The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-15


p. A. BLISS, Editor and Proprietor.
SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA.
IT has taken the Germans to use
beans for making rubber The process
has lust been patented. It consists In
extracting a thick oil from the soya
bean, treating this with nitric acid,
n then heating the material to q
given temperature, whereupon 1t be-
comes viscid and tough like crude rub
Der. 1t can then be vulcaniZed by
the addition of sulphur the same as
vegetable rubber. and used for the
same
There will be a mirror IN West
minister abbey on coronation day for
every peeress. The mirrors will be
fitted to the seats in front of the mem
bers of the nobility and will be used
by the peeresses when they put on
their %coronets. Though the peereSseS
may wear their oronets before the
coronation exercises, they are not sup
posed to AVE them on IN the abbey
until after the queen has been crowned.
Ollie James Is one Of the most In
teresting and lively characters in the
House of Representatives. He is not
yet 40 years old, but he is serving his
fifth term in the House. He began his
public career at the age of l6 as a
page in h Kentucky legislature, be-
came we'll known in his state as a
hard-hitting campaign orator and has
been a consistent Bryan democrat.
Mrs. Alice Pomerene, wife of the
democratic senator from Ohio. Is a
clever water color artist. She has made
several dainty sketches OF he Rock
creek section near Washington, and
her drawing rooms are filled with her
W paintings. Mrs. Pomerene also is
skilful with her needle and many of
ner gowns are adorned with her own
work. She designs her own patterns.
In Salt Lake City n historic grave
yard, which furnished the most suit
able location for he new $780, 600 race
track, has been purchased by Montana
AID California capitalists. The course
leads over the graves of q score of
early Utah pioneers, including the
father and brothers of Lott Smith, the
famous Mormon DANTE.
T. B. f. Bates. of Oakland, has a
bear trap made by a Lubec black
smith in 1857 to catch bears. The pres
ent owner has also used 1t for his
purpose. The trap has two large
springs, one on each side of the jaws;
on n of the jaws are five large teeth
and on the other side six. The jaws
have an opening of IL by IA inches.
The American Bible society, possibly
by way OF celebrating the precautionary
of the King James version, has issued
a ircular to members telling Of ar i'm
portant achievement. The old tesla
ment in Korean has just been COM
pleted," says The announcement. thus
making the whole bible available for
the people of Korea for the first tim
In their history
Thirty students OF the Commercial
high schoo of Basic, Switzerland, nave
written to the New York board of
education asking that a public school
be set aside for their lodging in the
ummer of 1912. The students explain
that they are contemplating a visit to
New York and that similar courtesies
have been extended them In other
countries which they have visited.
Here la a heavyweight Tnanc A
man who weighs $50 pounds recently
married a woman of $50 pounds in st.
Louis, Mo. The bridegroom is William
Montandon and his wife was M1llfcent
Montgomery. The two were acquainted
for more than two years. Montandon
got the girls consent to wed and the
engagement lasted only two weeks
ITe SIX reading SIateS IN the salt
Industry are Michigan, New York,
Ohio, kansas, Louisiana and Califor-
MIA, and in 1908 these six states pro-
duced salt valued at $7,714,587. The
salt from these states fs obtained from
rock salt, sea water and natural brine
i'm other words, from all the known
sources of sa1s.
A school for piano makers has been
proposed In Stuttgart, Germany. The
course was to cover one year, 10 hours
a day. with n months vacation; with
two classes, one for beginners, one to
At competent wcrkmenG for foremen. So
few pupils applied that the project has
been abandoned.
Censor Wen Pin has impeached II.
e.. Esao Ju-hn for having received a
bride OF 5000, 900 when he was in Man
churia In charge OF diplomatic affairs.
During a private dinner with a certain
foreign minister his son. 1t is said,
received d present OF $4,000 In bank