The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

GHiLEN REPUBLICAN
P. A. BLISS.
SCOTLAND. SOUTH DAKOTA
A new record mas been established
by the United States bureau of Ash
cries up to March /, 1916, in it's fish
cultural operations of the present fiscal
year. During the period the actual dis
tribution of fish of all species in the
various fields of activity shows an in
crease of approximately 500, O00. 600
over the distributions during the same
period in 1915. This would indicate
that the output for the entire year Will
exceed the record output of 4,2SS, 1884,
804 fish and eggs for the fiscal year
1916. and will probably reach 5,000,00O,-
600 or more.
Al interesting trainload of folks who
passed through the United States re-
Gently, were the German women and
children, also one paralytic man, re-
moved some weeks earlier from the
steamship China by a British cruiser
n dispatched under surveillance to
their homes, by way of the United
States, the men being held prisoners
Gnd taken TO one of the British stations
In the orient. Also in the party We're
some of the women and children from
Kiauchau, China, which the Japanese
captured so long ago.
The chief Justices OF the United
States beginning with the first and
continuing to the present day, have
been as follows: John Jay, 1789-l79Si
John R~utledge, 1895 for one term of re
court, bu was not confirmed by the
r, - - ~ 1,,y~ UrIlrrv-,4L I7Oc 4 roo
John Marshall, 1So1-1S35; Roger B.
fancy, 1S36-1864; Salmon p. Chase,
i864-1S73; Morrison r.. Waite, 1874
1883; Melville w. Fuller, 18S8-1910;
Edward d. White, 1910.
One of the strangest animals known
to biologists is the tenrec, an insect
eating animal found only in the island
of Madagascar. 1t is supposed to repre-
sent a very ancient type of animal
which is now almost extinct. NADIA
Eascar, once q part of the mainland of
the African continent, was separated
therefrom at a very remote period in
the past. As a result a fauna peculiar
to the island has been developed.
Dion Bouicault, when his first play,
London Assurance was accepted by
the manager of Covent garden, Lon
don, refused to have the play pro-
auced in the original version because
1t gave no part to Mrs. Nesbit. an ac-
tress. for whom he had conceived q
high boyish infatuation, and rewrote
the whole work In an incredibly short
time SO as to supply her with the role
he wished.
The lines in the Dutch national
hymn, Preserve, O God. the lear old
ground. thou to our fathers gave"
seem to indicate a considerable mod
esty on the part of Netherlands, the
supposedly correct fact being that they
reclaimG the ground themselves.
Providence actually being something
of n f1indrance, both to its acquisi-
ton and its preservation" for which
they
Walt Mason. of repute as a prose
poet, has bought a motor car and after
learning to run it will make his initial
trip through Nemaha county, Kansas,
where he used to work for ST. a month
and failed to win hen he struck for
a raise of $14. He hopes to create an
impression that will make the one
time employers sor-y they didn't hang
on to him.
As a heavy passenger train near Col
fax. Cal. was passing a curve a man
leaned from the rear vestibule and
waved at a young in one of the
forward coaches. The engineer CHANGED
~ ~ 80 tARn 1oo5il AiIe WAX.
and thinking something had gone
wrong. stopped the train.
The 554 people out of every 1000 in
Switzerland who save money must be
compared with a meager los in this
country. the difference accounting,
according to a Chicago banker, for the
fact that in u large cities one burial
out OF 10 Is made IN a potter's field.
Royalties on oil and mining develop
men rents on state ands, leases and
fees pour in SO rapidly to the state OF
Wyoming that she may soon be in the
position of not having to raise my
taxes at all for support of the state
government.
It seems nat after all there is a
knack to this long life business. Alec
Panoche. Oldest member of the Mt
Carmel tribe OF Indians, submitting
the suggestion that baths should be
taken never less h ono a year.
AS an addition to the Bertillion sys-
tern Of Identification ar Omaha dentist
ridges Of Upper gums, which. he says.
never change and are different in every
individual.
Several carloads Of Montana flax are
being shipped to Belfast, Ireland. The
flax will bring $500 a ton in Ireland
because of the war. The average price
In peace times was $3.50 a ton.
"A fifth Of the export trade of TripoM
IL in sponges and a third in esparto
grass. a wiry desert product which is
sen in large qualities to England
where it is used in papermaking.
Although there was q falling off Of
000. 900 gallons III the consumption
Of whisky and of 6,000.oo barrels OF
beer, the nations drink bill for 1915 is
computed at $4,000, 000, 900.
ViggO and Aaga are the names that
have been bestowed on two of Den
marks princelings, making one wonder
whether Hamlet had such good reason