The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-01-11

SCOTLAND, SOUTH nEs1Et
TT seeras to me" a Nawab Is quoted
as saying in the Atlantic Monthly.
that Christianity Is the better religion
for women; my own has been better
for men. What an ideal OF manlincss
the prophets faith holds up; think OF
the Osmanli Turks or the Arab Shieks,
or our own Mcgtis; all devotedly rellg-
lous. y Nirile faith. But the religion
of Jesus has always been wonderfully
tender 10 women 2!2 children, and /
mink today your churches are built
on the hearts Of women but your lead
Ing men, In politics or science or ut
e~rature, seem 10 me 20 la ranged
from Christianity. Ii does nrF lasG
tnelr lEte.lscI5 as IL holds tAe Eear-s
Of the women But cf course ! speak
as a stranger, ard really know very
little OF these thiuss."
A writer in the Biblical World. sneak
ing OF The Minister and the Boy
says; To behold In the boy q rough
summary of the past and to De able
70 c&pita!tEe Tor good the successive In
stincts as they emerge is TO accomplish
a tihe piece e. missionary work With
out leaving home. The fire
worshiper, the fierce t-ribesman, the
savage hunter, the religion making no.
mad, the daring pirate. the elemental
fighter With nature and rival OF every
FIND, the master OF the world In maxi
lRg' comes before YOU in the unfolding
tiIe OF the ordinary boy. de is
an abridged volume on ethnnlogy.'
A common complaint made by tour
lists In Japan Is that they are Obliged
TO pay FOR everything Tar higher prices
than the natives are charged; or, In
other words. that because they are
foreigners they are being fleeced. But
a glance at the social conditions ~
~bicii Inc people nave been educated
would reveal the curious fact that
throughout Japar's long period of iso-
latton IL was IN accepted principle that
the rich must i've for the sake of the
poor and prices have always been
based upo the purchasers rank in So
cietE or upon his presumed ability to
pay.
To realize the splendid resources of
the forests OF the Philippines one has
only to see the hardwood flooring IN
the public buildings and the residences
of the better class. These consist of
large slabs of mahogany, or, to use the
local names, molave, nara, tindalo and
acle, these being of various colors and
granting. Frequently the pieces, &C.
casionally as much as 40 inches in
width and 40 feet in length, are laid
alternately in dark and light shades.
Polished by the household muchachos
Chouse boys till they reflect like mir
rors, they produce a magnificent eff
feet.
Returning home from q health trip to
Colorado, a young New Haven man
told his father about buying a silver
mine for $4,000. Il knew they'd rope
you H." exclaimed the old man. so
you We're ass enough to buy a hum
bug miner" Yes. but l didn't lose
anything. I formed a company and
sold half the stock to q Connecticut
man for $1,000" "Y-you did?' gasped
the old man as he turned white. III
bet I'm the one who bought it" II
know you are" coolly observed the
young man as he crossed his legs and
tried to appear very much at home.
A notable example of honesty was
reported in the New York city papers
recently. While one honest man was
walking In Broadway, a SO bill was
blow into his face He promptly,
turned the bill over to another honest
man, a policeman. The police tried to
find the owner. Here the ale of the
honest man ends and that of the dis
honest ones begins. 1t is said that
more than a score of persons applied
for the bin, each claiming to have lost
1t. The rightful owner finally proved
his case and to him the money was
restored.
Gent" Is an a~bbrevation which has
sever been accepted by polite society,
as q witness appearing before Justice
Wightman once found to his cost. He
was testifying to the excellent charac-
Ter OF the defendant, n among points
In his favor remarked that he wa IAN
independent gent" AN independent
what" Interrupted judge Wightman.
"A gent, my lord repeated the wit
ness Oh, | understand replied the
judge. "That's something short of a
Gentleman, Isn't tt2F
Probably becaua8 the law on trout is
one of the best observed Of all fish and
game interifctions. il is not generally
known that they are %voracious feeders
IN the winter and can easily be taken
through the ice by poaeherH. Raft 10
used, Of course. Trout are at the heads
of streams now, but in a few weeks
Will have worked their vav down
stream into deep holes or ponds. There
they vii remaiil until the Warmth of
spring melts the snow and lee. when
slsg VIE again work upstream in
search of food.
We say tlltt nature Is blind.tt said
aeha Bf7 Hs, In ire December At
iahtie .eat sac has no need Of eyes,
sa9 tries 81 COURSES she has indnite
Tine itihtfe po9sol, infinite pace; and
SO far as orr Feeble minds can sos bar
deligllf Is n HlsS thu g.1fi7s Of NINA
mans buff over and over 10 atl eternity.
lier creasures get life, and tho joy and
pain that tife brlnss, hut what ID aug
inehksa of deplSteG, CT concluded, or
or ftltillsa who krows?
rs EeporL 81 Fransf ". Bird, APP
pfaiser oF tie port OF New York. for
NeVefaa9T Shows thar, whereas there
was 2 fsiling of in the imports OF ais-
IhoIl1s alaa otheit precious stones, Ia
comparison with tho corresponding
period Of 1910, entries of Automobiles i
show an increase. Tae precious stone
asgregated $2.QS3,a24, compared
with S5as2 Sl3 ia November, 1910. Tie
Fame mouth OF 1900 the gems were en-
tered To value of $685. 9l.
More than Il third Of the new reid
now produced In this country goes into
arts and manufactures. Ten years
ago the proportion nit to this use Ma
only about one-fifth of the total pro-
duetion, 81 s1S.0o0,ooa. Last year the
airlouat WAS $3i, cor, Gao, or nearly I
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