davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-02-02
ITO Re contlnuedl
The County Justice and Ola Ase

well remember one ease before a
Justice in which I acted as respondents
counsel in a criminal action. and In
which an older and well-known attor-
noy was my opponent As / thought
then. and as ! know now. the law and
the evidence was well in favor OF my
client. and az the close OF the argu-
ments I looked with great confidence
for a prompt acquittaL Judge OF my
establishment when my unfortunate
client was found guilty and sentenced
to 80 days in Jail I promptly entered
an appeal and furnished suretios TO
prosecute the same. Before left the
court room the justice took occasion
to take me aside and say: Young
man, l kinder thought ye ware right.
but knowed Judge W. manning my
opponent Is a sight oldorn you be. AMI
a sight better lawyer'n you be. and so
Of course Gin him judgment Judge
Shute. in Leslies Monthly Magazine.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-02-02
A TOOTHBRUSH RACK.
Bathroom Convenience Which Any
Boy Handy with Tools
Can Make.

Lots az boys have their own tool.
chests Here Is simple Continuance.
says Farm and Firoslde, upon which 10
try your tools.
Take a piece of wood about seven and
oue-half inches by two and ono-fourtk
Inches. and about the thickness OF a ol-
gar-box Gin fact a ciEar-box o. just The
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-02-02
Didn't Applaud.

She--I see It says on this programme
Of the Sunday concert that no applaud
ing was allowed.
He-Thats right.
WAS IL not hard to refrain from ex-
pressing your feellngs?"
II didn't refrain fro m expressing my
feellngs?"
"Rut hope you didn't disregard the
request?"
mo. only Kissed. - Yonkers States
man.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-02-02
CHAPTER VIII.
A nApoER IN nm TolLs.

A BADGER IN THE Tolls.
The rest of that night was long a
blank in Benton's mind lie had vague
recollections of a furious struggle. of
trampling horses, Of shining, whirling
saber blades, of a leap TO saddle and
frantic effort 10 cut his way through
circling foes, OF riders shouts, a wo-
mans scream, crushing blow that
nearly split his skull, and then
oblivion until morning: and the face
bending fondly, anxiously over him.
as he opened his eyes, was that of
Paul Ladue, and the first words that
faltered from his lips were Paul,
poor old boyl How sick you must have
been!" for, white and haggard and dis
tressed, the winsome features OF the
year gone blythe dream face of his
chosen friend. seemed aged and worn
almost beyond recognition.
Then there we're hours of trundling
over rough, half frozen roads, with a
racking pain in his fevered head and
incessant thirst Bearded faces came
and peered at him from time to time,
not in enmity or hate, but almost in
soldier sympathy, and one young fell
low in gray jacket and cap three
sizes too big for him, perched on the
back of the ambulance in which he
rode and gave him frequently cool wa
ter from his canteen. From time to
time DIR. Chiffon came and ministered
TO and comforted him. Its the TO
tune OF wah my deah sub" said he.
"Yes'dy my boy. my daughter and
young Ladue yahnduh were all in
your hands. Now It's Just the other
way. BE patient, sub. Once across the
RAppahannock ven take to the cyRhE.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-02-02
source of Supplies.

George. dear" said the bride ot
three weeks. Il wish you would tele-
phone to the liveryman before It is too
late"
"All right. darling" answered
George. What am | to say to him p"
Tell him." said her bridelets. TO
send up a pound of liver in time for
breakfast to go with our lSSJn"
Chicago Daily NewA
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-02-02
Migration of Sharks from East.

A curious effect of the war in the far
east is the migration OF shaI ks to Euro
pean waters. The submarine explo-
sions are supposed to have frightened
the creatures, which have passed
through the Suoz canal and have been
making havoc among tne fishes of the
Adriatic. Invasion of the Black sea
even has been feared,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
In the Newer West.

After the war many States were
added to the trans Mississippi list
Nebraska, the old partner of Kan
sas in the fateful territorial organi-
cation bill of 1854, came in in 1867,
and Colorado, Gilpin's old territory
was admitted in 1876 after several
attempts to get into the Union. In
1883, early in the administration of
General Harrison, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Montana and Wash
ington entered. In the following
year Idaho and Wyoming came in,
and half dozen years afterward
Utah was added TO the list, bringing
the whole number of States west of
the mississippi up to nineteen and
the grand aggregate of the country
at large up to f9rty-fve, where It
test for statehood of any of the
States. 1t started in 1850, at the
time OF CALIFORNIA; admission, when
Brigham Young's community en-
deavored to get in. The fight against
polygamy, which began soon after
ward, in which the Republican party
took a decided stand, kept Utah out
for the next third of century. In
the Fremont platform of 1856 the,
Republicans coupled polygamy with
slavery as twin relics OF barbarism.
The Republicans opposed Utah's ad-
mission until after President Wood
ruff the head of the Mormon Church,
In his manifesto of 1890, declared
that polygamy had been given up by
the church. AS this removed the
only objection which could be made
to admission, an amnesty was soon
afterward granted by the president
to all those assailed by previous anti
polygamy Federal laws, and Utah en-
tered at the beginning Of 1896 with
out any opposition.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
The Swiftest Birds.

Evidence has been collected re-
Gently which shows that the blue
throat flies from Central Africa to
the shores of the North Sea, a dis
tance of 1000 miles, in less than a
day and night, and makes It, more
over, In one uninterrupted flight
The storks which spend their sum-
mers In AustriaHungary and their
winters In India and Central Africa
are also marvellous travellers, and
make their journeys twice a year in
unbroken flight each time. From
Budapest, in Hungary, to Lahore, in
India, Is 2,400 miles in an air line
and the storks make the journey in
twenty-four hours, thus travelling at
the rate of 100 miles an hour for the
whole distance. The storks which
spend the summer in central Europe
and winter In central Africa travel
with the same rapidity.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30

Two years ago exhaustive practi-
cal experiments were commenced and
continued until recently on the mill
tary railway leading from Berlin to
Zossen, Telegraph stations were
fitted up with transmitters and re-
ceivers. while the trains were
equipped with the same apparatus.
Ordinary telegraph wires along the
track were used to facilitate the
work
The experiments proved that the
stations could at any time communi-
cate with train running at full
speed and warn 1t of impending dan
ger. The use of wireless telegraphy
In this connection would especially
safeguard trains on one-track rail
ways.
1t Is not expected that the expense
of supplying the necessary apparatus
Will be much beyond the budget al
lowed each year for repairing old
signals and introducing new inven-
tions which aim to protect life and
limb In railway travel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30

Consul Anderson, of Hangchow,
thinks the pomelo or Chinese bread
fruit would do well in this country.
The fruit Is grown in the United
States by few persons, but not com
mercially. Foreigners agree in de-
claring that the pomelo is the finest
fruit in the Far East. It combines
the good points of the orange with
the good points of the grape fruit.
The Chinese say that good-sized
tree will ordinarily produce from
600 to 700 pomeloes When 1t is
considered that many pomeloes will
run as large as seven or eight inches
in diameter and even larger, 1t will
be appreciated that such a tree is
bearing a load. The fruit Is more
oval than round. It's color and ap-
pearance are those of the grape fruit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
Americans Residing Abroad,

Year by year the number of Ameri-
cans residing in the chief European
cities has been increasing. Two
years ago an estimate of the num-
Der of Americans living in London
was made and the number was shown
to be 5000, with $4,000 In Paris.
There are according to the last
estimates $4,000 Americans residing
In London permanently, 10000 In
Paris, 5000 each in Rome and Ber-
lin, 2,600 In Munich, 1900 in Flor
ence and 1000 in Venice.
There are at all times between
100000 and 10000 Americans resi-
dent In European cities, apart from
the number of Americans who make
a summer trip to Europe and come
under the designation of either
transients or travellers. Most Euro
pean countries do not include In the
census of Inhabitants taken unnat-
uralized foreigners, and for that rea-
son the figures of the number of
Americans are not always easy to
get. Ten per cent. of the population
OF Paris, exclusive of transients, is
made up of foreigners-260,O0 900 for
eigners constantly in Paris, of whom
$4,000 are Americans.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30

A good instance of a double re-
proof occurred in a Scottish church
A lad named Merryweather was very
inattentive during the service, greatly
to the annoyance of the minister
His father always composed himself
for a nap directly the sermon was
well under way, so that the boy
could do as he liked without paren-
tai reproof. The minister could stand
1t no longer one Sunday, so he
stopped suddenly In his sermon and
said: John Merryweather, If you
continue to act In such an unseemly
manner during divine worship
shall tell your father. ! would tell
him now, but he happens to be
asleep" From that day Merryweather
senior and junior were model lis
teners.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
Pigeon Records,

Homing pigeons are the craze in
England just now, and on one recent
Saturday between 100000 and 300,-
600 birds were released in various
competitions. a number of these
were raced to London from Retford
and Branston. The distances are 127
and 113 miles, respectively, but no
birds of the several thousand re-
leased made the trip in the tradi-
tonal mile minute, although every
circumstance of wind and weather
was favorable to record breaking.
MUCH better time was made In a
contest from Templecombe to Lon
don, in which one bird made the 1OS
miles in ninety-four minutes, an
average of siXty7nine miles an hour.
and more than one hundred exceed
ed a speed of sixty miles an hour.
One of the oldest homers is a bird
which makes It's home around the
railway station at Liege, in Belgium.
There is a train from Liege to War
emme which starts every morning at
ten o'clock. AS soon as the train
pulls into the station the bird COM
mences to circle in the air, and as
soon as headway is gained follows
the train to its destination, return
Ing Immediately home, where 1t
flies about the station for the
rest of the day. 1t pays no attention
to any other of the trains and no one
is able to offer an explanation as to
why this particular train should be
favored.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30

No Englishman with daughters
could do rasher thing than permit
them to take lessons from eminent
professors with a view of going on
The stage. The opera stage in Eng
land scarcely exists. At Covent Gar
den a woman who can speak good
English can only get in by force Of
social influence; and abroad a for
dgner has very great difficulty be-
cause she cannot speak or sing with
perfect accent. The foreign lady
or gentleman comes across here and
on occasion will venture to sing in
English, and their mistakes bring
nothing more than a smile to the
faces of the audience. But let an
English singer go to France or Ger
many and something totally different
happens.
In 1897 Tamagno sang at Monte
Carlo before an audience which was
mainly French. He mispronounced
a word, and peal of derisive laugh
ter covered his stentorian notes. In
Brussels / heard an American tenor
laughed at because some of his
voWels were not quite pure-Brus-
ses, where their French Is the most
Vllainous patois | have ever heard.
In Germany | have heard both
French and English artists laughed
at because their accent was not alb
solutely correct.-Saturda Review.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
NEW TEST FOR TIMER.
Lumbermen Claim Timber Seasoned
In Water LnsIs Longer.


From a priori reasoning It would
be quite natural to suppose that the
water would soak out certain of the
summy matters of the wood, espe-
cially of the sap wood, making it
more easily dried. Moreover. the
washing out OF the sap from the
young wood removes most of the su-
gars, protelds, etc, which furnish
food for the bacteria and other fungi
1ich cause the rotting of lumber
Bureau of Forestry believes that
Is worth while from practical
"t of view to find out the truth
ut these impressions of lumber
i and reasonings of scientists.
Is beginning a series of tests at
new experiment stations in Michi-
n and Wisconsin. To make the
,.reriments as practical as possible
they will be conducted on telegraph
and telephone poles, articles whose
period of usefulness is n matter of
much economic Importance. The
poles will first be soaked in water
for varying lengths of time, and then
piled and seasoned, careful record
being kept of the time required for
seasoning and the quality of the sea-
soned Golfers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
Huge Masses Employed i'm Late War.

The great feature of the war has
been the huge masses engaged.
Leipzig itself in this respect COM
pares poorly with Mukden. The hosts
of 1912 were not so numerous as
those that invaded Manchuria, and
Borodtno may outrival Liaoyang in
horrors, but not in numbers of guns
or men that fought. Yet II Is surely
remarkable that after an unbroken
record OF defeat on such huge scale
the Russians still can show an army
fully equipped and organized in posi-
ton. Liaoyang and Mukden were
truly enough to break the spirit and
dissolve the ranks of the stoutest
troops In the world
In spite of the list of killed and
wounded, Of the prisoners, of the
guns and trophies the war could still
have been carried on. Yet Marengo,
mere skirmish in comparison to
those battles Of giants, decided the
fate OF nation. Jena laid king
dom In the dust. Even Friedland
compelled a Car to come to terms.
What is it that made Mukden in
decisive and could allow the Car
still to dream of victory when for
year and half not a CLEAN OF sue
cess had shone for a moment on his
bayonets? The terrane in which the
battles were fought had, OF course,
much to do with It, but the very
vastness of the armies had more. An
army of several hundreds OF thou
sands cannot be moved like one of
3 third the size. The telegraph may
do much, but 1t cannot annihilate
space where movements of men are
concerned, and to pursue a beaten
foe requires prompt action and en-
ergy, which are only possible where
events take place under the eye and
within the direction of a supreme
leader.-Saturday Review.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
GIFT TO JAPAN'S EMPRESS.


The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany recently completed sewing
machine for the Empress OF japan
on the order of President Roosevelt
1t is a present to the Empress by the
President in recognition of the cour-
tesy extended to his daughter, Miss
Alice Roosevelt, during her recent
visit to Japan.
The selection of a sewing machine
as gift came about from coGver-
sation Miss Roosevelt had with the
Empress. The latter expressed de-
sire to have an American sewing ma
chine, and Miss Roosevelt communi-
Gated the wish to her father, who i'm
mediately gave the order. The ma
chine Is of the V. S. pattern and Is
probably the most costly that has
ever been turned out of any factory.
Every part of 1t where there is no
friction Is gold plated
On one end of the machine at
tached to the gold plated ironwork
are the American and Japanese coats
of arms. Underneath the coats of
arms of the two countries in Japan
Csc characters is the date and then
follows the reason for the presenta-
ton.
From the time that the machine
was started until it received its final
test In the operating room the ut
most care and secrecy were main
tained and none but the most trusted
employees was allowed to do any part
OF the work upon it. The machine
was placed in mahogany cabinet in
laid with silk and plush in Japanese
colors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
NEVER REACH THE BOTTOM.
Articles Thrown Down Shaft
Found Clinging TO Side.


It is an interesting scientific fact,
and one not generally known, that
nothing that falls from the mouth OF
the deepest mining shaft in the world
ever reaches the bottom. This has
been demonstrated at the famous
Red Jacket shaft of the Big Calumet
and Hecla copper sline at Calumet
The article, no matter what shape or
size 1t may be, Is invariably found
clinging to the east side of the shaft.
One day a monkey wrench was
dropped, but 1t did not get to the
bottom. 1t was found lodged against
the east side of the shaft several
hundred feet down. This incident
coming to the attention of the Michi-
gan College of Mines, It was decided
to make careful test OF the appar-
ent phenomenon. 1t was decided best
to use small but heavy spherical
body, and a marble, tied 10 n thread
was suspended about twelve feet be-
low the mouth of the shaft. When
the marble was absolutely still, as
suring that It would drop straight
down, the thread was burned
through by the flame of a candle.
The marble fell, but at a point 500
feet from the surface brought up
against the east wall of the shaft
The same would be the case were
man to fall into the shaft While
1t would mean sure death, the body.
badly torn, would be found lodged In
the timbcrlng on the east side. Mem
bers of the faculty of the College of
Mines are now engaged In expert
ments with view of developing data
as TO the thickness of the earth's
crust. 1t is not hoped to solve the
pcrpleXing problem of the distribu-
ton of the earths matter, but It is
hoped to add to the information col.
lected concerning 1t.
To this end the Red Jacket SHAFT
presents advantages possessed by no
other place in the universe. The deep
shafts In other parts of the country
and in foreign lands generally begin
at an altitude and end above or very
little below the sea level, whereas at
the Calumet mine the Red Jacket
shaft starts In comparatively low
altitude and pierces the earths crust
deeper and further below the ocean
level than any other In existence. 1t
give some intelligent information re-
garding the Investigations. - St
Louis Dispatch
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30

1t is said that in a thunderstorm
the middle Of room is much the
safest place in house. A carpeted
hoor, or one covered with a thick
rug, is better to stand on than bare
wood 1t is well to keep away from
shimneys and out of cellars. In the
open air tall trees are dangerous. II
lightning strikes in the immediate
vicinity It will hit the high trees as a
rule, with few exceptions. Water is a
very good conductor, and 1t is well
therefore to avoid the banks Of
streams In thunderstorm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
THE ENGLIsHwoMAN's VOICE.
Loud Intrusive Speech No Longer
Confined to Poorer Glass,

Low voice and eyes that do not
wander"-these are among Oliver
Wendell Holiness points of good
manners in conversation. 1t Is only
when one is among people who
haNc learned or not forgotten these
points that one feels acutely the Of
lon5iveness of the English habit of
loud talking in public says the Lon
don Daily News. It is habit which
has grown alarmingly of late years
Formerly 1t was confined to Harry
and Harriet, who employed it on
holidays, partly as an expression Of
good humor, partly as an evidence of
social equality-an intimation Eat
they were not to be terrorized by
their 'betters." The habit in them
was eXcusable If deplorabe.
But the habit has spread Loud,
Intrusive speech has become the
mark of the West as well as of the
East. It has not yet touched the in
dustrial or middle class, except that
portion of the middle class whose
daughters have been to a certain
class of finishing" schools.
It is the strangest perversion of
good breeding conceivable. 1t Of
fcnds against the first law of be
havior, which is respect and consid-
Grafton for others. In fact, it OBJ
literates others. It assumes that no
one else is present, or that, being
present, they belong to another hemi-
sphere of society so remote and so
negligible that they do not count.
The loud voiced woman is trying
burden at home. Abroad, she Is a
blot on the national name. It is by
her vacuous and insolent shrillness
that English character is written
down. 1t is one of the causes why
England. though respected. is un-
loved on the Continent It IS symp-
tomato OF certain crude, overbear-
Inc attitude which has other mani
fe1tations touched on by a writer in
the Saturday Review who, discuss
ing the manners of English trippers
abroad generally, says: THE Ameri-
can, the German, or the French gem
tleman in England is even more
punctilious than when he Is travel
Ing among his own people. We can
not say the same of the English
people, though of good breeding or
education, when they are taking
holiday abroad, and 1t is painful to
add that the women are a trifle worse
than the men,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-30
The Ninrc UscfnI Scx.

Some interesting biological and So
Geological facts have lately been pub
lished about women which are cal
culated TO exalt the ostensibly weak
er sex In it's own eyes and also in
those of men. We have previously
pointed out the conclusion reached
by certain scientists that the average
lite of woman should and under nor
NAL circumstances would exceed
slightly the average life of man in
respect of duration. Now comes an
English biologist. Mr.. r. II. Mont
2omery, who, after a general review
OF the data presented by the anatomy
and evolution OF various invertebrate
and vertebrate animals, maintains
that the male is less developed and
more embryonic than the female So
far as the invertebrates and the low
er verterbrates are concerned, the
female is clearly superior. When,
within this field of observation, one
sex Is found to be rudimentary In
comparison with the other, 1t Is
pointed out that this is almost al
ways the male. In size the female Is
usually the superior Sometimes the
central nervous system is more high
ly specialized in the female, while, as
a rule, the internal productive appar-
atus Is more complex. In those cases
where the male seems, at the first
lance, superior. the difference turns
TO be mainly in unimportant NOR
ogical characters. Many species
.psects seem to get on altogether
-sout males for at least a genera
g.. The minated queen bee, for
,Ince, will lay fertile eggs, which
-" ever, produce only drones. It Is
well known that the working bee is
the product of the union between a
drone and a queen bee. From the
female aphis (plant louse) on a rose
bush will proceed several generations
Of offspring before the intervention
OF male is required. 1t appears,
then, that on certain planes OF or
senic existence there is no question
sf woman's rights. Nature has as
Agned to the male a role altogether
secondary or casual.