The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-09
CITIZEN REPUBLICAN
=. A. Bliss, PUB.
1c6fExEb, SOUTH b1Kof7

said a returning American business
man. that many Of them are stu
followed as matter of habit although
there is no longer any Hohenzoliern
to enforce them. III the kaiser's day,
nobody but the kaisc: Collld pass un-
der the center arch Of the Branden-
burg Gate and even now DO good
Berliner attempts it, and there is stih
a policeman stationed N the center
arch Why do you still! stand mere?
] asked him. To reserve the center
arch for the fire engines. said he.
Berliners. however, instinctively think
he is holding it for the kaiser.
Experiments by government scien-
lists show that it is often the length
of the day, rather than its tempera-
ture that is important in the deVe!-
opment of many plants. and that by
artificially shortening the day IN
greenhouses or lengthening it by
electricity. Plants. which have here
tofore been confined TO bat one, may
be made tc blossom at any season.
Spring flowers and spring crops nap
pen to be spring flowers ana spring
crops because the days of their now
ering and rruiting happen to have
the right number Of hours per day
The Manchester Guardian, speak
ing of "Houseiess Marriages" says:
when there were houses TO be had,
the possession ui was a natural
preliminary to wetlock Now, why
trouble about this old responsibility
when there are no houses and no one
will think any worse of u couple iof
establishing themselves in the home
f,;a iS
encouragement TO responsibility
A Catholic missionary and ex-
plorer Who has just returned from
Africa reports the discovery of race
of pygmies in the heart of the Afri-
can jungles who communicate with
the spirits of their dead relatives by
means of contraption similar to the
ouija board And more than that,
and showing conclusively that they
are progressive, he says. their wom-
en-, though held practically as slaves,
recently started an agitation for mi
grafton out of the dark jungle INTO
the light of day
A prominent Englishman said re-
Gently that the United States was
threatening the British monopoly of
coal in Europe. He said he had re-
sently seen in Scandinavia vast stacks
of coal from America, and had heard
that the United States had exported
100000 tons more to Europe than
during the last year before the war.
Some of the congressional party
touring the far east on ar army
transport have returned to San Fran
cisco. Among them is Representa-
tive Randall, California, who, after
visiting the Philippines, telegraphed
Attorney General Palmer asking that
the operation of the Nolstead act be
extended to the Philippines.
The Public Ledger says the Phila-
delphia restaurants are making a
1900 per cent. profit on the fruits and
vegetables which now glut the mar
Ret. One tomato, costing 1 cent. when
garnished, is sold for SO cents. etc.
Great Britain's newest amphibious
f1ying machine Is called the "Kitti-
W.. e. The body is built Of a patent
sewn three-ply wood, which is said to
be unusually light. Motor car bodies
are also being made of this patent
wood in Great Britain.
Berlin police now round up hold-up
suspects in squads, reinforced by
police dogs. Three hundred suspects
were taken in one grove last Sat-
rrday night. The dogs promptly
found the hiding places of the gangs.
According TO the best estimate
available, the city marshal OF Brook
Ign have been making from 500 to
$500 day evicting tenants and pill
ing their furniture in the streets. The
.zsss1 receive 81 Tor each Gispos-
sess warrant they serve
Unless we receive an increase in
wages we will simply quit work" This
time it is the Kansas City telephone
girls.
Kiel workmen have agreed to
reduction OF wages. This is the first
case in Germany of practical re-
duation of wages being effected.
Dade county, Florida, leads all
counties in the United States in it's
rage OF growth. 1t has more than
three and a half times the population
It had in 1870.
Prince Feisal, son Of the king Of
the Hedjas, elected King of Syria, may
30 to the United States following his
Forthcoming visit to England, says a
dispatch from Cairo.
In one day alone last month,
II + rupps the German armament manu-
LECTURERS, filed SO applics .ions in the
patent office of Great Britain FOR pat
ents relating to guns and range
finders.
Models OF the Pilgrim half dollar 70
pc issued by the treasury department
IN commemoration of the Booth ami
versary Of the landing of the pilgrims
i viii represent Governor Bradford on
J. one side, with his history of Plymouth
colony under his arm, and on the re-
verse side representation of the
sued
Inc census bureau gives out sta
g1istics showing that in 81 OF the 48
states the revenues for 1919 exceed
ed the ditpres for governmental
costs, including interest and outlays