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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
Why Spiders Fight.
From the Los Angeles Time.

FROM the Los Angeles Times.
When two or more spiders fight
there is usually a good reason for the
furious attack and vigorous defense
that always follow.
1t is not generally known that after
certain time has elapsed spiders be-
come incapable of spinning web
through lack of sufficient material.
The glutinous substance from which
the spider spins its slender web Is
limited; therefore, spiders cannot keep
up the construction of new snares for
their prey when the old are destroyed.
Very often when the web material is
exhausted, they are able to avail them
selves of the web producing powers Of
their younger or more fortunate neigh
bers, and this they do without any
scruple whatsoever
AS soon as q. spiders RECONSTRUCT
ing material has become exhausted and
its last web destroyed. it usually sets
out in search OF another home, and,
unless it should find that Is unoccupied
battle usually ensues, which ends
only with the retreat or death Of the
invader or defender.
Such a struggle is intensely interest
ing. and will reveal some wonderful
tactics and skill in spider warfare. The
invader usually comes Of victorious,
although in some cases the defender
offers such a stiff fight that it is able
to hold its own in spite of the attack
Of the intruder. which is in desperate
straits.
One curious fact is that the web ma :
terial win increase after so long a
period. and the spider will spin a net
In which to snare it's many varieties of
prey in the form Of different species
Of insects. 81
Spiders that are very successful in
capturing food are often set upon by
other spiders which have for some rea-
son not been as successful as their
neighbor
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
From Land and Water. Londo,


A change of considerable Importance
has long been effected in the Austro-
Hungarian service. A complete study Of
1t has recently appeared on the continent.
and it's effects will be interesting to note
In the fighting of this war. Even allow
ing for the large number Of S1av prisoners
which that service has lost the majority
of its recruitment is still neither German
nor Magyar in race, but Slav, with a cor
tain small proportion OF Rumanian (about
Z per cent Of the whole.
In the first part Of the war when re-
cruitment was local and fairly homo
geneous, these subject and disseminated
elements all mustered together In the
same unity, gave active opportunities for
revoltFand organized disaffection, as also
or general surrenders-especially to the
Russians. In the latter part Of the war
nearly every non-German or Magyar unit
has been thoroughly leavened with Ger
man or Magyar elements, while Slays
have been dispersed into many units Of
non-Slav origin. This policy has been
pursued even in the case of the officers.
The result is that actively organized OPP
position or mutiny is more difficult to
produce and has almost disappeared.
Moreover, the defeat of Russia has helped
the process. =
On the other hand, the best units have
lost their old quality under his policy,
and there is sort of dilution affecting
the whole army, and lessening it's vigor
and driving power Some special corps
for instance, the mountaineers from the
Tyrol, have remained untouched But
these are exceptions. The mass of the
forces have suffered the process de-
scribed. 1t has given political, though
very shortlived. advantages, at the ex-
pense Of purely military considerations.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
LEMONS DO MAKE
THE SKIN WHITE
Row TO MAKE a CREAMY LEMON
BEAUTY LOTION AT HOME
FOR A FEW CENTS

Your grocer has the lemons and an.
drug store or toilet counter will supply
you with three ounces Of orchard-whits
for few cents. Squeeze the juice Of
two fresh lemons into bottle, then pun
In the orchard white and shake we'll
This makes quarter pint, Of the very
best lemon skin whitener and compiler
ion beautifier known. Massage this fra
grant, creamy lotion daily into the face
aeck, arms and hands and Just see how
treckles, tan, sallowness. redness ana
roughness disappear and how smooth.
soft and white the skin becomes. Yes I
It is harmless, and the beautiful results
Will surprise you. Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
Art in American Hotels.
From the Yale Review.

The fact that art has been the preroga-
tive of the wealthy has been responsible
for the Importance assumed by the hotel
In modern decoration. The opening of each
important new caravansary in New York
has marked q period Of architectural
style After the Ritz we had an epoch Of
Adam after the Biltmore an era of Sloane.
Nothing has fostered the American love
OF new paint and varnish so much as the
hotel In this the architecture of the Goth
century has sunk even lower than that OF
the 10Th. Compared with our modern
hotels, the medieval exteriors and wholly
evil interiors of Richardson appear models
OF refinement and even of intellectuality
and the influence of the pseudo omar,
esque was certainly less baneful
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
Pie weary World.

The war Is breaking the world and
making It sicker than an owl; the
farthest nations are short OF rations.
and puttin~ up a howl I've just been
readin how poor old Sweden is one
biz snarl and kink; the kaiser'a war
way has busted Norway. and Den
mark on the blink. No land 50 hum.
BILE. II does not grumbles no country.s
so remote 1t isn't Keeling. and lnailys
feeling that it will lose Its goat. In
every dwelling some gent is yelling that
wars a frightful frost: in mountain cot &
tage the peasants pottaSe costs twice
what It once cost. The lone Nganzas. as
well as Kanas, have felt the deadly.
chill; Al Chinese Canton they get q slant
on vastly. bigger bill. Tie shepherd
lonely whose task IS only To gI.,rd f,is,
wooIv bunch. feels Wilhelm hitting
when he's sitting down to eat his frugal
lunch. The Arctic hunter, whose spear
Ii bluuter than any spear should Sc.
thinks war costs trying when he goes
buying 4 brand new snickerEnee. There
Is no tavern. no hole or cavern, no jur-
n dense and dark, no riv6r dl3rnAl. no
Jungle dense and dark, no riyer dismal.
no 8ulf ahysmal. where wars not lett
it, mark ssss
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
CHAPTER VI.
TILE MAN WITH THE EBONY
WALKING STICK.

A group consisting of Deputy
Chief Detective Weber, Chief In.
spector Ancenis, Sergeant Maze.
roux, three inspectors, and the
Neuilly commissary of police stood
outside the gate of No. s Boule-
ward Richard Wallace.
Mazeroux was watching the ave-
nue. de Madrid, by which Don Luis
would have to come, and began to
wonder what had happened; for
half an hour had passed since they
telephoned to each other, ard
Mazeroux could find no further
|pretext for delaying the work.
It's time to make move, =
said Weber. The housekeeper is
making signals to us from the win
dow: the joker's dressing. z
Why not nab him when he
comes QUIT" objected Mazeroux.
1--WE shall capture him iii mo-
ment. Y
And if he cuts off by another
outlet which we don't know OFF,
said the deputy chief. You have
to be careful with these beggars.
No, let's beard him in his den. IT s
more certain. 8
Z Still =
What's the matter with you,
Mazerouxf asked the deputy
chief, taking him on one side.
Don't you see that orr men are
getting restive? They re afraid Of
this sportsman. There only one
way, which is to set them on him
If he were a wild beast. Besides.
the business must be finished by
| 1.-The time project comes.
Is he coming q
Il Yes. He wants to see things
for himself The whole affair ID.
| terests him enormously So. for.
| ward Arc you ready Hlrng 4 I'M
going 10 ring
The bell sounded and the house.
/ keeper at once came and half
lopened The gate.
Although the orders ii ere to oh.
serve great quiet, so as not I'd
alarm the enemy too soon, tho fear
which be- inspired was 30 intense
THAT there was 4 general rush and
| all the detectives crowded into The
court ard ready for the fight
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
that it was I who found the scent.

that it was I who found the scent
But don't be afraid ! shall keep
in the background.
Then hurry, chief. We're de-
livering the attack in 10 minutes. y
II be with you before that. =
He quickly hung up the receiver
and turned OH his heel to leave the
telephone box. The next moment
he had flung himself against the
farther wall. just as he was about
to pass out he had heard something
click above his head and he but
barely had the time to leap back
and escape being struck by an iron
curtain which fell in front of him
with a terrible thud.
Another second and the huge
mass would have crushed him. He
could feel it whizzing by his head.
And he had never before expert
enced the anguish of danger so in
tensely.
After a moment of genuine
fright, in which lie stood as
petrified, with his brain in whirl,
he recovered his GOODNESS and
threw himself upon the obstacle.
But it at once appeared to him
that the obstacle was unsurmount-
able.
1t was heavy metal panel, not
made of plates or lathes fastened
one to the other, but formed of a
solid slab, massive, firm, and
strong, and covered with the sheen
OF time darkened here and there
with patches Of rust. On either
side and at the top and bottom the
edges of the panel fitted in nor
row groove which covered them
Theoretically.
He was prisoner. In a sudden
fit of rage he banged at the metal
with his fists. He remembered
that Mile. Levasseur was in the
study. If she had not yet left the
om-and surely she could not
have left it when the thing hap
pened--she would hear the noise.
She was bound to hear it. She
would be sure to come back, give
the alarm, and rescue him.
He listened. He shouted. No
reply. His voice died away against
the walls and ceiling Of the box in
which he was shut up, and he felt
that the whole house-drawing
rooms, staircases, and passages
remained deaf to his appeal.
And yet . and yet
Mile. Levasseur
. What does it mean? he NUT
tered. What can it all mean2"
And motionless now and silent,
he thought once more of the girl S
strange attitude, Of her distraught
face, of her haggard eyes. And he
also began to wonder what acct
dent had released the mechanism
which had hurled the formidable
iron curtain upon him, craftily and
ruthlessly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18

THE OLD FARM.


'g'1m the Columbus Dispatch.
The cd FARMS for sale. 1t is adj
= vert'setl in the county papers. Two :
= hundred good s-res of lan1 and
+ household articles tooSnumerous to :
= mention--aHti Il few horses, and !
= some cows. ana a number Of sheep :
= Ard flcgs and the agricultural i'm
4 rIements 10 be sold to the high :
y est bidder. All sums under s. cash
in hand. On all sums over S.. 4
= credit Of II months will be given
= with approved security.
Years ard years ago the old farm :
= which wasn't old then-became :
= the home of q certain couple. A :
= family was brought up on the farm I
= several girls and boys. The girls
= have married: the sons have farms :
of their own in other sections of !
. the county-ail except one. the :
= Youngest He IS in the army. Z
= That's why the cid farms for sale. I
= There is no one left to operate it. :
= and some of the children want their !
= mother or father passes away. So I
= the old farms for sale
= 1t will be sold to a stranger. For I
7 few years it will be known by !
= the name of the people who now Z
= own it. Then, gradually the name :
= VIII give way to the name of the :
= new owner-and the last trace of :
the old family will have disap- (
= peared from the neighborhood. The :
y war only fastened the sale of the I
= old farm, for the younger boy :
y would soon have left it any way
But. came the war, and the old
y FARMS for sale.
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
Her Good Taste.

"Say. listen'' uttered Claudine OF.
the rapid-fire restaurant. "The for
tune teller told me last night that
was going to be married next month
Gee" breathed Heloise Of ths
same establishment. who tor
"Aw, didn't think it was just en
actly proper to ask his name. You sea
amt got my divorce from Silver yet"
Kansas City Star.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
CHAPTER FIVE. (continued.)

And in this case?''
In this case, Mazeraux, a man
like myself, who knows Neuilly
and the neighborhood of the Bots,
is at once struck by those three let
ters, B. r. W and especially by
the w., a foreign letter, an Eng
hsh. letter. So that in my mind s
eye, instantly, as in flash, [ saw
the three letters in their logical
place as initials at the head of the
words for which they stand. | saw
the b of boulevard, and the r ,
and the English W. Of Richard
Wallace. And so [ came to the
Boulevard Richard Wallace. And
that, my dear sir, explains the
milk in the cocoanut. y
Mazeroux seemed little doubt
full.
And what do yon think,
chiefY''
81 think nothing. ] am looking
about. ! am building up theory
on the first basis offers
probable theory. And say to my
self -" l say to myself
/ say to myself, Mazeroux, that
this is devilish mysterious little
hole and that this house Hush !!
Listen
He pushed Mazeroux into dark
corner. They had heard noise,
the slamming Of door.
Footsteps crossed the courtyard
in front Of the house. The lock of
the outer gate grated. Some one
appeared, and the light of street
lamp fell full on his face.
S Dash it all, /" muttered Mazer-
/ orlx, it S he!'
s I believe you re right. !"
It's he, chief. Look at the.
black stick and the bright handle.
And did you see the eye glasses
and the beard? What oner you
are, chief !.
8 Calm yourself and let's go
after him.
The man had crossed file Boule-
ward Richard Wallace aud was
turning into the Boulevard Mail
lot. He was walking pretty fast,
with his head up, gaily tavirling
his stick. he lit cigaret.
AT the end Of the Boulevard
Maillot, the man passed the octroi
1 and entered Paris. The railway
station of the outer circle was
close by. He went to it and, still
Followed by the others, stepped
Into 8 train that took them to
Autellil.
That = funny, said Mazcronx.
He s doing exactly what he did
fortnight ago. This is where he
was seem
The man now went along the
Notifications Iii quarter Of an
hour he reached the Boulevard
S1chet and almost Immediately
afterWard the house in which nj.
Fanville and his son had been muir
dercd.
ne en ,1na e the ortifIcatlons OPP
posase re mousse and stayed there
Tor some minutes, notionless, with
8 hia Ease to the front DC the house.
Then continuing his road he went
t0 Ia Muette and plunged into the
dusk of the Bots dc Boulogne.
q s ~ y, r xuny.lr onxl Nj az, ~, i
ny ~ is'als, aulc kening ms pace.
s ~ q nag sdo yon mean, chief
u BY elIs eaten hum J g by the throat.
e 81 s ,s.,o 8. g ns; We eo y, =
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
Experf Advice.

My husband always makes fuss
Then tell him need little money
Your system is all wrong. Tell
lin you need lot Of money. Then
le'll be glad to compromise on a llt
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
PoscHEE's GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
Rhen Boschee's German Syrup has
,een used SO successfully for ffty-one
rears In all parts Of the United
States for coughs. bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
roubles. 1t gives the patient d good
lights rest, free from coughing. with
Easy eypectoration In the morning.
gives nature q chance to soothe the
nflamcc parts, throw on the disease.
ielplng the patient TO regain his
health Made in America and sold for
more thar heif a century. ADV.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18

Next thing to having ! thing u know
ing whore to ret Il.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18

Defined.
Her rnoistened eyes were fairly
s3laxing Ut me with rage"
y see m attack 81 liquid Are
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
The Change in Austria.

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The daily progressive-miner., 1918-07-12
BRITISH AIRMEN GIVE
 GERMANS FEET WARMERS
(By Ernest P. Orr)

PARIS, (by maiD-There's one man in the British army that every Fritz" aviator is looking for. He's Major Dallas, the crack Australian ace, who has more than thirty victories to his credit.
 During the intensive bombing by the allied aviators that held up the present offensive Major Dallas receiv- ed a beautiful pair of wool-lined slip pers, just the thing to put on after pulling off trench boots.
 That same afternoon the major an- nounced he was going out for a little flight. He crossed the German lines at height of 10000 feet and steered straight for a German airdrome. As soon as he dropped down out of the clouds the Fritz "Archies" and mn- chine guns opened up on him, but the major came down in a spinning nose dive to within 300 feet of the airdrome and dropped a package in the center of the camp, turned his nose up again and climbed to saftey before the Ger mans could get his range.
 A score of German airmen came run ming out to see what was in the pack age. They found one pair of beautiful wool-lined slippers with the attached note:
 Fritz: If your feet are so damned cold you cant come over our lines. put these on and come and see us"
 About twenty of the maddest Ger mans in Kaiser Bills army were fair ly dancing with rage, shaking their fists at the air, when the speck in the sky suddenly flashed larger and larger and the Australian ace came sweeping down again.
 This time he turned loose with his machine gun at the open space. With screams and curses Fritz. dug for cover. while several of the pilots ran for their machines. Before they were fairly on their way Major Dallas had again made a graceful exit and was skimming homeward at 150 miles an hour.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-07-12

it was decided 10 make further effort and eventually the entire cargo, valu- ed at $1,000,O00 was salvaged.
 II is one of the war time duties of the housewife to be equally expert in her salvaging of waste. The cargoes of food of which she has charge for her household are as important and as important and as valuable as the shiplcads guarded by the care of sal
 aging crews. It is for her to spend her energies to exactly the same end that of preserving for use products whose replacement costs so much to- day, not only in money but in time, labor and energy, factors which can ill be spared for such purposes.
 We need now every last unit of the four prime requisites of the war; men munitions, food and ships. Every l thing that saves any of these is a contribution to the military strength of our cause and to final victory.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-07-12
SALVAGE

In every direction the war is de- handing that we preserve the things we once threy away, and save what lad been wasted.
 The present acute need for ships and their indispensable cargoes has made any disaster doubly regrettable. Sunken vessels cannot be entirely giv- en up, but every attempt must be made to salvage them. Special crews of men are trained to do this work, and since the beginning of the war it has teen carried on with increasing sue cess. On one notable occasion a barge capsized in one of the large rivers and went to the bottom. It was difficult case to salvage and it was given up at the first attempt. But
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-07-12
RAILROAD WILL RUN
 THRU TREASURE VAULT

ANCHORAGE (By MaiD-Through one of the treasure vaults of Alaska the Broad Pass countrywide route of the government railroad will be locat- ed this summer. The surveying work will be directed by T. w. Secrest, who loft here with party of thirty men, a train of pack animals, and food sup plies sufficient to last until late in October or early in November. The surveyors and their outfit went in railway cars to the present end of steel, which is at Montana Creek, 95 miles north of Anchorage. From Mon- tana Creek, they will travel 100 miles by trail to the scene of their seasons operations.
 The Broad Pass is the divide on the railroad route between seacoasr and interior divisions of the transpor- tation line. It has an elevation of approximately 2,50O feet, and is about 195 miles in a northerly direction from Anchorage and about 150 miles in a southerly direction from Fair banks.
 Lack of transportation facilities has delayed not only the development of the Broad Pass country but anything more than cursory investigation of it's resources. As a result of desultory prospecting, it is known, however, to abound in valuable and precious min- erals. Copper occurs in profuse quan- titles placer gold in many of the creeks promises rich returns and as- says of ore from some lode deposits are quite encouraging in silver con tent.
 The district, aside from it's mineral wealth, is well known for it's game. It has luxuriant growth of grass in the summer season, which fact makes
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-07-12
EXHIBITS WANTED FROM ALL PARTS
 OF ALASKA

ANCHORAGE, (By MaiD-For the agricultural and industrial fair to be held in Anchorage this fall exhibits will be solicited from all parts of Alaska. It is the intention of the in corporated association, having the en- terpise in charge, to obtain exhibits of agriculture, dairying, livestock, min ing, fishing. manufacturing and other resources and industries of the north land, so the fair may be representa- tive of the entire territory. Letters embodying the requests for exhibits soon will be mailed to all commercial clubs in Alaska.
 At a recent meeting of the directors of the fair association, Charles E.. Heron, an Anchorage newspaper pub fisher, was elected president and B. T. Lindner, acting head of the Land and Industrial Department of the Alaskan Engineering Commission was chosen secretary. The directors in the uear future will determine the dates for the fair.
 The first fair in the history of An chorage was held last September Its exhibits consisted almost entirely Of vegeta bles, minerals and furs from the immediate neighborhood of Anchor age The fair proved eminently sue cessful, and the success prompted Anchorage business men and other residents to incorporate non-profita- ble association for the purpose of hold ing eXpositions annually.
 The association has obtained from the Land and Industrial Department an option on a site for fair grounds, of about fifty acres, in the south addition to the town of Anchorage.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-07-12

supreme sacrifice of sending their men into the battle zone, this sacri- flee will seem as nothing. But there is labor and leadership demanded of them to show the way.
 Now wheatless bread recipes which are being devised by dieticians and by women who have experimented in their own kitchens can be had by ap- plying to local Food Administrators. There is no need for any housewife make her patriotism count in the kit ch an.--News Bulletin No. 122.