The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-19
the effort Of George Brandes TO n

Tho effort OF George Brandes to IN
duce the Norwegian government to
purchase and to preserve the Grimstad
apothecary shop Is meeting with the
Endorsement Of many literary organiza-
lions all yer Europe. The little
crunbling building in the south of Nor
way was the scene of Henrik Ibsen's
earliest activity as a writer. He was
p helper and then an apprentice In the
apothecary shop, and employed the
few idle hours at his dispoeai by writ
ing. There" said Brandes. III his APP
peal, "Ibsen discovered himself. The
place had at that time about 500 in
hab1tants and the apothecary shop was
Its exchange, the congregating place OF
the towns business leaders, where they
discussed the events of the time. There
he wrote his poem, TO Hungary and
Catalina and the place should be pre-
served for all time"
A west side man whose youngest hild
attempted to blow himself up or the
Fourth of July has just settled a Pc
culiar claim for damages. The child's
clothes caught fire In the street and he
was saved from serious injury by the
pimble wit of a man who soused him
into q convenient barrel Of liquid. A
week later the father got q blu for $40,
which represented the cost Of a barrel
OF ruined lemonade into which the
youngster had been plunged. The
father was willing to pay several times
but to place that valuation on a barrel
Of street lemonade struck him as a bit
OF unconscious but delightful satire.
After lying at the bottom Of the sea
undisturbed for a century and q half
pne of the guns of H. M. s.. Families.
which was wrecked near Bolt Tail, on
the south coast of Devon, has been re-
powered. One side Of the weapon has
been worn away with the action of
pebbles n shingle washed over it by
Che tide to such an extent, says the
London Chronicle, that at the muzzle
Che thickness Of iron is very little, and
Tor Its whole length the metal has the
appearance OF being gradually filed
away wen the %trunnions which orig
tnally took Its weight on the gun car
ftage, have been worn to spikes.
The voices Of the summer which make
sleep difficult for so many persons in
New York do not interfere with the
fepose OF n citizen, who Is happy in
h possession of an invention which
deadens all sound. This is a small
11etal3 ball which fits into the canal Of
the q and stops 1t up. It is kept In
place by a narrow rod no thicker than
2 pin which hts against the shell Of
n ear. These deadeners OF sound are
rare here. but popular enough in Eu-
rope whence this one came.
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No fewer than 1900 towns and vii
aages in Germany still own. and have
owned, down from the middle ages,
20 much common and hat their inhab-
ltants pay neither rates nor taxes. Five
hundred OF these townships and vii
lages derive SO great a rental from
their lands that they are able, in addi-
tion, to a every citizen. on New
Years day. a bonus Of from $25 to 800
- his share of the surplus
A New Jersey farmer has discovered
that music pays In the dairy business.
ycdeled, and the daily supply Of milk
Increased. The milkmaid left, the cows
moped n the milk supply decreased.
f10 bought a p~honograph and Installed
4 the stables n when he put In the
kind Of music the cows liked they gave
down freely. Some tunes made them
dry up. Here Is q hint for northern
New York dairymen.
Tho Jewish Advocate has this to
say a. to the recent turf victory OF
Baron do Rothschild: Baron Maurice
de Rothschild. whose horse won the
Grand Prix at the French derby, In
~eidentally gathered In the sum Of $75.-
900 az his share OF the winnings. The
poor NAL no doubt needs the money
: fact that explains his violation Of
the ethical law against gambling"
Dean Stanley used TO tell this story
with relish: He sent q note to q shoe
maker about q pair of shoes that were
being mad for him, and the writing
was 50 bad that h shoemaker
couldn't mako 1t out. So he returned
b note to h dean, with q note of
his own, saying he was "unaccustomed
g the ch~irography Of the higher