The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-02
SOUTH DAKOTA

SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA
Connection between feeding and lit
erary genius Is commented on by Rob-
ert Sherard in his Modern Paris"
Zola, he says, wrote best When he was
very stout, and when his bulk dwindied
30 did his talent. Theophile Gautier,
himself enormous, maintained tina a
man of genius should be fat and for
proof pointed to that more barrel
than man." Balzac; to Alexandra Du-
mas, always fat and jolly" to the
"~hippopotamus in breaches" Rossini,
and the plump and well fed appear
Beuve.
A profit and loss account of the
strikes of the last 10 years in the
United Kingdom, prepared from gov
eminent returns supplemented by de-
tails furnished by trade union leaders
In the principal industries. shows that
the loss to the organized workers alone
from stoppages OF work due to dis
putes of all Kind has been equal to
Ss4, 600 in wages, not to speak Of a
vast sum spent in strike pay. Against
this, the net gain in wages resulting
from disputes Is returned as s1S,-
2oo, 0OO, leaving a net loss of $7f. 531 900.
The University OF Minnesota, now a
thriving institution. had hard times in
Its early days, and for some years prior
to the reorganization of 1869 the uni
versity's buildings We're unused. This
was brought to min under rather am
using circumstances recently, when a
land title complaint Of the Cos came to
Ilght IN the assistant county attorneys
office In Minneapolis. The nan who
made the complaint asserted thai the
iand n the smaller frame buildings
Were not then in use except by stray
cats.
The larger part of the coal now
bought by the government is bought
under the general technical super
vision of the bureau of mines. The
cost OF purchases under specifications
prepared by the bureau for the use of
the government now aggregates APP
pI~oAlInately S4,50o, 900 per annum, and
the additional fuel bought under the
general advice of the bureau now ag-
gregates $3,000.00 per mum more,
making a total value not less than
$7,500.000
The city council of st. Petersburg Is
considering a measure appropriating
10000, 600 for a supply of pure water.
TO be drawn from Lake Ladoga, 40
miles away. On reaching the Ladoga
pumping station the water will be
oTlven into reservoirs and filters.
whence It Will flow through the pipes
unafded to the capital and there be
distributed. The capacity of the works,
winch will be ready in 1920, is CAL
cuiated for a population Of $780, 600.
A weather superstition has been
smashed by an observant New York
iarmer. He once heard a friend say:
Wen have more rain soon. 1t cleared
off in the night" He wished to know
what that had to do with 1t. He told
that II had a lot to do with 1t. He
doubted the contention. and agreed 70
keep an accurate record. This he did
after two and half months had
sufficient data to prove tina there was
nothing whatever In the superstition.
At official %banquets in Gwalior, India.
an American electrical device
or silver is used for passing around the
AFTER dinner coffee. cordials and cigars.
Inls is In the form Of q miniature loco
motive and train OF cars, which. oper-
ateing from an electric battery and
running over a diminutive track laid
along III table, is SO constructed that
IT automatically stops before each
guest.
The meteorological service Of Russia
#nnds itself in the position, rare in the
~.f = III IOp SClGntl1C 1ngfj.a
tutions, of having ample funds for its
present needs n future development
tnanks to a liberal increase in its h,,d1
ment.
The public authorities In tha Is,a ~
wight have decided to buy from tha
trustees OF the ~Swlnburne estate FOR
PUBIC purposes the beautiful marine
PARK between Shanlslin and Ventnor.
knowns as the Landslip. The property
consists OF more than 40 acres.
mat the teaching Of English In The
nigh school needs thorough organiz
ton to bring II into touch with mod
ern social and Industrial demands ia
frankly stated by Professor James r
Aosic. oi lhe SsnicagnsTeachers' college.
The storage of oil for fuel purposes
IS q new feature in the trade Of the
port OF Manchester. Hitherto the hniiS
81 the oil stored on the banks or tha
ship canal has been For
1AiiiasIns ana Iuoricating purposes.
revenues derived from the income
taN IN the United Kingdom for the ri
nanclal years 1894. which ends March
sa; are estimated at $3.50, 900, 900. Of
: lnch aIilount more than $3.50, 900. 900
iaas peen paid into the treasury.
q rabbit Winsted Gonn.) rabbit
c~ieverly eluded capture BY a dog one
ny e wien ne rolled down a hillside IN
slae 81 q huge ball Of show, thus
throwing the dog off the scent.
lyman Slavan, OF Bridgeport. Conn
vas ordered TO stop keeping chickens in
.,is bedroom. and explained that having
- Iiock ne used the rooster to wake
UP niS Wife IN the morning.
E@
e woman whose pastor asked about
ner health replied %dolefully: II feel
very wen; U 4 always feel bad when
70 feel worse afterward.p
AincTlg the fine old colonial homes il
baIn Me. is that Of Mrs. George Shep-
a sr,s me house was built in 1900.
put on iii 1902. "as
$500 .