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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30
WHY THE MOON GROWS DARK.
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

Many, oh, ever SO many years ago,
before there was anything grown up;
when all the horses were colts and all
the dogs puppies, and all the cats lit
tie kittens. the stars were made n
painted all bright and shiny with light,
Just as you see them now on a clear
night.
They were all very large, however.
and so, in order not to crowd one an
other, they said:
Let us all get off a long, long dis
lance into the sky, where we will have
plenty of room, "a one for himself,
and not be jostling one another or
fuSSing and moving against each other
to make room like children in a trun-
die bed" So they all moved out and
the sky, until they looked no bigger
than candles, just as you see them to-
day.
Now. among the stars there was one
called the MOON. She was not a very
big star at all; indeed, she was n Of
small things, she was very vain and
conceited. hi moon was very vain
over her new coa of bright and Shin
ing light, and when she found that, II
she moved off far into the sky, she
would appear very small to the people
on the earth, she aid to herself:
81 am so very beautiful that 1t
would be a shame to move so far away
that 1 would appear like a little candle
in the sky. 1 am going to stay down
close to he earth, where people can
admire me every single night and on
slider me the most beautiful of all
stars. What is the sense of my having
all this shining light If not to have
people admire me-. Move way out
yonder? Indeed, I'll not!"
And, with that, she went whfrling
about in the sky, turning round and
round like a vain girl, SO that people
could see and admire her every night
of the world.
When the other stars saw what the
moon was doing they were very much
disguised with her.
That vain little piece!" they twin
kled one to another. She ought to
nave the conceit taken out of her!"
Then Arcturus, q smart old star, got
behind a cloud, where he wouldn't be
disturbed, and thought a long time
for it was a rainy spell n he could
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30

stay quietly hidden for quite a time
and when he came forth he twinkled
to the other stars something about like
this:
'Oh! my friends, we will teach that
vain little moon a lesson thus. You
remember when nioht was made,
there was a lot of darkness left owe
I have found that it is all lying now
down in the bottom of the Great Dip
per. Can we not range to paint over
the moon with some of it,"
Indeed, we can can" twinkled the
stars in the Great Bear. "And l will use
my tail for a brush"
No" twinkled the other stars. that
would be too severe a punishment to
turn all her vain little light into dark
ness. Let us agree upon some milder
plan"
Very WELL" twinkled big Jupiter,
Il will suggest this. We will have
Great Bear splash the darkness over
poor thing a month to wash 1t off, and
then, when she gets it off, Great Bear
will. splash 1t over with darkness
again"
Good, good" twinkled all the stars.
And that is why, every month, you
see the moon gradually growing
darker; it Is the Great Bear splashing
with his tail over the face Of the moon
the darkness that was left in the bot
tom of the Great Dipper. And then,
when you see the moon gradually
growing brighter again, it is the moor
herself slowly washing the darkness
off.
And have you ever noticed the scowl
on the face of the man in the moon?
That Is because he hates to have the
ugly darkness splashed all over his
shining features.
/ know the astronomers will tell you
that all his isn't SO, and that the
moon grows dark because h gets her
light from che sun, and at times her
back is turned toward that great light,
but the astronomers don't know; It's
because the Great Bear is splashing
the darkness oyer her face with his
tail. I know!
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30
Sticking to His Prediction.

Two workmen met in the street and
stopped to chat about their friends.
Casey seems to be doing well where
he is" remarked one presently.
Hell not stop long at that job" re-
piled the other with a gloomy shake of
the head.
"Why not? He seems to be quite
comfortably placed"
But he'll not stay there a month.
l say it, and I've said it ever since he
got that job eighteen months ago."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30

kept getting worse. My limbs from
my ankles to my knees swelIed and
my eyes were SO swollen that I
couldn't see. AS a last hope / thought
I would give Dodd's Kidney Pills a
trial. I gradually improved and kept
on taking them and they cured me
thoroughly"
Dodd's Kidney Pills. Soc pei box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
lets for Indigestion have been proved.
soc per box.-Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30
ONLY A FEW PlMPLEs
But Many More May Come If You
Neglect Them. Try cuticura Free.

Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
most effective in clearing the skin OF
pimples, blackheads, redness, rough
ness, itching and irritation as well as
freeing the scalp Of danlruff, drynessi
and itching, besides satisfying every
want OF the toilet and nursery. !;
Sample each free by mail with Boox,
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. z,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30
Rewarded.

John and James went up the hill
to fly their kites. John had a new
ball Of Irvine. He gave James ten
yards for his kite and kept the re-
mainder of the ball for his own use"
81 got the answer" shouted n
boy.
well, what is it?'
Johnny got a good mark for being
perfect at short division"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30
Where He Learned.

why Willie, I'm surprised to hear
you use such language. You have
been playing with those naughty boys
again, haven't you?"
Truly haven't, mamma. Z was
just over to Tommy Browns house
playing with the parrot his uncle sent
him from Chicago"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30

Mrs, o. n. P. Belmont of New
York, wealthy suffrage leader and
philanthropist, is one Of the most in
tsresting of the throng of national
figures who will be in San Francisco
next month for the great Woman
Voters convention, to be held at the
exposition. September 14-16. AS gen.
sral chairman of the conference che
Is the figure In the immediate fore
ground.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30

have been blessed
with good health ever
since my cure. When
the doctors not
ced my case Bright's
Disease / was in such
a serious condition
that they could not
do anvfhfnp for mo
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30
Prepared to obey orders.

Ticket, Sir, please" said an inspass,
tor at one of the local railway stations
to a gentleman who, as a season-ticLst
holder for some time, believed his
face was so well known that thare
was no need for him to show kia
ticket.
My face is my ticket replied shs
gentleman, greatly annoyed.
Indeed" said the inspector, roll
ing back his wristband, and displaying
a powerful wrist. MY orders ars to
punch all tlcketsi"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30
CURED OF RRleHT's DISEASE.

Mrs. A. L. Crawford, Medfield,
Mass, writes: "Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured me of Bright's Disease, and l
am healthy and strong to-day and
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30

About all that can be said for Tug
Watts is that he saved Mrs. Watta
from being an old maid.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30
TREES.

BY Walter Savage Lander.
OH Don Pepino, old trees in their
living state are the only things
that money can not command. Rlv-
ers leave their beds, run into cities
and traverse mountains for It: obe-
lisks and arches, palaces and tenn
pies, a~mphitheaters and pyramids
rise up like exhaiations at its bid
ling; even the free spirit of man,
the only thing great IN earth,
crouches and covers In It's presence
1t passes away n vanishes be-
fore venerable trees.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30

Marriage is the longest sentences q
justice Of the peace can impose.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30

Continued next week,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-30

When all others fail to please
Try Denison's Coffee,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
CONGRESSIONAL
ON DEMO-
CRATIC TAX LAW,

Senator Penrose, OF Pennsylva.
mia. This deficit is blamed on
the war i'll Europe, and the
necessity for this so-called tax
bill is argued on account of the
war in Europe say without
hesitation and it will be fully
shown when this general subject
comes up for discussion, that the
very large amount of imported
goods coming into the country
now and ever since the war IN
Europe, did they carry proper
duty collected at the custom
house, would be largely sufficient
to defray theexpenses OF the Fed
eral Government. But they are
coming in free, the large part of
them, comparable in amount, al
though perhaps differing in detail
with the importations coming in
before the war, but bringing no
return to the Treasury of the
United States. These conditions
which are blamed on the war i'm
Europe. would, in my opinion, be
a thousand times worse were it
not for the war in Europe. The
war III Europe has been the only
cause which has saved the fiscal
policy OF the party now in power
from the most gigantic collapse
ever witnessed in a civilized coun-
try. | believe II we had not had
the war in Europe we would have
had the blackcst times in the his.
tory o! the American Republic,
compared to which the depression
under Cleveland's second a,lm,ni.
stration and under the Wilson,
German law would have been
insignificant. We would have
witnessed poverty and starvation
all over the country, bread riots,
the Army of the United States
out to preserye order and univer-
sal distress and misery. Instead
OF the war i'll Europe being the
cause OF such condition, it has
been the cause of the allevia ation
of a condition too dreadful for
any lover of his country to desire
to contemplate.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
Fourth Class POST
master Examination
Jan. 8, 1916

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that or
the date named above an exami
nation will be held at Oakley
Idaho as a result of which it is
expected to make certifica ton tc
fill a contemplated vacancy in the
position of fourth class postmast-
er at Churchill and other vacan
cies as they may occur at that
Office, Unless it shall Be decided ii,
the interests of the service to fill
the vacancy by reinstatement.
The compensation of the post
master at this office was 1904
for the last fiscal wear.
Age limit, 81 years and over on
the date Of the examination, with
he exception that in a State
here women are declared bv
statute to be of full age for all
purposes at Is years, women 1S
years of age on the date of exam.
ination will be admitted.
Applicants must reside within
the territory supplied by the post
office for which the examination
is announced.
The examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
can comply with the require
ments.
Application forms and full in
formation concerning he require.
ments OF the examination can be
secured from the postmaster at
Churchill.or from the u. S. Civil
Service Commission. Washington
D. c.
Applications should be proper
lv executed and filed with the
Commission at Washington at
least Z days before the date ofI
the examination, otherwise it |
may be i:npracticable to examine
he applicants.
u. S. Civil Service Commission.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
SINKING OF ANCONA
CAUSES TROUBLE
PROSPECTS OF A SATISFACTORY
SETTLEMENT WITH AUSTRIA
GIVEN A SETBACK.
austria holds That the Ancona Case
Comes in the Same Category as tho
lusitanla Case, Which 10 Still the
Subject of Negotiations.

Washington.-The prospect of . sat
is1actory settlement Of the controversy
with Austria over the sinking OF the
Aneona was given a setback on Fri
day when confidential information was
received in Washington as to the ST
titude of the Austrian government.
The possibility of break between the
two governments was at once revived
The communications from Austria
which came through diplomatic chan
nels, purport to give also an outline of
the probable reply of the Austrian
government
According to these advices Austria
holds that the Ancona vase comes In
the same category as the Lusitania
case, which Is still the subject of ne
gotiations between the United States
and Germany. The reason for this. It
is stated, Is that Austria has never
given instructions to the commanders
of her submarines to observe the
rules of recognized international law
as the United States and Germany
both understand them at the present
time, which provide that vessels shall
not be torpedoed without full warning
and without provision for the safety
OF every person on board
This has come as shock to officials
of this government, inasmuch as it in.
dicates that the commander, in torpe
doing the Ancona without waiting for
all passengers and members of the
crew to take to the boats, was acting
under general authority of his govern
ment
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
GERMANS T0CROSS
The GREEK BORDER
HOLIDAY LULL IN WORLD WAR
LIKELY FIRST TO BE BROKEN
ON THE BALKAN FRONT.
Guarantees Demanded Of Central
Powers by Greek Government
Germans Assure S.rbians They
VIII Respect Nationality.

Acknowledgements from the conti
nent predict that the holiday lull will
first be broken on the Balkan front,
where Greek observers believe the
central powers are preparing huge
army for operations directed against
the entente
Whether this will take the form Of
an actual attack on Saloniki. or
merely an advance into Greece for
the purpose of seizing strategic de-
fensive positions is a matter of keen
speculation in Athens.
According to one correspondent the
Greek government has definitely de
cided not to permit the enemies Of the
entente to penetrate Greek territory
unless the central powers satisfactor
lily guarantee that Greek territory will
not be endangered
According to dispatches from q Ser
bian source, the Germans have estab
lished a provisional government al
Nish, Withdrawing all the Bulgarian
and Austrian troops and ending Bul
garian-Austrian interference in the ad
ministration of Serbian affairs. 1t Is
issued, announcing that the Germans
will respect Serbian nationality.
One of the most interesting OF the
reports came through Athens to the
effect that on Friday German artillery
on Lake Doiran, about forty miles
Of Ca1 i,,j1r
the Anglo-French lines in Greek
Macedonia, which the allies are con,
tinuing to fortify. This might easily
mean that the looked for advance by
the forces of the central powers
against the allied base at Saloniki was
about to begin.
The Montenegrin official communi
cation. states that the Austrians are
fntrenching on front between Mon
tenegro and Serbia which British OBJ
servers take to mean a pause In the
active Austrian campaign against the
little mountain country, presumably to
enable the Austrian forces to be
turned to more pressing matters on
other fronts.
Paris reported the Christmas eve
operations along the western front as
not being important enough to record
The German account mentioned only
mining operations, in which the Ger.
mas blew up works which were under
construction in front of their lines.
In the Dardanelles the Turkish guns
have been busy and according to Con.
stantinople, have done considerable
execution recently against the allies
trenches and lines of communication
In Persia, the Russians are declared |
to have severely damaged the Persian
insurgents in battle twenty-five |
miles from Teheran. Along the Rus.
sian front itself the fighting, accord |
ing to Berlin, has been limited to pa.
troll engagements
A quietus has been put on the talk |
of huge German peace campaign |
from Zurich by the departure from
that town of Prince Won Buelow and |
his staff of secretaries, of which much |
has been heard in the entente press
during the past few days.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
Orpheurn.

Friday. Old Years Eve, 3 act
drama Tam O Shantei" adapt
ed from Bobby Burns po, m, other
pictures. 10 & 15c.
Saturday. Gold Seal Special
THE Human Menace" featuring
Cleo Madison III 2 acts, "The
Broken Coin" III 2 acts, also a
Nestor 2 reel sIdesplitting comedy
Lizzie and the Beauty Contest.
Two hours of the best entertain-
ment procurable.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
The Panama Canal.

There seems to be little excite.
ment III Congressional circles
over the condition of the Panama
Canal, but, the sober heads are
holding down those who would
make a disturbance. Then .sbip
Ditch is exactly like railroad
cut which has its small slide in
wet weather. just as Culebra. or
Galliard have their big slides be-
cause the embank ments are 800
feet high,
The present work at Panama
is SIMPLY a process of widening
the canal and removing portion
OF the soft dirt on the hillsides
that has caused the greatest
amount of difficulty. There is
nothing particularly new in the
Developments except that the
hills spilled" themselves more
plentifully than here ofore during
the recent rainy season. This
was not unexpected on the part
OF the engineers, and people who
have been to Panama firmly be-
lieve that when the waterway is
opened again within short time.
that the difficulties will be DER.
manently overdomt.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31

Rumors haying gotten out that
trouble had arisen with NV
Studebaker 1916-Four.
| desire to say that the trouble
was no fault of the Car but due
to my Ignorance of it, and vet
Studebaker Co., replaced all brok.
Ell parts and furnished all labor
free of Charge to me.
No Company on earth could
have been fairer or done better
through their Agents HanzelAuto
90. DAVID WALKER.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
SPEND BURROUGHS AT HOME.
Thousands of Men from Trenches
Celebrate Christmas at Home.


London.--The people of London
spent Christmas in a depressing at
mosphere of fog and rain. The city
was filed with soldiers, many thou
sands of mnd-stained veterans from
the trenches having received short
holiday leave.
The last of these men on furlough
arrived at the London terminal as
late as midday, having been delayed
by rough passage across the chan
mel, which left many of them still
pale and miserable when they reached
London
The great charitable institutions
celebrated the day with tremendous
energy. There was ample provision
for lonesome soldiers, both home and
colonial, for the wounded, for prison
ers and interned aliens. and for the
wives and families of the men at the
front.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
OPERATOR DIES AT POST.
Collision of Two Trains Narrowly
Averted When His Body Was Found.

Provo, Utah.-Lying within reach
or the lever, which if 1t had been
thrown would have signalled an extra
freight on the Denver & Rio Grande
to stop in order to avert a collision
with a freight train on the main track,
P. c. Rouen was found dead Saturday
night on the floor of the operators
roc of the Denver & Rio Grande sta
til
- hard o. Luke, mail clerk, who
found Mr.. Rouen, rushed from the
operators office and tagged the extra
freight IN time to save possible
wreck
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
Funeral Services of
Mrs. Merrill at
Richmond.

Richmond, Dec. 27 The funeral
Eservices over the remains of Mrs.
Mildred Hendricks Merrill, wife
fol Reynold c. Merrill and dauph.
ter OF James w. and Lucy Hem
tdrIcks were held in the large
Tabernacle. The attendance was
large, III TACT it was one of the
largest funerals ever held in Rich.
mond. The high esteem in which
fss4'e young woman was held and
the snddenness other taking way
seemed to manifest itself on every
hand, and friends and sympath
lsers came from far and near to
be present at the funeral.
The floral contributions were
many and furnished the most
beautiful possible decoration for
the room where the remains were
seen for the last time, and later
at the Tabernacle where the ser.
vices were held. The most strik.
ing contributions were a nam.
moth broken wheel, sent by the
Cassla Academy Sunday School
and Fourth Ward Nj. |. A, the
Academy being the place OF Pro
lessor Merrill's present employ
ment, and the Sunday School and
M l A. two organizations where
Mrs. Merrilrs services were al.
ways in demand, and where they
were freely rendered and beauti
tul set piece from the faculty OF
the B. Y. College.
The speakers were President
Brigham A. Hendricks of Benson
stake; Elder James w. Funk
President c. N. Jensen OF the
Brigham Young College; Superin.
tendant Jos. Mills Of the Cnssia
Academy. AMI Herschel Bullen Of
Logan. all speaking words ofI
praise for her character, her gentle
obedience as girl, her extreme
diligence as "a student and her
genuine worth and CHEEKY dispos.
Ition wherever she was called to
labor and with whom she assoc
ated. AS the speaker put it: mo
Hover that ever bloomed and
spent It's fragrance on the earth
was purer than her life, no strain
of music that ever fell from the
lnest touch of the most gifted
musician was sweeter than her
disposition, no ray Of sunshine
hat ever graced the earth was
warmer than her love"
Prof. James II. Linlord OF the
j. A. c. offered the invocation
and Bishop Thomas H. Merrill
pronounced the benediction.
At the cemetery the grave was
dedicated by President Alma
Merrill OF the Benson Stake.
The Logan Republican
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31

lfyou have anything to sell try
a Want Ad.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-12-31
NEGROES STEAL HALF MILLION.
Drivers of Mall Wagon Succumb to
Temptation.

Washington, Del. - Five hundred
thousand dollars in stock certificates
and checks, stolen from a registered
mail pouch while 1t was in transit in
wagon from the Wilmington post
office to the Pennsylvania railroad
station Christmas eve. were found late
Saturday night In an old stove at the
home OF two negroes who were driv.
ing the vehicle.