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stop Cigarette Making.

At the twenty-siSth national conyen
ton OF Charities and Corrections. held
in Cincinnati few days since. am nd.
dress was made by George Terrence
OF Pontiac, Ill.,. superintendent Of IN,
state reformatory, on THE Relation OF
the Cigarette 10 Crime" After rccitinp
his own experience with boys coming a.
his institution, Mr.. Terrence said: II
am sure cigarettes are destroying and
making criminals Of more Of them than
the saloons In his Teformatory there
are 2ls boys. OF 60, averaging T. years
Of age, So were cigarette smokers. OF
1913, averaging ~ years Of age, 1925 we're
cigarette smokers. or SO. averaging Is
years, ~ were cigarette smokers. This
demonstrates that 02 per cent. Of the
whole number were cigarette fends al
the time Of committing crimes for
which they were committed 10 the re-
formaiory. The general discussion de.
veloped a similar experience with
Others connected with reformatories
for boys. -PreSbyterian.
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the diyi's own time getting that mon
key. First he would appear in one
place, and when his pursuers would
get near he would disappear and in a
second show up some place else. lie
appeared to enjoy this game of hide
and seek, but was rather coy of acting
in front of the crowd. At last. by dint
of much strategy and the use OF q
handful of nuts, one of the animal
keepers succeeded in corrallinC him on
brakebeam, and it was all over. The
filibustering monkey was placed in the
car with the rest OF his race and
chained up for safety.
"In the hustle and hustle Of loading
the animals on the train he had got
away and hid himself on one of the
ear trucks. and when the train started
he meandered around. lie probably
uncoupled the train pipe the first time
by accident, and seeing he he'd caused
quite huhbub tried II over and over
again, with more satisfactory results
When we got going nicely again
yelled over To Murf and saysi
1.-The next time you get your shirt
on wrong you leave il that way, no mat
ter IL they take you for a feet OF ferry
boats N Y. Sun.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-08-30
sUNKHAzER FLIES OF MAINE.
Worse Than jersey Mosquitoes and
kIs.InE BuEs Have No Chance
with Them.

Since reading in the newspapers Of the
kissing hug and his doings al the people IN
rural Maine have taken To capturing bugs
and inscttso Of all sorts aud bringing the spcCi'
mems To town Tor examination 10y nCWspa-
Der men aud uatuta.Ists. Countless are the
siuds OF bugs that have been taken to
Bangor ~ bottles. boxes and preserve Iars,
aud the captors all seem TO bc sorey dis
appointed when told that instead VI the gen.
uinc ksscr they have a moth KILLER, lace.
Elugcd iiy, or something quite common and
harmless.
A man came from Ncazc to Bangor the
)ther DAY with a fcr1Oious looking bug
'orkcd up Va 4 preserve jar and claimed the
credit 81 having captured the inst kissing
bug in that part Of the county II was not
the famous kis.iuE bug that bee had, but ma
i've hug somcwha resembling a small lob.
tier With wings
Il don't care a hang" declared the NcaSe
man, when told that he must Try again.
These iell,rs hin hrk the stuthn' out II
Sunkhazers. aud that's what none Of your
common bugs lin do
Not many people living FAR away from
bangor know what a 'Nuukhazct' y ike.
q Is fcrocious bug ~ that iulcsis the fats
md meadows about Suukhiye de1dwater.
. place IN the pDuohscot rlvcr where the
Eater is slack and where million. Ut logs
ire RATED The Sunkhbgcrs ate the pet
II the loggcrs. upon " HON they feast O.
heir hearts CONTENT, and nothing can drive
.hem away They are four tunes the Ire ~
'hc famed mosquitoes % Jersey. and any
Maine man will back one uf them against
loren kissing hug, in a far stand ~ night.
Maine foik, have, probably, no kissIng bugs,
lut so long ~ the sun khBFrr. survive they
ALL not feel lonesome N y sun.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-08-30
NOTES OF REFORM.

Drink burics sorrow that rises in
creased tomorrow.
Drink is the mother Of want aud tn,
nurse OF crime Lord lirougham.
saloons are sin and disease breeders
but. while our board OF health tacks az
notices Of contagious disease the boar,
Of excise tacks mp a license TO sci
drunkcnncss.-The Editor.
"Christendom il saloondom. aud .,
per cent. Of male church members ar,
on the pay roll Of the drink a,
gaugers, collectors, store-kecprrs or a.
lence-keepers."-John q. Woolry.
Over one million Of the best of God'i
creatures entered upon the alcoholic
shOrt-line road 20 the pit in the last ten
years. The road il still open with over
100000 depots in the United states.--
Union Gospel News.
The late Lord Derby. in estimating
the political forces in the country. once
said: Nothing could be more foolish
than 10 estimate the power Of temper,
ance reformers by their numerical
strength. as they are moral rcformcrk
whose earnestness and enthusiasm can.
not be tabulated by figures"
Acting under orders from Mayor
Martin, City Marshal Locke. % Con.
cord. y. H., has closed every saloon In
the place. The mayor has stated en-.
phatically that he proposes to enforce
the law, and this order, which includes
the hotels of the city A. well as the
saloons, i therefore pcrmeucnt.--.
Christian Work.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-08-30
S sETSSRER[arSea,
'hsat(gj51iEss
A HONEYMOON INCIDENT.
FALCON Robs n YousE woman of Tier
Husband ssd Him OF TITS
Manhood.

a happy young couple. married only
the night before. care to lolyoke last
Tuesday morning fr'm Easthampton
to spend their honey noon. They ar
rived at the depot and the husband ex-
cused himself a few minutes TO 20 and
get hack to take them uptown 60 u
hotel.
As soon rs he gets outside OF the de-
pot he faces one Of these man-traps, q
saloon. lie perhaps says 10 himself:
"I'll just step in here and get a glass Of
beer" lie goes in aud gets a glass,
and that is so tempting, he thinks he
will have another, and he takes an
other. and another. and another, and
before he realizes IL he is drunk
lie has forgotten all about the bride
and the marriage altar the evening be
fore, when he promised TO love her,
comfort her. honor and keep her"
Now she walks neryously and anXiously
up and down the depot platform, every
moment expecting her husband to re-
turn. She waits hour after hour
throughout that long day-doubtless
to her the longest of all her life. But
where IL he? Oh! he is drunk Sleep
ing of the effects of his liquor in the
police station.
Toward the next morning he begins
to sober of and to wake up. The first
glimmerings OF light begin 60 stream
in through the grated windows, lie
looks around, but somehow everything
looks strangely new and unfamiliar.
tie says TO himself where am /?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-08-30
A DRUMMER's EXPERIENCE.
Lost . Customer ~ Refusing -
Drink, MT saved TITS Hossc
from Heavy Loss.


For rs years wa, a drummer. Nv
territory was IN all Of the southern
states, and Travelled through them all
In one of the largest cities In these
states I had good customer to whom
! sold many large balls. The buyer
Of this house was man who drank reg
ularly aud very often.
On one trip went in TO see this buy.
cr, and he sent the stock clerk 60 see
how many cases of my goods were need
ed. When told. he ran his arm In mine
and walked out of the office nnd'up the
street 10 an alley talking all the time
about business), and then down the al.
ley TO the back door Of n barroom. When
he struck the alley saw his object, and
said: III the Lord will help me now,
will not break my rule" When We got
within ten feet OF the door Of the ac.
cursed hole stopped. aud, looking at
my customer flor he certainly was not
my friend. | said: IL don't drink any.
thing; no use my going in there" lie
looked az me. and said: Come on and
take n drink" replied: NO. don't
drink Take n cigar, then" NO.
don'tgoin harrooms AT ALL" lie stopped
and looked me sguarrly In the face. npd
took his arm out Of mine, and went In.
lie soon came out. and we walked back
to his office. but he didn't arm me back
nor speak a word To me. When we got
into the office again took out my order
book as though nothing had happened,
and snid. politely: How many eases
shall | put down ." None" said he /,
II don't want any" answered. AN
right, sir; we have n surplus on hand
at all times. and when you want any q
our goods We will Toe pleased 90 have
your order" and babe him good day
This was Saturday. ! remained over ~
the city until Monday. Sunday morn.
ing went to church. as was my habit
and when the collection was taken az
who should I see passing the plate my
way hut this buyer whom ! had of.
Tended the day before. don't know
whether he recognized me or not. bat
knew him. and was told that he had
been an officer ia that church 20 years
Now for the application. This man
Of whom | speak was fun partner II
the house. which was rated al $500 600
I lost the custom Of this house. II
failed in about two years after this FOR
over $500, 900. but did not get my HOUSE
for cent. Since that time this man
has gone dpwn the hill, until to-day he
~ complete whisky wreck lie 10
very poor. and has but few of the uccca-
saGics Of life. and has towork very hard
TO make both ends meet. His head IL
NOV white. and his steps feeble aud tot.
tering. / never see that man that this
incident doesn't come up in my mind
NV employer commended me Tor what
! did. and retained me in his service for
/ } years. II IL had not been for whisky
this man would Ice well to-day. and have
plenty To start all his children and
grandchildren in life Nashville Chris.
tian Advocate.
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EnnIInE the rnhIIc.

I'm about hu.hcd in the matter 81 curl.
ositics." unused the owner ~ q small store.
ITS bad habit tins idea " drawing
trade hy making a museum ui the window .
but | can't stop now business Won { allow
It,"
4 few hours later the soda water trade
was rushing The crowd outside the win
dow Cared until % vas thirsty q the re-
markahlc bird that hung M = bg cage.
The card attachcd borr a handful ~ the
alphabet hNtsrp'ly pat together and De.
signed for a scent. hc name AiiCr % were
the words From samoa
4 few DAYS later me curiosity" was feed
lrg IN the back ,aui with the rest Of the
bautsn hens Detroit FREE Frcss.
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Col. Cody, the eminent scout. helped 10
build q churh at North Platte. aud a. per.
'uaded by bio wife and daughter Co accom-
pans them 20 the opynIuE The minister
save out the hymn, which commenced wIth
the words oh. tor ten thousaud tongue .
20 sing. etc. The orgluist. who PLAYED hy
ear, started the tune M too high kcy and
had 10 tn again 4 second attempt ended
Ike the hrst IN failure oh for ten thou.
sand tongues 10 sing my great " came the
opening wurds Tor the third time. followed
hy a squeak from the organ and a relapse
into painful silence Cody could contain
himself no longer. and hlurtcd out start
Il Al five thousand and mehhc some Of the
Tsst OF Us can get in san Francisco
Wave
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sage of Savhaw says.

Improving yourself is the slrest way
TO improve your situation.
The totally depra,ed person is one
that is certain all are rs bad ss he.
Every man to his calling even the
bell boy.
All men are put out when they arc
taken in.
Somehow il seems to be only the
the young man that is spoken Of az
model.
Perhaps the son that stayed nj home
had expected 10 market the fattcd calf.
The barber is MT especially app 10
speak of his small boy as a shaver.
Grain spectators are pitted against
each other.
The father Who insists on ruling The
parlor is a sort Of court marshal
Chicago Democrat
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-08-30
\ Ministers Testimony.

"IiefOre | became an abstainer suf-
fered from fainting fits. even tainted
in the pulpit, and my life was bur-
den. My physician came from London,
and said; III you do not drink you will
die l said: Very well, doctor, then
I'll die My health rapidly improved.
l met this physician three days ago.
lie said: You utterly surprise me.
Let me tell you, II there was no such
thing as alcohol, / should have TO put
1p my shutterS.' Canon Wilbsrforca.
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lie guards well his wealth who I'M
grudgingly uses il for the veal of the
world.
No man ever gave Of his best without
thereby losing some OF his worst.
Cursed are the impure in heart, for
they can only see the evil.
The val q repentance Is not in the
uepths Of its feelings, but in the per-
manency OF its fruits.
The power Of our talent may be him
dered by the discourtesy Of our man
ners. Grace should make US graceful
IN word and act,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-08-30
Pro,es, ARa,n., mini EVIL.

Delegates Of the Dutch Reformed
church assembled In Pretoria, South
Africa, for the purpose Of protesting
against the drink evil, whiih was de-
clared to be undermining the national
character, and affecting Beers as wen
as natives. A dePutation afterwards
waited upon the president and urged
the strict enforcement OF the law.
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| against the cab window again Muir
stuck his head clean through the glass
on his side. The fire was flying from
the set brakes like Dewey cclcbra
ton. | shut of steam, aud we mad,
another Rough Rider finish.
"'Train pipe has parted again. and
guess the way we stirred things ~
this time must have made the fat lad,
glad that Providence has been 50 good
to her as TO give her a soft place to land
on says |.
! "Murfs teeth were chatteriug. and
hc says: Bill. I never expect 10 get
home alive again. There's a hoodoo on
this train
"'Bettcr get your grub pail and
lunch, SOS you won't pull away hun
CRY. It's more likely n hobo trying
to get fresh cutting the train pipe,
SAYS /.
This time the pipe had separated he
tween two cars about 20 car lengths
back from the engine. They soon had
II connected again and we were of
once more. But we hadn't gone very
many miles further when. kcrslam
hang! we brought mp ON all fours again.
! was getting pretty mad now because
! knew there was some one separating
that train pipe which set the air brakes
and brought us up short. ! determined
not to bulge out of that spot till we
found out what il was. We had made
such sudden stop the last time that
we routed out every body and the side
show freaks were prancing around in
the chill, early morning air without
much clothes on. They presented an
uncanny sight. and didn't wonder al
Murf's saying the train was hoodooed.
The train hands and myself started in
10 make n thorough inspection, and
we had quite a few spectators from
members of the circus who occupied
three sleeping cars at the rear of the
train. They would offer us sugges-
tons now and then.
This his n bloody. blooming. blarst-
ed country, said the English ring
master. Hover in hold Heneland we
wouldn't 'arye sech COINS hon a. this.
IL the hair brakes won't work. why
don't you use the 'arnd brakes?'
Say, there was no ropes on yer
stayin' in hold Hengland was there
says the head brakeman. If YOU don't
like the way we do things why don't
yer go back? They probably have
never heard of hair brakes over there
"All this while we had been looking
the train over. and finally we reached
the caboose without finding any de-
feet in airbrake hose. Every time the
brakes had been set the pipe had been
found uncoupled between two cars
Certainly that pipe didn't fall apart
itself. We had about made up our
minds to start and try once more when
one of the brakemen, who was about
half way up the length of the train.
yelled:
Here it is, boys! It's a monkey,
sure's live. Hes hiding here on one
of the trucks of this car
1--WE all made a run for that car. and
sure enough there was a monkey sit
ting ON one of the rear trucks.
How are you going TO get him
out of there" asked the man who had
made the discovery. He made a move
ment toward his monkeyship. and
whist! the monkey went dancing along
on the under braces of the Ger. We had
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-08-30
KEEP A SONG UP ON DE WAY.

oh, dc clouds Is mighty heavy
An de- rain Is mighty thick;
Keep a SONG Wy on de way
An de waters Is a rumblln
On de powders In de crick.
Keep song up on dc way.
tu' bird crcross de road
IL a-singin LAX he knowcd
Dat we people didn't dare
Flu 60 try de rainy air
Wild a song upon de way.
whats de use o. gittin mopy.
Case de weather ain de best
Keep a song up on de way
Wen de rain Is fallin' ha'des';
Dey's de longest time to res;
Keep a song M on de way.
Dough de plow's a stan'in still
Deyll be water fu de MILL
Rain mus come as well az sun
'Fo' de weathah's wo'k Is done.
Keep q song up on de way
wy hits nice 10 hycah de showahs
Fallin' down ermong de trees;
Keep a song up on de way.
IF de birds don't bothah bout Il
But go singin' LAX dey please,
Keep a song up on de way,
You don s'pose Use gwiue to see
Dem an fowls do mo dan me-
No. suh I will chase dis frown,
An aldough de rain fall down,
Keep a song up on de way.
Paul Laurence Dunbar in Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-08-30

DR.. brown Aren't you rather inconsist.
ents You told me the other day that you
are ten per cent. better than YOU were When
you first c1nsulted me. and now YOU have
some here aud want me 10 take - per cent.
Oh my bill
Convalesccnt-Rut I am not here this
time for my health Boston Transcript.
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ronEed.

Every man. shouted the orator. has
his price"
You're a darn lar" aid the member
from Walypang. IN an undertone. My
price IL only 500 and I amt got 10 yit. -
Chicago Times. Herald
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II takes a woman 90 be unhappy thinking
how unhappy she would be II she were not
as happy a. she is--N Y. Press.
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Hewitt-"Every rose has its thorn"
Jewett--"Yes; the thorn is the bill. Town
Topics.
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THE DECLARATION or
INDEPENDENCE.

General washinrton's
mandcr-in Chief ~ the {
authenticity duly cert
Blaine, Sec. az state.
bond paper IN two oolors
seal OF the United Stat
Ing and an ornament TO
mailed 10 any address
Remit by registered lett
Or2c postage stamps 20
Adams Street, Chicago,
Evening star., 1899-04-12
Bombarded by Planets.

From the Popular Science Monthly.
The regions of space beyond our planet
are filled with flying fragments. Some meet
the earth in its onward rush; others, hav-
ing attained inconceivable velocity, over
take and crash into the whirIing sphere
with loud detonation and ominous glare,
finding destruction, or perhaps ricocheting
again into the unknown.
Some come singly, Vagrant fragments
from the intinity of space: others fall in
showers like golden rain, all constituting
bombardment appalling i'm its magnitude.
1t has been estimated that every twenty
four hours the earth on its atmosphere Is
struck by 100000 600 Of missiles of iron or
stone, ranging from an ounce up to tons in
weight.
Every month there rush upon the flying
globe at least 000000,00 iron and stone
fragments. which, with lurid accompani-
ment, crash into the circumambient at
mosphere.
Owing to the resistance offered by the air
few of these solid shots strike the earth.
They move out of space with a possible
velocity of thirty or forty miles a second
and, like moths, plunge into the revolving
globe, lured to their destruction by its fatal
attraction.
The moment they enter our atmosphere
they ignite; the air is piled up and conn
pressed ahead of them with inconceivabls
force. the resultant friction producing an
immediate rise In temperature and the
shooting star the meteor of popular pax-
lance, is the result
Evening star., 1899-04-12
OLD WORLD MILLIoNAIREs.
The Wealth of the Gar of Russia is
1nealeulable.

From the New York Journal
The death of the Russian general. Alex
ander Basilewski, serves TO recall how
very little is known in this country of the
existence in the old world of miiiionaires.
besides whose wealth even that cf the
Goulds. the Vanderbilts, the Astors and the
Rcckefellers sink into comparative insig-
nif1cance. True, it is not a wealth that is
so extensively advertised in the public press
as that of the great American lnulti-niI-
honaires, and hence is but little heard of
outside their own country
yet L doubt if there is any American or
English millionaire whose riches are so
boundless as those for instance of the late
NJ. Basilewski His fortune was simply in
calculable. and his gold mines in Siberia.
which have been in his family for genera
tionS, and which are famous for the rich
ness of their ore, for their splendid organi-
zation, and which are practically mex
haustibie, consututa only a portion of the
estate which he leaves, divided among his
tour sisters, nothing being left 20 his di-
vorced wife, who was the cause of such a
sensational law suit at st. Petersburg and
at Paris some twenty years ago. Most of
the large sturgeon fisheries In Russia be-
longed to him, and his estates in Orenbers
and Smoiensk are the size of Kingdoms
He came to Paris shortly after the Grim
can war, in which he distinguished himself
and from that time forth made his home in
the rrencn capital. 1t was his friend.
Prince Seltykoff, who first turned his atten
ton to art, and who inspired him with the
passion of his life. From that tims forth
the general devoted most of his time to the
formation of collection, which. was uer
haps the finest i'm Europe, his unlimited
wealth being Joined to unrivaled taste and
soundnass of judgment.
To house his treasures he built the palace
which formerly bore his name, but which
is now known as the Palace of Castillo. In
the Avenue Kieber and which in tofla, ~,
Partisan residence Of Queen Isabella of
Spain.
AT the time of his divorce from his wife
he determined to get rid Of both his Art