The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

p. A. BLISS, Editor and Proprietor.
SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA
According to the doctrine OF chances,
a boy who has no middle name Is more
than twice as likely to become presi-
dent of the United State as II who
has a middle name, and the boy who
has more than three names has no
chance at all. or the t~wenty-six men
who have filled the office of president,
seventeen had two names each-for
VanBuren is one NAME, and not two.
Since 1880 only two triple named pres
idents have peer elected-Stephen
Grover Cleveland and William Howard
Taft, and Of these Mr.. Cleveland
dropped his first name some time be-
fore he ran for the chief magistracy.
You have heard of dogs who arc very
clever at minding sheep, but did you
over hear Of one who helped to keep
order in school? A teacher in Wash
ington has a black cocker spaniel who
goes every day with her to her school
in a part of the town where there are
80 many people that there Is not room
for them to keep dogs in their ZONES
Hector loves the school children, ana
they love him, but when he barks at
them to make them stop whispering
they obey. When they spell dog no
wags his tail.
AT the Court theater at Darmstadt g
Christmas play in five acts, entitled,
'Bonifacious,' was performed q lie"
weeks ago. The plot is laid In the
Black Forest; the time the eighth cen
fury. The subject treated Is the con-
version Of the heather by st. Boniface.
yrIn ylo,r ,,,op mall raca1,,o1 and If now
becomes known that h author, OH the
bills as e. Mann, Is the grand duke OF
Hesse, who Is hailed by the German
press as the latest recurit to the ranks
of royal dramatists.
Discoveries of great archaeological
Importance are being made near Santa
Vittoria (Cagliari) in Sardinia,
whittier many experts are now bound.
The ruins of an entire town have been
%excavated and numbers Of artistic OBJ
jects have been recovered, all of which
q town of the bronze age. King Vic
tor has subscribed 800, 600 lire toward
the excavation funds.
The year 1909 will always be re-
membered as the year in which the
effort to maintain lninshed steel prices
collapsed but the light of the history
since made 1t will be well to remember
that the year is also conspicuous as
witnessing a healthy and reasonable
reaction toward fair prices with an alb
solutely oben market, but with a spirit
of fairness and good will p~ervading
the trade which never before existed
under similar outward conditions.
A part Of the historic palace of the
doges is being made ready for the duke
Of Abruzzi, who has been appointed d.
rector general Of the third naval d.
vision. with headquarters at Venice.
The Venice newspapers extend to him
o welcome as the defender Of the
Queen of the Sea- made worthy by
his own exploits to rank with the We
netian naval heroes. He will begin a
series OF lectures on his Himalayan ex-
plorations at Easter.
At the end Of the last fiscal year in
the United States 27S l~ife-saving sta
lions had been established. of which
more than 200 were on the Atlantic
and gulf coasts, 81 on the coasts of the
Great Lakes, IT on the Pacific coast
and one OF the Ohio river at Louisville.
Ky. More than 600 persons are num-
bered in the crews and there were s38
disasters In which the service took an
active part.
"Ch, yes" said the waiter, people
DO sometimes order queer combinations.
Any man." the waiter said, with some
emphasis on the any as he handed
over the check, any man is liable to
do that sometimes" And hen this
man who had been seeking information
about odd things reflected that he had
himself just taken for luncheon saul
sages, wheat cakes and a milk shake.
The efforts made by the United
States government to establish a wire
less communication between Japan and
San Francisco, by way of Hawaii, have
been In the main unsuccessful, although
messages have been successfully for
warded. At the present state OF the
art the transmission is too uncertain
to be of any commercial value.
Greece has been producing too many
currants to make the currant raising
industry profitable. Enough vines are
25 per cent, and S2,316, 900 is to be ex-
pended at once in ~reimbursing h own
ers for the %uprooting of their vines.
The first trust in the United States
70 pass the 500, 900, 900 mark in capital
ization was the United States Leather
company, organized In 1898. It's capital
stock combined with an Issue of bonds
amounted to $13s, 100000
DR.. Lepage, the eminent Brussels
surgeon, has sent In his bill for $4,000,
his fee for the operation performed on
King Leopold a few days before the
kings death. The operation is said to
have lasted only 10 minutes.
Difficulty is being experienced by
Japanese banks in finding employment
for their deposits. The First bank Is
said to have 100000 yen (s4,30o, 000)
lying idle II the Mitsui bank 1900, 600
yen t$3,6o0, 0oo).
When George Osborn, a jeweler of
New Haven. Conn. tool apart an old
clock, brought to him to be repaired. he
found $3.50 in greenbacks tucked in the
back Of it.
h redskin of British Columbia is a
splendid farmer, and his house Is scrup-