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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
DORROWS MILLION AND
HALL ON NERVE ALONE
their share Of the property.
Tr!oe to Bust Steel Trust

iTtV0 w SNSt SSSSi tTuSIs ~
The man with the million dollar
smile has been selling securities and
promoting new companies for about 20
years, adding to his girth as the years
rolled by. His biggest jump in finance
was in the nature of an attempt to
burst the United States Steel corpora
ton. He had seen 1t set under way,
and what the men responsible for it's
mergers had profited made his eyes
bulge.
In 1903, not long after the Steel COS.
poration was set under way. Jr.sSsAa
concluded to try a little merging Of
his own. He chartered a company UNI
der the laws of Maine, advertised to
take over the properties of practically
all the small Independent steel com
panies with the trust"
He progressed sufficiently far to get
stockholders in these companies from
n to another to deposit with
him their holdings, accepting in ex-
change certificates of stock in the new
corporation. That is about all these
security holders ever heard of Mr.. I'm
sted. Some of them still hold hand
pany.
The promoter then deposited large
blocks of securities in several east
ern trust companies, using them as
collateral for securing extensive loans.
What happened to the proceeds of the
loans is another matter. Mr.. Umstea
is probably one Of a few who can
explain that.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Getting Honey or Getting stune.


1t all depends or the spirit in which one
goes about the job. Travellers in the east
have often remarked the ease and safety
with which natives remove honey from
the hive. The secret is to be found In the
calm. deliberate movements of these
swarthy farmers as they move without
haste and without fear among the bees
An impulsive westerner, rushing and
Shaping, is pretty sure TO get well stung
when he attempts the same operation.
Most experiences IN i-re yield sweet or
bitter fruit according to the mood in which
We interpret them. 1t would be difficult
TO name any event or circumstance that
Is not the bearer, potentially, both of zane
and of blessing. Which it shall prove, in
any particular case, is determined by the
individuals mental and moral behavior.
When som,i years ago an mploye of a
Cincinnati soap firm beat a batch of soap
too long it appeared to his mates that he
had spoiled the whole boiling. The stuff
turned white and It foated. It suddenly
occurred to the workman that this would
prove after all, no insurperable objection
to people who did much of their washing
with the muddy waters of the Mississippi.
He accordingly rechristened the soap
Ivory and got the firm to advertise the
iact that 'it floats" They overhead ev-
cry batch of soap in that factory now. A
less agile brain would not nave gotten the
honey of wide popularity and enormous
sales from a mistake. lie would simply
have gotten discharged.
The most unlikely circumstances may be
made to yield thor tribute to culture and
to character. Utmost beauty and bentft
not infrequently spring out of what seems
a most u~npromising source. Here was the
point of the riddle that Samson, that ia
nous old jester, put TO his friends on his
wedding day. Having come upon the car
cass Of a lion III which a swarm OF bees
mad begun storing their honey. he de-
scribed the incident IN this enigma: "Ou
of the eater came forth meat and out of
the strong came forth sweetness
Although his 80 grooE?amen belabored
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
BLuE,AY LIVES in WOODS
daWks, Owls and Other Birds Are
leased and Tormented by These
Noisy Birds.

The bluejay likes best to live In
thick woods, but it often comes into
open fields, orchards and near dwell
ings In search of food. When it dis
covers you 1t assumes a proud and
angry air Of conceit and defiance.
The bluejay's upper parts are pur-
plish-blue. The lower parts are pur-
plish,gray. The wings and tail are
bright blue with black bars. The tai;
feathers are tipped with white. 1t has
a crested head.
The bluejay builds it's nest about
twenty feet above ground. 1t is made
of twigs and fine roots. From four to
six eggs are laid. They are of a green
tsh drah color fecked with brown.
Doubtless the bluejay helped to
name Itself, as its COMMON utterance
is a long drawn, Jay. jay, jay" This
cry. with the bright blue color. has
given 1t its name.
While the jay sings no song 1t Is
able to initiate the calls of other
birds. by which mean it often at
tracts them. 1t likes to tease and
torment the owl and especially the lit
tie sparrow hawk. This is done by
Initiating The cry Of a wounded bird,
which draws the hawk near. Then
several jays will dart at the hawk
%squealing and %frolicking about in
great glee. Sometimes the play ends
in a tragedy, for the hawk pounces
upon n Of them to the dismay Of
the others. Jays may be Gagged and
tanned like crows and some writer's
say they can be taught to utter words.
Bird Studies," by Herman c.. De
Groa..
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Sunday Morning Talk

their dull wits for three days. they could
not solve the riddle. We are not quite as
dull as they. AT least we know that very
often sweetness issues from what at first
glance is forbidding and terrible. 1t is all
a matter of our faith and skill and cour-
age in grasping a given situation.
That this truth Is more than a fine the
DRY / am daily being persuaded. Every
where you nay behold the same circum-
stances bringing blessing to one and ours
ing to another. Here. for instance are
two men who work equally hard and in
The same line. For one the factory walls
represent a prison, for the other a palace.
One is driven to his task each day unwtll-
Lngly finding in it nc interest nor zest. The
other idealizes his job, ~injects poetry into
it and by means of It adds to both his
physical and his moral muscle.
1t is possible to extract sweetness from
even so bitter a thing as failure. Men
may accept failure In either one of two
ways-as a finality or as a challenge and
stimulus. When the boil weevil began to
chew up the cotton crop Of the south,
some pess.mists predicted that the miser-
able little bug spelled ruin for Dixie. But
the farmers began to pillow deeper, to bring
their crops to an earlier maturity, to Gull
tivate a variety of other crops besides cot
ton, until 1T began to appear that the
boil weevil had been the advance agent
Of a prosperity greater than any the south
had yet known. They have thought OF
putting up a monument TO him in some
states.
Al things work together for good to
them that love God sings the great
apostle. Cnde this high philosophy not
only do favored hours minister to growth
but q whole uncanny brood of troubles
toll, failure, pain, temptation-and the
rest become capable of a better interpre-
tation than we nave often given them.
Surely no habit of thought is more USE
full than that which shall enable us in
the midst of l,fc's most somber expert
ences to exchange beauty for ashes, tho
OIL Of joy FOR mourning, the garment Of
praise for the spirit of lleaviness."
The Parson.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
WaiIingford In Real Life Has
Only Smile and Girth To
Snow For 1t.
FRIED TO SMASH TRUST

Chicago. Special: Running smooth
iy along with $50 pounds of flesh and
a million dollar smile. Franklin A. Um-
ted, 415S Sheridan road, calling him
lelf a security salesman, breezed into
he loop He signed his name to a pc
:ition II Bankruptcy, smiled cheerfully
1T his attorney, and breezed out.
Mr.. Umsted's contribution to the
bankruptcy records of the United
States States district court is an un-
usual one. He schedules liabilities of
81, 55l $50, distributed generously about
the country, largely amo1g eastern
trust companies. Against tfHz stagger-
ing list of creditors is scheduled an ar
ray of $2l0 assets.
On the surface this would appear to
promise the hungry creditors-assunss
ing there were no incidental EXPENSE
the sure payment of about so. 00013 on
the dollar. This chance is wiped out,
however. by the petitioners declara-
ton that his $210 consists entirely of
personal effects exempt from seizure.
That makes it likely that there will be
no scramble among the creditors for
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29

General Sherman's commander deliber-
ately ordered that policy of laying
waste the country which General Sher-
MAJ followed in his march to the sea,
that began almost at once. Tor this
policy of running the territory in which
he operated, General Sherman has ever
since been severely criticised. partly
because of the operations of the bum
mers" who followed his troops. 1t is
still the custom in many sections Of the
south TO lay at his door any and all
loss of property. III
What Sherman did on his march to
the sea Sheridan did in the Shenan-
9oah, ravaging that wonderful n
from which Lees armies sdrew so large
a portion OF their food each year until
Sheridan made good his threat that q
crow flying over it would have to carry
his rations on his back.
In Grants telegram cited above we
nave the dearest proof that, after three
and one-half years of warfare, he too.
had come to the conclusion that the
most humane method of conducting
wal was to so completely irnpoverish
and wreck the enemy's country as to
make a long drawn out resistance i'm
possible.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29

is no gossiping, no f1bbing, no flirting
and no frills. There so young Ewes
from the Back Bay, minus rats and
switches and dressed in gingham gowns
have romped close to nature all sum-
mer.
1t is said that Henry c.. Prick cam
not bring the Quincys and Adamses
and Searses and Winthrops of Beverly
farms to recognize that a fortune made
in the old Salem days of fullrigged
ships, Medford rum and slave trade IL
no better than one made in the Pitts
burgh trade in coal mines and steel
mills. He stays in a sort Of perpetual
bad humor owe it too.
or course should not tell" said one
Of the girls. and Miss Frick will
simply be wild, but we've had such a
jolly time and the colony is so sue
cessful that it ought to be told.
The place is owned and run by Miss
and Miss Frick pays all of the ex-
penses. She christened the estate Iron
Rail- to signify how steadfastly we are
going to keep our resolutions.
W. agreed not to wear rats or puffs
or frills of any kind, never to gossip
or tell f1bs, and, above AL, not to fIirt.
We have one all summer without
speaking to a man except the poky old
gardener n the minister. When
strangers pass on the road every girl
is supposed to lower her eyes.
Nearly every evening some of the
boys from Beverly farms drive by sing
ing n playing on banjoes. but we new
er make a sound We get along very
nicely without them.
When men are away. girls never
have any little differences or jealous
les. or course some prefer moonlight
walks and spooning and all that, but
this way is so much more sensible"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Grant Ordered It
Important Historical Message Clears Sherman of a Southern
Charge. He Never Published It.

The sharpest bitterness generated in
the great American civil war grew out
OF the desolation Sherman's army
made over a swath 60 miles wide be-
tween Atlanta and Charleston. South
arm women in particular ascribed the
destruction wrought TO mere anton
less and they exhibited a fierce hatred
IF Sherman as long as he lived. He
never deigned a defense or explanation.
Now it ppears from a New York
news item hat a telegram from en-
eral Grant as commander in chief is
offered for sale in New York.
1t is dated at City Point, Va, October
70, 1854, addressed to General Sherman,
and reads in part as follows:
On reflection I think better of your prop
osltion. 1t will be much better to go south
than to be forced to come north. You will
no doubt clean the country where you go
of railroad tracks and supplies. l would
&c move every wagon, horse, mule and
hoof of stock as well as the negroes. AS
far as arms can be supplied 1 would put
them In the hands of the negro men. Give
them such organization as you can. They
will be of some use.
u. S. Grant, Lieutenant Commander.
Now. the significance of this is that
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29

liberated by the commission during
1911, and more than that number are
being distributed during 1912. A large
nuraber of these We're let loose at the
game farm and in its vicinity.
Inc commission expects great things
from ITS large collection of wild Cam
ada geese. They breed on about the
same scale that tame geese do and
need no more 7ttention or care. A
little Clipping of wigs prevents a long
flight. 1t is doubtful If they care to
leave.
The commission undertook to feed
game birds during the recent severe
winter: The various wardens actually
located and fed 39l coveys OF quail In
various parts of the state. They
found plenty Of English pheasants, in
~dicating thai sunners did not do so
u damage as was expected.
The commission has $4,000 for its
game farm and game planting in 1912,
and hopes to se. the birds to set out.
Already It has well stocked he state
with brook trout and other fish. In
1911 1t set out 101, 900 adult brook
trout, 10000 small mouthed bass and
many white and yellow perch, crap
pie, pickerel, catfish and baitfish. OF
deer 1t put out AZ, n reports a great
increase from those ibe rated in prior
years. Ocean county is noted for its
multiplicity Of big COIL springs,
spring brooks, ponds and streams. All
of these have been heavily stocked
with brook. trout
Gunners are warned that under the
new law they are liable to arrest with
out warrant for shooting on any
posted land without permit from the
owner. Heretofore it was necessary
to get a. warrant for trespass in the
regular way. The public IN general ia
also cautioned to get familiar with
the game laws before hunting and
fishing, as state agents now go dis
guised as one Of them and can make
arrests with no visible badge of au-
thority.
Under the presidency Of Ernest
Napier, fish and game laws are every
where under rigid enforcement. The
SAT- water bays are patrolled and in
Vulnerable arrests are made and fines
or Imprisonment imposed. Pothunters
and bay pirates, who have ever con-
sidered h a the bays and woods owed
them a living are looking for new
paths for easy money. Night stealing
on private oyster beds has nearly
ceased.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Fire Dog the Whole SHOW.

New fork-Jack. a fire dog, the mascot
II Hose company No. 6. Jamaica, L. I,
proved yesterday afternoon he has been
we'll trained.
Some n on the top floor OF No. 1854 Full
ION street threw a lighted match out of
he window and 1t set ire to the awning
at the ground floor. lust then Jack trotted
past saw the flames and commenced
barking SO loudly that everyone in the Of
nee OF P.auet Brothers. real estate brok.
srs, on the first floor. hurried out. They
Began to tear down TIE burning awniny
Meanwhile Jack had dashed ~ tha o,,ar
hers of hose No. 6 and tugged Fireman
Sllmore w. Oyeracer by the leg Of his
trousers. overacre followed the dog 10 the
Sseet. ssw h fire and in a few minutes
5zs = Gan with a chemical exttnguisher
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
WILD GAME FARM IS
kept UP BY STATE
New Jersey Raises, Protects
and Distributes Fish and
Birds.
RESULTS SATISFACTORY
State Agents Disguised as Hunters
Ever on the Outlook for Poach-
ers-Cost Justi-
fled.

Fork River, N. 1.-THE new state
game farm Of New Jersey, after a care
full survey Of the entire commonwealth,
was located at Forked river, the nerve
center of both fishing and shooting of
the middle Atlantic coast. The fish and
game commission, under the presidency
of Ernest Napier, of East Orange, Sc
leEtsd and purchased for $40, 900 the 400
aEre Holmes farm. This farm was
bps,ght six years by Charles A.
Esnith, of New York, from the Holmes
heirs for $500.
Tluring the six-year interval Mr..
Sr nth made vast improvements, such
rs turning over the soil, fertilizing it
n replanttng it on the latest scien-
tific principles. He rebuilt it's various
structures and erected new barbed
wire fences. In consequence the state
got a bargain which no private indi-
yidual could have secured, as Mr..
Smith, a man of wealth. intended to
make his property a show place for
his own delectation.
The new game farm is about equally
divided in three sections-one of fine
soil. one of dense woody highland and
swamp n one of salt meadows. The
soil ands will be fine for breeding of
graminivorous game birds, with ample
retreats in the deep woods. The swamp
woods will be ample for breeding
deer. 8
II SILL iledUOWS aIEOTQ just the
required areas for breeding wild fowl,
Immediately upon taking posses
sion, the commission erected a large
group of small pens. A quail pen ahas
a wire gauze front door, or rather,
for two-thirdss Of the front. The dark
third allows a hiding place for tilnid
quail when persons approach = the
pens. In these pens ample quail food
is placed. When a consignment of
quail is distributed among the pens
captivity is maintained for q few
days until the birds get acquainted
with the fact that there are food and
shelter for them at all times and un-
der all conditions.
The gauze is then opened and the
birds are allowed to, escape. AT first
the quail make a wild dash for the
open and scatter over the meadows
and In the woods. astonishing as it
nay seem to the laylnan. many. or
perhaps all OF them at times, singly
OF in numbers, return to the pens for
food and shelter. ON Of the pens
are never closed, so that all returning
can find a home at any time Of day OF
night.
Later the quail are distributed al
widely scattered points throughout the
state.
The black dick is another speciality
of b commission. Propagation has
Q yet been attempted, but soon
will be.
Thsrs were s.oaz English pheasants
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Men and wonen who are odd might
get ever by marrying.
y THE WAY OUT
Change Of Food Brought Success and
EEyssa Happiness.

An ambitious but delicate girl, after
g2ailing to go through school on ac-
count of nervousness and hysteria,
found in Grape-Nuts the only thing
What seemed to build her up and fur
nish her the peace of health.
"From infancy" she says, II have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost / finally got to tho
High School. but soon had to abandon
my studies on account of nervous pros
tration and hysteria.
my food did not agree with me, I
grew thin and Respondent. l could not
enjoy the simplest social affair for 7
suffered constantly from nervousness
In spite OF all sorts Of medicines.
"This wretched condition continued
until I WAS twenty-five, when / became
interested in the letters OF those who
had cases like mine and who were get
ting we'll by eating Grape-Nuts.
I had little faith but procured q
bog and after the first dish / expe-
renced a peculiar satisfied feeling
that ! had v gained from any ordi-
nary food. I slept and rested better
that night and In a few days began to
grow stronger.
- had q new feeling and peace and
r~estfulness. In a few weeks. to my
great JOY, the headaches and nervous
ness left me and life became bright
and hopeful. I resumed my studies
and later taught ten months with ease
-of course using Grape-Nuts every
day. It is now four years since / be
9 to use Grape-Nuts. I am the mis-.
tress of g happy home, and the old
weakness has never returned" Name
given BY the Postum Co. Battle Creek,
Micts.
There's q reason Head the little
book. The Road to Wellville." in pkgs,
y Rad the above letter. A new
gaeSepDeax from tiIae to time. They
sEc geauiass true. ana fuli Of humas
<SEhf% as{eftSS
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
His Parents Church.

DR.. David Bokhof. Of the Swona
settlement was enrolling several bows
for the privilege of the various depart-
meHts OF the institution the other day.
One particularly restless, tousle-headed
little fellow was being questioned BY
the doctor.
profess?" asked the doctor.
There was a silence.
Don't you know what church your
father n mother belong to?" came
the second question.
Sure I dol" blurted out the bow.
All right. which is it?"
sThey belong to the, Turnerverein ).
proudly answered the young scion OF
the clan of Germania.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Too Much of a Good Thing.

II was very happy" said the profes.
sor. when, afer years of wooing, she
finally said Yes"
But why did you break the engage
ment SO soon after?" asked his friend.
Man, it was she chat dissolved it."
Really" said his friend. How did
that happen?"
ut "a due to my accursed absent
m~indedness. When, a few days later,
l called at her home. | again asked
her to marry me"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Blends are Temperate.

Westinghouse tipplers blends an.
outclassed by brunettes. Army medicsE
officers have arrived at this conclusicf:
as a result of two years observation C
enlisted men in the Philippine scouts, tn
Philippine constabulary and the ManiiE
pslice force. The reports show that Whit
fair men are the equal of their dark con-.
rades in ability to withstand the tropicsS
climate, in vitality, muscular strength ar
intellect. they are lacking in staying quse.
tiles when it comes to battling with JOSS
B~arleycorn.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Openlna I'm Lhass.

Lhassa. which is the capital of
Tibet, for generations was known as
the Forbidden City. because of its
political and religious e~xclusiveness.
In 1904 a British armed expedition
opened the mysterious old city, Pre-
vious to that time practically every
European traveller had been stopped
In his efforts to reach the place. The
population in Lhasa Is about $4,000.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Diplomacy.

'Mrs. Jinks always has such a good
time when she goes anywhere. How
does she manage to convey the impress
sion she is a widow"
"She always makes an ~alluslon
to her tardy husband as my late hus.
band" s..,s, u
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
RICH GIRL
REAL ADAMLESS EDEN

New York-The only genuine Adam
less Eden In existence lies benin a big
stone wall at Thompson's four corners,
Beverly. Mass.
There. hidden away from spying
r7es. p year Did Helen Clay Frick.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Proven Mexican Lived 1875 Years.

FROM The Denver Post. 4
An official investigation into the claim
that Jose Calvario, who died a few DAYS
ago at Tuxpan. was 1856 years old, has been
made. and 1t is nounce that it was
fully established by church records that he
was born In 1727. He was active until 4
few days before his death
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29

A woman's mind is continually rum
ming to clothes. II she isn't talking
through her hat she's laughing in her
sleeve.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
P~aradoxical Effect.

There was SO much fire in her
eyes"
There always is when she Is put
out"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
Easy.

u put the wrong couples together
ct that dinner and frlon't know wat
TO do about my mistakes"
Why, repair them"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29

Berlin has a remarkably large nur.
Der of cigar stores. They are used q
betting places and for the sale ss 10.
terry tickets at a trifing profit.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29

Concrete water barrels used for fire
protection on a railroad In the south
show no loss OF water except BY evan
grafton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
The Natural Inference

While out motoring the other day. 1
a across an old friend Of mine"
Was he much hurt?'