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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
RABBITS INSTINCT AT FAULT
Probably Would Have Died in Trap
From Which 1t Might Have
Escaped With Ease.

l have seen bird tethered to It's
breeding place-its feet held fast by
the hairs which lined it's nest-but,
until the other day I had never known
or heard Of a rabbit being caught in
a snare of its own devising, writes an
observer of nature. In an old pas
ture in Middle Teviotdale, where the
grass grows rank beside the old haw-
thorn hedge which fences the field, a
rabbit was seen to be struggling as If
striving to escape from snare. On
going up to the spot. I found that the
hind legs of the rabbit were firmly
bound together with "ropes" of grow
ing grass. Apparently the little cap
tive had been rolling itself among the
grass, and, in the process, had I'M
Willingly woven it's own bonds. The
rabbit had evidently been prisoner
Tor some days, being thin in body and
feeble from the effects of it's fruitless
struggles for liberty, while the ground
around the tufts of grass to which 1t
was fastened was closely cropped
though seemingly instinct had never
suggested that it might have eaten
away it's "chains."-The Weekly Scots.
man.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
EFFECT OF MIND ON BODY
Very, Doubt, Fear and Apprehension
Make the Physical Organism Sus-
ceptbie to Disease.

Since all of the cells Of the body are
more or less intelligent and we think
not only with the brain but with the
entire physical organism, we can read
lily see that our thoughts and convic-
tons must affect, according to their
nature, all of these cells. We can
think health into them or we can think
disease.
What have you been telling these
little cell minds in your body, my
friend? Have you been filling them
with worry and anxiety regarding your
health, with fear, with dread, with ap-
prehension? Have you been filling
them with doubts, with uncertainties,
doubt of your ability, lack of faith,
lack of self-confdence? When they
are apparently sick, perhaps the vic
TINS of your negative thoughts, your
sdiscouraging moods, your dependency,
,are you going to think into them
more dependency, more discourage
ment, more hopelessness or are you
going to stimulate them with hope,
faith, confidence, expectancy of better
things to come? Are you going to
radiate health into them, optimism,
joy?-Orison SWEET Marden, in Chi
cago Daily News.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
British Warship BADGES.

The British admiralty, has decided
TO provide every British warship in
future with it's own distinctive badge.
These are being designed by Maj
Charles Foulkes, heraldic adviser to
the admiralty, who has already in
vented $50 badges. Considerable in
genuity has been exercised, as the
following examples will show: Ven
turous, two dice; Sportive, a butting
goat; Tactician, a chess knight; In
constant, a butterfly; Sesame, key
Sterling. s: Watchfn!, an eye; Viva
cious, head Of Mr.. Lloyd George; Ter
magant, a fury; Nile, head Of Nelson;
Truculent, Britisher smashing Hun
Each badge will be carved in wood
and then cast in brass, colored, and
fitted on the quarterback, as we'll as
on either bow Of the boat. Two plaques
are to be used, the smaller one
for the boats being about eight
inches square, and the one for the
quarterback about Is inches square.
Each badge is designed in some way
to represent the name of the boat pic
torially, or when that is impossible,
embodying some device connected
with its history. The designs will be
used also on note paper, and probably
on the brass muzzle-caps of guns,
which are privately bought by officers
of battleships.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Wall Of Dragons of Pekin.

The dragon screen of Pekin is hid
den behind hillock in the winter pal
ace grounds. 1t is wall perhaps
~ feet high and 100 long, faced
completely with tile cast to represent
nine large-size dragons in bas RELIEF,
OF various colors-yellow, purple, b,.fr
maroon, orange-dancing gayly ahcye
emerald pillows against pale blue
Sky. Most sculptured Chinese Dragons
are iifeless, angular beasts but here
there is an almost un-Chinese yigor
and audacity in the spring and twist
OF the 1.-the bodies They leap, whirl,
lunge, and writhe until the spectator
steps back, half afraid that they will
come tumbling off the screen, striking
at the unwary with their sturdy claws.
There are, believe, critics who teach
that plastic art should never under
take to portray moments of activity.
If this be correct, the dragons stand
condemned; but if the sculptor may
ever rightly give us life in its vivid,
moving moments, here is a master
piece.-Exchange
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Blood Infusion,

In cases where new blood IS re-
quired to fill the depleted veins of
human being, it is not practicable to
use for the purpose the vital fluid Of q
dog or any other animal, because 1t
would act US & poison, destroying life
instead of saving it.
This is for the reason that the blood
of lower animal is not chemically
the same as that Of man. The fact
does not seem very surprising, but the
recent discovery that the various races
OF mankind differ in respect to the
chemical makeup of their blood is
undeniably curious.
Experience has proved that it will
not do to introduce the blood of a ne
gro into the veins Of white man or
vice versa. And the same remark aI,-
plies to the Mongol, the Malay and
the American Indian. In any such
cases a chemical reaction follows
which is injurious.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
STORING WORDS IN MEMORY
Photography Is Especially VaIu-
able to Theatrical People.

The Photographic memory is found
most frequently in actors and &C
tresses, who have to study a variety
OF parts in a very short time After
a time, these people form a habit Of
getting a mental photograph of the
words, They look at the page, read
the lines, and then, shutting their
eyes, endeavor to "see" the words.
1t Is habit which, once formed, is
quickly developed. The present writer
once "crammed" q part of forty-five
pages in single day by the aid of
this natural photography.
1t may be said at once that not
everybody can acquire this species of
memory. Only those possessed of
great powers Of concentration can
achieve the results described. But,
providing that person has anything
or this gift, he can build upon it until
1t Will serve him to an almost unlim.
tied degree.
The Photographic memory usually
finds It's best development among peo-
pie with what are called dummy"
foreheads. They have unusual DOW.
ers Of visual concentration.-Ex
change
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Just Where He Had Left It.

Uncle Billy is getting old and alb
sent-minded. One day Aunt Sally, his
wife, noticed that he was roaming
round from room to room. Presently
he called to her from the kitchen,
"Sally, have you seen my piper"
mo, Billy she answered. Cant
you find it?"
NO., | can't!" he replied rather
GROSSLY. 1--WE looked upstairs and all
over, and can't find it,"
Didn't you leave it in the bath
room?" asked Aunt Sally.
no, didn't. I've looked there.
Come and look yourself"
AS Aunt Sally laid down her paper
she heard him laugh.
Have you found it, Bill?" she
asked.
YES" he replied st was in my
mouth. Youths Companion.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Two Atomic Theories

An atom is part so small as not
to be divisible 1t is an ultimate par-
ucle of matter. Two opinions, direct.
~ opposite to each other, have long
had currency with regard to the con
stituent particles of material things +.
the one, that matter is composed OF
an assemblage of minute particles or
atoms, Incapable of further division :
the other. that there is no limit TO
its divisibility,. the smallest conceiv.
able particle still consisting of an
infinify of parts. The first of these
theories, which is commonly distin.
guished by the name of atomic phil
osophy, was originated in Greece by
Leucippus; it was supported by Dem
ocrltus and subsequently improved by
Epicurus and his disciples. The Epi-
cureans protested to account for the
origin and formation of all things by
supposing that these atoms were en-
dued with gravity and motion, and
thus came together into the different
organized bodies.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
HAVE BRIEF SPAN OF LIFE
Most Placer Mining Camps Flourish
/ for a Little While and Then
Pass. Into Oblivion.

Exceptions to the rule governing
mining camps, hectic activity and
quick decay, are Helena, site oil ii
one-tme noted placer camp, and the
fine city of Denver, where, in the sum
mer of 1853, James 81. Pierce panned
out little gold from a sandbar near
the mouth of Cherry creek, discov-
cry that fired the expectations OF
thousands and started the historic
rush to Pixies peak country.
The fine and progressive city OF
Lewiston, Idaho. is another exception
TO the rule of oblivion that has been
the almost unfailing fate of placer
camps. While, strictly speaking, Lew
iston was not placer camp, but the
Quitting point, at the head of steam
boat navigation, for the stampede INTO
the clearwater region, in the early
SOS, it was placer camp III olhe'
respects, and in the wild spirit of early
day gold hunting.
With the sailing away Of the steam
ship Victoria, bearing 800 Nome resi-
dents, most of whom announced their
purpose never to return, the brooulng
shirt of melancholy came in with the
long, long winter. Again the "Wo'f
long howl is heard on Ounalaska's
lonely shore" and the little remnant
of population is left with memories
and disappointed hopes. Yet few
will cling to the deserted beach to the
last breath of life, for such is the
unfailing record Of every famous
camp to live over again in memory
through the long arctic nights, the
stirring scenes Of {: years ago.-spo-
kane SDOkesman-RevieW.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Hollands Day of State.

Although the Dutch are very demo
cratic they still cling to the pageantry
that surrounds the movements Of their
queen on days of state. A case in
point being the opening day Of their
parliament, which is quantity ceremO-
NOUS. The queen rides in gilded car
rage through the streets of The
Hague 10 the old Knights; hail in Par
lament square, and with crown on
her head and her gold-braided prince
consort at her side sits on the throne.
At this ceremony the Dutch cabinet
ministers are compelled by tradition
to wear giddy uniforms resembling an
old-time minstrel man in an admirals
hat. After this one day of pomp the
ministers and members Of parliament
put on their working clothes and get
down to business, while the queen,
who prides herself on being a typical
Dutch woman with domestic tastes,
lays her crown aside for another
year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
WOULD REMAIN IN BUSINESS
Old Doctor Jones Evidently Was Sat
isfied That He Could Read His
Own Writing.

Old Doctor JONES' who once prac-
ticed medicine In New Jersey town,
was known everywhere as notorious
ly bad speller. He slipped up on the
simplest words, and people wondered
how he managed to write prescrip-
tons, especially In medical Latin, so
that they could be read and under
stood. Though the 'Doc," as he was
called, could not spell, he was, never
theless, accounted good physician
and his patients swore by him. He
sent his prescriptions regularly to a
certain druggist in the town because
this man was the only druggist who
could read them. How the druggist
succeeded In doing it was mystery
to every one.
Everything went we'll for a long
time, then one day the druggist was
taken i'll and died. His funeral was
largely attended and Doctor Jones
was one Of the principal mourners.
What will become of "Doc" now?
Who will he get to read his prescrip-
tons? were questions on every ones
lips. 1t was pretty generally agreed
that the future looked black for the
physician, but this man who spelled
rheumatism "rumatiz" was not to be
discouraged The day after the obse-
Quies Of the druggist the following
announcement, printed in long-hand,
appeared in the window of the phar-
macy: Or. Jones has bought this
drug store. He will c0ntinue the bis
ness and fill prescripshons hisself."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Broke HEART CT SCIENTIST
Learned Man, Victim of Thoughtless
Practical Joke, Proved Unable
to Live 1t Down.

What is believed to be the great
played over a century ago by students
Of Prof Bartholomew Adam Berlin
~er. holder of the chair of natural
philosophy at the University Of Wurz-
berg. He was keenly interested in
fossil remains, and was the leader in
he great group that held them to
. Il sort Of divine joke, placed in
he earth by God to test human faith.
Students designed a score OF more
II fossils from clay representing the
nd conceive, and hid them in the
sand in a spot where the old paleOn-
ologist was known to frequently dig.
lie discovered them and accepted them
as real, and when little later the stu
'ants hid other designs, showing
Stars and suns and even inscriptions
II }"brew. Syrian and Babylonian,
old man was delighted and was
re he had proven his grounds. He
hcgan a book Of immense size, and
"'itteh III idtill, III WHICH lie SIaRely
set forth his proofs Of the divine
origin. The shout of laughter that
vent up when the book was issued
broke the old mans heart, and he
Died after spending every cent he had
in an effort TO recall the book. What
t"@de the Joke more serious was the
faith with which many learned men
accepted the thing at first, Beringer's
reputation up to this time being high
in the world of science.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
British ExiIes in Holland.

ION this spot lived, taught and
died John Robinson, 1611-1625''-so
reads the inscription on simple plate
in the wall Of picturesque little
house in the old town of Leyden.
Here every year many Americans. and
English people come to see the spot
where lived not only John Robinson,
William Bradford, William Brewster,
and other men educated at Cambridge,
but also many other British exiles
mostly from the triangle between the
rivers Aire and Trent and Humber.
They had refused to take their religion
from the English court, and had been
driven from their homes into the
Dutch republic, where conscience was
free. Most Of them stayed IL years
in Holland and then sailed in the
Speedwell from Delfshaven to Ply
mouth, where they Joined other Brit
ish exiles in the Mayflower August 1,
1920.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Whence Electric Lamps Come.

A little consideration of the ma
terials that enter into the making Of
lamps would be a revelation to the
large majority of electric lamp users.
California, Colorado. Nevada and
South Dakota lead in the production
OF tungsten ore, the important materi-
al of which the flament of the mod
ern electric lamp is made.
First, there is the tilament of tung-
stem, then the glass bulb into which
enter silica, soda, nitre from Chile,
potash. manganese from Russia, ar
senic. borax, feldspar. lead, aluminium,
cryolite from Greenland, cobalt from
Canada. The base of the lamp is
made OF copper and azinc fron Utah
and Missouri, while the basing cement
is mixture of marble dust from
Vermont, whiting from Ohio, shellac
from India and pine resin from
Georgia.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Facts About viollns.

Some people are possessed of the
idea that the more scars, cracks and
disfigurements they are in an old vio-
lin the more valuable it is. The con-
trary is true. In the case of genu-
inc old Cremona violins, preservation
enters largely into their value. The
more perfectly preserved they are, the
greater prices they command. VIC
Inns with the beautiful Cremona var
nish in fine state Of preservation are
especially sought by connoisseurs, Vio-
linists who wish to preserve the value
of their violins should take pains to
keep them in perfect repair, and to
wipe all dust and resin OF the violin
after using.--Exchange
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
nEIivyern AirnIanes.

From time to time a photograph APP
pears, depicting a new airplane of com
pact dimensions and equipped With a
low-power engine. Such airplanes are
generally hailed as 'everybody's" air.
plane and the coming "flivvers" of the
air. Yet an examination of these ma
chimes soon discloses the fact thu i
they are of little practical value. They
are too small to be steady In fight
too loW-powered to fly under moder-
atteiiy adverse conditions, too iiimsy to
lasr long and. taking 1t all In all. @al,-
solutely worthless for serious work of
any kind. They should generally be.
treated as novelties. except In rare
instaupeA Scientific American,
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
TRICK HORSES 900R. MOUNTS
Trained Animals Remember and Re.
spond to Signals They Have Been
Taught 60 Obey.

It Is not always wise to teach
horse to play tricks, as Is proved by
a story told by an English army Of
f1cer.
John Leech's inimitable circus horse
that insisted on sitting down with his
rider whenever he heard band play
was the prototype Of horse belong
ing to the officer who, in weak mo- ,
ment had taught 1t to rear up and
"salaam" whenever he leaned forward
to make bow.
1t was all very pretty when the
officer was out riding and met any
lady of his acquaintance, but it be-
came a nuisance when he was out pig
sticking In India. He would lean for
ward to meet the rush Of charging
boar with his spear-up would go the
beast on end just at the moment when
the mans safety depended OF his TAX
ing true and deadly aim with his
spear point. The consequence was
that the ANNALS legs showed many
scars from boars' tusks, and he was
lucky that he did not end his career
with his body ripped open.
The officer had. too, at one time
fine but somewhat nervous charger.
One day on parade the mount sud-
denly gave way with the officer and
quietly lay down. The rider thought
for moment he was Ill, but on rous-
ing him he Immediately sprang to his
feet again, quite at and we'll. A
week Or So later when riding with II
friend they stopped for a, moment to
admire the view, when down the horse
went. It was evident to the officer
that he had been trained to lie down
at given signal, but the man never
could discover for the life Of him
what that signal was.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
MADE WAY INTO SACRED CITY
Enslishman Claims to Be T., Only
Living European Who t,c5 Set
Foot in Holy Shefsha n.

/ The Morocco correspondent Of the
London Times claims to be almost
with certainty" the only Twins Euro
pean who has hitherto visited She
shawan, the mysterious secret" Mo-
roccan inland city which is officially
stated to be occupied by Spanish
eXpeditionary force.
SheshaWan, or more correctly Shelf
shaon, he writes, is small town of
a few thousand inhabitants situated
in the tribeland Of the Benz Zejel,
about 40 miles to the south Of Tetuan.
The Times man says he visited it in
Moorish disguise in 1888 and only es-
capped with difficulty
He adds that the town is small,
built along sort Of terrace on the
high mountain side, and is renowned
for its springs and streams. With
the exception Of it's picturesque stu
alton among mountains, it's aloofness
and it's surrounding gardens, She
shawan presents no very particular
features.
Its inhabitants are poor. Their in
dustries are the making of furniture
in painted wood-brackets and tables
and the weaving Of wooden stuffs,
They are renowned for their mean
ness, and native proverb states:
'If you see Moslem merchant from
Fee weeping, it is only Moor of She
shawan who could have got the bet
ter Of him."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Suggestion Does Much.

When you come down to breakfast
in the morning, to be greeted, per-
haps, with /the suggestion that you
look i'll and tired, you may, if you
are very suggestible, actually feel i'll
and tired for the rest of the day, UNI
less you have the sense to counter
that unwise suggestion by the oppo-
site one that you are looking well and
feel refreshed. On the other hand.
supnoslng that you are feeling some
what out of sorts and think you look
Jaded, a friendly remark that you are
looking very well and ct will ssbuck
you up" immensely, and you will ac-
tually. in the course Of the day, sug-
gest. yourself into a corresponding
state of well beingi
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
A Miner of Bullets.

f. 81. Laniey, an ore specialist, is
removing lead and copper-nic.:ei from
the hill back of the target il; re at
Camp Lewis, near Tacoma, Wash. By
means of a Jig" operated by water
power, he shakes the heavy metal
from the earth which he is excavatins.
In three months time, The expects to
get 100 tons of metal valued approxi.
5mately at SzUO a ton, and having
cleaned up at Camp Lewis, he will
e e his safi;s &c &c other camp
cites. All of the metal he mines was
shot into the hillside by the boys OF
two years ago.
Lamley works. on commission basis.
First man to mine a target range"
says Lamley Of himself.--Leslie's
MesAtay.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06
Wonderful Is Human Skin.

The human skin, which forms a
protective covering over the whole
of the body, consists Of two layers,
an outer one and an inner one. The
epidermis, or outer skin, is so con
structed that no moisture from out
side can penetrate it SO long as the
skin itself is not torn or cut. At the
same time the pores of the skin are
SO formed that the sweat is freely
discharged through the skin, thus ven
I til ting the body and keeping it at
IAN even temperature If someone
could invent "a ma erial Is possessing
the properties of the human skin, a
teri ai zwiHt:ii would keep out all
moi ssaas
pour Of rain: md yet allow the free
escape of the hear and moisture d
the body, his fortune would be made