The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-04

women speak literally a different Ian
Euage. The difficulty OF mutual inter
course Is overcome by making tn,
women use the masculine tongue wheI
talking TO the men. Among themseivei
i is taboo. And the men do not trou
bic their heads about the other.
II ts not often o woman becomes
college dean when she still is willing t.
tell her age. but Mary l. Reilly. JUS
put at the head Of the Catholic uni
versity summer school in Washington
smilingfy confessed to 25 years. He
appointment is a tribute to her plucl
n wiHning n way through Smith col.
lege when practically her only resourc
ss were determination and brains. B,
whatever offered, h vas able to keey
on with her studies, and despite diff
ruities has caches her goal.
Scientific research has disclosed thai
Cleopatra was the first woman to weai
d hobble skirt. Hieroglyphics on the
newly eXcavated building blocks ir
ESssS: show the famous queen in q
gown drawn so tightly about her ankles
That one wonders how she walked a,
III. The theory that Cleopatra commit
ted suicide because Octavia sported a
Eobbfe skirt tighter than hers Is open tc
aehate, Anyway. Cleo created the role
nt a hobbler.
A quaint old superstition in Iceland
Is that every bride must invite all her
friends to n dinner in her own home,
and every article of food must be pre-
pared by the bride herself Il she ts
successful in pleasing her guests, she
not only receives praise for her own
skill, but helps along her OUNCE
sisters. Who are hen assumed to be
equaily good at cooking. and conse-
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getting married.
The board OF health of the state of
washington is stirred by the presence
OF the bubonic plague In Spokane, where
three deaths are tribute to it. and
there are said to be at present sixteen
cases OF tie real thing. Houses in
which deaths have occurred have been
burned. and drastic measures will be
employed to check the trouble. 1t is
asserted that some cases early dag.
hosed as grip and pneumonia really
represented the plague.
Besides the creation of a council of
state, the draft of a revised constitu-
lion. submitted to the Greek assembly
permits Foreigners to enter the govern
ineHt service. makes primary educa-
ton compulsory. reduces the number of
deputies to ITO, gives judges tenure of
oIiice FOR life. n c~urtails the right
nt.fhe king to adjourn the assembly
without its own consent.
n suggestion has been by
president Crooks, of Albany college.
oregon. that there should be erected In
9 francisco. fronting the Golden
cate. q statue or some memorial to
lBaiooa- the d%iscoverer OF Pacific,
lbalpoa nrst sighted the waters of the
Pacific on September rs. 1873. On Sen
feem1ber ls. 1913, there will occur the
lsootn anniversary of the discovery.
The best oranges on the European
market are from the land which Ia
sand. yet fetches now the hirheg mice
sor orange culture. There is a testing
phrase among Jewish %colonists as fo
Palestine fertility: III you hut atfck
an umbrella In the soil you will next
pear get . crop OF them" The orange
Mees bear fruit tnsc months before
fhose Of italy and Spain.
Mrs. Louise G. Jones. one Of the four
Momen members of the legislature of
colorado. has introduced a bin TO pre-
vent corrupt practices in elections. It
Sfovloes mat persons convicted Of
grimes against the ballot OF felony de-
gree shall be disfranchised for a term
tcf y years in addition to the punish-
ment prescribed by the existing laws.
government intends to sow
over h mountains OF Colo
Fado, wyoming and South Dakota the
seed Of native trees. and also the seed
iof foreign treesEthe Austrian nine
lCorsican pine. Scotch pine, Norway
spruce. European larch and others.
fIhA seed has been shipped to the sec
uon "a iots OF from 90 to 200 pounds.
Some pink pearls seem to change
tcclor something like watered silk. Such
pearls when perfectly round and OF fine
color bring b rocks. Out of tia Eulf
lof California are plenty Of pink or
lconch pearls, but they seldom come in
yellow. rather than pink, though some
iafe sometimes as white as china.
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A certain medical specialist was in
habit OF using a notebook to assist
Ms aged father died. The worthy doc
Hcr attended the funeral as chief mour-
with due solenlnfty. AT the close
ne was observed to draw out a note
book and cross OF the words, Mem:
Bury father"
Al company has patents covering a
rope made OF several strands OF paper
covered galvanized steel wire. The rome
produced Is strong. tough and
imexiolc, suitable for clothes lines and
lCUctt uses. II Is Claimed that a rome
|of this kind Will withstand the action
|cf the weather 50 per cent longer than
In France the operators of aeroplanes
are held responsible for damage done
20 persons or property when coming
- n earth. In two cases such oper-
(atcrs have been found guilty or homi. |
eide q punished. although the pun
4ahmeut was not az great as that for |
ofhexs Terms OF thesaxnc crime.
BY recent changes made In the design
IOf the motorcycle Its Is
Greatly improved by making use az the
Tubes OF h frame for the storage 81
many Of h parts which are now hung
~ II For this purpose It is necessary
n tuping a trire heavier.
The students sof the Nebraska state
university ave refused to take par1
In an interclass debate on woman suf.t
!krage. both teams In sending in their
IrefuEale. declared that the edua fran
cilise question has but side. There |
|1s no negative"
~ proposed to Manufacture paper
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