The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-01-14

wedding anniversary of q New York
couple took place Friday, November I
lS. In order to emphasize the disbelief
In hard luck superstition, the guests
had to walk under a ladder to reach
their places at the table; they found
the salt cellars all overturned, the
prongs OF the forks pointing the wrong
way. and many other things which
come under the head of '~unlucky." AT
zach plate. however, there was placed, |
as an ~antidote, a o Ieafed clover,
and this and u~ndoubted happiness of
the c~elebrants seemed to remove any
FEARS as to the many hoodoos.
Before the Faraday society, recently,
Mons. AID. Jouve described the remark
able resistive property of ferro-silicon,
and other alloys of silicon. Nitric acid,
even as a vapor, does not affect these
alloys at all. Sulphuric and hydro
chloric acid also lave no effect. Tbs
some is true of aceti cacid. The high
price OF platinum gives Importance to
ferro-sitcon as a substitute to be used
IN The manufacture Of acid resisting
vessels, but the alloy possesses u disad-
vantage in its brittleness. n the
thickness and weight of the vessels
made of 1t.
Emerson was a notable sufferer from
he vagaries OF memory. His biogra-
pher relates that he met him one day
IN Boston, apparently at a loss for
6cmething, n asked him where he
was going. ITO dine" said Emerson,
with q very old and dear friend. /
know where she lives. but l hope she
won't ask me her narne,' and then he
proceeded to describe her as the
mother OF the wife of the young man
the tall man-who speaks so we'll" and
20 on, until his interlocutor guessed to
whom he was referring.
Mrs. Mary Carr Moore and Mrs.
Alice Hartman. OF Seattle, are pre-
pairing to give a suffrage vaudeville.
The libretto was written by Mrs. Har-
riman and the music by Mrs. Moore,
VINO IS described as having sung her
way through q suffrage campaign in
CaiiIornia- Mrs. Moore has already
puDiisned several popular songs and
Wiz shortly ID to the number a
suffrage song intended to be used as
q war song by the militant bra1ich of
the s~uffragists.
Wlliiar1, crown prince of Germany
n Prussia, has invented and patent
ed a new style of cuff links. They have
been registered in the imperial patent
once, The invention Is described as
aouple cun links with two topped but
tons. Enterprising manufacturers are
eEdeaVorlng to purchase the patent
rights, anticipating q great sale among
the dandies of all countries. The kali
ser recently invented a new brake for
automobiles.
Misses Ethel A. and Florence M. COL
IGrd. twin sisters. who are lawyers at
the national capital. were recently adj
united to practice before the limited
States supreme court. The young wo-
men are both able and attractive, and
eney resemble each other SO closely
that ! their friends can distinguish
snem apart. They are natives of Nova
SCOTIA, but rave lived most of their
uves--they ara now In the early TWEEN
uea--in Washington.
~. Paul Haupt. professor of Semitic
at JOHNS Hopkins uniyer-
slty, celebrated recently the 25th anni-
versary OF his acceptance OF the chair.
EIoIessor Haupt was called to Johns
E1opkins by the late President Daniel
). IilInan, after serving as a member
o1 FACULTY OF Gottingen. He was
from the University of Lefp-
80 IN 1878 with h degree OF doctor
Of philosophy.
The Council Of the Royal College OF
surgeons OF England at a recent meet
tnG resolved that steps should be taken
AZ ono to admit women to the exam
nations Of the con1oint examining
ooara ana 70 the examination for the
diploma In public health. 1t also re-
solved that women should be admitted
20 the examinations for license In den-
TAI surgery on the same footing with
men applicants.
EloQuence Is the c-reaIast
s. ULs ail possible gifts among the Arabs.
according to Arab tradition, the most
enper!ative degree OF e~loquence was at
s haa Dy King David, such being the
poetry OF his words, that when he de-
81 claifned the psalms even birds and wild
beasts Were s%pellbound, While on some
occasions as many as 400 men died
Rom the excess OF delight induced BY
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