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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
THE BEST TREATMENT FOR
ITCHING SCALPS, DANDRUFF
AND FALLING HAIR

To allay itching and irritation Of the
scalp, prevent dry, thin and falling
hair, remove crusts, scales and dan-
druff, and promote the growth and
beauty of the hair, the following spe-
cial treatment is most effective, agree
able and economical. On retiring,
comb the hair out straight all around,
then begin at the side and make a
parting, gently rubbing Cuticura ONT
ment into the parting with a bit OF
soft flannel held over the end OF the
finger. Anoint additional partings
about half an inch apart until the
whole scalp has been treated, the pur-
pose being to get the Cuticura ONT
ment on the scalp skin rather than on
the hair. 1t is well to place a light
covering over the hair to protect the
pillow from possible stain. The next
morning, shampoo with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Shampoos alone may
be used as often as agreeable. but
once or twice a month is generally
sufficient for this special treatment
for women's hair.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston."-Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
From the ST. Louis Republic.

From the ST. Louis Republic.
1T Is decreed that the old-fashioneo
farm house "parlor' must go. Since the
decree comes from Kansas, in which state
most of the world-sweeping crusades orig
mate. the edict is final. Cars of the
Kansas agricultural college have pro-
nounced the eradicating ukase. The farm
house parlor must be-nay, 1t is-no more.
1t is to rejoice. and yet also to weep.
Who of US, whether reared on the farm
or recalling farm life merely as a city
cousin on q visit, does not look back with
mingled feelings to the old parlor? 1t
was the front room, Of course, II there
was was but one front room: otherwise 1t
was the front room across the hall from
the living room with the kitchen attached
The parlor was sacred territory. 1t was
reserved for Sunday or for company.
When company came We, the children,
Were admitted to the parlcr, provided ffst
we washed our feet in barefoot season OF
cleaned our boots IN winter.
The parlor carpet was our dearest dread,
Even though woven of rags 1t was spot
less and must be kept SO; and 1t was IN
derlaid witt many thlcknesses of soit
stuff TO make noiseless the tread of I'M
holy feet upon holy space. We walked
across 1t with exceeding care, as one dares
thin Ice.
Then there was the whatnot. 1t stood
IN the corner, of course, being Cr1dngulaf'
Four or five shelves had the whatnot,
ranging In size from the biggest at the
bottom to the smallest at the top. That
whatnot was our household museum of
mysteries and mementos. Sometimes the
glass jar imprisoning the waxwork bou-
quet stood upon the topnlost shelf, though
usually the enter table was its repository.
Why, of course, there was a center table.
Who ever heard OF a parlor without a CEN
ter table? What's the use of a center
without a table to occupy It, anyhow?
There were the notices on the walls.
Don't forget those notices. In fact, you
can't. They were worked notices, done
in colored yarns by Big Sis OF Aunt Lou
in perforated cardboard. and set In home
made frames. God Bless Our Home"
was always there. What Is Home With
out a Mother" was present also. They
were silent teachers of religions and flial
reverence.
Upon the center table reposed the family
album. BY the way, what has become of
the family album? 1t was our wonder
book. When company came we were
privileged to open the crimson-plush tome
Of ancestral worship and show the pic
lures of grandpa and grandma, Uncle Pete
Hawkins, Cousin Jim Skies, who was
killed in battle at Pea Ridge, and the
Botkin twins. Cousin Jim was taken in
lough-the last time.
Then there was the autograph album.
There's another one which seems to nave
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
unalphabetical Dictionary.
From Life.

$50 -
syndicalism-A scheme to reduce the
poor to the level of the rich.
Eugenics-A system of removing matri-
mony from the altar to the drugstore.
Graft--See New York.
Feminism-A sexless problem.
Food-A modern substitute for nourtsn-
ment.
England-A small island where a man
named Bernard Shaw lives.
Forcible Feeding-A process INDUCED IN
by the average New Yorker when no
takes come girl to a restaurant.
\ Seq Probiem-Findtng your wife IN 2
department store.
1rrou the other man can not disprovS.
Home-A temporary shelter between
tours. $500,
y9 pafeUA combination in restraint Of hap
pinesH ~ ~. ost
from the ones who win.
Hope-A substitute for hard work.
Pr~uyidence-An unreliable unknown.
Esye--The inventor OF perpetual emo
first white slave.
Uplift-The price Of meat.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19

the right characteristics it is often pos
sible to make sales when less c%ongenial
statesmen would find themselves up
against the wall of customers idosyn-
c~rasies.
The rule applies not only to sellers,
but to buyers. A. fur-dealing concern
in Cincinnati through a corps of CORES
pondents amasse a fun of informa-
ton each year relative to the catch OF
fur bearing animals throughout its
contributing territory. An eastern
Kentucky correspondent furnishes he
information that in a certain neighbor-
hood trappers are resorting to arsenic
poisoning to increase the catch. Quail
ity being endangered, the fur buyers
arc especially cautious with regard to
skins from that section. The furriers
also know that a very mild fall in
Michigan has lessened the value of
pelts from that region, SO that prices
offered may be rated accordingly.
The firms information bureau main
tanned at an annual cost Of less than
$3.50 has been found to pay very graf.
flying dividends.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
Passing of the "Parlor."

gone the way of all albums, except tho
post card album. It was a little red OF
blue book bound in leather or plush, ana
containing the autographs of everybody
one ever had known. Some of these auto
graphers wrote merely their names, mod
eStly. Others penned scraps of verse, usu-
ally borrowed and nearly always senti-
mental. The autograph album contained
our household anthology of popular gems
Roses are red and violets blue:
Sugar is sweet, and so are you.
That was the most popular couplet
written Into Big Sis's or Aunt LOUIS auto
graph album. Ed Smith and Joe Harper
and Eph Rogers all wrote it there, at on
ferent times, each tnnoceptly unmindful
OF the others.
The ~horsehair sofa and the two or three
big horsehair chairs, including the rocker,
were set in their several places-and woe
be unto one of us who moved one of th'm
from It's proper placei The sofa, being
the most popular because it was built tor
two or three, got worn through and the
horsehairs stuck up and pricked the nesh
at times: but who cared? 1t was not every
day that one was privileged to sit on the
"sofy.''
In one corner, set "catty-cornered," OF
course. was the little old organ. Victroias,
plontSId pIlS L Aoif 90 ~
gone! Make room for the little old organ
of 1874 or Whereabouts, and hear Aunt Lou
evoke therefrorn the subduing strains OF
Home, Sweet Home" OF the enticements
of In the Sweet B~y-and-By."
n the windows? They were dalkeneo
always on week days by thick curtains.
DIR. Frank Crane, who worries about mi
crobes, recently wrote somewhere that
God made light and men made windows
but the women shut out the light by hang
ing seven thicknesses of rags over the
windows. Well, now that the old-fash-
Toned parlor has gone, let the light come
in!
Hereafter the farm house parlor-in
easy room of the house. It's floor is to be
covered with a removable rug. Its cur
tains are to be thin and the light Is TO
stream in undimmed- Its TUT
ntture Is to be modern and comfy" Ana
the key to its door is to be tossed into
the straw stack back Of the barnyard
fence.
Forward folkI The world moves. Tune
up the Edisonian organ and give us some
canned music for a tango frollc In the
front room" while Aunt Lou reads Laura
Jean Libbey's latest and Big Sis serves
ladyfingers and lemon ice to the com
pany.' That book on the library tabs
pushed over against the wall? On, thata
George Barr McCutcheon's latest six
shilling shocker. Huh! Did you imagine
1t was the family album rebound in hard
cloth?
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
DAYS OF INSIDE INFORMATION.
Value Of Observing Small Points for
Future Use.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
This Is the day of inside information.
The desire for intimate facts about peo-
pie is no longer confined to politicians
and persons OF other deep and nys-
terious caliings. In all branches OF
business the practical value OF such
data is recognized.
Al wholesale concern in kansas City
whose customers are scattered all over
the southwest has an exhaustive card
index Of the personal fofbies OF Its par
irons For instance, q reference to one
card will show that Smith OF Amarillo
Is q strict church man and q vigorous
temperance advocate. The sales man
ager may also learn that Jones ts q
Bowling enthusiast, who is not averse
to an occasional hignball when busi-
ness demands may be put aside with
convenience.
information thus gathered tho sales
force Is composed OF men OF many tenn.
Hawkins Is q church mar
and. having something In common witt
smith OF Amarillo, finds him an easy
customer. Burns a salesman Of quiet
sporting proclivities, hardles Jones
with ease. And 30 on through thu
rest OF the force BY detailing mel o;
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
English use of "ParceI Post"
From the Chicago Record-Herald

FIOIH TIC SIllSdSo d1o HH
An Englishman wished to reach a Gus
toner living in a remote part of BALKAN,
one of the suburbs of LONDON, and 1t was
very urgent that he find him quickly.
Knowing nothing of the locality, he called
at ST. Martin lie Grand to consult a direc-
tory. Stating his case to a clerk, he was
amazed to learn that he could be sent to
the address by parcel post by paying a
fee of 3 pence a mile. The gentleman had
never heard of such a thing, and 1t Is said
that very few in England know that 1t can
be done. Accepting the offer, the gentle
man was placed In charge Of a messen,
ger familiar with all parts of the city and
was soon on his way. The boy carried a
printed slip on which was written a de-
the heading. Article required to be de-
livered,' and before leaving the Gus
toner's house both the customer and the
gentleman were required to place their
signatures on the paper h limit N
post in England tas IL in It this Is eo',nds n, 1g
there is one clause which reads, "A per-
son may be conducted by express mess e1a
ger to any address on payment OF mlle-
age fee"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
Not Much of a Mystery.

Two newspaper men met on the
street of one of the large cities, spoke
heir minds freely, and told the trath,
me to another. WELL" said Smith.
Il hear that old Jones, editor of the
Trumpet, was found dead in his office
asst night" Eyes, so I hear" an
wered Brown. Foul play is suspect
I'd, of course" he added. That's the
,olice theory. But why should any.
,ody kill him? Had his paper been
naking any enemies@ None at all.
s far as l can hear. You know he had
topped all s~ensationalism and was
srinting a pure, modest, highly moral
amily paper" "Aha! That explains
IL" Who could have killed him?'
He wasn't murdered. man. He
starved to death!"-San Francisco
Argonaut.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
CANADA WINNING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
in AGRICULTURE
Ihs Latest Is Winning Cham
pionship for Oats a Third
Time.

Recently was published the fact OF
remarkable winnings by Canadian
farmers in several events during the
past three or four years. The latest
Is that Of Messrs. j. G. Hill &c Sons
of Loydminster, Saskatchewan, who
won in a hard contest for the oat
championship over Montana. At the
National Corn Exposition at Dallas
during February, Montana oats were
awarded the championship for the
United States. Waiting for the win
ner of this to be announced was a
peck of oats belonging to the Ca
madam growers above mentioned, and
alongside Of these was a like quantity
belonging to a Minnesota grower, who
was barred from the regular compe-
tition because he was at one time the
winner Of the trophy-the prize. The
three entries were side by side on the
judges bench. 1t would not be pos
sible to bring together three more
likely samples. The Montana and
Saskatchewan entries were of equal
weight-50 pounds to the bushel. The
Minnesota sample was some three
pounds lighter. The award was
unanimous In favor of the Saskatche-
wan oats. A remarkable feature and
one greatly to the credit of the Ca
madam product was that the oats.
grown in 1913, were grown and shown
by those who had competed during
the past two years, winning on each
occasion. This, the third winning.
| gave them for the third time the
worlds championship and full posses
/ sion Of the splendid $1,000 silver
trophy contributed by the state OF
Colorado.
The pats which have thus given to
Western Canada another splendid adj
vertising card, were grown 300 miles
north of the international boundary
line, proving that in this latitude, all
the smaller grains can be grown width
greater perfection and with more
abundant yield than further south. In
all this country are to be found fazvn-
ers who produce oats running from
Il to 48 pounds to the bushel, and
With yields Of from 60 to 100 bush.
lis per acre. Wheat also does we'll,
trades high, and yields from 80 to AZ
bushels per acre. The same may be
aid of any portion Of Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta, famed
,ver the world not only as a country
Fhere championship grains are grown
Tut where cattle and horses are raised
nat also carry off championships ane
where wild grasses are abundan
tielders, cultivated hay and alfalfa
ire grown, thus giving blenty of feed
md with a good climate, s%utficien
.helter and plenty of water. brint
lbout results such as western Canad'
has been able to record. Thousand
II farmers from the United State
who have their homes in Canada bea
ample testimony to the benefits the
have derived from farming in wes'
srn Observation-Disclosures.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
Good Old Tines Again.

Hospital patients of today are bet
ter off than their ancestors of the
good old times" MI. Wheatley, in
his book on London" quotes from a
Scottish act of parliament of 1886 to
the effect that "if ony man brings to
the market corrupt swine or salmond
to be saudi. they shall be taken by the
baillie, and in~continent, without ony
question, sail be sent to the leper
folke;" and if there be no lepers then
only sail they be destroyed utterlie."
The same pleasant custom obtained in
Oxford in the fifteenth century, where
all putrid meat and fish was by statute
sent to st. Johns hospital.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
FanaticaI Kansas.
From the Breeders Gazette

Kansas admits having within Its
borders s12 dependent people living
upon public charity. However, one
fourth of the counties of Kansas have
no paupers at all. There are "a
counties in Kansas hat lack poor
farms and eight more with poor farms,
but lacking inmates. o is that not
quite a good answer to those who look
upon Kansas with plying smiles?
Among the reasons for the lack OF
extreme poverty in Kansas are the
high general level of intelligence, the
good schools, the prevalence Of profit
able employment and the absence OF
the saloon in rural villages. We have
heard Kansas termed 'fanatical." Let
us all pray for a speedy spread OF the
sort Of fanaticism that makes tenant
less the almshouse and fills the coun-
try school.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
A revival Of the stately minuet Is

promised. But consider well the re-
sponsibility of that dance Thus. for
instance. Mr.. Austen Leigh on the 18th
century minuet: sit was not every one
who felt qualified to make this public
exhibition, and those ladies who in
tended to dance minuets used to dis
tjnguish themselves by wearing a par
ticular kind of lappet on their head
dress. I have heard also another cur
fous proof OF the respect in which this
dance w was nens,aer loys ~sc,, i.nacf fnr ~
due performance, while gloves a little
Eoiled We're thought good enough for
q country dance; and accordingly some
prudent ladies provided themselves
with two pairs for their several pur.
pcsez<-xondon Chronicle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
Promising All Right.

Bill-Don't you think he has a prom
Using voice?
Jill-Sure. heard him say twenty
different times he was going to pay
his bill.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
Tip in Time.

The ferret-eyed little man stepped
across the street car aisle and whis-
pered into the ear of the tall chap
In a gray suit:
You'd better wipe that bit Of egg
OFF your chin. The income-tax nan is
just two seats in front of you."-In-
dianapolis Star.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19

A kitten, which belonged to q vessel
which foundered In Lake Ontario. re-
Gently. appeared a week later at a house
near the shore and has been identified
by the vessels crew. In order to reach
the land the kitten must have swum
or floated two miles in the face OF q
heavy off shore gale.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation. ADV.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19

. -- HIS
Lord Derby Is being picked by many
political observers as likely to prove a
dark horse" in the contest for the pre-
miership when the %unionists return to
power.
Those who most ardently supported
Bonar Law are now believing that his
leadership has prove a failure. He Is
over 10 years of age and he is a liberal
unionist, a party association which has
never helped a man to the leadership
of the
Lord Derby on the other hand. who
has been unionfst leader in Lancashire
for many years, has never associated
himself with the tariff reform which
has helped to defeat the uniontsts at
three successive general elections. He
is a free FODDER" like most Lancas-
TRANS. and has further strengthened
his position by taking a strong stand
against those who threatened ciyil war
If the home rule bill is passed. Whlie
a staunch anti-honie ruler, Lord Derby
smoke strongly against the Ulster men.
| should they rise against law and order.
| Again he denounced attempts to re-
! vive the royal veto, when a section OF
his party suggested that the kim
| should be petitioned to his
| signature from the home rule bill He
| therefore gained the reputation OF pc
ing a strong constitutionalist
The Lancashire leader has the ad-
vantage of having served in the house
of and has had considerable
experience in the cabinet. He started
his career as a member of the staff of
the governor general of canada; was
chief press censor and private secre-
tary to Lord Roberts during the South
African war. and was twice mentioned
in dispatches for conspicuous services.
Upon return to England he became one
Of the lords OF the treasury, and later
nancia secretary to the war office,
where he remained until he entered the
cabinet as postmaster general.
He had to retire from the house OF
commons, where he represented the
west Houghton division Of Lancashire
for IA years, on the death of his father
In 1906, but he has continued his in
terest in politics. II not actually pre-
mier when the %unionists return tc
mower he is sure to fill one of the cabi-
net offices. His great wealth will, OF
course, help him, but Of even greater
assistance is his intimacy with King
George.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
He Hadn't.

What a debt we owe to medical
~science!" he said as he put down the
paper.
Good h~eavens!" she exclaimed
Haven't you paid the Doctors bill
YETI"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
EXPLAINED.

Patience-Thought it was against
the law to wear aigrettes?
Patrice-That's not an aigrette;
that's her husbands shaving-brush
she's got stuck in her hat.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
Only One "BRoMo oUrNlNE"

To get the genuine. call for full name. LAXh
| rom QUININE. Look for signature OF
u. w. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. 2Sc.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-19
Answered.

Evelyn-When does Hazel expect to
get married?
Loraine-Oh, every season.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-19
Seas Free to British?

London, Aug 16.-'The seas are free
to British merchantmen. The COM
mercial flag of Germany no longer flies
a1oat 1t is we'll that the nation
should realize the tremendous signifi-
canoe of these two facts
"All trade routes are open, even on
the North sea- The British fishing
fleets are working Coastwise traffic
and passenger service in northern Eu-
rope have been resumed Nothing
quite like this ever happened in the
history Of the world. 1t is all due to
the silent pressure of the unseen stat
ic force exerted by the British battle
fleet which stands between the kaiser
and his domination of the world, even
though battles have not been fought"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-19

lancers, and a regiment of hussars.
After dislodging them the Russian
cavalry pursued the Austrians across
the River Bug and blew up two
bridges and a viaduct.
The number Of volunteers enlisted
for service in the oversee contingent
to be sent from Canada to the war is
so large the $4,000 men required can
be picked from any three Of the nine
military divisions in the dominion.
This was announced by Col. Samuel
Hughes, minister of militia.
A Vienna dispatch to the Reuter-
Telegram company, received at Lon
don by way Of Amsterdam, says the
Austrian troops have advanced into
Russian Poland.
A wireless from Nauen, Germany,
to the Goldschm:dt Wireless COM
pany's station at Tuckerton, n. j.,
says that the German troops took 12O
French officers and 10 French SOL
diers prisoners in the lighting at
Muelhausen, Alsace. The. also cap
tured four French cannon.
Another 1000 French officers and
men were taken prisoners by the Ger
mans in the fight near Longwy. Ger
man soil, it was claimed is now en-
tirely cleared of French troops.
An official communication issued
by the French embassy at London
reiterated that French troops behind
Muelhausen have not retired but have
VIGOROUSLY resisted an entire Ger
man corps That there is continual
fighting in this district is not denied.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-19
Britain and Austria at War.

Declaration that a state of war ex-
lists between Great Britain and Aus
tria-Hungary from midnight of August
II has been issued by the British for
eign Office.
The declaration was precipitated
by the request of the French govern
ment that his majesty's government
communicated to the Austro-Hungar-
ian ambassador in London a French
declaration that Austrian troop move
ments in Germany were regarded as
hostile toward France. The declara-
ton sets the British Mediterranean
fleet free to enter the Adriatic and
proceed against the Austrian ships
there assembled.