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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
1.-THE WILD GEESEAg
1saS. BY Stanley J. Weyman. ~

You will be In haste?" Colonel John
continued. He saw that the sweat
stood in beads on the mans brow, and
the lads face was tear stained.
"Ive far to co." the man muttered.
He spoke with a slight foreign accent,
but in the west of Ireland this was
common. THE top Of the morning to
you"
Plainly he wished the two riders to
pass on, but he did not slacken his
speed for a moment. So for & space
they went abreast, the man, with ev-
cry twenty PAGES, glancing up sus-
piciously. And now and again the boy,
as he ran or walked. vented a sob.
The Colonel iooked about him. The
solitude Of the valley was unbroken No
cabin smoked, no man worked within
sight, so h ia the haste Of these two,
their sweating faces, their straining
steps seemed portentious. Shall /
take up the lad?" Colonel John asked.
Plainly the man hesitated. Then,
painted. And. Selling the lad in two
powerful arms, he swung him to the
colonel's stirrup, who, in taking him,
knocked off the others jockey cap.
The man snatched it up and put in on
with q single movement. But Colonel
John had seen what he expected.
You walk on a matter of life n
death?" he said.
"It Is all that the man answered,
and this time his look was defiant.
you are taking the offices, father"
The man did not reply.
ITO one who is near his end, I sus-
pect?"
The priest-for such he was-glanced
at the weapon Colonel John wore. you
can do what you WILL" he said sui
lenly, Il am on my duty"
And a fine thing. that!" Colonel
John answered heartily. He drew
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
Globe Siahts.

From the Atchison Globe.
You hard working people have lots
OF idle time you forget about.
I'm small towns the real society lions
tain counters.
By the time people become thorough
ly accustomed to dull times, business
gets better,
Try to know at least as much about
POUR own business as o do about the
other fellows.
II you can't afford something you
crave try and persuade yourself 1t Is
not good for you.
1t is hard IL people do not appre-
ciate you, but 1t is worse If your I'M
dershirt sleeves keep pulling up.
Every time q real smart woman looks
ut . man. she thinks to herself, How
easily o men are fooled!"
Among other costly fallacies might
be mentioned the good bet II you
lose" There are no good bets IL you
lose,
when a woman is out riding. everv
time h reaches a railroad crossing.
h says. What a dangerous place for
q crossing,
Early In the season, we believe It
the duty of q newspaper to investigate,
n tell whether the last Zig lot Of
watermelons are good.
1t occasionally happens that a preach
or talks too long at q funeral: and
It occasionally happens. also, that an
undertaken makes too much display.
New wail for the reformers: 1t is
possible to lake the children so often
to picnics during the summer time
that 1t takes all winter to break them
OF the habit Of eating with their ang-
-ers.
Sometimes parenthood develop
all the patience in a woman or man:
She never knows her capacity for pat
fence till she picks out q crochet pat
tern, and he doesn't know his until he
trains o dog.
Frequently you meet a mar who has
shined his shoes with stove polish.
Know how 1t happened? Women are
always using the backing brush in
polishing the cool stove. Every hus-
band ..f,lsses'' about this habit.
When q woman is poor, and her cir
curnstances should make her domestic.
she regards it as a high compliment to
be called q society leader. If she is
rich, n able to afford society, she is
pleased II called a domestic. and a lover
of her home,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
America.

From the washington Sunday Star.
The presidents journey next fall will
cover $4,000 miles, all under one flag.
IT was an Englishnan who after trav-
cling from New York to st. Louis was
asked in the latter city IL he was going
west. Heavens, what a country! Here
1 am, a thousand miles from the sea,
and I'm asked If I am going vest" 1t
was an American who, alighting in San
Francisco from a trip across the CONT
traffic, grasped his friends hand at the
station and exclaimed with pride:
What an empire, where a man, though
moving all the time, can be "A hours
late on a railroad train!" It is an en-
ptre, and powerful as vast.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
Mitchell Corn Palace.

On September 81 the gorgeous corn
palace at Mitchell will again throw
open Its doors, and the marvelously
beautiful structure will be dedicated
to King Corn and his proud satellites
all Of the grains and grasses-that
add to the great agricultural wealth
Of South Dakota.
The corn palace itself is a marvel OF
beauty and it is decorated within and
without with native products Of the
soil, corn being the chief article used.
To the assembled thousands it Is truly
a revelation, and it's ornate beauty ap-
peals to the masses. Add to this the
ella attractions supplied by the
United States Marine band Of WASH
ington, d. c., n the numerous high
class vaudeville acts by a corps OF
famous artists, and the corn palace
becomes "a thing OF beauty and a Joy
forever"
The railroads recognize the great
Importance and deep Significance OF
this annual exhibition, and run num-
erous excursion trains at half fare. a
lower rate than ever given any sim
liar enterprise. More than Is county
exhibits will attest the prodigality OF
Mother Earth in her response to tho
intelligent efforts Of the tiller Of the
soil.
The corn palace opens September 81
and closes Saturday night, October :.
1909.
Every citizen Of South Dakota should
attend for at least a day.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
QAl
4eu Ihih


DO you know of any woman who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound?"
If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar
to her sex will ask her %neighbors this question, she will be
surprised at the result. There is hardly a ~ommunity in
this country where women cannot be found who have been
restored to health by this famous old remedy, made
exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs.
During the past 80 years we have published thousands
of letters from these grateful women who have been cured
by Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never
in all that time have we published a testimonial without
the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly
published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine.
Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts
that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's expert
ence with Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound write
and ask he.
Houston, Texas.-"WhenI first began taking Lydia E. Pink
sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia,
and a liver trouble. I had tried several doctors medicines, but
nothing did me any good.
"For three years I lived on medicines and thought I would
never get WELL when I read an advertisement Of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try 1t.
"My husband got mo one bottle of the Compound, and 1t did
me so much good I continued its use. 1 am now q well woman
and enjoy the best of health.
II advise all women suffering from such troubles to give
regret 1t, for it will surely cure you."-Mrs. Bessie u. Hicks.
$40 Cleveland St, Houston.
Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely
not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should It
not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Hicks.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
Not und,snusad.

From Youths Companion.
Tha case before the court was one in.
yolving the ownership Of a tract OF land.
and the attorney for one Of the parties
to the suit was cross-examining q wit
ness. Now, Mr.. Grimshaw," he said.
"the property on which you live was
originally q part Of the 20 acres in dis
pute, was 1t not?"
Yes. sire"
And our title is based on the original
title to that land, I presume"
Yes, sir
How long nave you resided there? ?.
Over q years,
Have Q had--now. mark me-haye
you had II years u~ndisputed possession OF
that property?"
The witness hesitated a moment.
Remember, Mr.. Grimshaw." said the
lawyer. raising his voice. that you are
under oath. Have you had 81 years un-
disputed possession of that property ~
1T has been disputed once. and only
once" answered the witness. II found
a nest OF bumblebees in my back yard
one day last summer
In the general laugh That followed this
answer the lawyer subsided.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
PRESSED HARD.

Conee's Weight ON Old Age.
When prominent men realize the In
furious effects Of coffee and the change
In health that Postum can bring, they
are glad to- lend their testimony for
the benefit Of others.
A superintendent OF public schools
In North Carolina says:
MY mother, since her early child
hood, was in inveterate coffee drinker
and had been troubled with her heart
for q number Of years, and complained
OF that weak all over feeling and sick
stomach.
Some time ago, ] was making an
Official visit to q distant part OF the
country and took dinner with one Of
the merchants 81 the place. / noticed
4 somewhat peculiar favour Of the cof-
fee, and asked him concerning it. He
replied that II was Postum.
was 80 pleased with 1t. that after
the meal was over. / bought a pack
age to carry home with me. and had
wife prepare sonae for the next meal.
The whole family liked It so,well, that
W. discontinued coffee and used
PostImsentirely.
had really been at times very
NIXON concerning my mothers con
SdtttQns bur Fe noticed that after using
Postnn for = short time. she felt SO
naalch better than she did prior to iii
u nse: and had little trouble with her
heart and no gfck II nrnn ~ .# 4hetaEthn
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
Interest in b

William EIlery Claiming.
A man ecomes interested in labor
Just In proportion as the mind works
with the hands. An enlightened farm
sr, who understands agricultural chem
lstry. the laws of vegetation, the struc-
lure of plants, the properties of ma
lures. the influences of climate, who
looks in~tel1igently on his work, and
Tings his knowledge to bear on exig-
Sncies. is a much more cheerful. as
we'll as more digniled laborer than the
peasant whose mind is akin to the clod
on which he treads, and whose whole
tife is h same dull, u%nthinking, unim-
proYinE toll.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
The Baby.

How strange it seemed to wake last night
And hear The baby b~reaths-the room
Under the night lamps shaded light
Wrapped softly in gentle gloom!
What mystic wonder stirred US then.
With joy n love what mingled awe,
The flower-like face we dirnly saw,
A moment there we hung appalled,.
Fearing TO read IN life's long scrolls
Fate OF his soul that we had called
Out OF the Vastly deep OF souls.
Perhaps the Lord of Being bant
hat instant to our sudden prayer
For still h low breath came and went,
But peace and blessing filled the air.
Harriet Prescott Spofford, In Harper'a
Bazaar.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

Devil fish weighing up to 200 pounds
are sometimes caught IN Japan. These
fish r amphibions; they are often
seen wobbling IN their tentacles like
giant spiders In search Of patches OF
sweet potatoes. The natives kill them
with clubs. In the water they are
caught in rsalnw to the bottom,
which the octopus enters thinking
them q goOt retreat from which to
Us fOou. @
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

DR.. Pierce's Pellets. small, sugar
coated, easy to AXE as candy. regulate
and invigorate stomach. liver and bow
els. Do not grippe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

In the beginning of his career Fred
erick the Great was much annoyed be-
cause Of his boorish cavalrymen fall
ing off horses like bags OF bran. He
ordering shot the first farmer who
fell off.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

Trees get new clothes every spring,
u they are not tailor made or OF
crazy patterns.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

A skyscraping imagination may b.
Impractical. but 1t is more desirabl,
than the one which keeps so close t.
the earth that 1t gathers mould.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
In September

In September.
Nc more
The shore
By breeZes swept;
Our fun
liz done
When cometh Sept.
The tryst
Is missed
That once we kept.
But men,
Ye ken,
Must bow to Sept.
We sneak
From peak
To ribbon dept.
Go back,
Alack,
To work in Sept.
kansas City Journal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

In the vocabulary Of the grocer the
word buttcrine Is usually pronounced
With the las syllable silent.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

New York city has an extremely
sweet tooth. for its people consumed
$780, 900. 900 pounds Of sugar during the
last year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

Not every man who speaks his mind
freely is liberal minded.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

1t Is when q nan gets tight in =
loose suit that he feels sloppy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

FOR SALE-Part exchange. Improved
farms adjoining Sioux City. Section in
North Dakota. Mexico lands. Address
Lock Box 165, Sioux City, La.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

Every citizen Of South Dakota should
attend for at least a day.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

North Dakota Mexico lands. Address
Lock Box 165, Sioux City, La.
BUY NOW-DenyeI. lots. high, slightly.
Transportation: $125 upwards. SO down;
$500 month. Agents wanted F~rihourg's
Belvidere Mining Exchange, Denver, Colo.
TUBERCULOSIS conquered. Write for
testimonials OF prominent people and
booklet why NATURES CREATION
saves consunptives. e. D. Morgan, First
National bank building, Columbus, Ohio.
WOULD YOU marry IL suited? Matri-
.moniaI paper with advertisements, mar
riageable people from all sections. rich.
poor, young, old, Protestants. Catholics
Mailed free. O.. Gunnels, Toledo, Ohio.
FOR SALE-l0.000 of 10000 capital stock,
s per cent dividends guaranteed. Elec-
trio light plant. Bowdle, Milling Co.
Bowdle, S. y.
WRITE Witty & McCandless real estate
Dealers Memphis. Scotland county. Mis-
souri,. for Farm CataloE. Cheapest and
best farm land IN America.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

The corn palace opens September 2T
and closes Saturday night, October 4
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

enta tests having shown that It VIII increase the
temperature IN fruit orchard from seven 20 seven
teen degrees Fahrenheit
The scientific OrCha-i-zt thinks nothing Of ---1w-
ing away two-thirds ms entire possible c-o-. n
Orde tnat the remaining thri may be of the highest
qua1tv Where peaches or pears or apples are con-
cerned all excess fruit Is picked from the tree before
it has had time 70 develop No limb Is allowed 10
bear too heavy burden II Is realized thar Nature
can furnish through given branch only e--air
quantity of food which If best results Co. he OBJ
tanned must not be shared by TOO many consumers
Thanks TO this policy. the few fruits thar ~e-a.n
attain perfect development and superior flavor.
The trees in the new pattern orchards are not
allowed grow at Will They are all trimmed 20 the
same height and size and pruned 70 a shape that
has regard for easy picking. 1T intervals they
sprayed with insect destroying and turg-- killing
fluids, in order that they may be kept r. re-tect
health and that their fruit may suffer q. injury
Even the leaves are picked of here and there that
all sides of each pear peach may be touched - The
rays OF the sun.
Not only must fruits be perfect as r.---. IN
spect to shape. size flavor and color au- they must
be absolutely sound. IN order TO ship well u. COM
mand the high prices expected they must reach The
market in a condition beyond criticism o--ec they
must travel thousands of miles. s.. q. expedite
as much possible the apples and peaches
of the irrigated valleys OF the WeS are picked
and packed by electric light For this pu~r mean
descent bulbs strung along wires which. carried
through the orchards moved from place -u place
at intervals to furnish illumination where e- the
pickers may want II.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

many brains when some inexpensive keepsake cost
ing as little as five dollars, deemed ample for
such occasions. even among the very wealthy; but
nowadays children parties are attended with eX-
hihitions OF prodigaIity like thcsl # this "Et-.e
dance given by girl OF sixteen.
\ Veritable account OF the plans LAID and carried
by a young miss 20 entertain four gIrtS OF her
college class AT her fa hers country seat Long
Island during last summers vacation. vii. indicate
the intelligent ingenuousness with which The Golden
Girl Of sixteen Is Imbued Her father has so many
in the fire that he probably doesn't recall the
fact that ne has daughter, except once or twice
month. when he ruSheS down to the country house
If he girl home and visiting friends Of her
own age he her for a few minutes. puts a hand
full of bills into her fingers kisses her, and IS gone
Away he goes again III his private of IN his
Yacht. He keeps a room the year round at his club,
and little OF a country estate upon which more
than a million of money has been lavIShed.
The mother of this girl IS not hedrtes. she Is too
uich engaged with her bridge parties and five or SIN
daily engagements to bother with her children. She.
too Is member of several clubs. and. like her hus
band engages a room at one of them whenever She
goes into town during the summer when the city
house Is closed How this girl miss parental at
ectIou that she has enjoyed the loss OF which
She cannot realize, Her heart is already hardened
against parental nattenton she has learned to pro
vide her amuSementS
\ week end visit made by the writer to the
Continued page 10
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

awaiting shipment All the growers belong to "a Po-
tatO Growers Association, which arrangeS for mar
ketiug the crop. Each member of the organization
has, for storage purposes, Ia big hole in the
ground rooted over with boards and earth, like
dugout in which he keeps his potatoes until the mar
ket SUITS When prices are at top notch. they sold
An intensive system not less interesting is applied
TO the culture OF tomatoes the most important fea-
ture being process called stalking which consists in
reducing each plant TO a single stem and tying it to
stick, SO that the vine may grow vertically In this
way all excess growth of vine Is avoided which other
wise would draw upon the plants food supply, and
there great saving of space IncdentalIv the fruit
Is kept of the ground, and therefore clean while
upenlng more evenly. But this is not all At the
fourth or fifth hand above the ground tomatoes
grow in little bunche called hands at intervals along
the stem each plant is cut off BY this means all its
available uourlShment Is concentrated in the proIuc-
ton of few fruits which rpen very early and attain
great size The grower does not want a big crop
later, when tomatoes cheap What he desires IS
small crop OF large and perfect tomatoes which
reaching the market when they scarce will com
maud top price.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
Business Methods in Arid Belt

THE scientific farmer IN the ard belt runs MS --
tation if 1t was a factory. keeping himself al-
quained with whatever Is newest and best III his -re
providing himself with the latest and most improved
labor saving cOntrjvauCeS. and, above all StU-tiIS
the market constantly. His farm Is business t~,.,-
iishment and Is conducted "a business basis Inc
manager of first class factory would never thuN II
profitable policy put the market damaged or M
perfect goods. he would rather throw them away.
Acting upon the idea. the grower OF fruits ana
vegetables IN the irrigated valleys casts aside "a-
ever of his product Is not high grade fte neNe,,
sends to market an imperfect pear or djInaSeu
peach Consequently, his products, when offered 10,
sale command fancy prices They are oeyonu
reach of effective competition by the miscellaneous
and haphazard crops of garden patch and orchaIu
that furnish the bulk of the everyday supply
There is still plenty of room for new settlers III
these irrigated districts. and most desirable tIul-
growing and truck raising lands are even no" oo-
tainable The best way find about them Is 10
apply for information to the Reclamation Service ~
Washington. But the opportunity before long VIII
have ceased to exist 1t IS opportunity. hO"eNr'
not for the unSkIlled amateur. not for the uIsGo
Cessfu town dweer ignorant of agricultural art "o
thinks he would like live in the country ana se-
rich by planting few trees and pluckIng at leisure
their golden fruit; but for the industrious man "o
possesses intelligence, experience, knowledge o SCI
entihC horticulture and at least a small amount = -
capital-say. couple of thousand doIlars-to o~ON
him at the start.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
Heaters for Orchards

A precaution against injury by frost a new svs-
tenn of warming fruit orchards is being developed
AT regular intervals among the trees are placed smoke
\ thermometer IS set up IN the orchard which when
the mercury falls to a certain point rings a loud
alarm in the house of the grower. This means dan
ger and not a minute Is to be lost. The grower leaps
out of bed. jumps into his trousers and shoes and
going out into the orchard lights the pots Where
upon the burning petroleum sends up dense. heavy
smoke which hangs near the ground, preventing the
rapid radiation of heat from the earth 1t IS this
radiation that clear, cold nights IS so deadly to
plants. But the remedy works admirably, expert
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
Plenty of Sunshine and Water

NOV RE else III the world, apparc-' '.. can nor
tculture be pursued so successfully AMI ~a prom
tably these irrigated areas. fact .-sly ac-
counted for by certain obvious CITCu-.--.-. To
begin with the country being raInle>~ -E.-. per
petual sunshine. which means contIuuoI- md Ur1-
terrupted growth The soil too Is wonderfully fertile
farmer IN a humid region would consider .--Far-
tage of incalCulabe value If he able 90. troll The
rains, but this in effect. Is exactly what H grower
of fruits and vegetables in the arid valley he " Nt>5
is in a position 10 do. He Is not obliged pray for
showers one week and 10 Surrlic.tte Pro-. ..-c- tlr
sunshine the next When he wants ram. TIA. simply
turns II or the equivalent from his dir
The farmers control of the rain under ~.. .rcrrl-
stances does not signify merely thar ne ~. have H
or not have 1t. at his option. but also UE. mat
ter of great Importance that he Is able ~e It az
just the times when II Is needed. and r- -e exact
quantities required. neither too much r.- little
He applies It himself. his experience teaching nm
when to the water and how much u. - IS good
for each tree or garden plant
In some sections. as IN Southern Cal- -.a- the
water Is not put the land through open -r-.le--
but IS led through concrete or ron coudut~ 81" ta-
none of the precious fluid may he wasted Every t."
feet along the pipe. II runs through ar rr.'f IS
a stop cock, which, when opened. supplies one Ece- d
little bank of earth round the retaining -l. wafer
thus furnished and preventing II from 1oNrr- tT anu
wide When the tree has received It~ allowance me
stop cock Is turned off and the one Is turned @
moisten the of the next tree in the row mus
given quantity of water Is made 20 to % 'a\-.--
of