bra
GERS to relieve indigestion, while I've
poor old stomach is loaded with pastry
and pork, Is worse than losing a pocket
VOok containing the money.
If the money only is lost It's bad
enough, but with lost health from
wrong eating, 1t is hard to make the
noney hack.
A Mich young lady lost money on
drugs bat lis thankful she found a way
g Get back her health by proper food.
SAe writes:
81 had been q victim OF nervous dys-
pepsia Tor six years and spent three
hundred dollars for treatment in the at
aenpt to get we'll. None Of 1t did me
any good
FINALLY | tried Grape-Nuts food,
and the results were such that, II II
cost a dollar i package. / would not
be without 1t. Ny trouble had been
caused by eating rich food such as
pastry and pork.
The most wonderful thing thai ever
haI1pened to me, am sure, was the
change h my condition after | began
sseat Grape-Nnts, I begansto improve
ist and the FIRST week gained -four
asoaulda.
y feel TINT I cannot express myself
= 1erns that are worthy OF the benefl
&8e6ne-NUts has Dug tO mo. and var
{ perfectly free 10 publish this letter
1f e Mf,l send some poor sufferer relief
sseA a has come to me.
ause given BY Postum Co. Battl.
ssfsreea Mich Read, .srhe Road Il
1NlIle,r IN pkg. There's i aea
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
In Plain Terms.

Tho ignorance of many persons
touching the good old Anglo-Saxon'
speech we hear so much Of in the mag
aEines and newspapers" says a mem
ber of the faculty Of Princeton, is
cz1ost amusing at times. A member of
h bar I'm Philadelphia, a man more
rernark able for the vigor of his adj
dresses to Juries thar for his learn
Eng, was not long g commenting on
h proceedings Of the other party to
a suit under trial.
81 do not know what gloss said he,
my learned friend nay put upon this
matter. but I will not mince my words.
u denounce this thing in plain, down.
eight Anglo Saxon English as a ne
sfartouA and preposterous transaction OF
tho most unprecedented kind"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

+ Another hot spring was recently add
to the 10 which Carlsbad had for
years enjoyed. Workmen who were
engaged In clearing out the channels
OF h "Muhlbrunn" suddenly broke
into a new spring Of hot mineral wa
rter "a feet below the surface of the
skround. The water gushed up and,
OverIowing the promenade, ran into
enc river Tepl. The appearance of the
new spring was not altogether well
come to the citizens, because they e
that Its now ma diminish that OF the
;Ssprudel fountain, which Is C~arlsbad's
most valuable asset as a health resort.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
Limitations of tho Teachers, Profession

AfmttAttonS OF tho leachers Procession
From the April Scribner: We are
90 unsocfal and stilted that 1t would
seem we lived in mortal fear of inspec-
'tfon ut close range. We are too prud-
Hah to be truly human, too lacking In
the sense of humor to extract enjoy
rnent out of the follies of life. and so
prim ~ to And ourselves overwhelmed
and paraly2ed by a sense of the i'm
propriety OF everything that falls out
side u straight laced course. We are
too dogmatic to be agreeable mpan
TONS: too didactic, too instructive, too
prone to impart information to stand
on a give and take footing with our
friends: we prefer to give. We are too
ssensitive to accept philosophically u
uharc of the worlds rebuffs; too meek
Co be a-elfrespecting; too subservient to
.apperiors to possess independence OF
character. We are too bookish and un-
rprartfcal to bear our proper part In
turning the wheels of social progress:
, 30 out OF harmony generally with the
Il Instincts and needs of society that for
the most part 1t ash past us, leav-
Ing us stranded high and dry like fos-
ssils on the deserted shoreline of an
rHxlcient sea As far as taking an ac-
tive part In the dofngS of society Is
concerned we meet the late Professor
Wilbur JackTnan's characterization of
the modern college student-we are "as
i%nnocuous as a flock of sheep on a sun
NY hillside in April
Again, our professor fosters a devo-
saion to methods and petty devices. 1t
has lately reached such a point that
every slightly different way Of doing
IA thing Ii labelled with a name OF its
own. Our pedagogical books and ar
sficles literally swarm with these
archaeological ghosts. until 1t is a
discerning intelligence indeed thai can
distinguish the real entities from the
pr~lon-entit!es: the shadow from the
substance.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
TransmutatYon.

Gee. dear, ! burn upon this April hill
The letters ! have treasurer tor 80 long
The day runs over with the blueb!rds'
song;
The buoyant wind blows delicately chill,
Twisting the clean, bright flames that
have their will
0u our hearts record, whirling for q
breath
Gcay wraiths OF paper whereupon in
death
Waiver the words that shake my spirit
still
seerein I prove me worthy of your trust.
Leaving our letters not to mold and
dust,
Nor. after me, ravished of alien eyes;
KIT changing them through fire and the
springs
Swift alchemy into fair, growing things,
SO have the hearts Illustrations made
me wise.
Elizabeth Whiting In April Century.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

was the matter (
kept going down and
down until 1 was II
physical wreck. +
h a q ~smothering
spells, flashes Of heat
over the kidneys.
and pain in passing
the kidney secre-
tions. which contain
ed sediment. My hus-
hand urged mo rO
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

Garfield Tea cannot but commend itself
TO those desiring a laxative at once sim
pie, pure, mild, potent and health-giving.
Ut Is made Of Herbs. All drug stores.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
Today and Tomorrow.

Give me thy tears,
And they shall wash away
The and bitterness
OF yesterday.
Give me The rose
That in thy bosom lay.
And II shalt be
Mine orifiamme today.
Give me thine eyes,
That | may look and e
Thy inmost heart
In all It's purity.
Give me thy kiss,
And then our lives shall be
One for tomorrow
And eternity.
Pail Mali Gazette
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
SPRING KIDNEY TROUBLE

givfdly Described by One Who Has
Suffered from IT.
Mrs. Fl. MutZabaugh. of Duncannort.
Pa. says:'I was sick and miserable all
asst Spring and as l did not know what
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

For church weddings the gown, all
ways has a train, generally about q
yard or more to lie on the floor. For
house weddings there is mo- fixed rule,
and the bride may consult her OWN
preference as to length.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

Severely close fitting princess Jump
ers that button over a simple blouse
of lawn or batiste are popular norm
ing dresses. For early spring these are
made in cloth, later in raw silks. taft
fetaS and lines.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

Buckles of white and bluff enamel
are considered smart, and it is the
whim of the hour to use them ON dark
colored dresses.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

Long sleeves are seen again i'm some
of the handsomest wedding gowns and
at a recent wedding not only the bride
but the bridesmaids also wore long
sfpnyaS
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

One of the newest things about small
children's dresses is the Introduction
of some colored stuff into, the dainty
white materials.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

The newest tulle bows are bewiteh-
ing things, with plaits not too firmly
restrained and designs of colored en-
broidery scattered here and there.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

The elbow sleeves with tight un.
dersfeevcs which extend over the hands
are popular for afternoons.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
I'm Arid GEORGIA.

Case of apoplexy; a bad stroke"
"What brought 1t on?"
Man ssked him II whisky was good
TO rub q los with"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

Straw hats hat look like miniature
sombreros make a iaunty headgear TO,
a two-year-old boy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
Wild Geese,

Along the oceans shingly edge.
Athwart the turquoise sweep of sky,
The wild geese in a winged wedge
Go darkltng by.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

The lingerie waist in 1000 different
guises. each seemingly %lovelier than the
last, has lost non of It's popularity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

EVERY HOUSEHOLD
NEEDS DISiNFECTING,

Every household needs dianfect-
! ing. and the proper use Of the or
binary deodorizers is knowledge
that every good ~housekeeper should
have. Not only do these useful
things make a house p~leasanter to
live in. but they also make it
; healthfuL So many good d.sinfect-
: ants are OF the market at the pres
ent time that there is a wide choice
for the careful woman. They are
; classed under three headings:
Disinfectants which purify the
water, air, clothes, etc.: antiseptics
that arrest p~utrefaction, and de-
odorizers that destroy disagreeable
smells.
Heat. of course, is a powerful dis
in%fectant, and boiling water may be
used when 1t is practicable and pos
sible to reach the spot to be dis
infected.
When celebrating traces of dis
ease-mea@sles. scarlet fever. IT,
pho!d. diphtheria-burn sulphur In
the ROOF after stopping ali cracks
and crevices with newspapers. SO
b a 1t will be air tight. During the
illness a sheet saturated with a So
luton Of carbolic acid should ba
hung over the doorways, even when
n doors are shut, to protect thu
other members OF the family from
possible contagion.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

:ry Doan's Kidney Pills, and at last I
lid so. They did me- much good and I
lsed in all eight boxes, which restored
ne to perfect health
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

Mark Twain in his lifetime has earned
FOO. 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

Gray is one of the smartest shades
for spring and summer costumes:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16

From far lagoons beplumed with palm,
BY cove and cape. by bluff and bay,
Through depths of storm. through waists
of calm.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
Dancer of IL.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Mother. mother, mother, turn the
hose on mel" sang little Willie, as his
mamma was dressing him this morn
ing.
What you you mean?" she asked.
you've put my stockings IN wrong
side out" he said.
We fear Willie will grow up to be q
naMSpanor humorist.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
FADS AND FANCIES
FOR COMING SEASON

Daisies are popular for the baby's
millinery.
Flame and watermelon shades ar.
perhaps the most fashionable.
Dresses lie close about the feet, and
there is nc stiffening in skirts.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
They speed their way.

The pharo flashes on their flight;
They do not heed its reckoning beam;
The great North, stretching weird and
white,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
AGED LADY Is
A GOSPEL PREACHER
Travels Extensively Over
the Erie Lines.
Az Present "Aunt Merry" IL
In Redwood Doing Mis-
siOnaIy Work.

The attention of many Erie rail-
road patrons has within the past few
days been called to the preaching OF
the gospel by an old and very feeble
woman at fleetwood. Aunt Mary
as she has come to be known. Is "a ID
to station herself at the depot al
Redwood each day as the trains come
In and chats her gospel lessons 10
the passengers. There has been no
complaint and "Aunt" has gone on
with her work for some little time
past.
There are few who choose TO take
so strenuous method for preaching
the word, but "Aunt Mary" is said
10 care nothing for compensation but
is content with telling the passengers
in the trains and as they alight of the
new found religion. The aged woman
has in past years gone over the route
of the Erie road preaching her re-
ligious lessons and Is said TO have
nearly covered the entire route. At
present she is at fleetwood and there
she IS being given royal welcome
She is known by almost every EN-
ployes OF the road who has occasion
TO run on trains.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
PROGRESSIVE CHINAMAN.
Ii Sum Ling, Celestial Journalist, Now
In America.


A Chinese journalist Is something of
q rarity In the United States. and Ii
Sum Ling editor of the Hongkong Chi
nese Mali, who is visiting this country
Mt present has aroused considerable
interest and curiosity. His trip to
America is taken especially to further
closer relations, commercially and po-
litlcally, between China and America.
and incidentally he expects to pick up
a good many ideas which on his return
home will be of value to him ais
newspaper publisher He IL progress
i've both as Chinese subject and as
a journalist, and the newspaper which
he edits has plant which is surprls-
ingly up TO date. Many editions are
printed throughout the day when there
happens TO be important news. aud on
the occasion OF the great national ex-
aminations at Pekin, now done away
with. but which used to arouse wide
interest, 1t was customary to issue from
fifteen to twenty editions Il day. extras
being published as fast as word was
received as to the different individuals
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10

y
YOUNG LADY PERFoRATING A TELEPosI
TAPE.
central office to enable them to send
and receive their own wire messages
The fundamental feature of the sys.
ten of sending messages invented by
Patrick B. Delany Is the overcoming
OF the static force stored I'm the tele.
graphic wire, n force which has here
,ofore largely nulliicd the success OF
automatic telegraphy, The machines
invented by Mr.. Delany consist of Il
perforatlng apparatus with punches
operating magnetically on a tape
These punches respond TO key or
keyboard similar to typewriter board
and when made are fed through a
transmltter TO the wire. Mr.. Delany
started life as telegraph operator
thirty-fve years ago and was at one
time associated with Edison The
Franklin institute Of Philadelphia re-
Gently awarded him the Elliott Cres.
son gold medal, and he received sim
llar awards from two expeditions.
Many innovations Of vast iinpor-
tance in the handling of telegrnphlc
news matter will be introduced. Some
idea of the saving In money ms well
as In time to newspapers can be had
from the fact that II will be possible
TO send fun page newspaper story Of
5000 words from New York to Chi
cago In ten minutes over one wire.
For smaller, out Of the way stations,
where electrical power is not avalla-
Bile the engineers of the company have
perfected a portable sending and re
ceIvlng apparatus combined
From the newspaper point OF view
the most important innovation In the
new method Of handling long mes
sage coming continuously along the
wire Is that the wire can always be
kept clear by the simple process of re-
celying mechanically on a tape which
can subsequently be either transcribed
directly from the Morse characters
printed ON the tape or into perforated
tapes which can be given out I'm small
takes" OF few hundred words each.
The wire can he kept In continuous
service. for the machines can receive az
fast as they can send. and there is no
need for holding back matter TO the
limit OF the human receivers ability to
transcribe. Once In the Office the mes
sage can be cut up and transcribed by
any number Of operators.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Behind the Timen-

You haven't? Why. you are away
behind the times. Thought you kept
better track of things financial. NV
dear sir, you must have heard that
there Is an electric current sweeping
through the earth from north to
southY'
Yes"
"And that all human beings should
lie with their heads To the north In or.
der that they may first receive this
current on the back of the neck?"
"Yes."
well. there you are. You go to a
hotel and the bedsteads may stand
east and west. The landlord doesn't
care copper for your health. My
instructive bedstead instinctivey turns
Itself north and south, no matter where
placed Keeps the current flowing
from head to heel. Hotels have got to
have 'em or go out of business. We
start on n capital of S5,0OO.OOO. and the
lowest we can figure the dividends Is
400 per cent Some of us think they
VIII reach 500. The principle can be
applied to Dunks Oh Pullmans and
aboard steamers, Babys crib and
family lounge have got to head to the
north. VIII save n million human lives
a year and put 10000 drug stores out
or business. ! could let you In on the
ground floor and pay you salary of
a quarter OF a million dollars n year as
secretary. but won't insult you You
nave probably got something much
better on hand. ia, ia, major. must
be going"
And when the man had departed the
major laid his head on the desk and
wept. He was a failure. and he real.
i2ed 1t. Nj. QUAD