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70 keep on the line. for II the open.
ing is not round or even. the instru-
ment will not work satisfactorily.
Next take one OF the biadders and
after cutting the neck on cut away
about onc.thlrd Of Il from end 10 end
then soak Il in water. warm. but not
too hot. until Il becomes white and
soft. after which stretch Il loosely
but evenly over the opening. letting
the inside Of the bladder be on top.
and Jack temporarily all around one
inch from the edge OF the opening
Now test II by pushing the center
with your finger; II Il stretches
smoothly and without wrinkles, Il Will
do; but n Il does not. you must change
It's position until Il does 50 Next
take strip Of leather and tack com
plotely around the edge Of the open.
ing. putting the tacks closely together.
and taking care to keep the bladder
stretched evenly while doing so.
When you have q tackled properly.
take your knife and cut away that part
OF the bladder on the outside strip
Zig ~.
This done. break on three feet OF
the wire. and after attaching Il TO
ono OF the buttons Gig ~. pass the
free end through the center OF the
bladder until the button rests on its
surface a Fig -, then fasten a
weight OF eight pounds 70 the end OF
the wire and set in the sun for two
hours or more until thoroughly dry
Gig p.
Proceed with the other materials in
a like manner. and when YOU have
both drums well dried. place one on
each end Of the line. and connect the
button wires with the main wire by
loops. and stretch Il as tightly as pos.
sible. and with few sharp angles.
Whenever a support is needed use a
loop.
TO cali up. strike the button with
a lead pencil. and the one called up
will respond in a like manner. This
Is not -. but Is practical tele.
phone thai is seryiceable from three
feet 10 three miles.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04

very tough, sir. 4 piece Of wood rev
up and struck me"
TOO bad!" said with sympathy.
You'd better rest a bit this after
noon"
Thank you. sir; but it's only a
small matter-only, you might think
the cut a trifle dishguring.'
He struck a match for my cigarette.
and left without looking at him
again But as crossed the threshold
OF the library | formulated this note
Bates is a liar for one thing, and a
person with active enemies for an
other; watch him
All things considered the day was
passing well enough. | picked mp
book threw myself on a comfortable
diyan to smoke and reflect before coz
tinuing my explorations. As | lay
there Rates brought me a telegram, a
reply to my message TO Pickering. Il
read:
Yours announcing arrival received
and fled"
Il was certainly a Queer business.
my errand TO Glenarm | lay for a
couple Of hours dreaming, and counted
the candles In the great crystal chan.
delier until my eyes ached. Then
took my cap and was soon tramplng
toward the lake.
There were several small boats and
a naphtha launch in the boathouse.
dropped a canoe into the water and
padded OF toward the summer colony.
whose gables and red roofs were plain.
~ visible from the boat-house.
/ landed and roamed idly over leaf
strewn walks past nearly a hundred
cottages, TO whose windows and
verandas the winter blinds gave
dreary and inhospitable air, There
was. at one point. a casino whose
broad veranda hung over the edge OF
the lake, while beneath. on the water
side, was a bCat-house.
I walked back to the wharf. where
had left my canoe. and was about to
step into II when | saw. rocking al a
similar landing place nearby, another
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
REPORTED IN FLAMES
ARE TEN RoUMANlAN TOWNS
AND VILLAGES.
1000 MEN ARMED WITH RIFLES
Attack Company Of soldie 5, VINO
Fired Several Volleys, Killing
Forty Peasants.

London, March 26.-In a dispatch
from Sofia a CORES ondent says he
has been informed from a reliable
source at Rustchuk that 10 Roumanlan
villages near there are burning and
that the flames are visible from Rust.
chuk
That the Roumanlan government
considers the present trouble in Mol
davia and Wallachla as result Of
similar disturbances in the adjacent
provinces OF Russia, and not Of an
anti-Jewish character, Is evident from
a communication made b. former
Premier Cantacuzene and telegraphcd
by him from Bucharest 10 London.
The premier says:
"The grave troubles which have
been broken out In Roumania do not
arise from any anu-Semiuc feeling.
They are OF a well defined agrarian
character. The peasants are not only
devastating the houses and farms OF
Jewish farmers, but also those OF Rou.
manian landed proDrietcrs. II is un.
deniable that these sad occurrences
are part Of the agitation now preya.
lent In Russia. especially In Bessara-
bla. which borders on ROumania
The ROumanian government Is TAX
Ing energetic measures TO restore Or
der, and it hopes that by cctive mill
tary Intervention the riotlng quickly
will be suppressed. Immediately the
government will introduce a series OF
measures providing for the necessary
agrarian reforms"
Bucharest, March 26.-That the re-
VOTED peasants OF Roumania are at
least temporarily beyond control Of
the government forces In the field Is
amply evidenced by the stories OF
pillaging and incendiarism coming IN
from all parts Of Moldavia and Walla.
CHA.
The plundering continues on a
large scale IN the districts Of Roman.
Putna. Jassy and Bolosahni.
There have been several serious con
flcts between peasants and troops, no
tably az Baches. in the district OF
Vaslui. where 1000 peasants armed
with rifes and reyolvers attacked
company OF soldiers.
The troops fired several yolleys. XIII
Ing 40 peasants and woundlng large
numbers. but the soldiers we're so
greatly outnumbered that they finally
were obliged TO retreat
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and hugging the wall close. ran
i-ward the lake. Instantly the pursuer
broke into view. Ii was Bates, evil
IDENTITY much excited and with an ugly
cut across his forehead. He carried
heavy club. and. after listening for
moment for sounds of the enemy. he
hurried after the caretaker
II was not my row. though | must
say It wakened my curiosity.
Strengthened myself out. threw my
legs over the school side of the wall
and lighted a cigar, feeling cheered
by the opportunity the stone barricade
offered for observing the world
As l looked on toward the little
church I found two other actors ap-
pearing on the scene. A girl stood in
a little opening OF the wood. talking
to a man. Her hands were thrust into
the pockets OF her covert coat she
wore a red tam-o- shanter. that made
bright bit of color i'm the wood. They
were not more than a dozen yards
away, but a wild growth of young
naples lay between us. Their profiles
were toward me. aud the tones OF the
girls voice reached me clearly as she
addressed her companion. He wore a
clergyman's high walstcoat. and as
sumed that he was the chaplain whom
Bates had mentioned. I am not by
nature an eavesdropper. but the girl
was clearly making plea of some
kind. and the chaplain's stalwart fig
IRE awake in me an antagonism that
held me 10 the wall
IF he comes here I shall go away
so you may as well understand It and
tell him | shan't see him under any
circumstances. and I'm not going TO
Florida or California or anywhere else
on a private car no matter who chap.
erones It,"
Certainly not, unless you want TO
certainly not" said the chaplain
You understand that I'm only giving
you his message He thought il
best"
Not to write to me or to Sister
Theresa" broke in the girl contemp-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
AN EASILY MADE TELEPHONE.
instrument That Will Work n Con.
strueted Carefully.

The materials YOU will require are
two pine boards ten by 10 inches. and
half an inch thick two fresh beef
bladders. one box at four ounce tacks.
two large guttapercha oyorcoat but
tons. some strips of thin leather one.
quarter of an inch wide. aud lastly
some flexible wire. The best wire for
the purpose is that used In book.bind.
ing machines but. II IL cannot be OBJ
toned. any soft. flexible wire will do.
Prepare tho bladders first by blow
ing them up tightly. and leaving them
so for a day or two until they are
thoroughly stretched. bot do not let
them become dry and hard. says Good
Literature. While the bladders are
stretching you can obtain the other
materials. To begin. take one of the
boards. and having brought IL 90 the
required dimensions. draw a circle In
its center eight inches In diameter.
which YOU mast saw out. taking care
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
CHAPTER VI.
Ihe oIrI and the Canoe.

Bates did not refer to his encounter
with the caretaker. and / resolved to
keep my knowledge of II to myself
always prefer to let rascal hang him
self, and here was a case. | reasoned.
where, If Bates was disloyal TO the
duties Pickering had imposed upon
him, the fact of his perfidy was bound
TO disclose itself eventually. CHANGING
around at him when he was of guard
surprised a look OF utter detection
upon his face as he stood with folded
arms behind my chair.
lie flushed and started. then put his
hand to his forehead. where a strip of
plaster covered his wound
Il met with a slight accident this
morning, MI Glenarm. The hickory
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
WHERE CHILDREN ARE TAKEN.
Mrs. Gunbusta Found One Of Few
Spots in New York.

Mrs. Gunbusta left her pretty cot
tage in Bumhurst and took the earliest
train to the city, says the New York
Press. She was going there 20 find a
modern fiat for herself, her husband
and their four little children. They
had tired of the suburbs and decided
to move TO the city.
Arriving in the metropolis, Mrs
Gunbusta popped into the first real
estate Office that confronted her. and.
going up TO a ruddy-faced. chubby
man seated at a polished desk, she
gasped;
Excuse me, sir-I'm Mrs. Gunbusta
Of Bumhurst-we're tired OF the sub
urbs-we want to come to the city
that's why I've called-rm looking for
a place where they'll take children
do you know of any such place."
"Oh, yes, there are few places left
In the city where they take children, -
replied the man, wheeling about in his
chair; there is a fine place two
blocks down, right on the corner; take
look at t.; you can't miss seeing IL. +"
I'm go to see it Immediately" aud
as Mrs. Gunbusta hurried out OF the
place and walked in the direction indi-
Gated the ruddy-faced. chubby fellows
eyes twinkled merrily. Walking down
two blocks. what was Mrs. Gunbusta's
surprise to see on the corner an i'm.
mense granite building, on the front
of which was a large gilt sign. read
ing:
CITY ORPHAN ASYLUM"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
Across Lots.

What do people mean when they
talk about taoking?" asked Bobby.
who had listened TO a detailed account
of his sisters first experience In a
sailboat with interest. but in much
confusion of mind.
"Oh. you'll know when you're lit
tie bit older" said the sister. but the
small round face wore an expression
OF injury. and she had TO explain fur
Their.
why. it's Just turning halfway
round" she said. with slight hesita.
ton, "and then-and then you sail on
the bias Youths Companion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
HAVE VOTED TO STRIKE
Unless Companies Agree To Make
Concessions.

Chicago. March pa crisis has
been reached in the negotiations De.
tween the railroads throughout the
west and their employees over the wage
question, and 1T is up TO the general
managers" according TO representa-
tives OF the $4,000 employees who have
voted TO strike unless their demands
are complied with.
The reply OF the general managers
To this statement Is: I'VE have con-
ceded all We can"
Tuesday morning both sides viii
meet in conference. and unless there
IS a backdown on one side or the other
the most gigantic strike 10 the history
OF transportation in this country APP
pears imminent
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
Verdict Against Negro soldiers

Washington, March 26-Senate COM
idittee on military affairs received from
the acting secretary Of var copy OF
a telegram from Brig. Gen. McCaskey,
commanding the department Of Texas,
concerning the Mai. Penrose court
martial. The telegram says that Pen
rose was exonerated. but that the
court found that the shooting up Of
Brownsville was done BY men OF the
9th Infantry.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04

slight craft of the same type as my
own, but painted dark maroon was
sure the canoe had not been there
when | landed Possibly II belonged
TO Morgan, the caretakerl walked
over and examined It. even lifted IL
slightly to test its weight. The pad
die lay on the dock beside me and IT..
too, I weighed critically, deciding that
il was a trifle light for my own taste.
"Please-if you don't mind"
CTO BE CONTINUED
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
Something LACKING.

The small boy was making calls
with his mother. and TO soothe his evi.
dent restlcssness, the minister's wife
had given him an apple
What do you say. William" the
mother prompted.
Peel IT," William answered. with
eonvlction.-LIpplncott's Magazine.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
Arm IN Arm 10 Death.

San Francisco. March 26.-Fred
Bsumbroth, teamster, living In 3
tent, shot and killed his wife. and
then killed himself. No motive tor the
tragedy is known. Before the shooting
the couple wNe warlking arm in arm
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04

was cast with swing OF Inc ann.
aided by twist OF the whole body.
The picture will give you correct
idea OF the position OF the player.
Similar 10 this game. the ancients had
another. Throwing the solos," a
heavy spherical mass OF stone or iron.
perforated through the center 60 ad-
init rope. by the aid OF which Il was
thrown.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04

called Throwing
the discus. Tho
discus was a cir
cular plate OF
stone or metal.
ten to 10 inches
in diameter. and
was held by its
further edge with
the right hand. so
as TO lean upon
the forearm. and
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
TwENTY.slx PEOPLE INJURED
ey Explosion Of Natural Gas In a
Theater.

Greenfield. Ind, March 26.-Twenty.
sin persons we're injured, some seri
ously, and a two-story building occu-
pied by a five-cent theater with NOV.
ing pictures was wrecked by an rx-
plosion OF natural gas used 10 heat the
building
About 200 people we're in the theater
az the time, and in the panic that fol
lowed men, women and children rush
ed for the doors. trampling on one
another. That no one was killed out
right is considered nothing short Of
miracle.
The loss. including the building
wrecked and adjoining structures, Is
estimated at $4,000
The explosion IS thought to have
been caused by llghted match, which
ignited escaping gas az yentilator
under the east window OF the build.
ing
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
Yacht Wrecked.

Millyalc. N j.. March 26-The yacht
Star, which left Anslesea, n. j., on
Sunday for this place, was found noat-
ing on Dead Mas shoals, In Maurice
river cove. bottom up. and It u feared
that the three men VINO len in the
yacht have drowned.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
Much Depends on the Color.

Shells II really true that the blind
can determine color by the sense Of
touch?
He-Certainly. once knew a blind
man who was able TO tell a red-hot
stove by merely putting his finger on
it.--Illustrated Bits.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
DISPUTED RIGHT OF WAY.

This picture Is taken from a won
deriul photograph showing how cat
erpillars light. These two creatures
have met on twig and neither Will
give the other the right OF way Both
want IL. and the result will be fight
to the death. The picture shows the
catcrpillars sparring for an opening.
just as two human fighters approach
each other in the ring
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-04-04
THROWING The DISCUS.
The Old Greek and Roman Game Of
ouoits.

Have you ever played quolts? Tito
Greeks and Romans had a game vcry
similar to quoits. and Il was one of
their favorite amusements II was
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-21
For One Dollar
Minister Cleans
Lawyers office
Jefferson Dipine Calls Self
Laboring Man and Makes
Good When Put to
the Test

Jefferson, May 20.-The popular pas
tor of the Baptist church, the Rev. Mr..
Halbert knows what 1t is to earn
bread by the sweat of his brow" for
Saturday morning he was employed
by one Of Jefferson's popular attorneys,
the Hon. G.. s. Tolliver to clean UP his
office. The affair is the joke Of the sea-
son locally. where the attorney has re.
tire to seclusion to escape the good ma
tured gibes of his friends.
Halbert had been here only few
days. He was introduced on the street
to the attorney by parishioner. The
parishioner, passed on. leaving the at
torney and pastor together.
Are you a working MANI" asked
the attorney.
81 am"
Then Tolliver offered the man of the
cloth "job." The offer was accepted.
After 1t was all over and the Office
cleaned, while questioning his employe
Tolliver asked:
what is your principal line Of la.
bor7''
81 am the new Baptist mint
the reverend gentleman replied soft
ly.
Hon. G.. s. Tolliver has been sudden
ly called from the city on an important
business engagement.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-21

"CROP KILLERS"
ARE ASSAILED
coBURN OF KANSAS ISSUES
cAUsTlc LETTER SCORING
AGENTS OF sPEcuLAToRs

Topeka, Kan, lay 20.-The "crop
killers" representing Chicago specula-
tors, who have been journeying hast
lily through Kansas and reporting
gloomy prospects for a wheat crop,
have aroused the indignation of B. d.
Coburn, secretary Of the department
of agriculture of the state Of Kansas,
and he has been moved to issue a new
kind of bulletin, which treats not OF
crops, but of the "crop killers"
Mr.. Coburn considers them much
more dangerous than the green bug,
and he has sent out to some of his
friends description of the genus
which reads as follows:
SOFTLY caressing his Dubious abdo-
men. lined with fat capon and irrigat-
ed with Mumm's extra wet, he fareth
forth to Kansas on his trusty Pullman,
and at eventfde desolation and threat
ened famine stalk where morning saw
the smiling plain basking all unsus-
picious in the sunshine Of prosperity,
promise and peace.
Bulls and Bears Fight.
# ''The countryside from Alma to Wa
mego has been laid waste by such bug
or besom as the killer deemed most
suitable to his reason and the
morning and the evening journals tell
Of the rack it hath wrought.
"On the morning Of the second day
his pals, disguised as bulls with fierce
horns, rush into the pits where are
bears, and by loud howlings and fierce
demeanor become possessed Of the
large portions Of juicy meat upon
which the bears fain would feed, even
to fatness, the winter through.
In good time the killer putteth out
to sea, not in a cattle steamer, but In
sumptuous yacht. whereoh he con-.
tinually maketh merry, with music and
maidens, and chortles at the newspa-
per chumps who wasted their sub
stance in spreading his poison exactly
as he would have it spread-at their
own expense, in turgid type, on the
front page, top Of column.
about the selt-same day, the farm
er. knowing the heat burden Of the
season so near at hand. calleth about
him his men servants and his maid
servants and telleth them to prepare
for a bigger job Of harvesting than
they have ever tackled before, while he
goeth In his automobile at dawn seek
ing to lease the highway for a stock
tional granary. And his latter end
shall be worse than the first when
gnasheth at the railroad that their
sidings are too short for the cars he
needs and the worlds grain prices get
baggy at the knees because Kansas
has again, as her habit, raised the big
tgest crop ever ,-r--e--' -. q ~
"And It was ever thus"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-21
Court Opens at 10 O'clock
This Morning-Gen. Bell
May Take a Hand in
the Case =,
MAY NEED 1000
MORE TALESMEN
Fifth Juror is Chosen Few
Spectators at Morning Ses.
sion-Prisoner's Family
Absent

Boise, Idaho. May 2o.-Court
opened at 10 o'clock this morning
in the Haywood trial. The de.
tense proceeded with the examina,
ton of T. g. Decleroq. who is In
the fifth chair.
Boise, Idaho, May 20-N:20
o'clock. y There was scant at-
tenance Of spectators at the morn
ing session of the trial. The Hay
wood family was absent. The
prisoner sat close to his counsel
and frequently consulted with
them. After a long examination
Desleroq declared his mind to be-
pretty well made up. He was ex-
cused.
George Powell, a rancfer and q
native of Kansas proved ACCEPT.
able to both sides and took his.
place as Juror No. s.. He was
about 60 years old. The defense
exercised, It's fifth peremptory
challenge on Joseph Chinn. Ten
preemptory challenges have now.
been used and twenty-three tales.
men remain to be examined. It
now seems certain another special
venire Of so or 100 talesmen will
be issued early this week.
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Outcome Of Battle is Still a
Matter Of Speculation
While Spirited Dis
cussion Goes on
CHAIRMAN DOSkER
SPRINGS SURPRISE
Announcement Made That
Overture on Temperance
Question Will be Re.
turned Because of Form

Columbus, O., May 2o.-The temper
ance question continues to be the
chief topic of discussion today among
the commissioners at the Presbyter-
ian, general Assembly. The outcome
Of the fight is still a matter Of specu-
lation sensation was created to-
day by the authoritative announcement
that DR. Henry 3. Dosker, chairman
OF the standing committee on temper
ance, will today return the overtures
on temperance back to the committee
on bills and overtures. The overture
in question condemns the organization
Of the church Federation Of Temper
ance and recommends that the church
give Its hearty support to the Anti
saloon league. The whole question
is scheduled to come up Friday.
The general assembly today began
the considering of the reports Of the
special standing committees and the
boards work, which it is thought may
take all week.
Threatening AntIpathy.
Columbus, O., May 20 The first in
dication In the general Presbyterian
assembly Of smouldering but threaten
I ing antipatny toward the temperance
report came Saturday, when Or. David
Wills, Jr., of Oswego, N. Y, appointed
Friday by Moderator Roberts handed
in his resignation with the absolute
refusal to serve upon the committee.
He gave as a reason that he did not
care to be at the head of the committee
which will be the bone of contention
and target for shafts of those opposed
to the report.
When the assembly convened Mod
orator Roberts announced the appoint
ment of Rev Henry e, Dosker Of
Louisville as the successor Of Willis as
chairman Of the temperance commit
& tee. The controversy is involving
nearly all the commissioners now In
attendance at the assembly but 1T did
not get to the floor Of the assembly
today because of adjournment to Mon
day soon after noon. The convention
adopted the reports on ministerial re
lief and Presbyterian brotherhood.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-21
Bell May Take a Hand.

Denver, Colo, May 2o.-Gen. sher.
man M. Bell who commanded the state
troops in the trouble with the Cripple
Creek miners, has MT been called
by either side In the Haywood case at
Boise, though he declares he knows
much Of the inside history OF tho
Western Federation Of Miners.
II shall not appear as a Witness"
said General Bell today, except OF
my own volition, but II any attempt
to job the prisoners is made, or any
attempt to use me as q tool by either
the Western Federation OF Miners Of
the mine owners, shall take hand.
''Why should they try these men in
Idaho? During the trouble here and
before the murder of Steunenbera
there were seventy persons killed ID
Colorado. and yet they take the man
from Colorado to Idaho to try them
for crimes committed In Colorado.
'sThe whole thing is a farce. II
was unfair and un-American. detest
the principles Of Meyer and Haywood.
but think they should get square
deal.