The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-08

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A monument which is 10 be unveiie6
coon In Paris IN memory Of Pierre
Berthelot, the great French chemist. ~
front or the College de France, is an
unusual memorial. The sculptor, Paul
de st. Marceaux. has not only made a
statue of the chemist alone. but has
placed him ia g bronze group Which In
cludes hts wife and the great writer,
Ernest Renan, author Of The Life o.
Jesus All three were for years uni
ted in the closest bonds OF friendship.
Renan, who was the first TO die, was
long mourned by the Berthelots. who
outilved him some so years and who
then died on the same night.
Many well known European plays.
including La Dame aux Camellias, I"
have been translated into Turkish FOR
production. Some OF Noliere's ONE
dies n demonstrations OF Sherlock
Holmes stories are also booked. It is
comparatively few years age that Con-
stantinople had a few houses OF anuSe~
ment OF the poorest class, OF which the
best was a degenerate circus. Now,
Win MT. antoine the famous GlI4SlGl
director, in charge Of the Conservatory
OF Constantinople, some fine produc-
lions maS be expected. Native writer's
are also exercising their hands at the
drama
More than 80 per cent OF the timber
in the Philippines IS owned by the
government and is worked through
concessions and licenses, as no land
more valuable for timber than for as
riculture carr be bought. The vaIu-
able trees Of the same species are
often scattered through the forests
instead OF being grouped. and this
makes numbering more expensive.
Buffalo is to purify its drinking wa
n unpleasant taste caused by the
more common method OF using hypo-
chloride Will not appear. The process
Will kill germs, but not clarity the wa
ter. If Buffalo wants its water TO
sparkle it win haye TO install q fltra-
ton system as IN Cleveland. where the
plant cost 50, 900, 00o.
~Soapstone production IN the United
States (26,562 tons in 1919 exceeds
that OF all other countries combined.
In the rough, es auarried, soapstone Is
worth 81 q ton; avn into slabs its
value exceeds SIS 6 ton. and when
manufactured into laundry tubs its
value Is about $50 a ton. Virginia fur
nishes about IS per cent OF the supply.
Commercially. elephants In India come
under two classes-the one of pagentry,
the other OF utility. Every native
prince OF nooleman OF distinction in
India keeps elephants to swell his re-
tnue. while. on the other hand, gov
eminent officials ard private persons,
such as timber contractors, etc, re-
QEtrG them for work
A theatrical Journal says that in q
Few farce playing IN New York real
refreshments are consumed. the list
reading: Fifteen cents worth Of rad
tsaes Is cents worth OF celery, q por-
acn Of fish. z plate Of toast one quar-
n1 Kline wine. one Of cham
payne 1.-THE genuine aTticle), four bot
Res OF sslzsr, and eight cups Of tea
Ths bible ts now printed in 500 Ian
gasges and dialects, and every year
from eight 70 10 new languages or dia-
tects are added to the list 1t is not
KNOWN how many dialects are spoken
cut OF every 10 OF the human popula-
ton have had provided for them the
Gospa story In their OWE tongue.
II has been g casa of walk right
IN, turn around and walk right OUT
again" for american RESPONDER
WHO chose Belgium for the scene OF
their efforts. Many OF them have been
unable TO get any stories in Belgium.
Z those that did get them. in most
them out.
American moving picture men who
were abroad when the war began have
lost many thousand feet OF expensive
mrn- amer men have beer looked
upon with such suspicion In the war
zone that most movie photographer
have been only too glad TO get away
auVe leaving films and machines be-
hind.
The Ohio river was named from n,
q word Oheo. meaning .beauti-
Iu1.. 1t appears on various early mans
as the Albacha. Cubach, 90, Ochio
s~aoogungo. Caussisseppione. Kitono.
Onufpeekhanna. Ohio. Opeek.
Youghiogheny.
Although the Aquitania is 1874 feet
longer than the Olympic and s feet
Wloer, me latter Is nearly 10 feet deep
er, ana has a net tonnage of %. 350
M Q gross tonnage of So, 359 as against
zl.ss3 and 45,64T tons for the Aouita-
MA Which is the larger vessel. the
American asks.
Harry Mount, a policeman Of New
sritain, Conn, has completed, after
work. what is believed TO be
the largest jackknife In the world. r.
IS 3 feet. Z inches long when open
AND : feet "a inches when closed.
and the large blade is 6A inches wide
Boy scouts and school children sra
IleIping greatly In getting In the har-
vests of Switzerland. The Germans
nave ordered the men OF Belgium n
aid In getting in the crops OF German
u is reported, n many Belgians have
ned 70 oilan to void this service
according to the latest reports of the
census. there are 9,Se5,4T9 persons nov,
IN the limited G4a+e.