The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-04

cavlIeS IN their teeth filled with gold,
but the Scottish sheep have their en-
tire set gold plated before they have
Any chance to decay. The gold plat
ing is due to gold dust in the soil.
As early as 1888 Hector Boece, bishop
Of Aberdeen, speaks of the remarkable
appearance OF the sheep that roam
sthe golden mountain" in central Aber-
ueenshfre. Their wool Is yellow, their
flesh Is red. flecked as 1t were with
Baffron, and their teeth are the hue OF
gold. he says.
A shabbily dressed little woman en-
tered the State Savings bank at Oak-
land, Cal, and made her first payment
On q $50 Liberty bond. My husband
and I have only pair of glasses be-
tween US and this money was to rave
rendered the deposit. Il don't read
much more, for my husband feels that
ne needs the glasses during the day
while no Is at work, and at night he
likes to look over the paper. He tells
mo the news, though, and / can see
that we oil have to get in and help II
we want to win"
The period OF enlistment in the regu-
lar naval service is ordinarily four
years; at present it is or the duration
or the war. The period of enrolment
IN the naval reserves Is four years. but
members are called into active service
VAAy AL a. idIiCIldi emergency SuCn d6
This war. In times of peace members
are only called to perform three
months service at sea during four
years, in order that they may keep in
touch with ship routine. drills. regu-
lations. etc.
Babies are the most popular things in
Partlesville, Okla, according to Mrs. C.
l.. Kellam, matron OF the Provident as
ISOLATION. Recently she had a baby
OndPr nar nFarua RI EnHnnt Cha ~
nounced it in the local paper. Tho
next day five women were on hand
1T her office at 5 o'clock. They passed
n entire morning at her office. argu-
Ing as to which one should get the
child. During the day moro than 100
telephone calls were made of Mrs.
kellam, wanting particulars about
h baby.
Watchful officials on Peaks island,
Me-, discovered intermittent flashes OF
light from one of the cottages. The
Investigators decided they could de-
cipher part of the code and finally
Fatded the cottage. The owner seemed
entirely taken by surprise and shortly
Explained the mysterious flashes by
fhowfng how he wind had played
through an open window with the cur
tain, now causing the light to show and
again cutting it off.
As a Fair illustration of the rabbit
pest In certain portions of New Zea-
and, and especially in the drier sec
tons of the South island, it is stated
mat on the estate lately taken over by
the New Zealand government, compris-
Ing l2,446 acres of freehold and pas
toral u of 1890 acres. there We're
killed or captured about 100000 rabbits
"a order to clear up the property so az
returned soldiers.
II is believed that nearly SO per cent
OF Canada is still undiscovered, and il
Indian reports are to be believed. there
10 in the basin of the Mackenzie river
one of the largest areas OF possible oils
bearing country on the face Of the
earth. The Indians report the exis-
tence Of lakes 100 miles long in You
kOn that no white man has ever seen,
while even the Indians apparently
know nothing of the as yet u%ntrodden
Mackenzie mountains.
BY the Cleveland, Ohio, council of
defense a method of impressing on im-
migrants the reasons why America is q
better place to live than the country
d their birth, a been discovered.
Prizes of Thrift stamps were offered
to school children for the best essays on
Why MY Parents Came to America"
Prizes ranged from a single stamp to
- worth, n 1,926 essays were turned
In.
SSs&fA$HS
a tracer sent to locate the o!d fash
Toned man who wore a ~peachstone
watch charm. reports from Clearfield.
Pa: Located my man. He also car
rtes q combination pen. pencil, tooth
pick n rubber stamp. Any i~nstruc-
lions Certainly; draw for expense
money and hunt for the old fashioned
woman who used to grease the pam
rake griddle with q pork rind.
The custom OF dressing for dinner
was hande down to us from the Ro-
mans, who put on a loose robe OF light
texture, d sgeneralIy white, before
Eoing to the most important meal of the
day. Instances are recorded where II
was kept IN readiness for guests who
came from g distance n had had no
opportunity OF dressing before arrival.
The first United states 2o-cent coins
70 be put In circulation in Lacrosse,
Wis, Tor more thar q quarter Of q CEN
fur-y were reported by A. Al. Mosher. a
barber. An unknown customer OBJ
hair and paid 40c for II
q W1thatwo 70 cent pieces which long ago
we're discontinued by the government.
grandmother Myers, OF Greenburg,
Pa In her 9th year has changed her
mind about the kaiser. h used to ba
an aIaentsadsnirer M the emperor, and
saisplayed his picture Ia her
removed and She Is hoping that the
kaiser Will he ~dethroned,
TIL Rev. Antoinette Brown Black
veil, the first woman preacher IN
America and pioneerAof the equal
pu1frage movement, recently celebrated
81 e 93rd..birthday anniversary at her
rome IN N.J. She was orr
sA'aeaS mort % ago.
81 ia sestitnate that Australia has