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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-12-08

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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03

nanshp that had with the public landed domain is
how to peopeize ownership of this DOMAINE how to
widen deepen the popular stake in this possession how to
sweep forward age is losing nothing overheard
from age passing but with everything aboard really
pubcanzd the public mind there will be feeling that under
laws the practical opportunities for individual career
supposed furnish the field is not all alike
appetite of the and Of America for food that
creates our problem their wish for entertainment change
What problem that under corporate policies the
instinct independent manhood the instinct that charaeze
people field for exercise And what cononts to find
way will security open this instinct the whole
domain of industrial propreorship.
When deeper judgment of the nation eached when the vest
this country that their greatest security lies
having all them neghbong vested interests proPretorshp
until carrying reasonable security is within
the who toll for without abang their
appreciation their present protective agencies to actually wish
for individual share the coun property when the country
up that benevoen the only thing that
that dealing the only thing that human but that
get in life human also that the wish for
career human individual independence human that
worlds inheritance from human when the spirit
inspired the pre-empon and homestead awspeozng the do
main ahers-evives dealing have to do
larger difficult domain that has fallen to when the
public lighted will be found abundant
ways infus this property domain of the republic
though embodied corporate form the widespread personal interest and
individuality that alone property its fullest utility agnecy
for good and alone private property its place the
publican institutions Of the country
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
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A LIFE-RoPE.
knowing Somebody Believes in You,
and That Keeping Straight Means
Something 70 Another"

Il met man the other day" said a
well-known physician. whom l had
long thought dead.
" Poor drunken fool!' a passerby
had said OF him as he lay in the sun
by the roadside. lie won't live
month
Last week I saw him. strong and
clear-eyed-a splendid specimen OK
manhood. He. too. had heard that YER
diet pronounced upon him. The words
stung. lie could not get them out OF
his mind. That night he went home
TO his mother. He had not been in tho
habit OF going home, but she was wait
ing for him just the same.
did you ever think Of the waiting
women all over the world? The sacred
ylgils OF the loving. longing hearts OF
mothers and wives. Of sisters and
daughters, night and day, over Gods
earth7
"The mans mother was waiting for
him. and welcomed him as only
mother knows how. She made him
cup OF hot coffee and told him 81 lit
tie happenings In the nelghborhood.
Mother he said. suddenly. II you
will help me, I'll never drink another
drop
lie heard her on her knees all that
night and many a night afterward.
They were very poor. and he had DIM
Guilty In, persuading anyone who knew
him that he was Trustworthy. The first
dollar he earned was by staying all
night with a nelghbor's little children
while the mother went to visit an older
daughter who was m al distance.
don't know as ought 20 trust
them With you. Jim Lent. the mother
sail. frankly. but remember. IN be
praying for you all every minute I'm
away-and don't let the fires 10 down.
Well, II Mrs. Coles can trus; hirt
with her little ones. another nelrhbor
said, i guess he'll be- safe with our
team. and he may as we'll have that biz
OF hauliHg-they say his mothers prot.
~ bad or
80 u went from one 20 another. Ia
ter he got steady employment. Its
been hard he said 10 me hard 10 Keen
away from drink and hard 20 live down
the reputation I'd been making for
years. But when temptations come
think OF those who have trusted me-
who trust me now. think Of nv
mother and Of all the lonely nights
she waited for me when never came
nome tell you. doctor he said
stronger than any pledge-stronger
than any threats or punlshments ls
just knowing that somebody believes
IN you-that your keeping straight
means something 20 somebody that
loves you. It's like llfe-rope 10 keep
your head above water when every-
ming elses gone down Youths
Companion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
MAKING FIREcRAcKERS.
Laborious Methods Employed by
the Chinese and Low
Price.

when was in China l used to see
them made, said c. M. Vest, OF Mime
apolis. "The frecracker has been in use
there a few thousand years. Few peo-
pie outside of China know the method of
manufacture. The straw paper is first
rolled by hand around an iron rod. which
varies in size according to the size OF the
cracker to be made To complete the
rolling g rude machine is used. This
consists of two uprights supporting an
axis, from which is suspended by two
arms a heavy piece Of wood, slightly
convex on the lower side.
There is just room between this
swinging block and the top Of the table
to place the cracker. AS each layer OF
paper is put on by hand, the cracker is
placed upon the table, and the suspend
ed weight is drawn over the roll, thus
tightening it until no more can be
passed under the weight. For the small
err whip cracker the workman uses FOR
compression, instead Of this machine a
heavy piece OF wood fitted with handle
like that Of a carpenters plane. In hll-
ing crackers 200 or 300 are tied together
in bunch.
Red clay Is spread over end Of each
cracker with a punch. While the clay
is being tamped in, little water is
sprayed on It, which makes 1t PACK
closer. The powder is poured in the
other end of the cracker With the aid
Of an awl the edge Of the paper is
turned in at the upper end Of the crack
er, and the fuse is inserted through this.
That is the way the Chinese make them.
In China they can be purchased at a
cost OF 62 cents for 10000, although the
best quality commands twice that
price"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
1lfhat'H lit Il Nantr
By CHARLES w. LAME.

prejudice this life than anything else whether
fancy, prejudice something else and is of the most
prominent characteristics of being This exists regard
well other things Most OF us remember Mark Iwan adnis-
named Spggn Virgins Higgins
rhyme with them, he felt desire cali the
bearer a enemy.
prejudice of that that feel in We
frequently Pecys Cude and the Clarences
ngs they all by any
apt the Johns and Toms of strength And in that
number likewise Frank and Harry
we think of boys John James dgnihed
make them Jack Jim and Bif they happen be the Jack
Jim and Bill sowhch hearts in the right pae-fo
apt the character character is by the
of prejudice, given an imagined color by a
Among the feminine find the prejudces and
perstions Bess invariably looked upon toboywhh
life happiness dgned wo
quantity odahoned rather small of while dark hair
large eyes the And girl honoed
if much abused of Mary Mayme Mae think
ashamed of her do who spells Smith, Smyth
In there great deal in the advertising vaue-and
merely phase of successful advertising The who
three syllable out of ten
leaving legacy if he left him with single
for single syllable short much alone
easily slips tongue without mpressing mind and
the mind like the muscles needs little work for its proper develop
ment Take it in literature is the three syllable that reaches
prominence before the and the the charmed
with the that for the
smiles of tickle Fortune her sister has
done vastly homage and laid larger number
at her feet
Have you noticed that the greater number authors who
jump fame from the portals of publishing have
long coupled with peculiar appeaons they form
striking combination that eye catcher ~
And this only in literature have frequently heard
young professional with Smdt names sigh
for Chauncey de Chamonde style of cognomen dis
guh them from the crowd and do their advertising for them Would
John Wanamaker have had great with
advertising? And do Chicago people think without
the longer prefix MARSHALL And again. would Chicago Milwaukee,
New York Philadelphia have greatness short and
easily forgotten Names attention from
the jokesmih under her maiden Of Athes2
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
ABOUT JOHNSON GRASS.
When II Was introduced in Louisiana
II Soon Became a Puzzling
Problem.

II is not given TO many countries 20
boast that its soil Is too fertile. and
that plants transferred to Il bloom and
grow with too great luxuriance. This.
however. Is the case in Louisiana, says
the New Orleans Times-Democrat,
where nearly everything fiourishes bet
ter than Il does anywhere else. even In
Its native soil. II will be remembered
how a few years ago a gentleman OF
this state. pleased by an aquatic plant.
bearing a beautiful purple blossom
which he saw In Honduras. brought the
water hyacinth TO louisiana. He threw
a few bulbs into tub In his back yard;
but the hyacinth, which grew slowly
In Central America, It's original home.
spread 30 rapidly in Louisiana that II
soon became a great pest; filling our
lakes and streams. interfering with
navigation, with logging. fishing and
a hundred other industries.
Still later an enterprising planter Of
East Carroll parish. who had found
cotton not profitable. determined TO
convert his plantation into a cattle
ranch. He had heard OF Johnson grass
as affording excellent grazing In the
west; and he bought quantity OF It
and planted II on his Louisiana place.
II did well. better than anticipated, bet
ter than desired. The Johnson grass.
encouraged by the rich alluvial lands
OF East Carroll TO a growth II had
never known in the west, spread with
great rapidity over the entire planta-
ton, and to neighboring plantations,
and one OF the leading agricultural
problems In Louisiana and the SOUTH
west ever since has been how to get
rid OF II. When the increasing price
OF cotton led the introducer OF Johnson
grass to try and change his crop to cot
tn, he set TO work TO extirpate the
grass. but his efforts were entirely I'M
successful. A sturdy fight against II
has been kept up ever since. with only
moderate success.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The constitution OF the new repnblic
OF Panama includes common drunkard.
among those who are not entitled 20
vote.
A well-known solicitor. moved by the
revival in Wales. Il Is said. has decided
to give up taking cases on behalf OF
breweries BY this decision he sacri-
feed G2.0O0 year.
Il told you you were going too far.
l knew you'd be drunk n you took thar
last glass" "Mdear Teller. fyou wash
smartsh you you think, you'd know'd
I'd be drunk Z took zhe hrsht CLASH
Houston Post.
The cause OF temperance has mads
marked progress In Denmark durina
the last quarter OF a century. There
are now about 10000 members OF tenn
perance societies in that country, and
the Danish congress appropriates An.
nually large sum 10 further the move.
ment
When the liquor men claim that
temperance laws are no. enforced and
cannot be, they simply proclaim the
lawlessness Of the liquor seller. The
more impossible they proclaim Il 10 be
TO enforce such statutes. the more do
they prove the lawless persistence Of
the dealer. II is no credit to the llouoy
traffic to boast that laws affecting its
interests are hard to enforce.-Ameri-
can Issue.
A special cabiegram, from London to
the Omaha Bee says: "If the consump-
ton OF wine continues to decrease AZ
the same rate as Il did last year none
at all will be drunk in this country in
six years time. This fact appears in
the board OF trade returns showing the
clearance OF wine for home consump-
ton during the last few years. The
figures are as follows: Total clearance
OF wine for home consumption. 1902.
15,S4s,2S6 gallons; 1903. 1896. 1911; 1904.
IL. 990,o00
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
CHINESE NEVER WHISTLE.
story of American Snake-charmel
May Explain Celestial SUI
perstition.

Did you ever hear a Chinaman
whistle?
It's better than 10 to that you never
did and about the same odds that you
never paused to wonder why. No mat
ter how brightly the sun shines or how
che hop market fuofuates the celestial
never whistles a note. says the Butte
Miner.
Hop Lee Sing. a member OF Butte's
Chinese colony, when asked TO explain
the phenomenon told the following
story:
Many years ago a snake charmer went
to China from this country. lie
charmed the reptiles and compelled
them to go to sleep by peculiar whistle
The simple Chinese had never before
witnessed such a wonderful perform
ance and looked upon the stranger with
awe
one day pretty Chinese girl left her
houseboat home and ran away with the
snake charmer. The orientals believed
that the American had captiyated the
girl with his whistle In the same man
ner that he charmed the reptiles.
After a long search the foreigner and
his bride were found. The nah was
locked up and che girl restored 70 her
folks. He was ordered to be killed.
The next morning when the execu-
TONERS came TO the prison their captive
had escaped. The jailer was lying In a
stupor near by and the Cinnamon i'm
mediately decided that he was victim
Of the mysterious whistle.
Within short time the snake charm
er was recaptured and again sentenced
TO death. Three guards we're placed
over him 10 prevent a second escape
All night long the American sat In his
wooden cage and comforted himself by
whistling songs OF his native land Just
before dawn he closed his eyes and
whispered a prayer.
With a brisk step he walked out the
next morning TO meet his fate, whistling
as he went.
AS he was about 20 kneel before the
executioner a whistle sounded In the
harbor and a moment later an American
gunboat steamed in The Cinnamon
WIZ A"AAA'A1AfA ~ hiAt UNUSUAL hihAA
and thought that the snake charIner
must be an agent OF the devil The
whistle they believed. was his method
OF communicating with hell
Shortly afterward there was n pun
OF smoke and a she'll whistled over the
heads OF the celestials. exploding Ia a
josshouse near by. The temple was de-
stroyed and two priests killed.
, This was enough. The executioners
ned and the snake charmer made mis-
way safely to the gunboat and escaped.
shortly afterward the emperor deliv-
cred an edict making Il crime for any
Chinaman to whistle.
or course American Cninks don't
place any faith In the power OF whistle.
but the average celestial would Just
about as soon cut on his queue az indulge
in the time-honored Yankee pastime.
They think It would bring them bad
luck
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
SCENES IN RURAL FRANCE.
Ideal Spot for the Home of Love, But
Young Folks Have De-
parted.

II would be difficult to find more
suitable background for love making
than the rural landscape Of central
France affords. Earth and sky combine
their beauties to form rustic paradise.
In June nature wanders down the fer
tile river valleys like lovely princess
who is crowned with flowers and goes
her way carelessly, yet nobly, yelled
softly in a rosy mist.
Whether you follow the high road or
the meadow path, presently you find
yourself lost in veritable tanglewood
of sound and sense. Above the other
bird notes which thrill the air, the
cuckoo's call sounds clear, the cricket
chirps a home song at your feet, and in
the neighboring clump Of trees a wood
pecker whistles for rain.
To the right the river, at this point in
its course no more than a creek, winds
gracefully between sweet meadows, or
under willow branches; further down,
where It widens out, just beyond the
small arched bridge, there is an old mill
and a washhouse standing In the
stream. To the right, at distance, the
hilltops are outlined against a summer
sky, and ahead are uplands which seem
to touch the lightly floating clouds.
Yet youth is absent from every corner
Of the scene, and without youth you can
not have romance. In the wide fields
where peoples flame in the waving
grass, and where bullets nod lightly mid
the ripening grain, you see only odd peo-
pie working. bending their backs wear
lily beneath a double weight of toll and
years. For all the young men are serv-
ing in the army.
And the girls have gone to Paris, or
TO some other lesser city nearer by, not
to earn a living merely. but also, IL pos
sible, TO earn a dot.
You cannot help feeling that II is a
pity that strangers only, Who are rarely
in a picturesquely sentimental mood,
have a chance to enjoy the attractive
lovers hooks that in this neighborhood
abound, the while the rightful owners
are far away, plodding through the
prose of life.
In the village customs hereabout,
however, trace Of the poetry Of the
country life of former days remains In
the browning Of che Rosiere. which
takes place in early June. This is the
occasion when the most virtuous
maiden Of the parish receives a rose IN
acknowledgment Of her goodness, and
receives likewise a dowry. which has
been provided either by the cure or by
some kind-hearted aristocrat Of the
countryside.
The browning of the Rosiere is always
charming festival, even though the
rustic queen Of virtue who has been
chosen is homeIy. and utterly without
grace Of manner-which is usually true,
OF course, else she would not be so sur
passingly good. Dressed all in white,
she goes through the streets on the
mayors arm, followed by a procession
OF white-robed maidens bearing gar
lands Of flowers
With appropriate ceremony the
mayor presents to her the crown of
roses, the dowry which has been pro-
vided, and possibly little gift of his
ovD, as a souvenir Of the occasion.
Sometimes the festival ends in we'd
ding, and the Rosiere becomes the happy
bride Of some rustic sutton, who appre-
ciated her virtues even before they won
her a dot.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03

Sea Island cotton is the best kind
1t is finer and silhier than any other
cotton in the world. A pound Of II
can be spun into 4.770 miles OF thread.
For an experiment once in the English
town Of Manchester a skilled spinner
spun q pound OF Sea Island cotton In
to q single thread 1000 miles long.
Then for another experiment he took
another pound OF cotton and spun II
into as many hanks as he could get
He got 10000 hanks in all. and the
yarn in each Of them measured $40
yards. Thus out OF pound Of cotton
Alto miles Of yarn was produced. but
too fine to be OF any practical utility.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
Gypsies on the Sea.

In the archipelago on Mergui, on the
coast Of Lower Burma. Asia, live the
sea gypsies-" Instead Of carts they
own covered boats, in which with their
families. dogs. cats, chickens and pets,
they float about on the sea and wander
from island to island. BY day they fish
OF harpoon turtle or dive for oysters.
But every night they put back to the
shore. II the weather is bad at sea
they land with their dogs and then
poaeh, catching porcupinee, squirrels
armadilloes. hog, deer and the like. Of
which they make savory stews. as
American gypsies do.--Chicago Jour-
nal
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03

The New Hampshire state board Of
health has recently issued a sanitary
bulletin" containing the results OF
analysis made Of foodstuffs sold in
that state. Out of 1868 articles pur-
chased. consisting Of canned goods.
baking powders. meat products. spices,
jellies. jams. etc. more than as per
cent. we're found to contain adultera-
tons. OF the 80 samples OF canned
fruits. jellies and Jams examined. 20.
OF 81 per cent we're found to be In
this degree defective.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03

Although a majority OF the men in
this country have three names, an I'M
usual proportion of those who attain
eminence in public life have only two.
Take the recent cabinet changes as an
illustration: Paul Morton resigned,
John Hay died and Elihu Root is 70 re-
turn to the cabinet. No middle name
in any of these cases. OF rs men who
have held the Office Of president only
seven have had more than two names
OF the 2s vice presidents IL have had
two names and 13 have had three.
The United States supreme court has
had eight chief justices, four with two
names, four with three.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
Shrewd Move.

Mrs. Fox-Great newsl George Ii en-
gagged to Miss Roxley.
Mr.. Fox--What! Our SOD engaged to
Miss Roxley? / must objectl
Nonsense! Are you out OF your
mind?"
mot at all. but II we don't kick a
little the Roxleys will think we don't
amount to much and they'll probably
call It all OF. Catholic Standard and
Times.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03

Never before in the history Of this
land has nature opened her cornuco-
pia more generously and poured out
greater plenty. The west has a REQ
ord-breaking wheat crop that is tax
ing her labor to the fullest to harvest.
And It takes less Of 1t to make a bar
rel OF -four than In previous years
The south has a good cotton crop
coming on. and the growers are talk
ing ten-cent cotton and prosperity.
The corn crop OF the country prom
ises to be S0O.OOo.OOO bushels larger
than ever before and worth something
Like s1.eto. oo0.o TO the farmers.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03

The Pugent Sound navy yard. 10
Gated at Bremerton, Wash. Is rapidly
becoming the nations most important
naval base. owing TO the increase Of
international interest in the Far
East" and to its being the nearest sta
ton to the Philippines. furthermore,
the authorities have recently made
public the result Of a preliminary sur
vey. which developed the fact that
Uncle Sam can start a feet OF war
ships from Puget Sound for the sphere
of the present Russo-Japanese war and
stop them every night in an American
port until they reach the east coast
OF Asia Just north OF Japan.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
The Tea Habit

DIR. John H. Clarke, London ply
sician. says: The great majority Of
mankind are slaves to one or more poi.
sons. OF these habits the tea habit is
one OF the most subtle, insinuating and
INJURIOUS"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
The Four-Miie Law An T.nn..s.s

The Four-Mile Law in Tennessee.
AS a result OF the four-mlls law of
Tennessee, originally passed In 1877
and amended in 1887. saloons were
driven entirely out of the country dis
stricts. Under the act Of 1899, EXTEND
ing the provisions OF the four-mile law
to towns OF 1000 inhabitants. they
were driven out OF rs towns In which
they then existed. Since the passage
OF the Adams law in 1903 they have
been driven out Of 40 other towns, leav-
ing them now IN only II cities and
towns in the state-eight over 5000 In
habltants which do not come under
provisions Of the law. and nine under
5000 which have not yet taken advan-
tage OF it--and leaving them In only
IL counties out OF the 90.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03

Leonidas Leonell. of Undina, Italy.
has the largest Dante library in the
world. 1t comprises more than three
thousand publications of all languages
relating TO the poet.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-03
Chr Gnrpnrattn1t yrnlrlFtn
HRfnrr tlrR Aattnn
BY JUDGE PETER 5. cRosscUP.
United States Circuit Court. Chicago.

The great corporate problem before the Amer-
can people is not how to wipe out the domain of
property represented by the corporation; nor how to
hinder hamper it, how 20 take 1t over into ma
tional propretorship simply, how to make those
who have already into its proprietorship deal
fairly and bengnantly with the people, as the great
proprietors in the monarches of Europe might be
required to deal fairly with their peoples.
The great problem that oonfronts the statesman
ship of his day. like that which confronted the states