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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09
Price of Preparedness.

L IA tAAS W cAA " vi u
The difference between the lingo and the
sober citizen on the question of national
defense Is that the one ignores the cost
the other counts 1t. Al blithe theory
is advanced in many places that to create
and maintain a great army m navy, all
that Is necessary is to cut off extraya-
gances in the matter of public buildings
in rural owns and expenditures upon UNI
used creeks and harbors.
Nothing of his kind will suffice. Money
may be saved in all the log rolling con-
gressional enterprises usually referred to
as pork" but 10 matter how drastic
such economies may be, they will not meet
the requirements of preparedness as now
advocated. The United States is not q
military empire and its people are not
welded to CONSUMPTION. If we agree thar
self-preservation calls TOR important in
creases in our armament on land and at
sea, wealth and industry must be prepared
to pay the price.
Senator Underwood has no Illusions on
this point. He tells the representatives
of the administration at Washington that
issue, and that is by increased taxation.
The S250,000,G0 a year In excess lof present
appropriations which 1t is proposed TO
spend on the army md navy can be found
noWhere except in the pockets of the peo-
pie.
Such financial considerations as these
are bound to have a soberinn effect upon
many agitators. Those who are hopeless
~ crazy will not be affected. OF course.
but responsible Americans who believe in
reasonable measures will limit their de-
mands to their Willingness and their a5il-
lily to pay.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09

wild honey from the bottom of the
old well at the back of the church
ruins. but it is very dangerous to go
down for it."
Yet the father would not stop at
any risk for the child's sake. So he
climbed down the well and managed
to get a cup of honey and brought it
up. Then he set out for the Fairy
Dell. When he got there he peeped
over the top of the rock and saw be-
low the ring of dancing men and
women no larger than a big doll and
dressed in gay colors n swaying to-
The cotton in his ears kept out every
noise. He could see Molly leaning
back, listening, forgetful Of every
thing in the world.
II cannot drop the honey before
the fiddler" he said to himself, but
I will hang it on the end of a twig and
bend down h branch, just as il the
wind had broken it down before him"
So he fixed some of the honey in the
bent part of a twig, then pushed the
limb down so far hat it shook right
before the eyes Of the fiddler. The
tiny musician was not able to resist
the tempting bait. SO he stopped play
ing and began to eat the honey. As
soon as the music ceased, Molly
jumped up and rubbed her eyes as If
she had been asleep.
The father leaped from the rock.
took her In his arms and flew down
the path, while behind him came run
ming every one Of the fairies. The fid-
dler began to play as he ran, but the
mans ears being full of cotton, he
never heard a note and at last reached
home sally.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09
THE FAIRY SPELL.

copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Synd;cate.)
Molly, a rosy checked. blue eyed irish
maid, came running into the cottage at
the call.
Child. you must hurry and finish
your work, for the sun sets soon now,
continued the mother. If you should
lose your way. you might get n the
Fairy Dell and remain there for a
month, under the charm of their magic
music"
Il don't think that would be so bad.
after all, If 1 found their gold mines"
laughed Molly. For you know folks
say that those who hear the music
also see the CLINT of the gold in tho
rocks"
Yes. but folks also say that those
under the spell get nome unless
some friend finds a way to rescue
.}them." returned the mother. BE
careful and come home quickly"
So Molly hurried and soon filled her
pail with the creamy milk. ON her
way back a white rabbit ran berore
her, and wishing to catch such an odd
pet she set out after it. But suddenly
it disappeared and h found herself
in a strange place. 1t was Just undei
a hanging rock, covered with vines.
and the aid was sweet with the odor
of wild iesamine. Il am tired. l VIII
rest a Bit she said, as she took her
seat on a rock. Hardly had she beer
there a moment when there was the
sound of strange music and a troop
of fairies tripped in to dance in the
last glow of the sunset.
"Oh, N.Y." she cried to herself, Il
have wandered into the fairy's dell.
Perhaps they will never let me go
home.'' But the music was so sweet
she felt no wish to leave. but sat lis
tening.
Yet at home her parents Were
anxious. Hour after hour passed by
and there was no signs of Molly. The
moon rose and sank down in the sky,
but the child did not come home. 81
| will go look for her in the Fairy Dell"
| at last said the father.
IF you go there, you also will fall
under their wicked SPELL" cried the
wife. For who ever hears their
music must sit and listen for years"
e will fix ,tlat" exclaimed the
father. So lie filled his ears with cot
ton and knew that in this way the
magic music would not weave it's spell
'There is only one thing that will
stop the fiddler as he plays" con
tinued the mother. 'and that is tbs
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09
al Kansas woman has davn,or


"a Kansas woman has developed the
novel industry Of catching grasshop-
pers, a business which last year netted
her $4,000 profit after the nimble in
sects had been duly rounded up and
transformed by natural processes into
luscious chicken meat. dark and light
Queen Elizabeth was the first Eng
lish monarch to realize the value of
coal mines as a state wned monopoly.
h obtained a lease Of all the Durham
fields for $3.50 a "a and then pro-
eeeded to manipulate a corner In Goals
with much success.
Sabetha, Kan, spinsters have formed
q club where women are prohibited
from discussing babies.
Mrs. Susanna Wanner. of Stonetown,
Pats still able to cad without glasses
ut h g of 100.
New York university has 80 women
enrolled in 1.-The law departments
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09
MOTOR ACCIDENTS DUE
TO TOO MUCH DIMMiNG

An article in a recent edition OF the
Motor Age avs that the enforcement
of the antiglare law is responsible for
the numerous deaths and accidents IN
st. Louis. That city has had IS deaths
and 300 injuries this year, and all due
to automobile accidents. The story
says that the wholesale arrest OF driy-
ers who use glaring lights has caused
q reaction. and that now cars are r1p
with lights that are too much subdued
or entirely extinguished. It quotes a
member of the st. Louis Automobile
club as saying that the a~ntiglare Law
is responsible.
After hearing a great deal OF cyl.
dences along such lines the city coun
ell of Sioux City is Convinced that the
new traffhs ordinance should amply I'd
DINNERS in a general way only. All
glass of brilliant headlights must Sd
ground or covered with muslin. paper
or some other suitable material.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09

THIEVES MARKET \
; IN SAN LUIS PoToSl s
Omitted States Consul Bonney,
Commerce Reperts.)

Commerce ReportS.)
The so-called thieves market in San
characteristic institutions of the city. ~
consists of a series OF small bopths aionS
the side of the public market; IN these
booths every article known to the hard
ware, plumbing, and novelty trades may
be found at second hand in every concelv-
able state of preservation or decay. me
name of the market is no reelection upon
the proprietors nor, upon their patrons.
but is an implication that thieves sell IN
this market their miscellaneous plunder:
knives and pistols, plo,w points, door
knobs, bottles, hinges, valves and elbows.
chain, bride bits, razors. rei1sl1ss DOORS
elry, and occasionally odd pieces Of table
silver. In fact, any bit of portable anu
or sold in the thieves market. It consti-
tutes a serious competition for the hard
ware stores, for if the householder. finds
himself in need of a door knocker. a hinge,
or a pane of glass, his first resort is to
this market. Many parts of implements
from the plantations find their way to
deal in more valuable goods, such as prec-
ious stones and metals, but these are not
shown to the public nor offered to strang-
ers; Antique pieces of brass work, CHINA:
and silver may sometimes be found, but
these should be purchased with the custo-
mary caution.
gets what he can, depending largely upon
the patience of the customer. The pawn
shops turn over to this market cheap
| articles in hardware and jewetry which
are not redeemed or sold at auction. Car
| penters and cabinetmakers find here theiI
odd pieces for repair work, such as LOCKE
and keys, fancy screws, and hinges
American goods are sometimes seen, par
ticularly BARRIERS supplies, cheap watches,
| buttons, and safety razors. Imported arti,
cles in San Luis Potosi are aIways ex,
! penSive, and articles of metal even OF
I native manufacture. are relatively high;
such articles are not discarded when worn,
! but find their way to this market and
| clearing house of commodities. To am ex.
! tent it supplies the lack of specialized
| stores and prevents waste.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09

o. all h reigning queens of Europe.
Queen Maud. of Norway. leads the
Mrs. James w. Gerard. wife az Tho
American ambassador to Germany. has
been decorated with Red Cross medals
by the kaiser. This is the first time
9 woman mot OF royal blood has ever
received a decoration Of the frst class.
Mrs. Alice cudworth has been con-
Methodist church.
The sale Of alcohol to women is en-
tirely forbidden in France.
Glasgow, Scotland. has appointed a
Woman Miss Emily Miller. to its po-
lice force.
Queen Marguerite. Of Savoy, mother
OF the king OF italy. has written a
patriotic hymn which Is dedictedfto the
woanded Italian soldtars.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09
Dark Days for ideals.

From the Christian Herald.
These are rather dark and d-iscorr.
aging days to talk about world deals
4 Is a particularly discouraging time
to lead the world to the highest IDEAS.
For Just now the greatest Of the Chris
tan nations seem bent upon turning
the world into a slaughter house in
stead of into a paradise.
the fact needs to be emphasized
again and again that although the war
ring nations are called Christian, yet
the war came, not because they were
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09
Burial of S S.

And he buried him in a valley in the
land. OF Moab over against Beth-Peori
but no man knoweth Of his sepulcher
unto this day.-Deut. xxXiv, 6.
--vvs-.
BY Nebo's lonely mountain, ~1&.si
On this side of Jordan's wave, ~L~
In a vale in the land of Moab, H9E21san
There lies a lonely grave;
But no man built that sepulcher,
And no man saw it e'er;
For the angels of God upturned the 500.
And laid the dead man there.
That was the grandest funeral
That ever passed On earta; ~
Yet no man heard the trampling,
Or saw the train go forthi
Noiselessly as the daylight
Comes when the night is done.
And the crimson streak on the oceans
cheek
Grows into the great sun;
Noiselessly as the springtime
Her crown of verdure weaves.
And all the trees on all the hills
Unfold their thousand leaves;
So without sound or music
Or voice of them that wept,
Silently down from the mountains
crown
The great procession swept.
Perchance the bald old eagle
On gray Beth-Peor's height
Out of his rocky eyrie
Looked down on the wondrous sight,:
Perchance the lion stalking
| Still shuns the ha1lowed spot:
For beast and bird nave seen and heard
That which man knoweth not.
But. when the warrior dieth,
His comrades Of the war,
With arms reversed and nnuffled drums,
Follow the funeral car;
They show the banners taken:
| They tell his battle won:
And after him lead his master1ess steed.
While peals the minute gun.
| Amid the noblest of the land
Men lay the sage to rest.
And give the bard IN honored. place,
| With costly marbles drest,
In the great Minister ~transept.
Where lights like glories fall,
And the sweet choir sings and the or
gan rings
| Along the emblazoned hall.
This was the bravest warrior
That ever buck1ed sword: -
This the most gifted poet
That ever breathed a word:
And never earth's philosopher
Traced with his golden pen
On the deathless page truths half so
sage
AS he wrote down for men.
And had he not hig horore
! The hillside for a pa11l
TO lie In state while angels wait,
With stars for tapers tall.
And the dark rock pines, like tossing
pIumes,
| Over his bier to wave.
And own hand, in that lonely land.
To lay him in his grave!
In that strange grave without a name.
Whence his uncoffined clay
lShall break again-O wondrous ,ho,,eht-
Before the Judgment day,
And stand. with glory wrapped around
On the hills he never trod.
And speak Of the strife that won our
With the incarnate Son of God.
Q, lonely tomb in Moab's land.
Q. dark Beth-Peor's hill.
speak to these curious hearts of ours,
And teach them to be stin.
God hath His mysteries of grace.
Ways that we cannot tell.
He hides them deep. like the secret
sleep
OF him he loved SO wen.
Cecil Frances Alexander
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-09

Detroit's city hall matron had ia
premise not to wed In order to secure
the position.
Boston society wolne have intro
duced moving pictures as an adjunc,
to dance parties.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-30

crude instruments does not mean that
no better; on the contrary, the very
sight of the crude first telephone showed
graphically that the familiar instrument
of to-day is vastly improved.
The telephone is the product of a
pyramid of inventions which have come
since those early telephones were made
and it is far more efficient thar any
apparatus that has ever been produced
for transmitting the human voice, but
the use of the original Instrument on
this new trans-continental line shows
better than anything else could, how
wonderful are the transmission possibil-
tiles of that long line.
In addition, the telephones were con-
nected to the line by short pieces of the
original copper wire used between Bos-
ton and Cambridge for that first now
famous conversation forty years ago.
In GREATNESS silence. Mr.. Bell leaned
orward to talk and his smile showed
that his mind ran back through the
years to that first day. After he had
expressed his fluctuations and Mr.. Wat
son had congratulated him in turn. the
Mayor of New York spoke greetings to
the Mayor of San Francisco and one by
one most of the men in the room talked
over the line for a moment.
While everyone expressed surprise at
the distinctness with which one may
hear over this long line, it was said
that it would not be thrown open for
commercial use until certain further d.
ails lave been completed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-30
ACT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous in Pleas.
antville.

Do the right thing at the right
time. Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger Doan's Kid
ney Pills are most effective. Plenty
of evidence of their worth.
H. J.. Mason, plumber, Vineland,
N. j., says: "Some years ago I was
in bad shape from my kidneys and
1 suffered intensely from backache.
When | caught cold it always settled
on my kidneys and in a short time
the pains in my back were so severe
that it wa almost impossible for me
to stoop or straighten. The kidney
secretions contained sediment and
plainly showed that my kidneys were
at fault. Doan's Kidney Pills gave
me relief before l finished the first
box and continued use made me we'll"
A SECOND ENDORSEMENT
Later Mr.. Mason said: 81 am pleas
ed to again recommend Doans Kidney
Pills and say that they always give
the best results. l still use this rem
edy occasionally and it keeps my kid
neys in good working order. Price
SOC, at all dealers. Don't simply ask
for a kidney 1emedy-get Doan's Kid
ney Pills-the same that Mr.. Mason
had. Foster Milburn Co., Props, Buf-
falo, N. Y.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-30

eral but particular is enthusiastically
renewed. A cockney soldier, asked if
he thought he could manage to drive
a slightly damaged van that was
found abandoned by the wayside af-
ter an action, cried, jubilantly:
"Drive her? Me? Drive me own
bloomin' old girl? Wy, my firm was
movers, and | only enlisted cause
she was took aw'y from me! l been
fair 'omesck for her-and blest if she
'asn't crossed the briny deey and 'un-
ted me up among the Trenches!
Two faithful 'searts united, that's wot
| calls it,"
Again, when a large car, battered,
spattered, shot-dented and limping,
heavily loaded with soldiers who
seemed to cling upon it like a swarm
of bees, crawled past a group of Brit
lsh officers, one of them interrupted
the conference long enough to re-
mark:
There gose the car l gave my
wife for a wedding present. Hardly
fit for ladies now, l fancy-unless
perhaps some Busy Bertha takes a
try at it."
BUSY Berthas" or Beautiful Ber-
thas" are army nicknames for the
great Krupp guns, bestowed in honor
of the placid faced young German
matron, heiress of the great works at
Essen, whose maiden name was Frau
lein Bertha Krupp.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-30
The Functions of a Rural Church.

~ y III
If the rural churches today are go.
ing to render a service which this age
demands, there must be cooperation
between the religious, social and eco
nomic life of the community.
The church to attain its fullest meas
ure OF success must enrich the lives
of the people in the community 1t
serves; it must build character; devel.
cp thought and increase the efficiency
of human life. 1t must serve the so
cial, business and intellectual, as well
as the spiritual and moral side of life.
If religion does not make a man more
capable, more useful and more just,
what good is it? We want a practical
religion, one we can live by and farm
by, as well as die py.
Fewer and Better Churches.
Blessed IS that rural community
which has but n place of worship.
While competition Is the life of trade,
it is death to the rural church and
moral starvation to the community.
Petty sectarianism is a scourge that
blights the life. and the church preju-
dice saps the vitality, of many com
munities. An over-churched commun-
ity is a crime against religion, a seri-
GUS handicap to society and a useless
tax upon agriculture.
While denominations are essential
and church pride commendable, the
high teaching of universal Christianity
must prevail if the rural church is to
fulfill its mission to agriculture.
We frequently have three or four
churches in a community which is not
able to adequately support one Small
congregations attend services once a
month and all fail to perform the re-
Iigious functions OF the community.
The division of religious forces and
the breaking into fragments of moral
efforts is ofttimes little less than a
calamity and defeats the very purpose
they seek to promote,
The evils of too many churches can
be minlmized by cooperation The
social and economic life of a rural
community are respective units and
cannot be successfully divided by de
nominational lines. and the churches
can only occupy this important field
by cooperation and coordination
The efficient country church will
definitely serve its community by lead
ing in all worthy efforts al community
building, in uniting the people in all
cooperative endeavors for the gen
erai welfare of he community and IN
aroiising a real love for country life
n loyalty to the country home and
these results CAP only be successfully
accomplished by tee united effort of
the p' ass the school the church anu
organized Farmers
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-30
THE RURAL
CHURCH
THE FARMERS THE cusTop,ANs
OF THE NATIONS MORALITY.
Cooperation of Church. schooI and
rress Essential to Community
Building.
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers I'm

Lecturer National Farmers Union.
The church, the press and the school
form a triple alliance of progress that
guides the destiny of every commun-
lty, state and nation. Without them
civilization would wither and die and
through them life may attain its great.
est blessing, power and knowledge.
The farmers OF this nation are greatly
indebted to this social triumvirate for
their uplifting influence, and on behalf
OF the American plowmen l want to
nan those engaged in these high
callings for their able and efficient
service, and | shall offer to the press
a series of articles on cooperation
between these important Influences
n the farmers In the hope of in
~creasing the efficiency of all by mu-
tual understanding and organized ef-
fort. We will take up, first, the rural
church.
The Farmers Are Great Church Build.
ers.
The American farmer Is the greatest
church builder the world has ever
known. He Is the custodian of the
nations morality; upon his shoulders
rests the lark of the covenant" and
he is more responsive to religious in
f1uences than any other class of cit
fzenship.
The farmers of this nation have
built 10000 churches at a cost oil
$4,000 900, and the annual contribu-
ton of the nation toward all church
institutions approximates 5000, 0OO, 900
per annum The farmers of the Uni
ted States build ~ churches per day..
There are 10000, 900 rural church com
municants on the farm, and "a per
cent of the total membership of all
churches reside in the country.
The farm is the power-house of all
progress and the birthplace of all that
is noble. The Garden of Eden was
in the country and the man who would
get close to God must first get close
to nature.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-30
ALONG THE FIGHTING LINES
Cleans of Humor Enliven the Hours
of Fierce and Necessarily Mer-
CHESS Combat.

The Communicating of m~iscellane-
Gus motor vehicles for war service has
led to occasional enlivenment of the
strenuous life of the soldiers in the
field or on the march by unexpected
meetings. with friends from 'ome."
Loud and long were the cheers with
which the British "Tommies," serv-
ing in France, greeted the first APP
pearance of the familiar London Mo
tor omnibusses, with the anne of
city streets and suburban destina-
lions yet INCREASED, busily chugging
along the poplar-bounded roads of a
forengn land. Vans that bore the
names of famous business firms
evoked joyous greetings and a run
ming fire of jokes.
Sometimes an acquaintance not gen.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-30
THINGS ALL OUGHT TO KNOW

As Christian Bible Students-The Sat-
isfactory Proof of "Why God Permits
Evil"
One of the questions which comes to
nearly every thinking mind today Is,
why does God permit evilT' As we
look about US in the world we observe
that 1t Is filed with sorrow and trouble,
sickness and pain and every trial we
could enumerate, and we cannot help
wondering WHY GOD ALLOWS IT.
We realize that He is almighty and
that He could prevent 1t If He wished.
We read in His Word that He Is more
willing to do for His children than
are earthly parents for theirs, and we
know how much that means; yet Of
tentimes 1t seems that those who try
to do and live right have the most
trouble. THIS question Is made very
clear in a book entitled, THE Divine
Plan Of the Ages" Every statement
IL backed by Scripture, and shows that
while God does not sanction evil He
HAS HAD a PURPOSE IN ALLOW
ING SIN AND DEATH TO REIGN
THESE SIX THOUSAND YEARS.
This and many other subjects of deep
interest to all of Gods people are dis
cussed fully and in language easy of
comprehension.
In English. German, Swedish, Dano-
Norwegian. Italian, French, Greek,
Hungarian. Spanish, Polish, Holland
fish, Finnish. [Syriac and Turko-Ar-
menian in preparation.]
355 pages. cloth bound, 35 cents post
paid. Address Bible and Tract Socie-
", II Hicks Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.