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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
CHAPTER VII.
The Milk Bottle.


Nothing but an old milk bot
tle!' exclaimed Berg, disgust
edly, as the exhibit was placed
before him on the table.
That $ all it was, and yet some
how the commonplace thing
looked uncanny when considered
as evidence in murder case.
But was it evidence! Or was it
merely the remnant Of last
weeks picnic in the woodse
A search Of the Swede's house
had brought the thing to light,
and now the big fellow told again
OF his finding it.
Buried. he declared it was. not
SO feet from where he had seen
the dying man. He had not
thought at first, that it had any
connection with tho murder, and
had taken it merely on an i'm
pulse Of thrifty acquisition Of
anything portable. He told his
wife to wash out the ill-smellinR
eeilt.lnts and she I'D dana @,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
A Dictionary PROPOSAL.

Some time ago an English resident in
Calcutta, a retired army officer ana A..
proud possessor Of two good loo1,in,-
daughters, was surprised to receive +ba
following communication, saws tho 7 &c
Angeles Times: Ao'
Dear and Respected Sir-Tt ;s ru;.,,
faltering penmanship that L wri+a 70
have communication with you about thp
prospective condition of your danoseI
offspring.
I have navigated every channel in tn,
magnitude of my exclusive Jurisdiction
to cruelty smother the growing low, lznot
that has been constructed in nv within.
side, but the timid lamn Of affection
trimmed by Cupid's productive hands
of the bronchial tubes" Thus, With
Enthusiastically Prussian directness.
still nourishes my love-stricken heart.
My educational capabilities hays
abandoned me, and here I now cling to
the tresses of your much coveted dauch-
ter like shipwrecked mariner on the
rock of love.
uoIloeJuI lusIIs 10 poo moI5 sum
-1ns ueeq eABu usuM eoIAIes lueI1eoxa
press. Il have much pleasure" writes
the Masuriana strategist, Sin testifyine
that the cough 1ozenges have rendered
vertisement columns of the Swedish
AS to my scholastic caliber, have re-
Gently been elected from the Calcutta
university. Hoping that having de-
bated this proposition in your pregnant
mind, you will concordantly corroborate
IN espousing your female progeny to nv
tender bosom, and thereby acquire ma
into your family circle as your dutif,l
soninlaw. I remain,
Yours with great faithfulness,
" RANGHAT SINGH ABULDURA.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
Our Friend, the Elephant.


Carl Akeley, American Museum of
Natural History, describes an ele-
plants trunk as follows in The
Worlds Work.
In other ways besides it's smelling
ability, the elephants trunk is the
most extraordinary part Of this most
extraordinary animal. A mans arm
has more or less universal joint at
the shoulder. The elephants trunk is
absolutely flexible at every joint. 1t
can turn in any direction and in
whatever position It is, and has ire
mendous strength. There is no bone
In it, of course, but it is constructed
OF interviewer muscle and sinew so
tough that one can hardly cut 1t with
a knife. An elephant can shoot a
stream of water out of it that would
put out a fire; life a tree trunk
weighing ton and throw it easily;
or 1T is delicate enough to pull blade
OF grass with. He drinks with it,
feeds himself with it, smells with it,
works with it, and at times fights
with it. incidentally a mouse that
endeavored to frighten an telephone by
the traditional nursery rhyme method
Of running up his trunk could be
blown into the next county. There Is
nothing else like an elephants trunk
On EARTH"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
A Stampede of Elephants.
From Asia for December.

Driving elephants at night is
slow, trying, dangerous job. It means
fighting every foot Of the way through
dense jungle and keeping up a con-
tinual hubbub Of tom-toms and
shouts. The elephants wish to avoid
the noise and they move slowly away
from it. crashing through the trees
and vines. The men who are directly
behind have have the easiest time,
for they can follow the trails broken
by the Elephants; those on the side
must cut trails with their parangs.
No lights can be used, and care must
be taken to avoid the little elephants.
which roam about, Investigating the
noise. If they see a man and give the
danger signal, the entire herd stem
pedes.
The stampede hit us early one
morning, without warning. A small
elephant, straying from the herd, saw
some of the men on the right: he
ran back, trumpeting danger. Then
the believing herd came down upon
us.
Ali, my man, showed my rifle into
my hands and I jumped behind a
tnse. The Siamese priest stumbled
u, d
bull elephant stepped on him and tore
him in two, throwing the upper por-
ton Of his body over my head.
was spattered with blood Elephants
believing furiously, rushed past us;
men screamed and scrambled for
places Of safety. The immense ami
mails doomed up in the darkness for
second and then disappeared In their
excitement some collided with trees.
There was no need to Shoot it
would have been like shooting UP a
fan to fend off a cyclene. ! Rugged
my tree, keeping my gun in position.
was discouraged; our efforts had
been wasted and the herd was scat
tered. That would be a fine story to
take back to the Sultan.
When the elephants had passed. I
called to the men. We lighted torches
and searched for injured Three had
been killed and ~ hurt, and 1 was
thankful there weren't more casualt-
les,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
Always the scoffers.
From the Dayton News.

).
There is a human instinct possessino
good many Of us, d most ia t;ii,ai char
acteristic, withal, which compeis us to
view every new thing in the spirit OF
ridicule and suspicion. Old Noah wa,
one of the first of the human family to
encounter this type of fellow citizen
Noah used to work from morning until
night building the Ark, with the derisiva
taunts of the lazy people of his villaee
haunting him with every hammers
stroke. The folks who didn't take ,n1,ch
stock in Noah's venture must have sn1it
their sides laughing at his effort. To
them the builder was a dreame, and a
crank. If there had been insane asy-
lun1s in those primitive days more than
nkely Noah's mental balance would Sc
flously nave been questioned
Ihey laughed too, at Robert Fulton
Hnen ms "CleTmont," the first boat pro-
pelied by steam, moved awkwardly along
the HUDSON, The neighbors of Fulton
sal on the banks of the river waiting for
the vessel to blow up, or sink. or alsa
-rnfllse= to .anye.zZz.
Orvlle and Wilbur Wright must bave
thought good many times, when soma
! 81 their friends dropped in at the old hi
cycle shop in Dayton to have a good TINA
at thelr expense, that there wasn't any
use to keep on trying to demonstrate
their theory Of q practical heavier
air flying machine
And SO on through the years, from tina
very dawn of history up to the present
moment there have been plenty of peonle
VINO lay on their backs and watch some.
neeSS else trying to do something worth
while, polling FUN at the workman and
ridiculing the effort.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23

BY Edmund Vance Cooke.
A New World for the New Year!
Lay the dead Past on it's dismal bier.
The hideous monster of the triple
head,
Menace, Malignancy and Might, is
dead,
And they who died to slay it hold it
fast
Within a deepening grave. The Past
is past.
Let us, the living, see that no new
seed
OF despotism rears a later breed
We are as all men are, and should we
go
The Prussian Path shaal meet the
Prussian woe.
Whose shall take the sword dies by
the sWord!"
So spake a Man whom men call Lord,
And Truth is even as true for you
and me
AS spoken by the shores of Galilee,
Wherefore the Past being past, shall
we not rear
a New World for the New Year?
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
What Are You Doing Now?

It matters not if you lost the fight and
We're badly beaten, teo;
1t matters not if you failed outright in
the things you tried to do;
It matters not if you toppled down from
the azure heights of blue
But what are you doing now?
It matters not IL your plans were fojlea
and your hopes have fallen through:
It matters not If your chance was spoiled
for the gain almost in view;
1t matters not if you missed the goal
though you struggled brave and
true ssf
But what are you doing now?
It matters not If your fortunes gone and
your fame has withered, too,
1t matters not IL q cruel worlds scorn ba
directed straight at you;
e matters nnL e the worst has come and
your dreams have not loifie true
But what are you doing now?
-R Rhodes Stabley,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
THE MARK OF CAIN
Copyright, 1917. by J. B. Lpptncott Co.

may say. And you nave 10 nave
that, to get at a mystery. This
crime shows no brains, no plan
ming. 1t isn't the work of al
educated mind. That's why it 5
most likely an Italian thug"
Kane Landon's deep gray eyes
turned to the speaker. Who
ever planned that weird tele-
| phone message showed some in
genuity,'' he said.
"And you did itn' cried the
detective, Il meant you to fall
into that trap, and you did. My
speech brought it to your mind
and you spoke before you
thought. Now, what did you
mean by it? What about the
Caribbean Sea? Were you going
to take your uncle there? Was
the trap laid for that?"
g One question at a time, I" said
Landon, with a look that he per-
mitted to be insolent. "Does it
seem to you the sender Of that
message was getting my uncle
into a trap, or saving him from
oneG [ believe the young woman
lie set trap for you Then
reported that the message ran
was it not a rescuer telling OF
it,"
Don't be too fresh, young
man! You can't pull the wool
over my eyes! And that tele-
phone message isn't needed to
settle your ease. When a man is
found dead, and with his dying
breath tells who killed him, [
don't need any further evil
dence. -
Keep still, Groot,' said the
coroner. We've all agreed that
those words about Cain, might
mean any murderer. "
They might, but they didn t"
answered Groot, angrily.
" AS Mr.. Landon says, spoke
up Judge Hoyt, cit may be mere
~ a coincidence that his name is
Kane, when his uncle had so re-
Gently stigmatized his assailant
as Cain. Surely such question
able evidence must be backed up
by some incontrovertible facts"
Landon looked at this man
curiously. He knew him but
slightly, He remembered him as
a friend of his uncle s, but he
knew nothing Of his attachment
for Avice Trowbridge. Kane
noted the fine face, the grave
and scholarly brow, and he
breathed a sigh Of relief to think
that the lawyer had said kindly
word for him. Landon's was
peculiar nature. Reproof or re-
buke always antagonized him,
but a sympathetic word softened
him at once.
Had Landon but known it, he
had another friend present.
Harry Pinckney, his college
mate. recognized him the NOM
ent he entered the room. Then,
obeying sudden impulse, Pinck-
ney drew back behind pillar
that divided the two drawing
rooms, as is the fashion of old
houses, and had remained IN
seen by Landon all the morning.
Pinckney himself could scarcely
have told why he did this, but it
was due to a feeling that he
could not write his story for his
paper with the same freedom Of
speech If Landon knew his pres
ence. For though he refused to
himself call it by so strong a
term as suspicion, Pinckney felt
that the coincidence of Cain and
Kane was too unlikely to be
true. Regretting his friends
downfall, Pinckney thought, SO
far as he had yet discovered, that
Iandon was the most likely sus-
pect. And so he did not want
to meet hin just yet. Later, per-
haps, he could help him in some
way or other, but the story"
came first.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23

THE VACANT CHAIR.
Leon Bourgeois.

; There is an empty chair. 1t re-
; mains there empty. Never has 1T :
; been removed. we have sat, :
: eight of US, in the council meet (
; ings OF the League of Nations. I
: There has always been this ninth I
chair waiting for its occupant. Z
: That chair is America, and I Z
. would not allow it to be placed (
against the wall The chair is 81 4
lent. but it is there. One day we 4
trust 1t Will speak. We are like 4
family which has lost son. But 4
the chair Is ready against his re- 4
turn, and we listen for the lift I
ing Of the latch, and his entry into
fold.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
1To be continued next week.)

A conflict arising from the discus
sion OF the official language OF the
League Of Nations last Friday re-
suited IN q resolution demanding that
Esperanto be taught In the public
schoolA The movement was cpon-
sored by representatives from Bra
zil. Columbia, Belgium. Chile italy.
Cxccho Styakla and Persia
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23

In a little room in Brooklyn, with
the gas turned on. were found last
week the dead bodies OF John Guest
and his wife. Guest, although the
! owner OF more than 100 patents, was
90 years old. helpless invalid. For
the last IS or 10 years he had been
destitute
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23

after this mysterious message,
did Mr.. Trowbridge leave the
office at once?"
eyes sir. Grabbed his hat
and scooted right off. Said he
wouldn't be back all afternoon. "
"And you did not recognize
the voice as any that you had
ever heard?'
"No, SIR
"And you gathered nothing
from the conversation that gave
you any hint of who the speaker
might be?'
Whether it was the sharp eye
of Mr.. Berg compelling her, or a
latent regard for the truth, the
yellow haired girl, for some rea-
son, stammered out, =" Well, sir,
whoever it was, called Mr. Trow-
bridge uncle"
Again one of those silenccs
that seemed to shrek aloud in
denunciation of the only man
present who would be supposed
to call Mr.. Trowbridge uncle. -
Berg turned toward Kane Lam
don. For a moment the two
looked at each other, and then
the younger mans eyes fell. He
seemed for an instant on the
verge of collapse, and then, with
an evident effort, drew himself
up and faced the assembly.
"You are all convinced that |
am the slayer Of my uncle" he
said almost musingly; well, ar
rest me, then. II is your duty"
His hearers were amazed.
Such brazen effrontery could ex-
pect no leniency. And too, what
loop-hole of escape did the sus-
pect have? Motive, opportunity,
circumstantial evidence, all went
to prove his guilt. True, no one
had seen him do the deed; true,
he had not himself confessed the
crime; but how could his guilt
be doubted in view Of all the
determination as testified by wit
nesses?
The coroner hesitated. He was
afraid of this strange young man
who seemed so daring and yet
had an effect of bravado rather
than guilt.
WAS it you, Mr.. Landon who
telephoned to Mr.. Trowbridge
the message we have heard re-
ported2''
1t was not"
Did you telephone your uncle
at all yesterday?"
In the morning, yes. In the
afternoon, no.
do you know of any one else
who could call him uncle?"
No man, that [ know of. !"
S'This was a man speaking,
Miss Wilkinson?"
Yes, sir, I'm sure it was a
man. And Mr. 1Trow7bbidge
called him nephew"
That means, then, Mr.. Ian
don, that it was you speaking,
or some ether nephew Of Mr..
Trowbridge.''
Might not the stenographer
have misunderstood the words?
The young lady reports strange
conversation. | would never have
dreamed Of offering my uncle
stephanotis. =
7 cannot think any man
would. Therefore, think Miss
Wilkinson must have misunder-
stood that part of the talk"
A diversion was created lust
here by the arrival of messen-
ger from headquarters, who
brought possible clue. It was
9 lead pencil which had been
found near the scene of the
crime.
Who found it'' asked the
coroner.
!" One Of the police detectives.
Hes been securing ground by
daylight, but this is all he
found. =
" All, doubtless from. Mr..
Trowbridge's pocket. Do you
think it was his, Miss Trow-
bridget"
Avice looked a the pencil. II
can t say positively, = she replied.
II very likely was his. T think
+ Is the make he used"
Not much Of a clue, z OBJ
served Groot, CHANGING at the
pencil. So
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
| alone. -

~A~ S~AS AOAAo VSA tAAS JuNSS "
the library. On the way, how.
ever, she was stopped by Stry.
ker, who said the boy wanted to
|speak to her.
"What boy9" asked Avice.
"That office boy, Miss Avice.
he says just minute, please. -
"Certainly,'' she returned,
kindly, and went back a few
steps to find Fibsy, bashfully
twisting his cap in his hands as
he waited for her.
'Scuse me, Miss, but-are
you boss now?'
BOSS? of what?"
"Of the-the diggin 's-the
whole layout" More by the
boys gestures than his words,
Avice concluded he meant her
uncle's business rather than the
home.
"Why, no, I don't suppose I
am, child"
"Who is, then? The lawyer
gqy?"
you want to know for?"
| We'll, Miss, / want a day off
)-off me job, you know"
ooh, is that all? You are
were my uncle's office boy,
wern't you?''
yes m. F."
"And your name is Fibsy?''
We'll, dat name goes"
"Then I'll take the response
bility of saying you may have
your day off. Indeed, I'm sure
you ought to. Go ahead, child,
and if anybody inquiries about it,
refer him to me, But you must
be back in your place tomorrow.
They may need you in-in set
Ting up matters, you know
ooh, gee, yes! I'll be on deck
tomorrow, Miss. But I want to-
day somepin' fierce,-fer very
special reasons. -
Very well, run along, Fibsy."
Avice stood looking after the
red-headed boy, who seemed for
the moment so closely connected
with her uncle's memory. But
he darted out Of the open front
door and up the street, as one on
most important business bent.
The girl went on to the library,
and found there Kane Landon
and the reporter Pinckney busily
engaged in the staccato chatter
of reunion. Meeting for the first
time in five years, they reverted
to their college days, even before
referring to the awfulness of the
present situation.
"But I must beat it now"
Pinckney was saying, as Avice
appeared.
"Look me up, old scout, as
soon as you can get around TO it.
A reporters life is not a leisure
one, and I've got to cover this
story in short order. Mighty un-
pleasant bit for you, that Cain
speech. No harm done, but it
will drag your name into the pa
per. So long. Goodby, Miss
Trowbridge. I may see you
again sometime, -yes?'
Il hope so,'' said Avice, a lit
tie absently. "Good-by."
Then she turned to Landon.
For a moment they took each
others two hands and said no
word.
Then. cts great to. see you
again., !" he began; "I'd scarcely
recognize the little pig-tailed girl
| played with five years ago"
You leased me more than
you played with me- she re-
turned. "You were 2Osthen, but
you put on all the airs of a
grown man.
1 was, too. I felt old enough
to be you father That's why 1
used to lecture you so much,
don t you remember?''
Indeed I do! You could
make me mad by half a dozen
Words.,''
I knew it, and I loved to do
it! | expect | was an awful tor
ment.'
Yes, you were. But tell me
all about yourself. Why are you
IN New York and not staying
here? Oh, Kane, what does it
all mean? I've been in such mis-
cradle uncertainty all the morn
ing. Not that l thought for
- !
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Suffers,

Suffers.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
when you are angry you should count
100 before you attempt to speak," adj
vissd the thin man.
''Shucks." replied the fat man. 'tWhen
/ get mad I get SO mad that can't
count.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23

cmef showed clearly that it had
been used to wipe bloody blade.
The long red marks were unmis-
taxable. There was no chance
that it might have been used as a
bandage or aid to an injured per-
son. The stains spoke fer them
selves, and proclaimed the horrid
deed they mutely witnessed.
AfeWfurther questions brought
only unintelligible replies from
the SWede and the verdict was
speedy and unanimous.
Sandstrom was taken off to
Jail, but his wife was allowed to
return to her home.
Avice felt sorry for the poor
woman, and stepping to her side
offered some words of sympathy.
My man didn t do IT, Miss, !"
and the light blue eyes looked
hopelessly sad. he ba,n't that
kind. He wouldn't harm any
| body |, ST =;
But foreseeing> an Imminent
scene, Judge Hoyt took Avice
gently by the arm and drew her
away.
Don't talk to her." he whis-
pered, you can do the poor
thing no good, and she may be-
come intEe:tahls. Let her
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-03-24

maka, lccz przyjecic tcgoz costa
10 jcszczc odfoLnc, pOnicwaz po-
wicdziano, il przcdstawicielc IL
Iii stanowczo SIG mu sprzcclwla-
ia. Dawnicj panowic Fitzpatrick
i NockclS faktycznie projcktow;
SIC sprzeciwiali ponicwaz unic
&losowa}y lecz osobiScic byli "a
.projcktem. DIS jcdnak tylko 25
proccnt robotnikGw jest nicCo 7
tego niczadowolony, co ME prze
szkadza jui tcmu, by projckt o.
szczedzania Swiatla dZicnncgo ME
niat bye przyiety. M6wiono row
r;cz przedtcm, il sluzba tramwa
iowa takzC sic tcmu projcktowi
sprzcciwiaEa, ale prczcs kompa-
nii- tramwajowcj mia} upcwnlt,
IL Jest to mic prawda. OrdynanS
ten p6jdzie jcszczc raz ma stoi
Radv micjskicj ma naStepncl Sc
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-03-24
NOWy Cabinet NiemieCki.
General Judenicz W Stolicy Danii.
Strajk Kolejarzy W Aiszpanii.
lime Telesramy Zagraniczns
WOJSKA POLSKIE ZWYCIF-
SKO ODBIJAJA ATAKI
BOLSZEWIKoW.

Warszawa. "a. marca. - Depar
t;ment wojskowy Z Warszawy
Gonosi o niezmiernic zacietej wal
&C jaka sic zaczcta pomisdzy woj-
skami polSkimi a bolszewihami,
Moska'e przygotowaN sic do a,
taku nicsfychanic Siluym ogniem
artyleryi a potem postal ma bag
netv do ataku jedne kolumne PIE
choty "a drugq ku mieJscowoSci
Iwichcl. Picchote moskiewska
wSpiera}y tank pancernc pocia-
81. Po ostrcj krotkiej wadce woj
sko poIskie przeszfo do atabu ma
bagnety uzbrojone " reczne gra-
natv ! odp1r}o Moskali Cd iinn
polskiej. W rekach pOIshch 20
sta}y: zdobyczny tank. dziaia ma
szynowe znaczna lIczba niewol-
nik6m. R6wuoczeSnie dodaje ko-
munSkat, zc Polacy zwr0cili sic
przeciw siodmej dywizyi mo-
skiewskiej ataEuiacej 'inie polskie
W okolicy Emi,czyn zmusill
nieprzyjaciela do porzucenia sta
nowiska. Polacy zabrali baterye,
konie. wozy amunicya ! znacz-
ma liczbe dziai maszynowych. Mo-
skalc pr6bowali przekroczyt RE
Lc S4ucz, Iecz zamiar ich zoStai
udarcmniony, Boj zazarty jednak
ME ustaje. bolszcwicy Sciqgaia
iak moga najszybciej po5ifki W
tel okolicy i Staraja sic prze}anat
front polski.
Ma froncie podolskim r6wniez
bolszewicy przypuscili atak nic--
zmiernic silny ma Nowosieniawke,
L-atvcz6w. Nowokonstantynow
ma po&udniowy zachGd cd Derczy-
ny. ArtyIerva r6wniez j tu Przcd
atakiem czyniia strasZne przySo-
towanie, by u}otwi6 robote pie
thocie.