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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28

on tiptoe and ven the cat Is put out
and the clock stopped. After his throat
has been tied up, his shoes taken off
and a quilt thrown over him, Mr..
Bowser plaintively inquiries:
for a doctor?"
Not Just yet. dear. I don't think
It's very serious"
Mrs. Bowser. I believe I'm already
struck with DEATH"
Nonsense! You've just got a little
inflammation of the tonsils."
i've felt for some days as if a great
calamity hung over this household.
Hadn't we better nave two doctors"
Just try and go to sleep, Mr.. Bow
ser, n III warrant you will feel bet
The chill
What chilli"
Mr.. Bowser. you were a very sick
man last night. and though you say
you are all right this morning you
may have a relapse"
"Do-do you think I will? 2"
One can't say in sue cases. How
ever, at the first sign of a chill, you
start for home. You had best come in
the ambulance"
chill"
Mr., Bowser stood around for five
minutes, and then slowly left the
house, and when outside the gate he
mutrered to himself:
ITS the strangest thing In the
world that / can never get the bet
ter OF that woman!"
Mrs. Bowser. as the reader well
knows. Is not a revengeful person.
However, she got to feeling that she
had let Mr.. Bowser off too easy in
this instance, and after giving him
time to each the office she telephoned
him.
Il just wanted to ask IL you got
rel without a chilli
Did i? or course I did" he roared
back.
I'm so glad"
ask over the wire:
Bowser?"
What d. you mean?" was asked.
Why, getting up off a dying bed
to go to the office! Watch your feet
like q hawk. Il they begin to get cold
You hump for home at once"
An hour later she got the wife or
q neighbor to come In and say:
oh, Mr.. Bowser. Eve heard OF how
near you came to o. grave. This is
Mrs. Forbush. you know"
1.-THE whole city feels that it had
rather lose the mayor than Bowser.
SO do be careful. II you feel one sim
gle shiver-'
Another grunt and MT. Bowser hung
up. Then Mrs. Bowser came in with:
Lave YOU got your feet in q dish
MOT by q darned sight. he whoop-
ed. but TIL get you In hot water when
I come home"
But he didn't. He was as good as
pie. and without being asked to he
cent stockings reduced TO ~ cents O
pair.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
A Good Sport.

The whole family was downstairs
watching a magnificent thunderstorm
when the mother suddenly remem-
bered about little Marie, who was
alone in the nursery and might have
awakened and become frightened. Sha
slipped away to quiet her.
At the door she paused, and a vivid
flash OF lightning Illuminated the whole
room. Little Marie, who had been to
the ball game that day with her big
brother, was sitting up in bed clap
ping her hands with excitement and
shouting:
Alta boy, God; alta boy, Bang it
again! Bang it again! Alta boyt"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
CHANCES That Must Come.

from the Washing ton Times.
A few days after the war began, the
British cabinet took over control of the
railways of the United Kingdom. There
mad been talk for 60 years of doing 1t; it
was done over night. 1t had long been as
pasis of which the government could AXE
the property would be well night impos-
iible; the trick was done without any
that 1t would guarantee the fixed charges,
Ind would pay on stocks a dividend rep
iesenting the average dividend paid in the
kas reasonably satisfied: but, of course.
hat was largely because 1t would have
lone no good to protest, and 1t was per-
compelled to control transportation as a
natter of military necessity.
Now comes announcement from Ottawa
iionalize the Grand Trunk Pacific and
canadian Northwestern, er else make fur
her great advances. to tNem while leaving
,rnment aid has been extended lavishly.
|War conditions have complicated their at
fairs. Development Of western Canada
opening OF these great arteries can not
going to be a drain. Shall the govern
nent put up the deficit on any terms short
II taking over the roads?
1t is up to the Ottawa cabinet. and
probably will get to the people befor.
iong as g. political issue. Canada already
mas q considerable mileage OF government
owned railroads. There is no horror Of
The idea. II 1t should take yer the two
systems named, 1t would have the great
est state owned system In point of mile
age in the world.
Just such tricks as these the war is
playing a-plenty on the countries. In Eng
land nobody seems to think the railroads
will ever be returned to private manage
ment In Germany they say the results
OF rigid government control of food sup
plies and prices have been such that even
with the return OF peace it's unlikely the
he restored. Australia As having expert
Eences with its meat barons that promisa
permanently to alter conditions In that In
dustry. The list OF inevitable changes
that viii come as results OF the war might
be extended indefinitely. Their ultimate
guessed: but that they will vitality and
fundamentally affect living conditions
throughout 9 large part of the world Is
not to be doubted. A madc-over scheme
Of existence. almost. will date from this
gar
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
WILLOWS TO SAVE THE CANAL
Roots Will Form Web, Says Inventor,
and Prevent Landslides at
Panama.

r. Moody Boynton. inventor of the
monorail system of transportation. is
convinced that willow trees can be
made to stop the Panama canal land,
slides. He has written President wiz
son what he thinks should be done.
and his letter has been forwarded to
the isthmian officials.
Mr.. Boynton proposes that willow
piles be driven close together along
both sides of the canal where slides
occur. These willows will grow. He
says that the roots of each will spread
out as far as 100 feet, all forming to-
gether a web which would hold earth
firmly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
War Hurt Philinnine Trade

In the Philippine foreign trade move
ment for the year ending June, 1915,
The adverse effect of the European war
was the leading factor. Imports
amounting to $~44,479,S61, declined s1l,-
100000. or 20 per cent below the 1914
value; and. though exports were only
nominally less than $751; 900, 900, total
OF the previous year, greatly increased
production of crops alone saved the
total, n the high price for sugar
was the only marked war benefit in an
export trade that was very generally
reduced.-Commerce reports.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. 1t Pays
Big Dividends.

II parents will give just a little in
teiligent thought to the feeding OF
their children the difference in the
Meath OF the little folks will pay,
many times ever, for the small trouble.
a mother writes: Our children are
all SO much better and stronger than
they ever were before we made a
change in the character Of the food.
we have quit using potatoes three
times 9 day with coffee and SO much
meat.
Now we give the little folks some
rruit, either fresh, stewed, or canned.
some Grape-Nuts with cream. occa.
slonally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup.
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1T would be hard to fully describe
the change In the children, they have
grown SO sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change to the food ele.
ments that, / understand, exist in
Grape-Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had a great deal Of stom,
acnss 2 bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until / tried
Grape~Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and well"
There's q Reason.
Nam given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich.
Ever read h shove letter. new
ae appesrn from time 10 time. They
~ true. and fuii 81 humss
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28

Bowser-because I don't cram my
stomach with watermelon, buttermilk,
gumdrops. custard pie, sweet cake,
ginger ale and all that. Because /
don't go around with my feet sopping
wet. Because I know enough to come
in when it rains. Because I exercise
a little COMMON ems in taking care
of myself"
Your dinner Is ready"
And I'm ready for dinner. A healthy,
happy person is always ready for his
meals. You won't try to get up. /
meals. You won't try to get up, 1 sup
poser"
Not now"
Well. 0 have only yourself to
blame. You may learn in time, but I
doubt 1t. I'd like to find one woman
with about two ounces of horse sense
IN her head before I die. but + don't
expect to do it. Well. 1t can't be helped.
l suppose. The Lord made you that
way, and It's no use to argue"
Mr.. Bowser eats his dinner, smokes
his cigar and sings and whistles as
II the slightest notes didn't go through
her aching head like a bullet. 1t never
occurs to him to fan her, wet the
bandage or ask If she can't sip a Gun
OF tea. 1t does occur to him, however.
to say about bedtime:
Tn sorry. OF course, but then YOU
have more sense. I'll go up 10
bed and you can come when you get
ready. II you are going to kick around
much. you'd better sleep in the spare
room.,,
Now and then the tables are turned,
Mr.. Bowser comes nome to lunch drag
ging his legs after him and looking
pale n very much scared.
What's the matter?" asks Mrs
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
How Children of Israel
Are Divided Among Nations

Europe, of course. contains the great
bulk of he worlds Jewish population,
there being approximately 10, 900. 900
scattered throughout that continent OF
nearly 100000, DOC people.
Russia Home OF Half Of Europe's Jews
Russia furnishes a home for more than
half Of Europe's Jews. There are 5.215, 805
OF thls race living under the cars au-
thofity. Then comes Austria with Lib
0sh, ana Hungary with 932. 40G. Germany
has G15, 021.
or all these European countries, how
ever huinania contains the greatest
percentage OF Jews. There are 259,-
90 mere out of a total population of o.
o~oo,53V, n percentage Of 4.52, The Jewish
proportion in Austria Hungary. which In
eludes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Is 4.42, that
of Russia, AS.
Portugal probably contains the smallest
percentage of jews of any Of the civilized
countries, out OF this country's total pop
ulation Of 5,423,l32 there are to be found
only 4l Jews, representing but OF per
cent. In Spain there are about A00o'Je
out OF n total population of 10, 5S8, 6S8, or
OF OF l per cent.
Jews Flock to Great Cities.
The Jews are not an agricultural peo-
pie, Il fact which explains why In this
country most of them have found their
homes In the great cities. Outside of New
York, of course, Philadelphia, Chicago
and Boston contain the greatest number.
Jewish population of Philadelphia is
at about 10000, or Il little less
10 per cent of the entire population.
Louis, with a total population of $751;
D29. contains $1,000 Jews, with the Same
number credited to Cleveland out of a
population of $685. 63. San Francisco. with
ZIG, 9l2 Inhabitants, contains a Jewish pop !
of 10000.
Atlanta. Ga. thrown into a state of tnr-
noil over the trial and conviction for
of Leo Frank. has n Jewish pop
of only 400 out OF "A total popula-
lion OF l54, S39.
The number of Jews in the small towns
IF the United States is almost negligible.
IN estimate made by the Industrial re-
noval office shows that SO of the prlnci-
pal cities OF the United States, not count
New York. Chicago, Philadelphia and
contain only PSI. 100 Jews.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Tobacco in Cartridge Form.

Caleb G.. Dula of Yonkers, N. Y, has
secured three patents. The first and
second being for tobacco packing in
elongated cartridge form to provide
sections for smoking or chewing, the
stick or roll having a filler and a bind
er, and the third patent being for a
pipe especially adapted for smoking
prepared cartridges and formed to pre-
vent accidental dislodgment of the car
tridges when pressed into and expand
ed within the bowl of the pipe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Edward r, Bushnell IN Philadelphia

Edward r, Bushnell In Philadelphia
Ledger.
Where and what is the most Jewish
city In the United States? Chelsea, Mass.
was stamped with thai distinction at this
recent session OF the convention of the
Federation OF American Zionists. Twenty
i've per cent of its population OF 10000
are Jews.
Numerically, New York has the great
est Jewish population either in the
United States or the world, but the pro-
portion OF Jews there Is slightly below
that OF Chelsea. Nearly hair OF the Jews
in America and l-l4th of all the world
contains. live within the confines of
Greater New York. Nevertheless, their
proportion OF New York's entire popula-
ton ia only about 16 per cent,
The extent TO which the Jewish peo-
pie maintain their racial integrity
though scattered to the four corners of
the earth, still remains the most as
founding thing in tho history OF nation
building. From the time of thelE bond
age In Egypt, their flight through the
wilderness into the promised land, and
Their wonderful expansion during the
feisns of David and Solomon. followed by
theF snbjagation at the hands of the
Greeks and Romans, this integrity never
suffered. And even during the last 1000
years. as the.f have gono with civilization
into every corner of the globe, they have
always been a distinct people.
The study of their worldwide distribu-
ton forms n subject of gripping interest.
Roughly speaking. there are about 49,
ooO, 600 Jews today. Every country has
Its quota.
Palestine. the original home OF the Jews,
numerically does not contain many Jews.
but IN proportion to the entire popula-
ton of that country 1t leads the world.
the latest statistics give Palestine n Jew
tsh population of rs. 1000, out of a total pop
ulation of 800. 900. This gives the Jewish
race In Palestine n percentage OF 22.29 of
the entire population. though its total OF
$4,000 is hardly half the entire Jewish
population of Philadelphia. In certain
parts OF Africa and Asia the Jewish
population, although numerically small,
is proDortionately high, Tunis, In
Africa. ranks next to Palestine, with
a Jewish population of los. 900 out Of a
total OF l.s23,217. or 5.62 per cent. |
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Mixed Adjcctives.

We had at our house for about half
a day this summer a young man from
Kansas City as a boarder.' stated hon
est Neighbor Hornbeak. He came
with the expectation Of staying two
weeks, and just nacher'ly hungered
and thirsted for the simple life. as
he called it. And then about the
first thing he did was to seek to pick
a sandbar off from the left hind fet-
lock of n of the mules. This serter
led me to believe that he thought sim
pie and 'idiotic' were synonymous and
simultaneous terms."-Kansas City
Star.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Why ths Hosr. Ars HsIpIna England.

In his article. sGermany's Exit From
r.. Freeman tells Of an interview with
q successful Boer banker. who. speak
Ing OF their last war with England,
and its results. says: There is still
an ache In some OF our hearts for
thingsstlle raj cost us. But the sense
OF justice Is highly developed IN the
Boer. and we cannot deny that under
the fair. square helpful regime of the
British we nave become better off In
10 yearc than we would have been In
SO under Paul Kruger. They have left
us our language. self government
everything. In fact we had before
and have brought us progTessivenesa
and prosperity. A new national feeI-
anE--an imperial one, I means do
u win he - strong A. this old ono ftr,
which We poures ank 30 minh bloxad's
Evening star., 1915-11-11

serious difficulty. 1t cannot be stated
what the revenues of the government
are. All known with certainty is that
they are short of the needs, and that
the needs are greater than ever be-
fore. Without taking the prepared
ness program into consideration,
more revenue must be found than is
now coming in from the sources un-
der tribute.
And so it happens that there is
work for the ways and means COM
mittee to do before a budget commit
tee Or reorganized appropriations
can proceed intelligently. Before
passing upon appropriations the
House must know if the bills can be
honored; ii there will be money
enough in the till when the bills are
presented for payment. Uncle Sam
cannot afford to go on tick Any
such arrangement would discredit
and defeat the party making it.
The new Congress will have it's
hands full; and the more closely the
card is examined the more clearly
it is seen than the session if short
will leave much undone, and if long
will extend beyond national conven-
ton time.
Evening star., 1915-11-11
Ezekiel.

First came the President and quoted
Ezekiel on preparedness. Then came
Col. Roosevelt and said that in truth
he had quoted Ezekiel first as an ad-
vocate OF national readiness for de-
tense. And then came Col. Bryan
and said that what Ezekiel said does
not apply to preparedness at all Now,
here is what Ezekiel said:
But ii the watchman see the sword
come, and blow not the trumpet, and
the people be not warned: If the
sword come, and take any person
from among them. he is taken away
in his iniquity; but his blood will
require at the watchman's hand"
The Presiden, and Col Roosevelt
can see no other meaning in these
words than that it is required OF the
watchman to keep his people warned
to be always ready against the
sword. Col. Bryan says that the pas
sage means that the watchman must
sound the trumpet only when he sees
the sword coming upon the land, and
no sword has come upon the land and
no enemy is in sight. He admits that
Col. Roosevelt may in the fervor of
his patriotic imagination see enemies
marching upon us from all sides, but
notes that the President in his New
York speech admitted that we are
not threatened from any quarter
Stric speaking. the sounding of
the wa hing by the President has
Evening star., 1915-11-11
Local and Other Electric Rates.

The electric power company's pro-
posal for lower rates for cooking and
heating current necessarily brings di-
rectly into consideration comparisons
between the rates that prevail here
and elsewhere. 1t is not proposed
locally to reduce the rate for light
ing purposes. which is to remain at
10 cents per kilowatt hour for the
connected load" for I2o hours per
month, and cents per kilowatt hour
tor any excess beyond Ioo hours. As
The Star has heretofore pointed out,
very few lighting current consumers
ever get the benefit of the secondary
rate OF 5 cents, for the reason that
they do not exhaust I2o hours of
connected load" which is the use of
the entire installation for an aver
age of four hours a day. Probably in
the great majority of domestic es-
adjustments the entire installation
is never in use at any one time. The
local and the Chicago rates have al
ready been compared for the pur-
pose of showing that the former are
excessive, and no explanation has
thus far been made for the reason of
this. discrepancy. In Chicago the rate
Tor lighting current is 10 cents per
kllowatt hour for the maximum de-
mand'-which is quite different from
the connected load"-for the first
thirty hours per month, ) cents for
the second thirty hours, and 3 cents
for all over sixty hours. The aver
age Chicago consumer gets the bene-
ft OF the secondary and tertiary
rates with the consumption of less
than half the current under the
maximum demand" basis. as COM
pared with the connected load"
basis.
Until these determinations in the
lighting current rate whereby the
bulk OF the Washington consumers
are mufcted in excessive charges are
equalized by new schedule there
will be no keen interest in the pro-
posal of the company to set up
lower rate for cooking and heating
purposes in order to create a demand
for current at comparatively idle
periods in the day. The rate of 10
cents for the first ten kilowatt hours
and 3 cents thereafter may contrast
strikingly with 10 cents for I2o hours
and 5 cents thereafter, but the real
comparison should be between the
proposed local cooking and heating
rate and the lighting rates which pre-
vail in other cities.
Evening star., 1915-11-11
Reported Unrest in India.

If, as reported, Lord Kitchener is
actually going to India to cope with
native unrest and developing opposi-
ton to British rule the situation in
that part of the British empire is
probably serious. 1t has been no Sc
cret from the beginning of the war
that Germany has endeavored through
her agents to foment sedition in In
dia, while it was openly declared to be
one OF the purposes Of the djehad, or
holy war. proclaimed by the Mos
lens on the entrance of Turkey into
the campaign as Germany's ally to
wrest India from British control.
India has been of material assist
ance to England in this war. Some
of the native princes have made rich
gifts of money and others have sent
troops. The Nizam OF Hyderabad,
one of the most important of the ma
tive rulers, placed the resources of
his state at the disposal of the i'm
perial government at the outbreak
OF the war. 1t is now reported that
he has been deposed by his people,
an action which must be attributed
to Moslem influence and possibly to
German intrigue. If similar condi-
tipns prevail in others of the Indian
states Lord Kitchener's task on his
arrival will be one of difficulty He
knows India, however, thoroughly,
and has potent influence there. The
fact that he is detached from his
headquarters duty in London for this
purpose, as reported, emphasizes the
gravity of the situation. incidentally
it is expected he will survey the
Balkan conditions and perhaps per-
sonally take a hand there in the di-
rection of the campaign, which is
rated by some as of climactic impor-
tance.
Evening star., 1915-11-11
leadership and Preparedness.

Ii is incorrect to say that Mr.
Kitchin in the House and Mr.. Kern
in the Senate will as leaders be dis
placed in the matter OF preparedness.
Bills relating to that question viii IN
the natural order be reported from the
military and the naval committees OF
the two hous es and in charge OF their
chairman for debate and passage. Mr..
Hay and Mr.. Padgett in the House,
and Mr. Chamberlain and Mr.. I'LL
man in the Senate, have qualified by
study for this service If Mr.. Tillman
because OF poor health seeks sub
stitute. it will, OF course, be in the
direction OF his own judgment.
Nor should it be overlooked that
Mr.. Kern's leadership in the Senate
is not analogous to that OF Mr..
kitchin's in the House. 1t does not
carry as much power, nor will it at
any time in anything exercise as
much influence.
As matter OF TACT, the real leader
OF the anti-preparedness cause will
not sit in either house OF Congress.
Mr.. Bryan is the man, and from the
outside will direct the forces. And
he knows how to work from an out
side position. During the last Con-
gress he was active in behalf OF meas
ures he favored, and received credit
for certain features OF the work done.
For an instance, according to report
it was his insistence that carried wool
TO the free list.
On the one side, then, will be the
President urging. and on the othee
side Mr.. Bryan resisting. an adequate
national defense. The one is in Oh
fice. and will be a candidate next
year to remain. The other is out of
office, and the only Office he is sup
posed to care for-the presidency-is
beyond his reach. Both in House and
Senate, therefore, democrats will be
obliged to choose between the man
who is to lead them next year, and
the man who in presidential con-
test will probably lead them never
again.
And another point. The difference
between the President and Mr.. Bryan
is widening. 1t began in one thing,
and now extends to several things.
How much farther is it likely to go?
Their latest difference is in constru-
ing Scripture: A couple OF theolo-
CUES could not be farther apart than
they over a passage from one of the
Hebrew prophets. Soon, therefore,
they may be at loggerheads about
everything 'in heaven above, in the
earth beneath. and in the water un-
der the earth
One or other OF these two men will
win on this issue Of preparedness
Ii the President wins he will be the
stronger in next years race; if Mr..
Bryan wins. the President as his
party's candidate will fetl the effect
OF his defeat