The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-31

ouch demand when the war broke out.
Among gun manufacturers there has
been the belief that walnut alone was
suitable for gunstocks, which required
tensile strength and smoothness.
-Four hundred and twenty three
buildings. valued at SCI. 100000. have
been acquired by the Young Mems
lea during the last 16 years. The or
ganization now has 1872 buildings,
valued at 100000. In 1915 1t opened
b new buildings. valued at $6,000,0 900.
In the United States.
Uncle Ed Carey. age 81, pioneer citi-
zen OF Delaware county. Oklahoma, has
iseen drinking cool water from a little
spring his father walled with rock 81
years ago. With the exception of the
four years Mr. Carey spent in the con-
federate army he has had no other
drink save Che water from his fathers
spring.
A Pittsfield tMass.) man tellG OF
tho landlady who always trimmed
wicks in an Irregular sort of way SO
that they would smoke IL turned too
nigh. In this way she was able to
economize on oil or thought she could
until the boarders "got onto her. and
trimmed the lamps to suit themselves.
Il
ledge OF rock. known as Saddlerock
Island, on which the only means Of
landing Is by derrick to which a sort
OF chair is attached. A lighthouse il
maintained on this ledge, managed oy
Keeper and two assistants with 10
Tho production OF bituminous coal
and anthracite in the United States IN
1918 amounted 70 5s1.61s,4s7 net tons.
valued at $685.. 6s1, 186, an increase,
compared with 1914, Of SO per cent In
Quantity, and OF 8 per cent in value.
according to G. q. Lesher. OF the Uni
Ted States geological survey.
Ed Weyer. OF Centralia, Kan. sur
prised his friends by driving to town
with hog beside him on the front
seat Of his automobile. Weyer had
7ssSH iOuuInK nogs into wagon to
Take to the stock yards and had 1uat
one more than the wagon could hold.
70 he put It in his car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Young. OF Carrollton.
Ca. have four children who have only
two birthdays: thu elder two are twins
ana the younger two. though born
four years apart, have their hirthday
On tno same DAY OF the year and ware
born even 1t the same hour.
The report Of the United stataa
bureau OF the census on the production
q alums in the United States shows
that TIE total output for 1914 was
compared with 276,294.0oo pounds'
valued ct s,022. sb6 In 1903.
Because William Bell. Wild duck
srearer for. Sir Richard Graham, uf
LONDON. already has nine sons in tho
army. Al having volunteered at the
outbreak OF the war, his 10th son. WI.
liam, age 18, has been exempted from
ilitary duty.
The number OF Chinese Girls affand-
ing schools and universities In Toxic
~ rapidly growing larger. Many of
them are fitting themselves for teach.
! ers. Others arc studying medicine with
the idea OF becoming physicians whom
they graduate.
Only two Philippine dye plants AZ
commercially Important These ~
indigo ard Happan or sibucao. Others
1 are used locally, but scarcely enter into
domestic commerce. much less into tho
Axsernal commerce Of the archipelago
s Miss Gertrude Huntington. school
Teacher, Of Rockford, Ill, spent her Va
cation at Platteyille, Wis, substituting
Tor her father. rural mail carrier,
I Mss Hunting ton covered her fathers
1911 route .eacn dsy by AUTOMOBILES
2 Bangor. Mo, says that ii has tho
distinction Of being the only city IN
{ NsW Nm iand iE which the city council
80 spprepriased money Tor the aid 81
this fund now amounts 70 $40. oss
Eceous lead. filied with microscopic
~ y1ftee. has been Invented by q Dam
aeeh scientiat tos diminish the veikht ana