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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16
A Problem That stumped Rousseau.

A curious little book is an old, old
treatise IN aeronautics by Jean
Jacques Rousseau. called lie Nouveau
Dedale." Like Leonardo da Vinci and
Cyrano de Bergerac, Rousseau was
haunted by the dream of aerial nayi-
cation. We read: Men walk on the
earth, they sail on the water and swim
In 1t. Is not the air an element, like
the others? What business have the
birds to shut us out of their premises
while we are made welcome in those
of the fishes| Rousseau took no stock
in any theories propounded by the
Darius Greens of his day. He sifted
the matter for himself and thought it
involved two problems. First to find
q body lighter than air, so that it
would rise. He imagined that sooner
or later such a body might present
itself. There was no telling. But
what stumped him was his second
problem-how to make that obliging
body stop rising and how in creation
to make it come down. This was too
tough for Jean Jacques, and he wound
up his book by admitting it. For a
long time lie Nouyeau Dedale" re-
manned unpublished. appearing onlyin
.1S01
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16
wife Got nip Top Advice.

my wife wanted me to take our
boy to the doctor to cure an ugly
boil writes o. Frankel, Of Stroud
Okla. 81 said put Bocklen's Ar
Mica Salve on il. She did so, and
it cured The boil in a short time.n
Quickest healer of Burns. scalds,
Cuts, Corns, Bruises, sprains.
SWellinga. Best Pile cure on
earth. Try it. Only 25c at Bruhn
- Stonehraker.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16

Washington's Birthday Postals
at Treiber's.
Rev. Ray B. Kipp, a returned
missionary from China will speak
concerning his work at the Method
ist church Sunday morning at 10
o'clock. He is very highly re-
commended by those who have
heard him. Everyone is cordially
invited to come out and hear him.
The new law requiring the sa-
looms to close at nine o'clock in the
evening went into effect last Fri
day and the saloons of Scotland
all cheerfully complied with the re.
quirements. III fact some Of them
say they ! glad the change was
made, as they think they will lose
but little on sales and the relief
from duty will be very agreeable.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16

Have your eyes tested by j. j.
Krall, the experienced optician on
Friday, March, 8. All work guar
anteed.
The G. b.. Society will give a
social at the home of FL. G.. Gum
on Friday evening, Feb. Oath.
Everybody invited.
A. Swarzman, the Eye-sight
Specialist, will be in Scotland and
have his Office at Edwards Hotel,
On Monday, Feb. 20th, examining
eyes and fitting glasses.
Miss Lust, who is teaching in
the Cass district west of town, will
give a basket social in the school
house on Friday evening of this
week. The ladies with their bas-
kets and the gentlemen with their
purses are all invited.
Huron, Special: DIR. Calvin Fl
French, president of Huron Col
lege is in Los Angeles, visiting his
wife and children and incidentally
presenting the needs of Huron col
.lege to people in various cities in
the Golden State where special
meetings have been arranged for
him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16
Go to Becker Bros Co. for ynnr

Go to Becker Bros Go. for vnnr
pnre apple cider.
Mrs. Carl Max came from Kay
lor to spend the day Tuesday.
Il. b. F9seman had a severe
tussle with the grip the past week.
Jas. Hird and family will go to
Iowa tomorrow to visit his sister.
W~aahington's Birthday Postals
81 8 $ nHTT5ibbeT ).
William Walker is sick this week
with q bad case Of pneumonia. he
is now reported some better.
Mrs. Will Miller entertained the
teachers Of the public school at
her home Tuesday evening,
A pleasant whist party was
given at the home oil MI. and Mrs
Ghas. Treiher Tuesday evening.
Seven tables and twenty-eight
tongues were kept busy during the
evening, and everybody seemed to
enjoy the exercise.
Mrs. Lottie Baker who has for
some time been employed as cook
IA She Sanford Rsataurant resigned
her position and left on Tuesday
tor Iowa with her youngest dangh-
ter where she will remain for some
lime: Her oldest daughter will
continue to 80 10 school here and
ekeyat the home Of her uncle and
I'M, M. and Mrs. Ted sproul.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16
ed by all.

ed by all.
IL. Law of Economy :-broken by
verbose questions; far-fetched IL,
lustrations !; too much talking by
teacher; dilatory movements of
pupils after being called to order.
ID. Law of Personal Influence =
broken by carelessness in dress
and personal appearance; using
much slang; carelessness in pro-
nunciation; grammatical forms,
and choice of words /; giving way to
fits of anger; participating in
questionable amusements /; speak
ing disrespectfully of things held
sacred by Christians.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16
A Hard stunt

"A man a do almost anything
when he discovers that he must"
"Haye you ever felt that you must
get upstairs at 2 a.. m. without waking
your 'Sife"-Chicago Record-Herald.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16
A Sensitive cbiIs.

Uncle Gus-So this is the baby. Ell?
I used to look just like him at that
age, What's be crying about now?
Niece Susie-oh. Uncle Gus. he heard
what yon said.-Chicago News.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-16
Ccuaty Schco! Lette.
How many boys and girls a

IlOW many DOyS anu gins arc
being inspired to live more nobly
because of their study of Lincoln
and Washington this month
Every boy should hear Prof.
Wilson's lectures on "The Seed
Bed" and on Corn"
Don't miss Mrs. Mitchell's lee
lures, Just a Girl at SCHOOL, and
"The World Gave Her the Glad
Hand"
Miss Lille Ptak of Tyndall
bears the distinction of having at.
tended school five and one half
years without having been absent
or tardy. This is a record of
which any pupil may be justly
proud. We believe that it is the
best record that has been made
thus far in this county.
The boys should not miss Prof.
Stoner's lectures on alfalfa and
Clover also, "Soil Moistures and
How to Conserve it."
The latter part of last week we
visited a school the floor of which
was in such a condition that the
courses of the pupils across it
could be traced almost as readily
as in a dusty yard. There were
enough scraps of paper upon it to
fill a good sized waste paper bas-
ket. The stove was in an insight.
lily condition, everything vas laden
with dust and the air Git was just
after the noon intermission) was so
laden with dust that it was very
unpleasant to sit in the room.
The desks were badly whitfield ard
marred, pencil-marked and smear
ed with ink.
Teachers, do you conform to a
code of unwritten school law?
Would you get perfect in deport-
ment marked on your compliance
with the following partial list Of
i school laws?
L. Law of Time and Place :-broken
by hardness; not having the
"place" habitable; failure to fulfil
contract.
II. Law of Silence :-broken by loud
talking; nagging; frequent re-
primands ringing signal bells ex-
cept for general movements; talk
ing too much thus interfering with
study speaking in a fretful, com
planning way.
8. Law Of Honesty .-surreppssiitsiiouus
help in examinations giving marks
not earned failure to acknowledge
frankly mistakes made.
4. Law of Fairness :-broken by
granting special immunities from
personal reasons; assuming the
right to have book open in recita-
tion when the pupil must have his
closed failure to look for redeem
ing qualities in the mischievous
pupil assigning a months work
in primary numbers for one day.
5. Law of Study :-broken by fail
ure to prepare lessons you are to
teach; disturbing in any way pu-
pills engaged in study; failure to
assign lessons properly, making
profitable study possible.
6. Law of Mutual Respect :-broken
by using sarcastic words; being
needlessly HARSH. Furnishing iii
anger; calling odious names; al
lowing pupils to impose on you.
II. Law of Neatness and Order =
broken by untidiness in dress; not
giving due attention to cleanliness ;
disorderly desk; failing to sweep,
dust, and clean blackboard allow
ing papers to lie on the floor.
8. IA Of Interest Il AAtstssn -
broken by hearing recitations list
lessly /; assigning lessons impossible
Of performance; failure to use ref
erence books; being lax in daily
| nrnnaratin
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13
OUR ~THRoT7LED STATE CANAL SYSTEM.

cTa HAT water transportation in New Jersey has been throttled
by railroad control is an indisputabIe fact. The two canals
of the State were leased by railroads with no other purpose.
We can see in the present condition of the Morris canal the deiber-
ate carrying out Of railroad policy. which policy is the same all over
this country and in other countries. The Pennsylvania railroad, the
lessee of the Delaware and Rartan canal, did not do with that canal
what the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company did with the Morris
canal, after the company had secured the lease. The Delaware and
Raritan canal proved useful to the company in it's business, and it
has been maintained for that purpose, but to discourage other trans
portation on the canal the rates were put up and made prohibitye.
1t was shown in a hearing at Trenton on Tuesday night on the bill
for the regulation of the canal rates that the lowest toll on the canal
amounted to $3.50 for a cargo of $50 tons. There is a charge Of
thirty five cents per ton for the haul of coal through the canal.
These charges are so regulated that shippers find it cheaper to
Iatronize the Pennsylvania railroad. Only the cheapest kinds of
freights can be taken by boatmen on the canal, and these freights
are usually what the railroads are Indifferent to. The policy of the
canal lessee has strangled manufacturing enterprise on the line of
the canal. 1t is outrageous that foreign corporations should be per
mitted to seize upon the States canal system, built up by State
enterprise and in successful operation, and deliberately destroy it..
That was done by the aid of legislatures and without a protest from
any responsible State official.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13
pOLYDORE QUESTION BOX.

Question-A friend of mine. who has
studied palmistry, says he can tell by
my head line that l am going to become
insane when I am thirty years old
The line is broken just about in the
middle and this, he said, showed that
I would lose my mind at that age Is
that true? ANXIOUS.
Answer-Your friends prediction is
but another continuation of Alexander
Pope's caution:
"A little learning is a dangerous
thing;
Drink deep or touch not the Pierian
spring"
The break in the head line may mean
any one of a score or more of things.
Just what it does signify depends upon
other markings in the hand.
If you will send me an imprint of
both your hands. I shall be glad to tell
you what the probable meaning of the
break in the head line is.
In the meantime, do not feel despond-
ent. It may a no further significance
than a keen worry at the age indicated,
and may. perhaps, be accompanied by
markings showing that even this worry
can be obviated.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13
worthy to he Called American.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
When the President Of the United
States, governors Of States and mayors
of cities by their presence sanction a
game or sport, and In many instances
give the word or sign that starts the
season, it is pretty good evidence that
the game is wholesome, healthy and
clean. and thereby worthy to be called
American. The conspicuous start of
the present baseball season was due to
the official recognition given it. The
rulers Of u country, by their actions,
recommend the sport to the people of
the country.
Baseball is one of the sports that
bring every muscle and plenty of brains
into play. Schools and all public insti-
tutions should have teams and the
heads or principals of these places
should promote the sport among the
boys. AS a rule, there is not v,ry much
persuasion needed to make the average
healthy American boy get out in the
air and play baseball. Often, though,
people in charge OF the youngsters do
not see the benefits derived from the
game and prevent them from playing
1t. They can be sure that if the sport
is sanctioned and enjoyed by the chief
executive of the nation and his subor-
dinates it is meant for every American
CLEAN SPORT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13

m N amendment to the military retirement bill passed by the
~ House and reported in the Senate without recommendation
by the military committee, of which Senator Edge is chair
man. would make the bill farcical if adopted. The amendment pro-
poses that the bill shall apply only to line officers, thus protecting
the small class of officers that the bill now affects. Line officers are
the Younger officers of the National Guard. The older officers gener.
ally hold the high staff positions. There are eleven officers o.. the
State Military Board, inclusive of regimental colonies, who, under
the amendment. would be exempt from the operation of the law,
together with the officers of the various departments of the National
Guard and all field and staff officers. A change in the bill by the
Senate as proposed by the amendment prepared by the cabal of older
officers at Trenton for Senator Edge to offer to the bill would kill
its necessary object. The intrigue and chicanery prachsed by the
opponents of the retirement bill would stir up indignation in the
National Guard and incense the people of the State if publicly ex.
posed. The intriguers failed to make any impression on the Assem-.
bly, and have no prospects of defeating the bill in the Senate except
by some trick of amendment to render the retirement bill innocuous.
What can the line officers of the National Guard think of men higher
in rank in the Guard who are privy to an amendment that would
subject them alone to retirement law?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13
Trent Grnfter a. a Thief.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Hurrahl The millennium has been
reached. The New Jersey Senate has
passed an a%nti-graft bill, and that set
ties it.
1t is amusing to find that some peo-
pie believe or pretend to believe, that
all that is necessary 10 prevent graft
was a law. AS If there was not law
enough to cover all graft n theft OF
any kind What we reed is not more
law but different ..t;,tude toward those
laws. First thing we know the law will
le declared unconstitutional, as has
so often been done. AMI then we will
not even have the consolation of an
anti-graft law
When one reads about this new law
one might be led to believe the graft
was legal before, but the new enact
ment will make 1t Illegal though tn s
is not the case at all. Graft has al
ways been illegal. Let us conduct oul
public business as we do our private
and we will not need any more laws
A man who may be the soul of hon
esty in his private dealings regard:
rublic funds as legitimate prey.
The chief reason for this seems II
be the loose public morals that w
have. II a brea ti Of suspicion cams
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13
xxx1x-BuIRouS NAILS.

There is at least one aspect OF the
hand which is construed as a symptom
of disease by ever the most skeptical or
phvsicians. This is the bulbous-shapeo
J finger tip. And the disease 1t tells OF fs
nothing less than tuberculosis.
This is true at least in cases wfiere
the Dubious appearance OF the nnser
/ tip is SO pronounced as to be knob-like
In shape. ] suppose there may be cases
In which consumpttves have no DUBIOUS
nails. But whenever you do see a bull
bous nail of so pronounced a character
as here described you may be sure that
there is grave lung ailment present
And this mode Of reasoning. by the
way. should also be applied to the rfdg-
ing in the nails. There may be nerv-
| BUSINESS and fever without
on the nails. But when you do see
| ridges running vertically there is no
doubt that the person is V And
when the ridges run horizontally there
is no doubt that the nervousness hi
been complicated with fever.
Sometimes the Dubious condition Is
| confined only to the nail and not to the
feshy part of the finger tip. In TINS
case there is indicated a tendency
toward bronchial trouble. The bulb is
not as conspicuous as that which
speaks of the deeper-rooted lung
trouble.
Properly regarded there Is nothing
more singular about this dubious APP
pearance of the nail and finger tip than
there is about any other feature OF
palmistry. 1t is governed by a very
simple law of physiology, namely
that the lung, which is intended
by nature as a sort of crucible, or,
rather, furnace for oxidizing Cunning
away all the impurities of the blood
pumped into it by the heart, has be-
come so impaired by disease as not TO
be able to perform this function. And
so the blood, remaining impure, ceases
to do it's share of the work in the hu-
man system, and the parts which in
a healthy condition had been yitalized
by good blood now begin to droop, dis
integrate and decay.
And If you ask why this disintegra-
ton should show itself in the finger
tips and nails rather than anywhere
else, 1 VIII answer by a counter-ques-
ton. "Why does excessive drinking
affect h nose?" Why. then, should
there be any difficulty about believing
that the hand, which is the chief in
strument and agent of the brain, might
manifest the changing conditions OF
that brain?
And though the connection between
the hand and the other organs of the
body is not so obvious as that which
exists with the brain, it requires no
very great stretch of the imagination
to understand that there must be some
lnilar %oUnnecto Ter the nand minis
tiers to all the organs, either directly
or indirectly, and it is therefore moro
thar likely that these rgans in some
way r~eciprocate the hands good offices
by at least tracing upon it their W
varying conditions.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13
Says Halter Case speaks Well for Cour'

Says Halter Case Speaks Well for Court
To the Editor of the Evening Star.
The reversal of the decision against
the Danbury hatters is very graf flying
to all who are interested In organized
labor, especially in view of the many
adverse decisions, in recent years,
and the many Legislative enactments
against 1t.
Such q thing serves to show the
calamity howlers that the ourts do
not always decide against the working
men; that, while it is true, generally
speaking, that poor men are treated
worse in the courts thar rich men, 1t
Is the fault of the system and our
laws rather than of the men occupying
the judicial offices.
In general, our laws require a pre-
ponderance Of proof on either one side
or another, and it sometimes costs qui.e
a good deal of money to get proof OF a
persons guilt OF innocence, but the man
occupying the bench is, as a rule, quite
fair, and he must decide each case ac-
cording to the testimony presented.
OF course, this makes our courts
courts Of law, instead of courts of JUS
tice; but I repeat the men should not be
blamed. It Is entirely the fault of the
system.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13

IN MEMORIAL by the New Jersey Legislature to Congress cal-
m ing attention TO the activity of war department ofnclals
IN promoting the purposes of the water-snake, IN disregard
If Sta+e rights and interests would have its effect in an inquiry TO
the war department as to the object contemplated and its necessity.
The representatives from the several Congress districts, acting
upon a suggestion by THE STAR, waited upon the secretary of war
YESTERDAY to get information and they are ready to act IN behalf OF
the State. A legislative memorial would be an aid to their efforts
10 stav proceedings that have the aspect of collision between a
Federal department and private financial interests in New YORK
that are backing the East Jersey Water Company IN Its compre-
hensive and audacious scheme of securing private control OF the
waters of northern New Jersey. The Indifference thus far exhibited
at Trenton to a great conspiracy against the State is In marked
trast to the energy shown during the Fort administration, when the
water snake was halted at the Kill Won Kull until the Legislature
passed the McCran bill.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
According to the glowing accounts OF
the real estate boom which are given
almost daily in your papers, I wish to
state l never notice that anyone seems
TO want to ornament the very centre of
the city with a fine structure to match
the Firemen's building. There are
three other corners which are prac-
tically an eyesore to the city. Why
cannot these buildings be torn down
and buildings erected hat would show
the visitor what a progressive people
we really are?
The resl estate men seem to conf1ne
their work to certain outlying districts
and building homes. If the same
amount of energy were used they could
easily get enough capital to develop
the central portion of the city. This
Should be given considerable thought,
and no doubt similar buildings on the
"Four Corners would be paying in
vestments. JERRY.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13
THE DISORDERS IN FRANCE.

G AyAGE passions are easily let loose among the popula-
tons of Europe. France is peculiarly susceptible TO popular
outbreaks. The red flag may be said to be tucked under the
blouse of every workman. Just now the trouble is in the wine dis.
tricts, where a new government regulation affecting the wine in
dustry has provoked an uprising, with violence against property
and defiance of the government. The destruction of champagne, as
described in the cable reports, is absolutely appalling to the out
side world, and cannot but be looked upon with much concern in
this country, which is such a large consumer of the beverage. This
wanton destruction makes the wine districts poorer, it is an
illogical argument against the law, and it cannot prevail against
the logic of the bayonet, now brought into play.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13

against a mar that he had stolen from
q private individual or firm he could
not enter a decent house-all doors
would be closed to him. This is not
the case with a public thief. We look
upon such with a half humorous, half
tolerant attitude and we say to our
selves what a clever fellow he is"
That in my opinion is the cause for
all the public graft and until the peu-
pie learn to rate the public thief as
we do the private one graft will go
on in spite of all the bills. ]. K.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-13
The People 5 Rostrum


presented. In fact, a series of serious
problems must be considered before
the ugly spots in the city are elimin-
ated and 1t will present some sort of
a harmonious whole.
While it can no longer be said, as 1T
was in the earlier stages Of Newark's
development, that all hat was needed
was a dozen first-class funerals, there
are still sin our midst" chronic kickers
whose ideal beauty is the dollar sign.
They will make no improvements that
would help beautify this town unless
they see some material return.
1t may be that even the Board of
Trade has among its members such
noble altruists and gentlemen of high
ideals.