The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-07-03

THE CITIZEN REPUBLICAN
p. A. BLISS, Editor and Proprietor.
SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA
crete the Iongest slege on
record, beside which Troy's 10 years
seem but a skirmish. In 1913 the Turks,
attempting to conquer the island, laid
siege to the capital city of Gambia,
which, however, did not surrender I'M
I'll September, 1859, after 81 years.
Again in 1921, when the Cretans revolt
hold the fortified cities against all at
tacks and many OF them were still un-
captured when the powers interviewed
nine years later.
Probably tho most remarkable jour-
hey yer mad from Cattaro to Get
TIME, in Montenegro, was that of an
English billiard table. Fifty sturdy
porters were required to carry the
table over the mountain n a pilot
stood astride it to shout directions as
to how best to get round awkward
N'CblaSA Ss IN pdklalil6 LII , \ Ao
housed retained the name of "Biliiardo'
when converted into government Of
fees and parliament house many
years later.
The Farmers' association OF the de-
partnnent of Loir-et-Cher has held at
Blois a competition for agricultural
workers who have brought UP the
largest families, all the members of
which have remained ION the land"
Eleven grandmothers-the youngest
aged As and the Oldest S0-presented
themselves, surrounded by 95 children
and 1913 grandchildren. The first prize
went to q woman who has 10 children,
of whom nine are living and 20 grand
children.
Among the serious things that arrest
the travellers attention on arriving in
Moscow 1s that fact that drivers of
cabs, carriages and all sorts OF We
hicles do not carry whips. There Is o
law prohibiting their use. The excel
lent condition of their horses attests
the benefit of this humane law. No
where are there sleeker and better
groomed horses han those used In the
carriages of Moscow.
Mrs. Oyle Blank advertised for a
maid and got many w From the
cloud of applicants she chose one. Be-
LII y LilNA u w CD ~ tAAO sbtAt
fly. The maid had been employed else
where and she knew the difference.
Mrs. Blank became acrimonious. do
you call yourself a lady's maid?' II
used to ma'am," replied the servant,
Before / worked for you."-Chicago
Daily News.
West Cairo, Ohio, a village of 500
population, enjoys a distinction that
marks 1t as a leader In the peaceful
class. Not for many years has a cit
izen been arrested. Fifteen years ago
a villager was taken home by the
marshal for yielding to fluid excite
ment, but aside from this lone moral
slip, the villages record is spotless.
Some people consider the fly lucky.
A writer y Among our deep sea
fishermen there Is a most corlical idea
that II q fly falls into the glass from
which any n has been drinking or
is about to drink, 1t is considered a
sure and true omen Of good luck to
the drinker, and Is always noticed as
such by the company"
The earliest successful locomotive in
England was completed Just 100 years
ago. It was named Putting Billy"
Tho owner was warned that "if the
noise Of the engine disturbs tho cattle
grazing in the lands adjacent to the
wagon way tratlway), SO as to put
them of their feed, 1t may be con-
sidered o nuisance"
Natures most deadly antipathy seems
TO have been overcome. A rat was
killed In a produce company's plant in
Missouri and left four young rats.
the cat has undertaken to bring
up. meantime not neglecting her duty
Of keeping the place clear Of all adult
rats that come In sight.
Port Arthur, at the head of Lake su-
perior, is about to build the greatest
freight carrier on the great lakes, with
. grain capacity of $4,000 bushels. TTo
boat will be 625 feet long and she will
operate between Port Arthur and Col I
Mngwood, Ontario.
The Grand Trunk railway has offered |
three free scholarships In McGill uni |
to railroad employees under 81
OF age who desire q college education.
young men will be expected to
work for the company during vacation
periods.
Very good smoking tobacco was pro-
duced on q small scale in England last
year and considerable interest is being
aiken IN the efforts being made to re-
vive the tobacco growing industry In
the English counties.
navigation OFFICIALLY opened, /
April "a, there were In elevators. on |
steamers and or railroad cars at TT. /
William and Port Arthur, at the head |
OF Lake Superior, more than AZ. 750. 900
Of grain awaiting t~ransporta-
ton.
Are dried fruits. such as figs, peaches
p dates. necessartes or luxuries? |
Canadian merchants, who are asking
for q reduction of freight rates. assert
that these are now necessaries-made |
SO by an elevation Of the standard OF
living.
The encouraging theory recently adj !
yarlced hat the mineral elements OF |
the soil are ~inexhaustibie seems to he |
borne out by the fact that Chinese soils
are among the richest In the world az
ter 1900 years OF Intensive cultivation.
Labor unrest through England is be-
coming acute. Leaders of various I'M
ions are denouncjng the government FOR
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