Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-10-15
Through War; Ridden Europe


ceiving passengers tickets. WI
resses in restaurants thank one whel.
they bring his order. Street car con.
ductors are exceedingly agreeable.
When asked to do so, they will come
to tell one where to get off" AS the
cars are double-decked. this often
means that he must climb a narrow
stairway to the second story Of the
car to render this assistance.
Graduated Street Car Fare.
Street car fare is collected accord,
ing to the distance Travelled. Tho
lowest fare is a haif-penny, equal to
Il cent Of u money. For this
amount passengers can ride about a
mile and a quarter.
The only city in the states, so far
as | know, which gives such cheap
service, is Columbus. Ohio. Here
eight tickets are sold for Is cents. In
Glasgow the street car system is the
property Of the city, or corporation
of Glasgow, as it is called. Possibly
| may have something further to say
on this point in a later letter.
In the big cities of America pedes-
II iollS usual ihoi ploit6 90 II lhSil
lives depended upon their reaching a
certain point in a limited time. This
hurry-up manner is not nearly so no.
tceable here, but those who would go
rapidly are kept back by those who
remember. evidently, that Rome was
not built in a day"
A Mere Drunk" Not MoIested.
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cradle confusion. Often many Of
these lettering obstructionists are
groups of drunk men. A mar may
be so beastly drunk that a l5-foot
sidewalk is not wide enough for him,
and he may indulge in ribald song
and vile language, yet if he does not
openly attack anyone he is not appre-
hended.
Perhaps the authorities act on the
principle that If it is made lawful to
dispense to men liquid poison which
lets loose in them the passions Of
hell they should not be punished when
under the baneful influence of the
deadly drug.
Labor of all kinds goes on more
slowly than with us. However, l
think that, in general, when work is
completed 1t is more substantial
than ours. This, I am sure, is pre-
eminently true of all kinds of build
ings.
Parks MarveIs of Beauty.
The parks are marvels Of beauty
and exquisite neatness of design. The
Botanical Gardens are artistGcally
laid out, and contain flowers, trees
and shrubs from all parts of the
world.
Nearly all kinds of the we'll known
flowers flourish here, and just now the
gardens, yards and parks are a mass
of ~Tariegated bloom.
Many OF our we'll known wild fow-
ers are to be seen in great profusion.
Golden rod, small light-blue asters,
and other members Of the composite
family occupy places of honor by the
side of fuchsias, dahlias, pansies and
sweet peas. Strange, isn't it how a
mean weed may be transformed into
a beautiful flower simply by trans
ferring 1t to a place where it's repu-
tation is not known?
intensive Farming,
What about weeds? Weli, hhera
are none in the flower beds that /
have seen. The fields. roadtsiaes,
gardens, and potato anu tNrnip
patches are almost free from weeds.
Intensive farming as carried on here
Is based on conserving crops, SO the
weeds have to go.
1t would do you good to see the
neatly trimmed hedges which lend
to the varied landscape.
There are many forest trees, es-
pecially in the country districts.
These are close relatives of some OF
our American varieties. -
On the banks of Loeb Iomand /
found a kind of hazel nut growing on
quite large trees. At home ! had al
ways found them on rather small
bushes.
On the shore Of this charming lake
may be seen a species of, mountain
ash, which Ia literally covered with
most beautiful bright berries.
Everywhere on the high, rocky hills
are great patches of purple heather,
highly priced by the people of
Scotland. This dainty little flower
grows on 8 small evergreen shrub.
1t is really the national flower of
Scotland, although the thistle has
long been accorded that high honor.
Well Constructed Roads.
The roads are well constructed and
large loads can be hauled over them.
no matter what the condition of the
weather may be. These macadam
roads are vastly superior to common
dirt roads. Teaming is all done with
one horse wagons and carts. This
part of Scotland is the original home
of Clydesdale horses. and here are to
be found fine specimens of this tam
Gus draft animal. Most Of the horses
/ have seen will weigh from 1900 to
1000 pounds. On these excellent
roads one of these large fellows will
draw a load Weighing several tons
when put to the limit Of his powers
No Hswat the Fly Slogan.
Here swat the fiys never will be
come the slogan of those who SO firm
~ believe that all diseases are trace
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