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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31

FROM the kansas city star.
The man who wants a job and ant FIND
country. Problem" of course, doesn't
express the situation. Tragedy would
be nearer right.
The country hasn't lone much to get RI
Of this sort of tragedy. But now 1t is
setting itself the task. The beginning of
the department of labor to make at least
a limited use of postoffices az employment
agencies.
The postoffces are the natural labor ex-
changes of the country. Some day this
plan will be worked out extensively and
tablished the jobless man will go to the
postoffce to inquire, not for his mail, but
for a job. In the same way the employer
will go to inquire for the man to fill a po-
sition. Competent agents must, of course,
be assigned to the employment bureau,
miliarize themselves with the local labor
conditions and to conduct the work eff
GENTLY.
England established it's great system Of
labor exchanges In 1909. The country Is
divided into II divisions, each under the
postoffice an employment bureau. All
these bureaus keep in touch with a diVi-
sional clearing house, so that labor can
be ~intelligently directed where to go with
in the division. and the divisions them
selves work together through the central
thousands of jobs are found each year
through these government exchanges.
England. has been making tremendous
progress In recent years toWard better
Ing the Common lot through collective ac-
ton. The United States Is now seeing
that 1t has the same industrial problem
to face-the same in kind, If not In de-
gree.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31

Copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.) ~
Mrs. Mouse had just moved her niue
family into the attic OF the house where
she had been living, because on the first
floor kitty a been watching her hoIe
in u very unpleasant manner, SO Mrs.
Mouse told her husband that she
thought the air would be better for all
of them II they moved to the top or
the house, and also that she felt sure
they all would live much longer.
Very well, my dear" replied her
husband, II will agree, only do let me
AVE a look at the place, so l will know
where to go when | come home some
day and find you have left this home.
All she wanted was his consent, and
away she ran but not home. She went
to a closet where things were stored
and where she had only the night be-
fore been fooled, but she did not men
ton 1t to her husband.
She had seen Mr.. Mouse run in and
out OF a closet, and going in there one
day she found nothing that to her mind
was worth eating, and she was wonder
ing what in the world he Eel into that
dry closet for, when suddenly she saw
two bright eyes looking straight at her.
Mrs. Mouse felt her heart jump and
then stand still. She thought of her
children n she wondered what would
become of them all in q twinkling of
al eye, Dul l4S eyes ulO not Wink OF
blink; they kept staring straight at
her.
After a minute she felt sure it was
not kitty. or she would have bounced
upon her before that.
Mrs. Mouse took another look, now
that her eyes had become accustomed
to the place, and she saw with surprise
that this creature resembled her. only
that the coat might be a little thicker.
How do You do?" Mrs. Mouse ven
tured at last.
Then when the creature did not re-
ply she spoke again. 81 wonder if you
know my husband: he runs in and out
here often
Still no reply, and Mrs, Mouse was
getting rather angry; she moved nearer
and to her surprise she found the crea-
ture had no body, only a head, and that
was rather large. Mrs. Mouse grew
holder n went closer, then she
stopped; she had been talking to a
stuffed head thai had fallen off some
OF the furs that were hanging in the
closet.
And this was where Mrs. Mouse ran
when she left her husband, right to his
closet and brought the head with her
wren she came out
she carried it home and crept C.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
From the indianapolis News

Ilolll IN pOAlS 4SSWS.
Persian tribesmen are reported to be
Fastening to the Turkish colors. Some
bands have already participated in the
preparing to join the Turkish divisions ap-
preaching the Suez canal and those maxi
Ing ready for a possible invasion of Egypt.
That adherents to the urk cause have
been found in Persia Is not surprising be-
cause of the peculiar relationship between
the Persian and the English and Rus
sian governments. Certainly Turkey
stands for the east that is east against
the west that has In the past mean little
more to. Persia than a conflict of con
stirring up a national sentiment In Persia
the worlds attention m be diverted
from Ypres and the Vistula because of the
forces set to work in the east.
Persia, at the outset of the war, occu-
pied q peculiarly distressing position. We
In the United States feel toward Persia
both countries the revolutionary republic
an sentiment is strong. Some two years
ago w. Morgan Shuster was chosen by
the Persian authorities to act as treasur-
er-general of the country. Shuster was
a better fnancier than a diplomat. His
presence in Teheran was irritating to the
Russian government and embarrassing to
the British, with the result that he was
dismissed. Then 1t was that political con-
ditions III Persia developed clearly. The
stories that were printed in the British
press recalled sinister warning Of the
Russian Bears rogress through the
buffer states to India. and there were
strong demands for a demonstration of
traditional English energy. The compro-
mise that followed was satisfactory to
Russia, for it gave to that country control
of the northern sphere" In Persia, in
Guiding the capital and most of the i'm
portant cities. The southern Sphere was
left to the British.
In July of this year-only a week. by
the way, before the war cloud burst in
southeastern Europe-the 16-year-old shah,
Ahmed Mira, rode to the palace IN a
glass coach drawn by eight white horses.
He took the constitutional oath, and, all
the diplomats We're satisfied. Ahmed sat
on his peacock throne and viewed his an
cestTal c~rown-sultan in name and pomp,
but not in realty. The tax gatherers con-
tinued their oppression and the Russian
Cossack regiments pushed farther south.
The mejliss-or INSTRUMENTATION lac q
fash Of brilliancy in Shuster's term, was
obscured. Persia for the Persians does
not exist. If just for the fighting, the
Persians are persuaded to cast in their lot
with the Turk. We nay see interesting de-
~vslcpments in the Anglo-Russian
Spheres" Certainly the Persian repub-
Trans have little to lose-and possibly lit
t= to gain.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
The SONGS Soldiers Sing.

lH..H ~ Il ia liididItpuilS 4NeMS.
Many there are, no doubt, who find 1t
difficult to understand Tommy Atkins
state of mind when he swings himself
into battle to the words and music of
'.Iipperary." The song is irrelevant; and
considering that Tommy Atkins as likely
as not is swinging himself into death at
There is nothing about war in 1t. no up
lifting, rousfng sentiment of patriotism,
no suggestion of the heroism of sacrifice
for country, no rolling. laundering battle
cry-nothing at all, in point of fact, that
appears to be a suitable accompaniment
for desperate fghting. logged courage and
tinues to sing 1t. 1t is ''Tipperary' when
it ought to be God Save the King"
To most of US with any imagination at
all. 1t is easy enough to sketch before the
minds eye some stirring, thrilling picture
OF the battle field-to see, for example,
the shot riddled ranks of a regiment stiff
ofattack, close up, reform and stand again
and yet again until the 1000 have dwindled
to 100, and the 100 to a score. Whether we
approve of war or not, we can admire
and understand the spirit that prompts
the pitiful remnant to fight on. Its last
rally is the climax of the scene. It is a
to US, IL these men are going to sing they
will sing their national anthem. And
sing they do, in fancy and, in fact, but
not the national anthem; they sing Tip
Tommy Atkins. like every soldier every
where, is q law unto himself. The Ameri-
Star-Spangled Banner" The army regu-
lates that for him. But when h fights.
he fights to his W music. In the war
OF the rebellion. he saved THE star
Spangled Banner for formal occasions:
he marched and fought to such irrelevant
songs as "Lorena.'' In the Spanish war,
his regimentnl band played THE star
Spangled Banner" on parade; on the fir
Ing line it played ''Therem Be a Hot Time
IN the Old Tewn Tonight. And so Tom
my Atkins marches and fights and dies
not to nRul Britannia" or God Savesthe
King but to "Tipperary." He prefers
this cadenced lament for s1e sins Of Pic
cadiily and this lifting farewell to the
foliies of Leicester square. His choice
may not square with the Ideas some
Of us have as to what he ought to sing,
but 1t squares with Tommy Atkins ideas.
And that Is the thing. after all, that is OF
real importance. -.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
Sanitation Of Rural School.

hi Importance of the sanitation Of
rural schools has just been made the s1b-
ject Of a report by the United States pub
lie health service as the result OF ,nvesti-
cations conducted in eastern Tennessee
and northern Georgia Nearly $500 ner-
sons. mostly school children, were ex-
amined during these Investigations.
Many insanitary conditions were found
and a number of school children were seen
suffering from trachoma, a dangerous
contagious eye disease, which IL not treat
ed, in time irnpairs, or even DESTROYS
vision. Also many physical and menfal
defects were observed, most of which
could be corrected by improved hygiene
and early treatment, but II neglected viii
cause needless suffering and hardship II
later life. -
Little consideration had been given n
sanitation In the construction of the Iarp.
est number of the school buildings We.
tied Either in location. heating. lighting
or ventilation, seating Of the pupiIs' iocas
ton of blackboards. or sanitary conyen.
fences they are inadequate, and In sew.
eral respects dangerous to health.
The drinking water for the children vas
found to be often derived from shatin,r
wells, or unprotected springs, which MAJ
cause the spread of disease. Open watts,
buckets and common tin dippers are ,,sai
extensively In schools of this tyne Sal
pollution is constantly taking piacs ana
M 49, 49, GLNHA AEE AAA ~A[
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
THE KINGS At The JUDGMENT BAR,
BY Washino ton GLADDEN..


and their ministers and their
cellors-those of them especially VINO
are most responsible for this outbreaks
10 The bar of the worlds Judgment
1t will convict them Of the most stu
pendous blunder and the most CHASTITY
crime of history. 1t will demand OF
them very pointedly what reason they
have to offer why they should not
have their power considerably re-
stricted. 1t may not insist upon DIS
crowning them, but 1t is pretty sure TO
given them notice that they have come
into a new world order, where nations
are not plunderers + one another, or
overlords n of e.other, but mem
bers one Of another in which
The law of the Christian man in vast;
Each Christian nation shall take up
on her
The crown of the getter shall fall to
the donor,
And last shall be first, while first
shall be last,
And to love best shall still be to reign
unsurpassed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
Money Misussd In Crooked Publicity
From dc New York World.

''S w. JIM.
The tens Of thousands of Americans who
are on the mailing list OF the Colorado
tuel and Iron company should not fail to
read the testimony OF President Wilborn
before the national industrial commission
on Saturday.
A single pamphlet supporting the cor
poration,s attitude in relation to the strike
cost $4,000 for writing, printing and cir
culation. Questioned as to various I'M
qualified assertions in this publication, Mr..
Welborn admitted that they were false or
pleaded ignorance.
This brochure of plutocracy and tyranny
was only one of hundreds Issued under
the same auspices. For months past the
Worlds mail has been burdened with
these productions, all on excellent paper,
all workmanlike IN Typography and ali
carrying perfectly good United States
postage stamps.
It is obvious. therefore, that In its I'M
reasoning hostility to organized labor the
Colorado Fuel and Iron is not
governed by a spirit Of p~arsimony. The
money that it has paid to press agents to
circulate f~alsehoods would have gone far
toward paying decent wages to the men
whose wives and children were nassacred
at Ludlow.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31

right now, 1 was just going to put
something on SO you would not feel
he hurt when you jumped"
Your tail is curled,' said Billy
Goat; 'it looks a little red, but it is
curled."
Billy Pig stopped squealing when he
heard this and tried to look at it.
Come in and look In the mirror"
said Mr.. Dog. and 1 assure you L win
not hurt you again."
Billy Pig went in slowly, but kept
his face toward Mr.. Dog.
His tail was curled. but the pain
was not gone, eand Billy Pig was not
sure it ever would.
Don't you think it looks hand
some2" asked Mr.. Dog.
Yes" answered Billy Pig, 'rbut It
hurts a great deal to look Handsome;
would rather have 1t straight"
You tail viii never ~uncurl,' said
Mr.. Dog. 1T will cur naturally ali
the rest of your days, you should
be very. grateful to me for making
you such a handsome fellow,
y may feel that way tomorrow"
said Billy Pig, as he walked away.
| but / don't now" 1917
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31

I doubt not this war will bring to the
world at large some great g~ains--galns
not sought by n of these combatants
gains not desired by most Of them
gains won in spite of them all.
1t will bring, in the first place. such
a demonstration, not only of the hor-
rors OF war, but of its futility, its
stupidity as the arbiter Of i%nterna-
tionai relationships. that there will be
q mighty revulsion against war, and
that we shall soon realize that we
have seen the beginning Of the end OF
1t.
It will bring home to us, also, in the
sufferings which we shall undergo
through the rupture Of all these in
dustTial relations. and the Interrupt
ton OF human progress, and the dislo-
cation of SO much OF the order of he
world on which we have learned to
depend, the truth that for this world
industry and world commerce n
world finance and world friendship we
must have a world peace.
1t win bring the kings of this world
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
HOW BILLY PIGS TAIL WAS cuPLED.

iCopyrlght, 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndidate.)
Whera are you going, Billy Goat ~
asked Billy Pig one morning as Billy
Goat was passing the garden where he
was working.
oh, am going to the BARRIERS 10
nave my whfskers trimmed a bit and
nave an extra curl put in my horns"
replied Billy Boat. You better come
along II you are going to the party over
at Spotty Pigs tonight"
SO he dropped his hoe, and without
telling his mother where he was going
BARRIERS.
Now, the barber was cid Mr.. Dog,
n when he saw Billy Pig coming
along with Billy Goat he was very
much pleased. for never before had a
Pig peen to his shop, although he had
trled many times to have one Of them
come In and have a curl put in his tail
Billy Pig watched Billy Goat while
MT. Dog trimmed his whiskers and
lhen curled his horns, although BfIy
Fig could not see that Billy Coats
hofns curled n bit more than when
ne down in Mr.. Dogs chair.
he did not wish to be impolite.
though, so he said he thought Rilly
Goat looked very inc, indeed and Il
ne u look half as well himself. he
should feel repaid for coming.
You will look ~handsomer" whis-
pered the fattering Mr.. Dog. "T should
no want Billy Goat to hear me a
SO, but o are a much finer LOOKING
IenoW than Billy Goat, and when you
get your tail curled he will be terribly
jealous, l expect"
Billy Pig sat down feeling a little
frightened, even with all of Mr.. Dogs
assurance that it would hurt only the
least bit, If at all.
All the time Mr.. Dog went on talk
ing n telling him what a beautiful
tail he had to curl.
And then something happened. 10,
MI. Dog had been heating the curlina
r all this time, and when it was hoi
enough he wound Billy Pigs tai
around it.
Billy Pig squealed loud enough to
pc a a mile and jumped, and Billy
Goat, who was standing outside wait
Ing. poked his head in the door to set
what had happened, and on cam,
Billy Pig. humping into him and owe.
they rolled on the ground.
Mr.. Dog burned his paw when Bill,
Pig jumped. and he was barking a,
loud as he could, telling Billy pic h,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
Strange Scorpion Found.

A curious. strange specimen of liz.
ard or scorpion was captured by Wal.
ter T. Todd near the trolley station
OF the Chambersburg. Greencastle &
Waynesboro Street Railway company
at Highfield, Pa. The reptile, or what
not, Wal about eight inches in length
and the color Of brick dust. 1t was
found lying on the ground only a few
feet from the station and, on account
of the rain and cool weather, was I'm
able to use its locomotive powers very
actively and was easily captured.
The reptile had an elongated hody
without scales, four short legs and
short tail. and its body was almost as
tough as rubber. Where 1t came from
10 one seems to know.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
An AppendixIess Center.

From the Harrington Neb.) Herald:
The impression seems to be gaining
ground that there must be some special
cause for the prevalence of appendicitis
In this locality. 1t is undoubtedly q fact
that the number of cases of the disease in
this vicinity is extraordinary and that the
per cent of operations performed on per-
sons living in Harrington and its envfrons
Is greater than that in any other locality
unless 1t be the equally unfortunate town
OF Coleridge, where appendicitis Is fright
fully frequent. In South Dakota, where
the writer used to live, he does not recall
a single case of appendicitis during a five
years residence, and newspaper reports
do not indicate the rayages of the disease
In other places to compare with what they
are here. Hospital statistics prove the
contention that more people are operated
on for appendicitis in this locality than In
any other known to the institutions and
the inquiry naturally arises whether or
not there is some special cause for this
condition. Out OF six persons gathered to-
gether casually in a room in Harrington
recently, four of them had had their ap-
pendixes removed and this Is just a fair
sample of the remarkable prevalence of
the disease. Is there some particular
cause for 1t and, II so, what is tt2
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31

CABARET IN TRENCHES

= What would first nigbtera
= operagoers and Broadway sports
\ give to be able after the show ~
= go to a cabaret performance in
y the trenches?" writes a soldier
y II saw one Saturday, Noyem-
+ Der Z, between R n c.
= More than 500 soldiers and
= men assembled in a trench and
= listened for two hours and a
= half to a well combined pro-
+ gram of first class artists. with
= the music supplied by the -
= regiment.
+ IAN exhibition of one-sten
= was given by a sergent and a
+ private, both from Chicago.
= while the performance was
Z going on the roaring Of the guns
\ sometimes so terrible that Won
: could scarcely understand wha,
y the artist was singing. A
y shell burt about $50 yards to the
: right of the trench at 10 D. m.
= while a zouave was making a
! comic recital. He INTERRUPTED
= just n or two seconds and ex-
= claimed:
= Gentlemen, open your un-
+ brellas! We shall proceed,
= He was heartily applauded
= for his cool behavior, for every
one believed the bomb had burst
= in the trench cabaret"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
BATTLES COULD HAVE I
CHANGED WORLD HISTORY I

Ernm the Portland EXPRESS.

~ ~
From the Portland Express.
While browsing in the public library
the Stroller found in an old volume a
list of battles which an authority de-
nominates decisive" not alone by
reason of the immediate results. but
because in each a reversed victory
would have change materially the his
tory OF the world. AT q time when
speculation Is so general concerning
the out come of the present conflict
this summary Is particularly suggest
i've. while it's quaint metrical orange
ment adds to its interest:
b. C. $50.
The victory at Marathon
Greece over naughty Persia Won
b. C. 4S1.
At Syracuse the Spartan's name
Attained In Hellas naval fame.
B. C. 331.
From Arbela Darius fled,
While Alexander onward sped.
B. C. 307.
On the Metaurus Rome foretold
The speedy doom of Carthage old
A. d. 8.
With Varus into wilds decoyed,
Rome's trusted legions were destroyed.
A. D.. 431.
By visigoth and Roman spurned.
The "Scourge OF Goo" from Chalons
turned.
A. d. 732.
At Tours fierce blows from Charles
"Martel'
The "Infidels" retreat compel.
A. d. 1865.
At Hastings fought the Saxon lords,
When Norman William claimed their
swords.
A. D. 1929.
Joan of Arc. of France the pride,
AT Orleans unred the battle tide.
A D. 1858.
SPANS huge Armada. greatly feared.
In English waters disappeared.
A. D. 1904.
AT Blenheim Marlboroug held sway,
While Prince Eugene helped win the
day.
A D. 1909.
Pultowa saw q triumph framed,
Which Russia over Sweden claimed.
a. d. 17TT.
At Saratoga, in our states,
Burgoyne gave up his sword to Gates.
A. d 1892.
The young democracy OF France
At Valmy checked their foes advance.
a. ID. 1915.
But great Napoleon we view.
Vanquished at last at Waterloo.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
HOW MRS. NOUS FOOLED KITTY.

tfousIy to the hole in the wall and then
down to the floor, where there was an
other hole that entered the kitchen I'M
der the table.
She waited and found hat puss was
asleep mean this hole. then Mrs. Mouse
put the fur hea just where the tip
end OF the nose could be seen and
where puss could not reach it, and
went back to her children.
There was another opening to this
hole in the wall and this was through
the pantry, and on the other side Of
the pantry was a hole which would en-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
I7ternationalis7n or M1Htorisn?

BY ROGER w. BABSoN AND OVER 100 OTHERS.
WA KE BElAlEVE that Germany M England are fighting primarily
NAE for control Of the trade routes of the world, Germany wanting
Wv these fol TIL development of her markets, and England for
her own security. If this is the case, can the conflict per-
rnanently. be settled until such rade routes. etc, are under the joint
control Of all nations?
Certainly, unit such plans IRE developed, nations will have 40 in
centve to pool their ornaments for International police duty, "a they
will never SO combine simply to compel other nations to abide by
treaties or court DEGREES which d o not directly affect them. Nations,
however would naturally combine to protect the neutrality Of the trade
routesa n the Joint regulation of national barrieTs-after such neutrality
and Joint power has once been secured.
Wars between. nations al permanently be ended only in thu sam
as voluto within nations " beer mad o cease; namely,
by providing machinery which will enable nations to secure peacefully,
ultimate success of The Hague court IS dependent upon the adding of
q representative legislative body which shaH-among other things
noutraIzo and regulate information trade channels and barriers.
Until such plans are developed and the United States is a part
thereof, We should continue to Increase or ornaments, and seriously
prepare for var Unless we are willing to join other nations in yield
Ing son o our sovereignty rights FOR thu good which would come to III
from such a federation, then we should be prepared to fight Whether
may be a debatable question: but all should realize that there is no half
way seP.