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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Our Greatest zictto1y in Europe.
From the Dearborn independent.

Robert Lee "a described by General Lord Wolseleya as q greater general
Ulysses S. Grant, but thu British stratgst nevertheless cclaimed Grant
a IS The greatest o. yictos. Europe in the COS had many admirers of tho
brnHance and dasho the confederate leaders, Lee, Jackson and Stuart But
lacked words at the nagnanimiy of thu peace terms which the
fedRalg government conceded. a@@a $500
The unity in which the Americana republic rGoices today vas wrought out
more by the generosity and patience n he efforts toward better understand
I'M mad by a IL parties. than b " thu victorious battles. T o this day there m
De SOM lingering scars IN the Patio of Shemans stern conquMt-but there are
from thec conference at Appomattox ourt house.
These reconectons return when we see the last American arm OF occupa-
ton retiring from the shores Of he Rhine. They leave behind them castles of
ok story, tn battle site of 90 centuries. They ave occupied some OF
WED. for a short time the ruler OF Albania. Their khaki uniforms hay stood
n Swede invaded. wtere many conquerers from Caesar Germancus to
Napoleon the Great have marched.
t a IL of these W. left memories of bitterness They came IS foes. they
remained as foes, n we're driven forth like hated enemies. The Americans
m 20 Of their own will. but because of the. sinful bmnder Of the Berlin
Junkers. The Americans were rnen OIL peace, hurried from farms n shops to
the front line. Yet these. men of peace marched peacefully at last to the
of the caves forresses O. he most rmored OF nations. The
great halls Of feudal story heard the slang OF California or of Maine. Court
yards which, ave drpped with baronial blood were cleared for boxing matchea
O "ur boys" ~
And what, on h whole has beenth the result? Very much what the result
Of ppomattox raj to the leaders OF the south. The American needed not tt
teach the plain people of Germany n new lessons of tn vanity of val or
very girls Of the occupied cities are preferring h invaders to many of their
returned troops. E ~ #M#
America has been fortunate beyond words in this war. Hers soldiers have
upon the nemy sol, but under the auspices of peace. They have
celebrated our W Thanksgiving day and our own Fourth of July in the wear
OF he woTldsd eiverance They hav ben abb to show, when thew mounted
guard In Germany, that the American soldier is not mere too of var. hnta
citizen Of the United States. To the German people, if O ito HI nteachah
mnnarists. the lesson of ths victory should be greater han TIN lesson OF
Chateau Thierry. W #sa#4# n
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Writing ISLANDERS Fields"
From the Ioudon Spectator

I'm Flanders Fields" to quote the
words OF Major General Morrison, who
the brigade to which Lieuten-
ant Colonel McCrae was attached at the
time. was literally born of fire and
blood during the hottest phase of the sec
ond battle of Ypres.
My headquarters were in a trench on
the top OF the bank or the Ypres canal,
and John had his dressing station in a
hole dug In the foot OF the bank. During
periods of the battle men who were shot
actually rolled down the bank into his
dressing station. Along from us a few
hundred yards was the Headquarters OF a
regiment and man times during the ID
days of the battle, he and I watched them
burying their dead whenever there was a
lull. Thus the crosses. row on row, grew
into a good sized cemetery.
Just as he describes, we often heard
the larks singing high IN the air, be.
tween the crash of the shel and the re.
port OF the guns in the battery just beside
us. | have a letter from him in which he
mentions having written the poem to pass
away the time between the arrival OF
patches OF wounded. and partly as an ex.
pertinent with several varieties of poetic
meter"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
High Cost.

It's hard to salt a nickel, to save a
p%icayune; l have to buy a pickle, n
then again a prune; the figures such
things cost me upset my apple cart;
they stagger n exhaust me, and make
me sick at heart. All men are profit
eering, it surely seems to me, when
shopward J. go steering, to buy a pound
of tea; to buy q pair of trousers, a
bird cage or a hat; and money mad
are doubtless getting fat.
We men who work for wages are shy
of all recourse; we fly in futile RACES,
clamor till we're hoarse; but still
the p~roiteering goes forward with a
will. and daily we are nearing the poor
house on the hill. Blu let's be calm
and steady, and can our wild remarks;
our Uncle's getting ready to swat the
robber sharks. Our Uncle's slow as
blazes, but take this to our heart: All
kinds Of smoke he raises, When once
he makes a start. And we who toll and
suffer may yet survive to see the profit
eering Guffer suspended from q tree.
Or, If hat fate's not his'n, as being too
severe, no doubt he'll go to prison, and
stay, year after year. Tie pTGntaa1S
and hoarders and other soulless men
will be the nations boarders In some
foul scented pen. Our Uncle Sam
moves slowly, but he has giant thews;
his wrath is hot and holy, anG spikes
are in his shoes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25

manner OF Ersaltz cloth. He took from
his show window what looked like a very
coarse cotton shirt, but which had a
brittle fele, and spread it out before me.
1t was made of nettles. Sometimes the
lenethwise threads were cotton and the
cross threads nettle, which made a bit
more durable stuff. but he could not say
much even for that. AS to the nettle
shlrt before me. he sold it for IA marks
such stuff. But what good was, such a
shirt to the peasants? They wear it a
few days. wash IL once and-kaput. fin
ished. it crumpies together like burned
paper. Many children can no longer go to
school; their clothes have been patched
out OF existence. During the war there
were few marriages IL the rural districts,
because the boys being away to war. a
rair division OF the inheritances could not
be made even when the girls found
matches. Now many Of them want to
marry, but most of them lind it impossi-
Die because they cannot get any bed
linen or many OF the other things that are
necessary to establish a household.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
The Bcarder..

what no." exclaim the boarders.
bring forth the measly lot of profiteers
and hoarders and let them all be shot"
The boarders' grub is scanty, it's slim
and punk indeed, in hosiery or shanty.
wherever they may feed. Their yes
become u river when they look round
and see u sickly slice of liver, a string
bean and a pea The boarders' cheeks
are sallow, their eyes are full OF woe,
their waistlines show no tallow, they
totter us they go. Their lem ribs
clank together and ever, as they reel,
they wonder. Wonder whether, they'll
ever have a meal. Bring FORTH ex-
claim the boarders, bent up with stom-
ach ache. the profiteers and hoarders.
n burn them at the stake" The
landlord says he's giving the utmost
for the cash; and boarders still are liv-
ing on air and onion hash. In vain the
boarders forage for fodder they can
eat: and there are tons in storage OF
eggs and pies and meat. The nations
bins are busting with everything we
need; and it most disgusting that mel
for grub must plead, and pay unholy
prices for everything they get; oh, let
US in three trices. make some blamed
lummix sweat. Produce" exclaim the
boarders, bowed down by pain and toll
1.-The profiteers and hoarders. and let
them boil in OIL"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
WIDE DIFFERENCE in LIVES
Something OF a Moral in the Careers
Of John Burroughs and the
Late Jay Gould.

L = fHfAk ALA
More than seventy years ago two
boys attended the village school OF
Roxbury, among the Catskills, togeth-
They sat in adjoining seats. One
wrote n composition for the other, and
charged. him 30 cents for the perform
ance. The man who collected the cash
for his writing was Jay Gould. who
died at the age Of fifty-six and left an
estate valued at $7O,OOO,OOO. The man
who paid cash for the composition
was John Burroughs, the famous
naturalist and writer. who recently
celebrated his eighty-second anniver-
sary at his beautiful vine-clad cottage
on the Hudson.
Burroughs hasn't been bending all
his efforts to getting money, although
he has acquired a competence of this
worlds goods. He saya he has taken
real joy out of life. Nature appeals
to him in Il marvellous way, and he has
passed his feelings on to the world
in his many books.
I'm just as spry as 4 ever was and
haven't an ache or pain," he says. ut
Is all because ! live tho simple life
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25

work for me and / know it will help
others II they will give it a fair trial"
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, los 9Th Ave,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Why will women drag along from day
to day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters as this are continually being
published Ever, woman w-he suffers
from displacements, Irregularities, in
Illumination, liberation, backache, ner-
y%ousness, or who is passing through the
Change of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, a trial. For
special advice write Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co. Lynn, Mass. The result
OF 'ts long experience is at your service.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Needed Poiishino.

She had been married just five
years and was rather discontinued be-
cause her husband was not SO atten-
tive MS he had been in the early days
of their marriage. To her mother and
high school brother she was telling her
troubles. He neglects me all the
time" she complained. "I'm just an
old shoe-that's all"
The mother sympathized with her,
but the brother openly voiced his
opinion in: "Well, don't you know, sis,
that a great many old Shoes are often
made more valuable to their owners
by Il little polishing?" He looked
meaningly at her frowsy appearance.
'They are prouder of them, too, then"
indianapolis Star.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Shall the Unfit Marry?

From the Kansas City Star.
Four feeble minded children from one
family are In four state institutions in
Kansas. Warding Codding OF the Kansas
state penitentiary told In Kansas City the
other day. They ere a dead weight tc
Themselves and to society.
There has been in Kansas City u feeble
minded woman who used to appear reyu,
larly at the general hospital, where he,
babies were born. Under4.the provision.
made by the state there was nothing to
be done. She would be cared for and sent
out again only to return the next year.
although her feebleminded children were
certain to be q burden to society and
come OF them probably to be criminals.
There are several thousands feeble mind
ed persons In these two states. Only o
comparatively few are under restraint.
Most of them grow to maturity and hand
down their affliction to their children. To
permit tbs sort os thing &c continue Il
neither humanftarianism nor good sense.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
More Than He Could stand.

A naval aviation cadet ut Miami,
Fla, was assigned TO a senplane with
orders to stay in the air for I'M hour.
After n flight of 30 minutes, the
cadet landed and TAXED onto the
beach.
(. The division commander, with fire
in his eye, descended upon the luck
less student. WHATS the matter with
youw he demanded. II told you to
stay out an hour. You've only heen
gone half that time"
Really, sir" replied the student,
'.the air is awful rough, / never saw
anything like 1t! Why, ! looked up
the road toward Miami, and 1t was
full of blackblrds walking into town. y
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Ten Commandments Of Business.
a wise Employer, in tho Rotarian.

Fsrst-Don,t lie. 1t wastes my time and yours. I am sure to
catch yu In the end, and that will be the wrong end. N
Second-Watehs your work, not the clock. Along days work
makes a long day short, and a short days work makes my face long.
IhHd-Give me more than [ expect, and / will give you more than
you expect. | gan afford to increase your pay if you Increase my
profits. Se
Fourth-You owe s. much to yourself You cannot afford to owe
anybody else Keep out of debt.
Fvh-Dishonesty is never an accident. Good men, like good
women, never see9temptation when they meet it.
Ssgth-Mlnd your own business, and in time you'll have q business
of your own to mind. $s8s s@8
Seventh-Don't' do anything here which hurts your self respect.
An employe who is willing to. steal for nj is willing to steal from me.
Esghth-lt is none Of my business what you do at night. But if
dissipation affects what you do the next day, and you do half as much
as l q demand, you'll last half as long as you hoped.
Nsnth-Dont tell me what III like to hear, but what I ought to
hear. Idon,t want a valet for my pride, but one for my purse.
Temth-Don't kick if / kick. IL you re worth while correcting,
you're worth while keeping. | don't waste time cutting specks out
OF rotten apples
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Where Yanks Landed.
From the New York World

Est2nce has a talent for iciDg the right
thing at the right time and il the right
place, as was shown on Saturday when
q distinguished company OF Frerchmen,
headed by President Po.ntare and with
many high American officials, gathered
at the mouth OF the Gironde, SO miles be-
low bordeaux. to lay th.. corner stone Of
s. which will mark tie place
from which Lafayette In IT77 saiisa for
America, and where also the firs, Amer
cans landed in France In May, 1917. The
monument. like the Marne day,
will hereafter be doubly renowned by two
events having a Significance which binds
closer together the two greatest republics
of the world.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
War Bride Geography.
From the World outlook.

. .- y ION Tie NoTiu OullOOh.
How Inclusive the social service Of the
I. w. G. A. has become is shown by The
fact that at Brest it even teaches geogra-
ply in q barracks where 1000 French war
brtdes of American soldiers may be cared
for while they wait to sail. One of these
little war brides, who had known her hus-
band only 10 days. and was worried that
she might not recognize him when they
met again Gt would be very, very embar-
RAISING. she said) demonstrated the need
for such a class when she said she was
going to live in Kent, just outside OF New
York.
IN hat state?' asked the Y. W. G. A.
girl.
But l do not know what Is a state"
protested the little war bride. The y. w.
c.. A. girl explained, and named tho states
over In their order until she came to
Washington. almost the last on the list.
That's it, exclaimed the little war
bride. II remember, now-Kent, Wash.
just outside OF New York"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25

SAAt
Who passes by the way? I see the grasses
Still CULVER and the laurel branches
sway.
Swift and sure footed, whosoever passes.
For where the wild rose spreads her
tangled masses,
Not one pink petal fails! Who passed
this way?
Our secret path, thai leads down to the
river
Down through the fields, down from the
sun-swept hills
Sacred and sealed to our two hearts for
ever!
AZ whose fleet footsteps do its grasses
Quiver7
Whose light touch IN its laurel branches
thrills?
Trespass who CARES amongst our biossouo-
ing closes.
Winding our ways. shade hidden to the
shore?
What cruel chance to alien eyes exposes
Our dear. adventurous road beneath the
roses?
Oh. child. an ages passed this way
before.
Caroline Duer in Harpers Magazine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
~
AN OPPORTUNITY
From collier,s weakly.

The commander of a sunken M
doomed submarine kept q diary of
his last hours. Long afterward the
boat was salvaged and the record
found In one sense II Is tragic
enough, but in another It IL full OF
! hope. for 1t contains facts that help
! to show how similar disasters nay
; be avoided. Every thorough story
I OF a catastrophe has q similar ct
feet. Our literature is beginning to
take turn In this direction. Old
fashioned accounts OF our success
e&fui men described only their sue
cssses; now we read Of both the
=. ups and the downs. Readers feel
h they are getting the reefs 1 n
Z the ocean charted, and learning
where they can safely steer. We
learn as much from a shipwreck as
from q prosperous voyage. Some day
electromagnetic editor win compel
! hundreds OF unsuccessful business
meRtto supply accurate and thor-
I ough accounts of their lives. and
from this material. as well as the
: old fashioned kind, he will be able
to publish Q useful articles on
business success than the majority
OF those we read.
Il - a. ~ . So - - IN ~ AL a La-A - ahar
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
His Accomplishments.

The cultured young lady from Bos-
ton who was visiting In Richmond had
mentioned SO often that she spoke
half . dozen languages that the com
paly was getting decidedly Bored. rs
no one present was able TO prove her
powers as a linguist. Finally, she
turned to a tall, lank gentleman and
asked: "And how many languages do
you speak, Mr.. Blank?"
Three, mn'am," drawled the South
erner poor English, fair Virglnian,
and perfect niger"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
AZ 7 p. NJ.
Victor Murdoch, in Association

, Victor Murdoch, in Association
: What is the hour Of fate In a
: young mans life? ! should say
+ z y. m.
: . That hour is the springboard from
: which most men leap to success or
: fall off to failure.
+ I am also convinced that z p. m.
: is the fork in the roads, one OF
= which leads tt character and the
: other to the lack of it.
Their are g hours in a day, but
= there is no hour so potent as this
7 7 p. N.
- Why? This Is the answer: a
: mans waking hours r divided
= between industry and leisure. TO a
: majority of mankind, z in h eve
: ming marks the end of work and
: the beginning OF leisure. 1t Is the
! hhou1 -nsn q -oc maize a choice
: of the kind of leisure he is to have.
! II he turns to the leisure that
! improvement to his mind, his
+ body and his soul. he wins; IL he
: turns to the pleasure feeding 1r1-
: volities, he loses. It is a cold
: blooded proposition, but it Is true.
Genius is 80 per cent hard work and
: the best of leisure is q shift from
one kind of work to another kind OF
: work. Ninety-nine out of every i0
! men who win in this world use h
: time, when. they are not at work, In
! activities which look like work to
: the loafer.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Famous Speeches.

The Cincinnati Enquirer complies this
list a famous after dinner speeches: 1--WE
Have With Us This Evening" IT Deem It
a Great Honor" LAS 1 Gaze Into These
Intelligent Faces" That Reminds Me OF
the Story OF the" Make Mine a Creme
de Mentfe!' THAT Wuz the Tuffestdam
Steak 1 Ever Eet!' Gee, I'm Fun" GIVE
Me the Check, Walter!'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
West Point Deaths Led.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Analysis of the final casualty report
received from the central records office IN
France shows that the European war was
the most sanguinary in history.
Battle Deaths among e:i.s.e.i
men averaged 5 per 1000. among emerr
gency officers IL per 1000 II among regu-
lar army officers IA.
OF every 1000 officers Mnded In France,
$50 were killed or wounded. Battle deaths
We're 81 per 1000 for graduates of West
Point against Is for n~ongradGates.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
What Germany Wants From America.

What Germany Wants From America.
Harry A. Ftanck. IN Harper's Magazine.
At Pfaffenhofen, still posing as @ food
controller" I dropped In on a general
merchant. b u served as an opening
to extended conversation here even better
than 1t = In h smaller town behind.
Kaufman WAS almost too eager to
impress me, and through mo America,
with the necessity of replenishing his
shrunken stock. He reasserted that fats,
soap, rice. soup materials, milk. cocoa,
and were most lacking in the
order named. Then there was obacco,
more scarce than any of these, except
perhaps fats. If only America would send
them tobaeco! In other lines? Well, ell
sorts of clothing materials were lacking,
of course; they had been hoping ever since
the armistice that America would send
them cotton. People were wearing all
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
School "Beery" ciass.

Sch%oolnasters have good apportun-
tiles for collating curious groups OF.
names. In one.c'"es, which a master
called his "bcery' IS. We're boys OF
the name of N"si>. ''.faltster, Burton,
Whitbeard and Stout.
AT the same time there was a boy
in another class named CHM and the
school cleaner was Mrs. Wines.
AS the school opens onto brewery
Road the name "Beery" was no In
approprlute.-London Chronicle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25

Miss Chatterbox-I must tell you the
SAD storye of my sister SOM day. Poor
girl. she's a widow, and she's looking for
a captain to steer hey through the stormy
seas of life.
Naval FRIENDSHIP doesn't require g cap
tain; it's a second mate she wants.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
As It Looked.

One winters day a bowlegged soldier
was warming himself before a fire in a
farmhouse. The young lad in the home
surveyed him a few minutes and then
volunteered: Say. mister, you better
staod hack. you're wacping."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
IN MISERY
FOR YEARS
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured BY Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Oskaloosa, Iowa.-"For years I va
simply In misery from q weakness and

Awful p2lna-0 q
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's V1ege-
table Compound. I.
did SO and got re-
lief right away. /
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine to
other women who
suffer, for it has
- ~
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
EXACT Copy Of Wrapper.
cutIcura for PimpIy Faces.

cutIcura for PimpIy Faces.
To remove pimples and hlackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti-
eur Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to In
clude Cuticura Talcum.-Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25

When a man begins to learn that
he's ignorant he's on the way to wis.,
dom.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25

BY stopping to think a woman occas
sionally gives her tongue a rest.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Joke Of the Evening.

Joke Of the Evening.
The most embarrassing moment of
my life occurred at the alumnae ban
quet when ! graduated from college.
We were served with some bouiilon
in teacups, and !. supposing 1t was tea,
added sone sugar and rcam
Needless to say. l was the Joke of
1.-The evening.-Exchange.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25

Sometimes a man misleads people by
being honest with them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-25
Its Sort

"Maude Inns a clever way Of refus
ing her admirers"
Yes. regular slight OF hand"