The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-20

S'ii SPCi atCS olliy I1C polI
the controlling apparatus and the
brakes are In the off position. The
record Is made On a paper ribbon driv-
en- by a clock. This record makes 1t
possible to judge of the relative
economy OF different motormen operat-
ing on the same line, and encourage
them to let the cars coast whenever
II Is possible to do SO without falling
behind their schedule.
The cocoa Is a native of Venezuela.
1t Is a pod bean the size of the first
joint of the finger, six or eight of these
beans to the pod. The wet beans are
shelled from the pods and then fer
mented in heaps for six days until
cured. During this fer1ment heat Is de-
veloped that will cook an egg SO they
say. The cocoa bush begins bearing
at five years, grows into a tree 80 feet
high, and, like the olive. the older the
tree the better. The beans hang from
the trunk and the under side of the
limbs, sticking out on stems.
A railroad from the interior of Mes
opotamia, Asiatic Turkey, to the Syrian
coast. and a harbor a it's terminus. is
9 recent and good proposal, says
Consul Rayndal, of Beirut, among the
many railroad projects set up at Con-
st~antinople for concessions. Aleppo and
Damascus would be factors in this en-
terprise. For centuries each served
as a clearing house between east and
west. Irrigation on a large scale Is
an English proposition for Mesopotam-
Ia 1t seems likely that again "the
desert Will blossom as the rose" Har-
pors at Halfa n Trtpoli are proposed
n latter seems certain.
Mrs. Maud Park Wood was one of
tne speakers at a recent meeting held
IN Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate
the very large. vote cast by women at
the first by-election since state suf-
xrage was granted in Victoria. Mrs.
Wood is making a tour of the world for
the purpose Of studying the workings
OF woman suffrage. While in Australia
n was the guest of honor at two par
Aamentary tea parties, given her by the
government members and by the leade,
Of the opposition.
Mrs. Frederick W.. Packard. one or
h leaders In the Chicago Anti Cruelty
society, has declared her intention Of
tagging every abused horse in the
business part OF the city. For this pur-
pose she has printed tags reading,
Please ease this collar" please fix
these binders" Please pad this sad
die" and SO IN. Mrs. Packard says the
tags save q lot of time and she has
found that the drivers have Just as
much respect for them as for her yer.
bal admonitfon.
In some parts of England one of the
pest cures for q swollen neck is to draw
g snake nine times across the throat Of
the suffertng one, after which the snake
~ killed and Its skin sewed In a silken
bag and tightly sewed around the neck.
another way, almost as good, isSso put
the live snake In q bottle, which is
tightly corked and buried near the roots
OF g rose bush, and as the helpless
snake decays the swelling in the neck
81 the patient will disappear.
Despite his trials and responsibilities.
Mulat Haffd, sultan OF Morocco, find
opportunity for distractions. His ma
5esty has divorced one of the four le-
Ultimate wives allowed by koranic law,
and IS about to espouse the daughter
OF q late vizier. 1t is rumored that two
other royal divorces are pending, and
that the places OF these discarded wives
Will be taken by the daughters of loyal
subjects.
All through the markets OF every
Turkish city and village are little shops
where the fez can be pressed and
.irored for q few cents. AT his prayers
z Moslem could not use a hat with a
priin. as his head must press h prayer
rug g certain number Of times during
each prayer. AS the head must be COW
cred at all times a fez ~ some other
orirnless covering must be used.
l4S%5N REGAH
Philadelphia boasts 81 ha,Inr ~
the Oldest living skaters. On the t3rst
2 that the Ice was In condition the
brother Frank. 7s and 7l wars aIa , "a
snectiveiv mas + hn : z 800 olu, re-
rs,A M = a,srn as..i,t sol,sgs pond. Ihey
thaf vids,,ad VIZ sns ala aiu otner stunts
svo,,npstess 3 eyss oi oniooKlng
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stiti,tes al Christian Ra1, aion. ~ MI
lady. 0Rorls an 4 pes.n Naneisan u.
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,yr Y s'ss ST. III nAaqon1a Ihomas Moore
sro,,,.sa ~ s ~, as.sa FoIiock his
.Tostina nra ! aint y; US his
95s'1s. !,
me immense chocolate candy mans.
s 49, s II. oMseroWs % French c%oionists
= sS = 49,. alrlni experiment.
1ns,prat 8 ls an ,oonoons and nugates