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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
California Womars Coed Shot.

While walking through the woods
near Cohssset. MIS- w. H P~illsbury
of Chico shot s large brown bear that
measured six feet from tip 10 tip.
Mr.. and Mrs. ptIiSoury were walk
ing from their spume home near
Cohasset TO the ~Pro1ontory." $
high point from which SD excellent
view of the whole Waller can be had
Mrs, Pfnsbury had : S0S0 carbine,
Suddenly she Saw 3 large bear com-
ing down the hill about forty yards
away. Its s bear. shall l shoot liz"
she shouted TO her husband. Pills
bury answered IN the affirmative and
his wife asked. Where shall ! shoot
him" In the head" came the ans
mer. With deliberate aim the woman
fred. hitting the animal square in
the right eye. killing him instantly.
The hide weighed seventy pounds
and the weight Of the carcass was es-
timated at 500 pounds-Chico Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
MEANING OF FAT HALF MAST"
AT First Universal Symbol Wa Token
OF Submission and Respect
For Enemy.

Perhaps you have noticed that when
sever q prominent person dies, espe-
= ciaily IL he is connected with the gov
eminent, the flags on public build
gings are hoisted only part of the way
sup, remarks the Toronto Mail and Ex-
press. This is called half mast" Did
you ever stop to think what connec-
ton there could be between 4 flag
that was not properly hoisted and the
death Of a great man?
Ever since flags were used in war It
has been the custom TO have the flag
of the superior or conquering nation
above that of the inferior or vanQuish-
ed. When an army found itself hope
!essly beaten it hauled its flag down
far enough for the flag OF the victors
to be placed above ii on the same
pole. This was a token not only OF
submission, but OF respect
In those days when Q famous sol
der died flags were lowered out OF
respect to his memory. The custom
long ago passed from purely mill
tary usage TO public life OF all kinds.
the flag flying at half mast being $
sign that the dead man was worthy
of universal respect. The space lefs
above it is for the flag of the great
ssonQueorr OF all-She angel OF death
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
Robert Rrownina,s Will.

Diligent search is being made at
Florence, Italy, for the will of Robert
Browning, son of the famous poet,
but SO far it has not been found. The
fact that there apparently is no will
Is causing considerable gossip, as
the property, of which there is a good
deal, both in Asolo and Florence,
will pass to his wife, who was Miss
Coddington of New York and from
whom he lived apart for years, owing
to in~compatibility Of temper.
Browning's property in Florence in.
cluded Cass Guidi, where he spent his
childhood days. When his mother
died the property passed out of the
family, and was acquired by him a
few years ago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
FRANCE FINANCIAL
w SAYS BANKER

Chicago-N. w. Harris. head of the Har-
ris financial Institutions. who has recently
returned from an extended trip to Europe.
says:
Having Just returned from a tour of
two and a half months in Austria, Ger
many and France, and having conferred
with some of their fnanciers, 1 am espe-
cially impressed with the great develop
ment in Germany especially in its indus
tries, and in public improvements. All
these improvements lave required the in
vestment of large amount of fixed CAPT
tai. and from a financial standpoint, I
think this investment has been more rapid
than the real increase of the wealth of
the country justifies. The result is that
interest rates in Germany are now higher
than In any other part of Europe. In fact
there has been a financial stringency n
there may be a financial depression in
Germany. repeating the experience we
have had here in America after a too rap
i'd development.
THE Germans are now very desirious of
charging their foreign markets, especially
as they are overproducing and need a
larger outlet for their manufactured
goods. There are many influential people
in Germany who are desirfous of new col
onies for development by the German
people. They hoped to secure a large
PSlilA ~ - " AocN a1hAA1S NANS
government was obliged to withdraw their
demands. They are rapidly increasing
their army and navy to take advantage Of
any opportunity to enlarge their domin-
Ions.
Elm France. the business situation is en-
tirely the reverse OF that In Germany. The
agricultural country Of France is richer
than that OF Germany. but the French
people are very saving and largely put
III oir ronrn,y p,,t "a f~%oracf opH INV hnndu
of other nations and the result Is that
they have a larger amount Of gold than
any other nation In Europe.
Last summer when Germany was max
ing strong demands regarding Morocco.
France backed up by England decided to
fight rather than surrender to the de-
mands of Germany and one Friday evening
the principal bankers of Paris met with
the representatives Of the government and
the bankers agreed to call In all their
loans to individuals. even including st.
Petersburg. Next day there was a finan.
ctal panic In Berlin for Berlin had been a
great borrower in other financial centers
Of Europe, and as these centers were
called upon by wire to pay their obliga-
tons to Paris they in turn called upon
Berlin and the result was that the Nor
occo question was very quickly adjusted
and Germany learned the great financial
power Of France.
'-The bonds Of European governments
have greatly declined during the past 1f
years. The average decline In market
value Of the French. English, Belgian.
Danish. Dutch. Norwegian, Prussian,
Swedish and Swiss government bonds
from August, 1881, to April, 1912. was about
10 per cent. The European government.
debts alone Increased during the period
above named approximately s5.7 100000
The percentage OF increase was 6S pei
! cent in Germany: A per cent In Russia; q
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

per cent In Austria Hungary; 80 per cent
in Spain; and SO per cent in Belgium. In
france the national debt was lessened.
The average increase taking all the Euro
pean countries was % per cent.
TT is estimated that the private invest
ors of Europe from 1897 to 1912 absorbed in
new securities from countries outside of
Europe the enormous sum Of $4S, 600, 0o0, 900.
All these demands for money have more
than absorbed the natural increase of the
wealth of the country SO hat a materially
higher rate of interest is being paid to So
cure funds and a similar condition exists
IN this country.
THE facts are that a materially higher
rate of interest is ruling over the world
than was the case Is years ago, and with
this general condition existing in the prin-
cipal financial centers of Europe, we can
not expect a decrease in the rates of in
terest in his country, at least. for some
time to come,h
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
chlId's Popularity Explained.

A winning lottery ticket of 500,
900, in connection with the Mobiles
Bank was recently presented fol-
payment at the State Bank in St
Petersburg, and it now transpires
that the owner is an ~eight-year-old
orphan, an inmate of the Orphanaga
at Pskoff. The lottery ticket was her
sole possession. Her relatives have
hitherto done nothing for the child,
but when the news Of her good for.
tune became known they were one
and all eager to adopt her. The au
thorities have placed her in the
charge Of an arch-priest, a distant con
nection of her father.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
o FEW SHEEP.

Farm and Ffreside, an agricultural
paper published at Springfield, Ohio,
say about sheep:
"Out Of something over 6,o00.0 900 Of
farms existing in the United States,
are without a single golden
hoof,' while lamb is dearer than either
beef or pork. A fairly good flock of
ewes should average at least a lamb
and q half per rear, with q fleece and
the best of fertilizers thrown in. Would
that our farmers would think over this
as a change from the consideration of
the squabbles Of Messrs. Taft and
Roosevelt. There is more money and
less discord In Sheep
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
CHAMPION COW OF AMERICA.

In the current issue Of Farm and Fire
side appears the following:
"a new champion cow' has scored.
The greatest cow in the world is owend
by Dan Dimmick & Co., of East Clari-
don, Ohio. She gave in a year 27,404.4
pounds Of milk. which contained l.
65S.34pounds of butterfat. This fs equal
to over 1900 pounds of butter. -Four
good dairy cows as cows go would not
have one better. And she ate no
more than a poor COW would have eat
en-. Her name is Banostine Belle de
Kol, but she isn't to blame for that.
THE name comes from the idiocy Of
the Holstein- Friesfan breeders Gus
tom of hitching the city directory of
some town in Freisland to the tail OF
every cow"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

tier they are thought to be. They have
large feet and sturdy legs, frequently
| being much more muscular b their
husbands. They are buxom, round
limbed, deep bosuIned, broad hipped,
dark eyed. thick Tipped, and have large
mouths.
Girls Are Sold to Highest Bidder.
Girls always are pretty well treated,
for beatings and too hard work might
mar them, thereby diminishing their
market value. In marriage they are
! often sold to the highest bidder, pay
ment being In cattle. For the boys,
harsh treatment doesn't matter. as 1t
only toughens them for the struggle
which life nearly always brings to the
Kaffr.
Fashions change with them as often
as they do with Europeans. One season
safety pins are the correct thing In the
way of earrings; the next season pins
are out and buttons are lin" One
tribe may fancy blue bandanh hand
kerchiefs; the next one would scorn
them, but be Wild about cotton shirts.
The one universal ornament is bead
| work. The natives are bern with a
sense for pleasing combinations Of col
ors. and however varfesated the orna-
ment the coIors never will clash.
They affect bracelets. armlets and
ankiets of iron, copper, brass or grass,
ana SOllSllluSS Ol ivory. SOHlc CodSl
tribes like shell ornament. The latest"
in the way of a pendant is an old cocoa
tin. Empty brass cartridge cases are
particularly good" for the pierced ear,
or at the same time serve as snu
boxes.
Old straps, keys, spoons, combs,
feathers, chains, grass rope, string, and
the like ON in for popularity. A tray
eler in these parts relates that he once
saw a man with a wine glass in his
hair, a collar oun each leg, and no
other dress except a skin apron about
the waist. Shoes or sandals are I'M
heard of except near centers OF civil
iZation.
In such a society woman practically
a no rights. Her function is to work
in the fields and bear children. When
she can do these things no longer she
Is good for nothing, according to the
attitude of the kraal. And so an old
woman may be left to starve or die
of exposure or neglect, unless the char
ity of the young intervene. Her only
weapon is her curse-a dire anatnema
for him on whom it chances to fall.
Lack of respect for old women is
part of the natives religious system. He
believes that in a future life their spir-
it's will not be powerful; therefore they
need not be particularly conciliated in
this world.
Boys wear a small rag, a worn out
piece of wild cat skin or a piece Of an
old blanket. Their compilations are of
an earthly gray color, covered with
thorn scratches. Usually they appear
ashy. like a Hindu sadhu, for they loll
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

about in the u a great deal. When
they get a bit older they are very fas-
ddious about ornaments. They become
Unfortunately vain, assiduously cultivate
Whatever vesttge of a beard they may
have, carry themselves erect, and de-
velop into dandtes.
Clothing for them evolves into a strip
or hide. a few Wild cat tails, with an
apron Of kin slung from the waist in
the back. or perhaps a large handker-
chief. For dress occasions the youth
VIII have a choice assortment OF junk,
particularly II they have made a trip
down to Johannesburg-spats, watches,
chains, old neckties. shirts, punches of
keys, swear words, a fondness for
strcng drink, n conceit, to all of
which they taxi as to the manner
born.
Coat Does Duty for Pants.
Pocket mirrors are particularly
esteemed. A European coat sometimes
does duty as a pair Of trusers. and the
more patches the better, especially If
they happen to be of a different color.
A boy can contrive a fetching costume
from an umbrella cover, an old stock
Ing, or half Of a pair Of pajamas.
No description Of native dress would
be complete without a mention of red
clay, the universal cosmetic. Red
ochre n oil are rubbed into the skin.
:" Gil eASelleHl pIoleClloH against
the weather, and noticeably improves
the color Of the skin. 1t makes it just
match a stick Of chocolate.
The women rub red clay and oil into
the hair, which Is dressed in a variety
or fantastic shapes, according to the
Whlm OF the particular tribe. Some
times 1t is shaved poodle fashion, with
an odd tuft here n there.
Girls roll 1t into long stringlike
plaits, well plastered with clay. A
whole day spent at the hairdresser's
Is nothing uncommon In this land. But
one dressing must last for at least a
month; so the girls gladly sacrifice
comfort to appearance and sleep with
the head hung over a block of wood,
so that their hair won't be unused"
Married women train their hair INTO
a tall. conical mass, about like a fools
cap, which is wonderful to behold. Ere
quent dopings with red clay and oil
coax 1T to stay put up in such an
unnatural position.
Married men affect a ring In the hair,
and 1t Is quite an honor to be allowed
to wear one. The ring is fashioned Of
the mid rib of a date palm twined into
the hair. I'VE this Is spread the dried
Juice Of a certain small insect, some-
times mixed with powdered charcoal,
The net result Is capable Of taking q
fine polish. Frequently the rest Of the
hair Is shaved, usually with a bit Of
broken bottle, and of course without
use Of soap. Young men affect cheap
metal combs n thrust through a wisu
Of hair at almost any place and at any
angle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
A FOOD CONVERT
Good Food the True Road to Health.

The pernicious habit some persons
still have of relying on nauseous drugs
80 relieve stomach trouble keeps up
the patent medicine business and helps
keep up the army of dyspeptics.
Observation-Disclosures - is caused
10y what is put into the stomach in the
way Of improper food, the kind that
so taxes the strength Of the digestive
organs they are actually crippled.
When this state is reached, to resort
20 tonics Is like whipping a tired
horse with q big load. Every addi-
'uonal effort he makes under the lash
saiminishes his poser to move the
load.
: helping the stomach by leaving
on heavy, greasy, i~ndigestible food
n take on Grape-Nuts-light. easily
digested, full Of strength for nerves
ana brain. in every grain Of 1t. There's
no waste Of time nor energy when
ssirape-Nuts 10 the food.
am ar enthusiastic user Of era IA.
NUTS ana consider 1t an ideal food. -
writes q Maine man:
mad nervous dyspepsia and was
~ run down and my food seemed to
go me but little good. From reading
an advertisement / tried Grape.Nuts
food, and. after q few weeks, steady
use OF y. felt greatly improved.
much stronger. not nervou.
xioW, and Fan do more work without
feeling 80 tired, and am better eysrv
way. essry
= relish Grape-Nuts best with cream,
md use four heaping ~teaspoonfnla q
the cereal part Of a meal. / am s,rs
ehese are thousands Il persons wifi
stomach trouble who would ba hans
hted BY using Grape-Nuts.. Name a,v
an by Postum co.Battie Creek MAJ AN
Head tho little book, "Tha Rnas !
yWeIaviils," in pkgs. "There,a / ~
.s8ca. &c
~ E b above Lottery 49,
oae appea from time to tim. m MY
.re g~enuines trne " fun 81 INNS;
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

DR.. Dudley S. Sargent, director of the
Harvard university gymnasium, recently
made these interesting tatements con-
corning city jewellers and country resi-.
dents.
Every year insurance companies are re-.
rusing to accept more and more people
who are fat" states Dr.. Sargent.
Some opinions on this subject were OBJ
tanned from insurance doctors and others
by the Daily Mirror recently.
Mr.. Norman Selby CtKid McCoy'), the
well known boxer and trainer, said that
town jewellers put on flesh much quicker
SO many temptations to be lazy and lux
urious.
There are restaurants everywhere in
London" ne continued, land the city man
Is constantly taking appetizers and stimu-
lants. followed by heavy rich meals, and
he usually eats too much.
Then there is the question of exercise.
There are so many conveniences for trav-
eling-taxicabs, motor-omnibuses, tubes
etc.-that the town man rarely thinks OF
walking.
This luxurious life all tends to form one
great evil against health-the habit OF
shallow breathing.
A London doctor told the Daily Mirror
that city dwellers don't burn up the fat
of their bodies by exercise like country
people.
One OF the high officials Of the Pruden-
tial Assurance company told the Daily
Mirror that with over-stout people a sur.
charge on their premiums was always
made.
''There is always the risk of heart and
other roubles with stout people. Thir
men and women live the longest"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
Best Books for Children.

Eugene Field, asked for the best
ten books for young people under six
teen years Of age, is said to have
given this list: Pilgrims Progress"
Robinson Crusoe," Anderson's Fairy
Tales, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Scottish
Chiefs Black Beauty" THE Ara
bian Nights" Swiss Family Robin
SON. Little Lord Fauntleroy," TON
Browns School Days." for boys, or for
girls, Little Women"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
Collective Housekeeping.

An English paper tells of an expert
,nent in collective housekeeping in
what Is known as Brent Garden vii
&lage. The dwelling houses contain all
Improvements except a kitchen. Meals
for everybody r cooked at q cen.
trail hall, and may either be eaten
there or sent home. A ~four-course din.
costs only l shilling and 6 pence
Servants are supplied. when needed,
from the central hall at a cost OF
about ten cents an hour.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
INCONVENIENCE.

From the Washington Star.
prehistoric mar did not have helf a
chance said h campaign manager.
why not?"
NO party could make q popular i'm
preston that had to select its emblem
from such animals as ~glyptodons and
pterodactyls.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
ORIGIN OF WHEAT IS UNKNOWN
First in North America Mas Planted
Nv Slana il Maxiea

BY a Slave IN Mexico.
The most diligent search has failed to
reveal the native heaths Of wheat. barley,
oats and rye. Those four grains have
furnished food for mankind since prehis-
toric times. 1t is probable that they
spread from the valleys of the eastern
Asiatic rivers.
The first wheat sown In North America
consisted of a few grains accidentally
sacks Of rice. In South America the first
wheat was brought. to Lima. Peru, by one
of the early %colonists, Maria d'Escobar.
Quito.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
WHY IT HAS lasted.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Linen that was wrapped around
mummies 1000 years ago and is still
as good as new has been found in
Egypt by Prof. Flinders Petrie. 1t Is
assumed that the linen has never, dur
Ing the 1000 years since 1t was first
used, been sent to a laundry.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
a Babv Science.

From the 1~ndianapoIis News.
A bit OF humor, overlooked In the cable
gram OF the meeting of the first interna-
tional eugenics congress. held In London
q few days ago, humor worthy of Sidney
Smith or Douglas Jerrold, vas that emit
ted by the chairman, Maj. Leonard OAR
win. '.E~ugenics,. said the chairman, rs
almost q baby science" There was a long
and painful pause. Then came tardy &C
Acknowledgement, a shout CT laughter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

Instead Of liquid antiseptics, tablets
and peroxide, for toilet and medicinal
uses, many people prefer Paxtine,
which is cheaper and better. At drug
gists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt Of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

Fortune Teller-Yes, you will be
very wealthy. With my inward eye
you.
Mr.. Verywise-Well, suppose you
take your fee out of it with your inv
ward fingers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

Mrs. Winsrowz Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, ~softens the gums, reduces infnmma
ZION. aliays pain, cures wind collie. 25c q bottle
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

Champagne imports by the Gritad
States grow less and less 6, cry year.
This Is due to the growing Use OF the
domestic article
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12

Russia, the United States. Roumania,
Austria-Hungary and Burma are the
pri1sSipai oil fields Of che world.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
THESE SIX LETTERS
From New England Women
Prove that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound Does Restore the Health of Ailing Women.

Prove that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com,
pound Does Restore the Health of Ailing Women. ,
srd noi heno missw" do %s Rassi lasting ingo sE we = Sh ana could os dhf es nothing iahsFs TO
s stsSlst t io% n 9 Tvssda taking ans Thy hsd toua e, RaRf s , ye gasniee ca ss Se%l
orrhages stopped. Ihave taken them regularly ever since and am steadily
. Certainly samaang think HRah, that : sS GEKn one 1 who is I troubled s%s n IS ! a1 as . shagla CIV.
Gsoaen JUDY, 500 FIFTH FIFTH Street @% South hB Boston on Mass. - ADN i'nsA' -N'
Letter from Mrs. Julia King, Phoenix, Ri.
Phoenix Ri worked steady in the mill from the time | val 10 year.
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.v Lydia = F 2a ham n ysgs s5s3s. co% mi n a ha: help helped pssa m w : M as3a in in
JULIA KISs, Box ss, Phoeniz. RI. AA~A" A~
t%n Is causing mr baekaeh sr ir IRE gu aatt 81 dimes .tIm sits and nervous son%n p% nn =.
way Sy ~ I " 4hn all s rHn dow N in e eveby T% Tsy me omsb;nr a,rorsn+ !, r.o.;,.,
no benefit from any of them but seemed to suffer nor The last doctor
f sest tn Ts m G So Or began gs to 3s 1Hns e LYDIA I. sn aGssn1s v Tssa 5ss comp %s ss
to ss see what it would do, and by taking seven bottles Of the Compound and
Eta DONOVAN aSaS 7 e. Main as Street t vii ruhn@t c C m. '''''"A n'A'D- -AfA
Letter from Mrs. Winfield Dana, Augusta, Me-.
Anggsta, Me- -sLy E. p piP Phh Vegetable COMPOUND has cured the
perfectly well"~Mrrs. WrsTlnhD DANA, RFD. NJ. !, Augusta, Ne. 49,
Letter from Mrs. j. A. Thompson, Newport, Vt.
v1 NsTRSst Compound %snua ts ss done ysn n for Tho fsed Sr sisn sf 5ette 1s saai II F. ala 5 %ehasls
for me, S I was a nervous wreck when I began taking it. shall always
Newport Center, Vermont 'A' ANDN~ -" ''AN . A'NN''A - e"
Letter from Miss Grace Dodds, Bethlehem, NH.
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Boz 1913, Bethlehem, Nh.
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male ; i3si No ! . one pee. sick With n Mom maa4n 5 ai fSGs t ~TSAW
% y ns. msaisine NJ made s1 from roots %am snd ! herbs Sdsstb it. "
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by woman 1emsn and held in Strict confidenoe. & EsS 1852 AsssSs