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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
COMBINATION SURE TO WIN
With Ideas and Industry Ninety Men
Out of Every Hundred viii
Achieve Success.

Some sel%f-ccnceited philosopher has
said that genius is nothing but an in.
finite capacity for untiring application.
1t would seem that this attempt to de-.
fine genius would apply more appropri.
ately to talent. 1t is also an obvious
fact that many people, thoughtful 9th.
erwise, use language loosely. We
would think the remark quoted above
a case in point, observes the Los An
geles Times.
There is no doubt that talent, to
make itself effective, requires untiring
effort and unlimited application. Civ.
en- talent and application, success Is
sure to follow in any mans career.
Many Of us are very much inclined to
find fault with society and lay all u
failure to succeed at Its door. Society
is not a concrete fact. 1t Is simply an
abstraction invented to represent hui,
manity in the aggregate. Nature has
been very ~niggardly in her gifts to
many of us, and where this is so no
amount Of effort, no matter how con
tinuously it is applied can lead to large
success.
Those who find fault with society as
the cause of their failure are wrong.
Given q fair amount of talent-that is,
brains-nnd untiring application, and
success will be achieved, ninety-nine
times out of every hundred: This may
be proved by reference to any walk in
life to which human beings apply tlle,a=
selves to reach success.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
LIKE PIECE or FAIRY
Remarkable Cavern, Known as sh
tuck Cave, Discovered When
Miner Sets off Blast.

A blast in the Shattuck mine in
ing down ore, was responsible fer the
discovery of a remarkable cavern, now
known as Shattuck Cave, which has
yielded unusual mineral specimens,
some of the finest Of which have been
added to the collection at the Michigan
College of Mines.
When the miner who had been work.
ing in that part of the 3O0-foot leve
returned with the night shift he fount
Il great opening that reached farther
than his light could penetrate. Look.
ing upward, he could see tiny lights
flashing, and, in the belief that they
were stars, he ran back to the shaft
and declared that he had blasted q
hole clear through the surface.
On Investigating the mine official
found that the blast had opened a
great circular cavern 345 feet in diam.
eter and IT'S feet high, which seemed
like a piece of f%airyland. On the roof
myriads of crystals reflected the lights
from the miners lamp. The walls, the
roof and the floor were covered with
great clusters Of crystals, and near the
center of the cavern q mass of stalac.
tites, 40 feet long, hung from the cell.
ing like a great chandelier.
For the most part the crystals were
pure white, but in places where the
filtering waters had contained iron and
copper great transparent stalactites
and stalagmites, some ruby red, 9TH
ers a clear emerald green or azure
blue, added to the beauty Of the scene.
-Argonaut.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
4 Good Indian.

With all his faults, the American
indian in his best estate has the mighty
virtues Of loyalty and courage. A
touching example Of the nobility Of
character that many Of them are capa-
pie OF is given in the late John Muir's
travels in Alaska"
Mi. Muir describes the coming Of
missionaries to the Stickeen Indians Of
Fort WraEgell and their success in
Christianizing them. The tribesmen,
ne says, were encouraged to accept the
Christian faith by their head chief, but
ne told them he could not himself be-
come q Christian, for this reason:
! wish you to learn this new religion
and teach It to your children, so that
you may all 80 when you die to that
good heaven country OF the white man
and be Happy. But I am too old to.
learn 9 new religion; and, besides,
many Of my people who have died We're
DAD and foolish people, and, If this
word the missionaries have brought us
y true, as I think It is, many Of my
people must be Ii that bad country the
missionaries call hell I; and I must 60
there also, for Stic.sses chief never
deserts his people In time OF trouble.
70 that bad country, therefore, ( will
yosl and try to cheer my people ana
aeip them as best lean to endure I'll ai
nisery.'-Youth's Con1pa4ion.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
RILEY EASY TO UNDERSTAND
For That Reason There is 4 cisss
That Refuses to Recognize Him
as a Great Poet.

Widely enjoyed and beloved, the
poetry of James Whitcomb Riley will
probably always in our lifetime en-.
counter a species Of objections in the
minds of many Americans, His poetry
sings. Its force is emotional, It's
sincere charm is absolute, and de=
ponds not at all on being something
like something else-on the audiences
recollection Of Greek verse, or ia.
m~iliarity with Japanese art, or In,
pressionistic landscape. To the kind
of reader for whom a recognizable,
musical idea limits, instead of greatly
liberating the communicative faculty
of poetry, to the kind of reader who
thinks Of poetry as a species of mere
~tight-mouthed and cryptic prose, to
the kind Of reader who is worried by
poets who will not give him, so to
speak, any reliable library references
for their inspiration-to such Ameri.
can readers rs these James Whit
comb Riley's poetry must always
seem all wrong and misguided. Any
n car understand his songs. Peo-
pie have always been cutting them
out Of the newspapers and recittne
them at fce-cream sociables ard
church benefits. They are a part Of
The natiunal cUnsciousnesz-New Re,
pubic:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
Making Lead Pencils,

MISUNDERSTANDING the Ozark
hills-furnishes the greater part of the
wood used in making lead pencils.
Though many other varieties have
been tried, none has proved as sat
isfactory as the red cedar. The cedars
grow on the rocky hillsides all through
the White river district of Missouri.
they are small, stunted trees, eldom
eeaching a diameter Of more than q
aoot at the butt. At the mill the logs
are first cut lengthwise by circ,,l2..
saws into planks. These are cut into
right lengths for lead pencils, and
those chunks go into the hands Of men
who, with circular saws, rip them nm
INTO what are called Stats" Only tho
red heart of the log is used; the white
sapWood is thrown away. The slots
re bound in bundles and sent to New
York, where the greater part ore
worked up into lead pencils, and tho
yema1nder goes to lead-pencil factories
n europe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
APH0RlsMs OF GREAT MAN
Trite Sayings of Napoleon Have Been
Collected and Classified, and Are
Worth Attention.

Among the Frenchmen who have
contributed to gnomic literature is Ma
poleon: "Adversity is the midwife of
genius" Love is folly committed by
two" st is imagination which loses
battles" ga good philosopher makes
a bad Citizen" "The man the least
free is the man bound to party" These
and several hundred other of his truths
and h%alf-truths were collected and
classified by Jules Bertaut. They have
been translated by Fl. e. Law and c..
l.. Rhoades as Napoleon: In His
Own Words" The collection does not
pretend to be complete nor to add any
thing new, but it is sufficient to mirror
the man of action in a striking way.
The aphorisms, of course, lack con-
sistency and continuity, because Ma
poleon had no profound moral convic-
tons. He was no philosopher nor a
publicist seeking to mold events by
political reason. He was a man of ac-
ton, who spoke for the immediate eff
feet which his words might accomplish
"a Roman Catholic in France and a
Mohamnedan in Egypt. "Simpletons
talk OF the past, wise men of the pres
ent, and fools of the FUTURE" The
translations are good, but many read
er would like to have the date, chap
ter and verse cited; for half the sig
nihcance of a saying often lies in the
occasion on which it was uttered.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
Deadly Mysterious Disease.

The China Mail reports that q mys-
ferrous disease which paralyzes the
stomach and ascends to the heart,
causing syncope, has overtaken a gang
of Knowloon dock Chinese hands who
have been engaged in salving the s. s.
Wisely, which ran aground off
Saigon a couple of months Ago..
The work was delayed through the
dread epidemic, which has taken hold
of the workers. The Blue Funnel s..
S. Telamachus brought up from Cape
Barilla a few survivors who were at
once conveyed to a hospital where
their condition has been watched with
much concern by the medical frater-
nifty. So far the disease has not been
diagnosed. The captain Of the Blue
Funnel boat said when he called at
Cape Barilla he vas informed that
a virulent disease had broken out
among the Chinese salvage crew and
seven OF them had died. Fifty-eight
We're taken on board and hurried with
all dispatch to Hong-Kou1.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
Shapes OF a

In the New Work Medical Record
Dr.. David l. Macht of Baltimore, not
ing various malformations of the head
that are met with by the modern clint
clan, speaks of three that are enumer-
ated in the Talmud which DISQUALIFIED
II from ministering as Il priest. These
are named as the "kilon," the 'slafton"
and the "maqbon.' The condition Of
kilon is described us that Of a person
having a peculiarly shaped head, point
ed at the top and broad at the bottom.
The lafton was n head shaped exactly
the opposite of the kilon. To use the
expression of the Talmud, he had a
head like a '%'lefes,' that is a pumpkin
Cor gourd). The expression "maubon'
was derived from the word hammer.
and the Talmud described this ham
merhead as one with a projecting fore
head and occiput. Every student of
h Bible is aware of the fact that the
Hebrew priest was required to be
without bodily defect or blemish" in
order to be eligible to service in the
aemple, q provision set forth in the
~Wenty-first chapter Of Leviticus.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
WASTE Of MENTAL ENERGY
of All Forms of Foolishness the Civ
ing Way to Anger Is About
the Worst.

1t wouldn't be easy to find the per-
on who never makes a careless or un-
ind remark. None of us likes to be
'iticized for every chance word we
lay happen to utter. Why allow our
elves to become angry at some chance
emark or carelessness of another?
live him time to recover his good ma
IRE.
"A soft answer turneth away wrath"
cry likely the hard word wasn't
cant, anyhow, and vas no sooner ut
red than repented of. Do not lose
our temper because else lost
is. 1t isn't well that two should be
ngry at the same time. Ii someone
eally wishes to be mean to you, the
'est return you can make is to show
aim he can say nothing important
enough to disturb you. 1t is the best
Fevenge n can take.
Anger is not good for body or mind.
IT poisons the blood; it disturbs cir
culation; it retards digestion. 1t
takes from your vitality and saps
strength. It hinders you from being
happy or from giving happiness to 9th
ers. It Is a waste Of mental energy.
1t leaves q scar on the soul not easily
eiraced. If you would retain your self
respect, keep control Of your temper.
Anger Is the weapon Of the fool.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
CAUGHT MAMMA TELLING FlB'
Gave Little Girl Opportunity
for Sarcasm.

In a certain western city there lives
a little girl who is a good deal Of q
romancer. The truth in her hands be-
comes sadly twisted, and is frequently
lost sight of altogether. This propens-
ity for EARNING has bothered her moth
er a great deal. She has talked to the
little girl in e serious way, and not
long ago she told her that even if papa
and mamma didn't find out about her
naughty stories, God knew, because he
was always present. This seemed to
make quite an impression on the little
maid, and her mamma hoped it would
be lasting.
The family washerwoman, who has
long been a retainer Of the household,
gave the little girl a fancy matchbox
for a Christmas present. Of course,
the small damsel Immediately wanted
to fill it with matches, and as matches
were the cause of a bad burning she
had received not long before, her man.
ma didn't want her to play with the
new gift. Well, it disappeared after a
day or two-lost, perhaps, or stolen,
or possibly given away. It was GER.
tainly gone.
A day or two later the washerwoman
was hanging the clothes in the back
yard, and the mistress came out Of the
house and spoke to her.
"And has Oracle got her matchbox
yeti" inquired the domestic.
Not wishing to hurt the good wom-
ans feelings the mistress INDUCED in
q small white lie.
"Oh, yes," she said, "it's put away
carefully upstairs"
AS she turned to enter the door she
saw Oracle standing in the doorway
with a decidedly sarcastic grin on her
face.
"Well, mamma" she said, as her
parent stepped in, 81 guess you must
have thought that God wasn't in the
back yard this morning"
And mamma didn't say a word.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
ACTORS MAKE QUICK CHANGES
Some Record Trips From City to City,
Which Have Been Made by
Noted T%hespians,

EnviouS persons have been known
to pooh-pooh the actor who thinks that
his life is not all cakes and ale. Many
years ago we thought the limit had
been reached when e. L. Davenport
acted at q matinee in Philadelphia
and duplicated the performance in New
York the same night. Later came the
sensational jump OF Lawrence Barrett
by special train from New York to
San Francisco in less than four days
and the Joseph Brooks-Janauschek
leap from Milwaukee to Philadelphia
between Saturday midnight and Mon
day in time for a regular perform
ance in the latter city.
Once Richard Mansfield's energies
comprised a hurry trip between New
Orleans and Chicago. On a Saturday
evening he presented Julius Caesar"
succeeding Monday evening he repeat
ed the experience in Chicago. Mean
while he had travelled a thousand miles
and transported all the ponderous i'm
pedimenta of his well-remembered pro-
duction of the Shakespeare classic.
This is how it was done:,
A special train in ten cars was un-
der steam in New Orleans at the close
Of the engagement. AS 500 as a
scene of the play was worked off it
was conveyed on trucks to the waiting
special. When the curtain fell on the
last act the players who appeared in
1t without changing their costumes,
were driven to the railway station, and
the train was out of sight of New Or
leans before midnight. Right IF way
vas given for the entire distance, and
relays Of fresh engines We're provided
from division to division. Thus Q new
record between the gulf and Lake
Michigan was made. The running time
for the 1000 miles was % hours.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
Realize the Good You Desire.

He who knows the spirit Of law is
not forced to stand powerless in an
guish of heart before wasting sick
ness. Strive with all the power within
you (and 1t is great If you but recog-
nize it) to break down the walls of
belief that any evil can dominate you.
Cast out the error that stands be-
tween You and the greatest good you
desire. AS surely as the sunlight of
day melts into the purple twilight Of
evening, so surely do you strike sturdy.
determined blows against the prison
walls Of delusion and false belief. Not
u pain but will vanish when tae wise
tongue gives 1t the lie. Not a misfor-
tune but will give place to peace and
10y when the wise tongue speaks truth
concerning it.-Unity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
From, the Hutchinsou Herald.

From the Hutchinson Herald.
Ben Herman moved to Scotland
last week to help with the cooking
at the Academy, leaving their
house vacant till next spring.
Menno voted thirty. three for
women and 1888 against; seventy.
BIZ dry and ISL wet while the
whole county is 4S2 for and 1858
against the women; and 8S8 dry
and 1896 wet votes.
Albert Peterson and family re.
turned from Northern Minnesota
last week, driving q prairie schoo-
ner. he had : tent for his horses
and wss nearly two weeks on the
road. He will farm his fathers
place on The west Of Chr. Schmidt
gals farm.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
State OF Ohio. city of Toledo, | co
urac Cornfv (Ss

State Of Ohio. city of Toledo, co
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
ID senior partner of the firm of F. j.
Cheney & Co., dong business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use OF HALLS
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK }. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day OF Dec
ember, A. d. 1856.
(SEAL) A. W.. GLEASON
Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
From the Tyndall Register

The explosion of a gasoline stove
which was used in q box car for
cooking purposes caused a little
excitement in our city Tuesday
evening. The firemen were called
out, but the car was completely
destroyed before the flames were
extinguished. Section hands had
been. occupying it for a home for
some time.
The hospitable home of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. Murphy, west of the city,
Was the scene of a merry gathering
last Saturday evening. The occa-
sion was q reception given in hon.
or of Mr.. and Mrs. D. e. Murphy,
who returned the evening before
from their wedding trip. Only
relatives and intimate friends were
present. The young people we're
the recipients of many beautiful
and useful gifts, among which vas
forty head Of white faced cattle
from the groom's father.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
Locks Credited to Chinese.

The earliest locks known to man
we're credited to Chinese Make. Al
though it is impossible to tell the ex-
act date of those still extant, they are
wonderfully well made and as strong
rs any manufactured in Europe IN to
The middle of the eighteenth century.
The Chinese locksmith of today uses
exactly the same kinds of tools that his
forefathers had. He carries all his i'm
plements in two cabinets, sitting on
n and working at the other. When
lie has finished all the work available
In n neighborhood he fastens the two
cabinets to a bamboo rod and sings
1t OYER his shoulder. He tramps
through the towns burdened in this
way, and stops when he is called.
puch as a scissors-grinder or umbrel-
la-mender does in our country.-World-
Wide Magazine.
49, EEEI
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
EXCHANGE NOTES
Ns- ST.
From the Tyndall Tribune.

Z kOuA4 = yAAos
Attorney W. W. French, of
Yankton, was t~ransacting business
in Tyndall last Friday. He reports
that his father is slowly recovering
from the stroke of paralysis which
be suffered several weeks ago.
A young man OF about twenty
eight years of age tried to commit
suicide at Tabor the first part of
this week. Prompt medical atten-
ton saved his life and he is now in
the county jail for q few days re-
cuperating from the effects of the
poison, we'll satisfied that his at
tempt failed.
MIR. and Mrs. D.. ". Barber
celebrated their fifty. sixth wedding
anniversary on Tuesday, Novem-
Der Z. The celebration occurred
at their home and was attended by
their children and grandchildren
living in this county. Mr.. and
Mrs. Barber are one of the oldest
if not the oldest married couples in
this part of the state. Both MIR.
and, Mrs. Barber are enjoying ex
cellent health and are az active as
many people much younger.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16

Tabor Independent-Dr. digger,
Who had been 4 baskerville for the
1pAst yeAr, moved into the Turek
rssidence. which he recently pur.
chased, Friday and 10 now ready
tx businsss. Dr. Dilger il . grad.
nate ofthe Chicago College Of Den.
~ Surgery snd has practiced one
yoaxin Chicago and one gear 10
1ssteryille. HsisA good dentist
and ~ doubt will have ! good
praotios here. Hi mother will
Join him hefs inSa few days.
S%&zSNe A6e
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16
Popularity.

The definition of popularity as given
BY a salesman in a large music shop is
n that may be applied to other things
besides songs.
rs this q popular song?" asked a
young woman, holding up a sheet Of
music brilliantly decorated in red and
green.
well, no, MISS" said the salesman,
assuming q judicial air, q can't say it
Is, as vet. OF course, lots Of people are
singing It, and everybody likes ii, but
iiobody's got tired enough of 1t vet for
It to be what you'd call a popular song,
miss"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16

1TEM ENAAEL &4teSWNG ~
Wagner Esele-Afser p placing
"Rat Corn On sale for sometime
which was supposed to be the best
rat poison on the market, Earl
Hanson captured three rats and
Ted them on the poison for . mum.
bsr q days. Hedeclares the rats
grew rolling fat and would fight
sach other whom be appeared to
fsed them tho "deadly poison"
AZ : result the shipment has been
returned . She wholesale house
and : bill sent g the company for
'eboard for three rats .:or tan days"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-16

Eliminating Possibilities.
What's the pipe of peace, Jimmy ~
swell, from the way pa and ma
fGht ahnnt 1t. It ain't the stove ptpu.n
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
BLUE EYE

Most of the farmers near Blue Eye, are busy planting corn.
 MT. and Mrs. Deelend, of Raum, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Scott and baby, Coy and Alpha Baughman were visit ors last Sunday at the home of J. M. Myers.
 Mr. and Mrs. B. M Newton enter tained Mr. and Mrs M. A. Linzy ano family, of Enon, last Saturday night and Sunday.
 Mrs. G. J. Hopper, Mrs. J. M. Mayes and daughter, Miss Audie, were shopping in Berryville last Fri day.
 ,-4iss, v Ms#son ep2teEtainea hex friends last Saturday night with a musical All reported a nice time.
 Mir. and Mrs. Granville Butler and Miss Alma Johnson, from White River, visited at w. N. Dodgin's home last Monday night.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
MABERRY

H. H. Stanhope and wife, Herbert Stanhope and wife, daughter and fath- CT, went to the egg hunt at Farewell last Sunday.
 Chas. Hulsey and wife mada busi- ness trip to Green Forest last Saturday.
 F. Niles, wife, daughter and son, went to Green Forest Monday of this week.
 Ali McNeal's eldest son is attending school at Green Forest. Says he wants to qualify b teach.
 Leona Niles is attending the exami- nations in Berryviile this week.
 Ertie Dooling made business trip to Green Forest fast week
 Wm. Satteliield has been pruning and spraying apple trees for T. Gal loway this week.
 Mrs. F. Nyies and daughter were visiting Oma Jayne Monday of this week.
 Garland Hareis was shopping in Green Forest last Saturday.
 Minnie McNeal and Aunt" Mary Forsythe were shopping in Green For est last Saturday.
 Mrs. A. Stanhope, husband, and lt- tie daughter, Were shopping in Green Forest last Friday,
 c. Cox, wife and little son, were business callers in town last Friday.
 Flint Stone, of Coin, was in these parts last Monday buying goats. Mrs. Evi Parker, of Berryviile, is visiting her brother, Fred Niles.
 o. Hulsey and wife made business trip to town last Saturday.