The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-29

A
p. A. BLISS, Editor and Proprietor.
SCOTLAND. SOUTH DAKOTA
Dynamite is less dangerous than nj
trogiycerin, although the recent explo-
sion near Baltimore was sufficiently
terrible. The fatalities caused by rs.
t~roglycerin in transport in England a
ouch an effect on the public mind that
In 1853 an act was rushed through par
me excluding ii from the British
market, Two years previously to this
Alfred Nobel, after experimenting With
sawdust, %brickdust, paper, rags, and
numerous other materials, had discov-
cred that kieaelguhr would absorb nj
troslycerin and render it safe to ham
die. The new explosive. christened 'dN-
Mantle" made him a millionaire.
James Donovan. farmer, who lives
near Wilmington, Del, has a pet
goose which is Il wouder. 1t is az at
enched to him AZ a dog to It's master.
DonoNan is in the habit OF taking maps
during the warm weather under his
large shade trees. ana the goose stands
beside him picking off the flies and
mosquitoes rs theg Glisbt on his sleep
ing master. Donovan has refused
good offers for the goose and is sat
isfied that should he sell IT it would
find Its way zach to his home.
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dormant accounts in saving banks
are those which have not been added
to OF subtracte4 from for n certain
umbe of years, varying in different
states. In Massachusetts these ac-
counts eventually. after being adyer-
tised revert TO the state. Boston pa
pers recently contained 80 columns of
names of persons owning these dor
mant accounts Most Of the deposits
thus abandoned are. it is said, small
in mount.
Strict regulation Of all orphans and
chlldren's homes in LOS Angeles is pro-
vidcd in a new ordinance passed by the
board of Supervisors which has gone
into effect. The ordinances recommend
ed by DIR. Il. O. Sa.SasIs. cuunty health
officer, is to .'nreVel%. the starving of
babies and children la orphans homes,
selling them like puppy dogs and the
use of orphans homes for begging pur-
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The following advertisement is pub
lished in the kretsblatt d newsoaper
published at Hocc,I..t near Wetsbaden.
Germany: Can any one favor me
with the names of the bapoonists who.
when passing over the village of Ried
last Thursday evening. dropped at,ag
of ballast down nv chimney and com.
pletely ruined a fruit tart which / was
rasse f}iaa -.
The old lady from the country and
her small son we're driving In town
when a huge motorc:r bore down I'M
on them. The horse began to prance.
whereupon the old lady Jumped out,
screaming at tho ton Of her voice. The
chauffeur stopped and offered to help.
serh.ttc ali r{eb,,, sa;1 40 bay ,on,
posedly. II can nTanape the horse.
You lust lead mother mast"
The present Lord Tennyson tells in
his charming biography Of his father.
the late poet laureate. that he wrote
..Crossiag TIE Bar in a few minutes.
He had been down to Soicombe. near
Bolt Head. whore there Is a bar which
makes a curious moaning, He sat on
unfil lnng sftar.sa ,11s ,hat .hs a,aat
lyric came .like \ lash ~ insriration "
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The Oldest watsslip in the world ia
probablyIshe Victory. Lord Nelson's
flagship. at Trafalgar, which is still
afiaat at Portsmouth. England. she is
now 147 years old, having been
launched in 1867. 0R the anniversary
of her greatest victory. october 81
poets that every man will do his duty
is hoisted on the ola shin.
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Newly welded couples OF Joplin. Mo,
need have no fear in the future of be-
ing b~otnbarded with showers of rice
and old shoes thrown by enthusiastic
friends. John H. Meyers. chief of po-
lice. has resurrected an old city ordi-
ties of Wedding ..cut-ups." and he is
sued an order that 1t be enforced
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Morenci. Ariz., has no street. only
tains. The town contain no automohiIes
or vehicles of any kind and sturdy
ponies. mules and burros pack all the
supplies. while funerals nnaast he at-