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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

Tnskegee institute now owns 2,0oO
acres OF land. SO buildings. dwellings.
dormitories, class-rooms, shops and
barns, live stock. farm implements.
etc, all valued at 5000. Besides. IL
has % 200 acres Of public lands grant
ed by congress. valued at $4,000 and
an endowment fund Of sl,275.000. The
institute now has over 1900 pupils in
AL its departments. and is growing
every year.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

Any one who will
study the question for
years. visit the iails on
Sunday afternoons and
the courtrooms on Mon
day, will return with the
conviction that the need
Of the hour is for chill
dren's courts and for
children's sudgcs who are
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

When a man CANDLES and doesn't
win, and then speculates and loses a
few times, his wife is fully persuaded
that he does It on purpose to keep her
out of that exalted station In life
where she would be such bright and
shining ornament II never occurs to
her, says the Nashville American. that
she might dazzle few where she
is at.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

The nation is given to understand
by the action OF the president In
waving a cabinet meeting to jump
hurdles that physical exercise is as
important toward good citizenship as
the exertion of gray matter.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

There was quite a mystery about
the bridal Of Miss Terry, who, in spite
OF her spinster prefix, is now making
happy a third husband. The poet
must have had her in mind when he
said, Time cannot wither. nor custom
stale her infinite variety"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

A South Carolina paper opines that
''the tone Of bullfrog is the sweetest
note in natures music" There's no
accounting for tastes. as the old WON
an said when she kissed the COW.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

John L. Suilivsn's definition of
mollycoddle-a guy who says fudge"
when he ought to be sending right and
left to the jaws unnecessarily pro
lix. A guy who says fudge" would
be sufficient.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

Sir Frederick Treves says that Lon
don fogs must be abolished to save
the lives of the people. Sen0 FOR some
live Yankee and he will find method
TO concentrate them and use them for
irrigation.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

Brave as Kuroki is. he cannot fail
10 see manifold reasons. in America,
why he should have the welfare Of his
own country In mind when he says
that he hopes the bonds between the
United States and Japan win be
strengthened with the passing years.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

DO something different every day.
Get out Of bed with a different leg
first every morning" Thus Julian
Hawthorne, who evidently expects us
TO remain in bed after the second day.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13
MEMBER or
KENTUcKY Pit1sss ASSOCIATION.

A Chicago University professor
thinks that Americans are too blood
thirsty" Move to amend by excerpt
ing the word blood"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

Henry James says that he has never
heard an American woman say thank
you" Poor fellow. what bad company
he must have kept in his native land.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

To think of their calling that poor
Spanish prince Alfonso Pic Cristino
Eduardo" The boys will probably
call him Pi, for short,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

DIR. Philputt says there are more
good wives than good husbands, but
maybe he is only judging by the vol
ume of conversation.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

Grandfather Gould may have
thought tennis frivolous beside money
making schemes, but young Jay Gould
thinks it is just the racket.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

II German scientists have really dis
covered a cure for tuberculosis the
rest of the world will applaud their de-
liberate methods of study.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13

Mark Twain may be expected to
have a lot of fun with the Detroit Of
fetal who has declared that one of his
stories is literary junk"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-06-13
TAFTS HIGH HOPES
PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS OF
THE OHIO MAN.

He Il Greatly Admired as Citizens
Jurlst and Statesman, But Lead
inc Proteetlonlsts Question
Whether He Is Sufficient
~ Sound in Their
Economic Faith.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
ALL ECCENTRICITY
ALLIED TO MADNESS
Close Is the Line Dividing
Genius and
Insanity.
Famous PersonageS In His
tory Who Sometimes
Had Fits.

Richard Wagner was crazy as the
proverbial bug. julius Caesar, Petrarch.
Moliere. Handel, and Flaubert had cpl
leptic fits, Mohammed had commissions
The great Richelieu IN a Mt believed he
was a horse. Anne Lee. who formed the
society Of Shakers, had spasms. Cow
per, Rousseau, and Lamartine. IN fits OF
insanity, tried TO kill themselves. The
list OF suicides among men Of genius
reaches TO the hundreds. Mozart
thought they were trying 70 poison him.
Voltaire thought always that he was
dying. Abraham Lincoln was a victim
OF melancholia. which was serious on
one or two occasions. Chopin was in
sane I'm later life Cavour believed
everyone was his enemy J. S. MIL was
insane at twenty. BalzaC paraded IN
a dressing gown holding a lighted lamp.
Baudelaire colored his hair green. old
Sam johnson touched every post he
passed IN London. Napoleon was af-
fiicted with moral insanity. Bulwer
LyttOn bit and nsulted his wife. al
though he prOfessed TO love her. SchOp-
enhauer was often IN trance while
composing. Poe was a crazy sOt. Yer
laine and Oscar Wilde were even worse.
Charles Lamb was insane. Robert
SCGumdnn, the immortal composer. " as
a lunatic and took his own life b.
drowning. Lenau. one OF the greatest
OF modern poets, was insane half his
life. August Strindberg. the playwright
who "out-Ibsens Ibsen." has been in
sane several times and in lucid hours
has written wonderful accounts Of his
sensations during attacks. The list IS
almost endless.
To cite more names does not bring the
truth nearer. II Richard Mansfield wac
insane. was his condition not natural
rather than upnatural2 The tragedian,
Mccullough. spent his last days 70 wing
and declaiming the lines from viz
ginius' and other plays IN his repertoire
Maurice Barrymore, a lesser actor, and
a man OF talent rather than genius had
similar enc. Climate. ancestry. OF
associations are mainly responsible. Lit
tie was known OF Mansheld's parentage
except that his mother was an opera
singer. lie early showed signs % vaga-
bondage. suggestive symptom uOucea-
BILE I'm such men as Byron. Gautier, Yer.
lalne. Wagner. Meyerbeer, and Heine
Dual personality. another symptom, was
often noted. He was a cherished com
pauiO1 10 certain friends. a verlrabie
demon let loose 20 others. PTerocity
was still another warning OF future
calamity. Like Mozart. Meyerbeer. and
others, he was a musical prodigy when 9
yOunRster. One can scarcely affirm with
Plato that delrium IS OF great benefit
From the example Of Mansfield We may
derive benefit, however. IN the form OF
a lesson. There are not many men OF
women OF genius among US They
should be easily recognized
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
USE KUROPATKIN
TO AID STOESSEL
Commander-in-Chief Said
10 Have Expected Fall
of Port UrthUr.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 19.-General
StoessePs counsel are making effective
use OF General Kuropatkin's admission
that he himself favored the abandon
ment Of Port Arthur. in support or their
contention that the former was not
alone In holding It impossible of long
continued defense against the Japanese.
The court-martial Of Generals StOes-
sci, Fock, and Reiss is again progress
ing rapidly. after considerable delay,
due to the Illness Of members Of the
tribunal.
Kurcpat6in contends that his recon-
mendation that the Kwang- Tung PEN
insula be turned over by Russia to the
Chinese for $125. 900, 600. was quite a diff
ferent matter from surrendering It to
Japan and was based on his judgment
that Il was not worth the expense Of
protecting it-not that II could not hold
out against invasion by the Mikado's
forces.
Stoessers defenders are seeking to
establish by the military records, how
ever, that the commander actually
specified in his recommendation that he
believed Port Arthur mus fall before
a prolonged seige.
Many officers are to be summoned 10
disprOve the prosecutions charge that
Stoessel was guilty Of personal cow
ardice in the engagements with the jap
anese.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
SHIPS THAT FLY
THEN DIVE DEEP,
FUTURE WARSHIPS
-LeWiS Nixon
Revolution Wrought by
Alcohol as Fuel, In
VentOr Declares.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Kulllling first
class battleships of 10000 tons displace-
ment, driven by a.Gcohol, without smoke.
attaining a speed Of nearly fifty knots:
creepy little SUBMARINES fitted with hy-
droplanes that VIII send them skim
ming like flying fish at the giant bat
tleships. ready TO dive for safety the
moment they have discharged their tor
pedoes. these are all the elements of
naval warfare % the future as foreseen
10y Lewis Nixon, famous marine con-
astructor and inventor of freak and
speedy war craft
The forerunrer OF the new fighting
craft, which is TO revolutionize naval
warfare is nov under construction at
NiXons shipyards az TOttenville. II is
a small vessel OF fifty tons. Gas VIII
be her motive power. and Nixon says
she will skim over the sea at close to
sixty knots. The use OF gas engines
in ships, Nixon says is a step toward
the adoption Of alcohol. Its great ad-
vantages. he says. win some day be ap-
preclated by an awakening world.
Then the nlcohOl-driven warships Will
come.
With alcohol. smoke Will be abolished.
There Will likewise be no need for
towering tunnels, now required 70 give
a draught for the engines. This means
q new form Of fighting machine. The
future wsrship. Nixon thinks. VIII sit
low I'm the water, funnelless, smOkeless,
capable Of making terrific speed.
: The present submarine. Nixon thinks,
IS Of little use. 1t is slow and clumsy
Ills new model submarine will overcome
the disadvantages OF this style OF war
ship. To launch a torpedo successfully
under the water is impossible. The
darkness under the surface makes this
difficult. The resistance Of the water
} IS another impediment. The future tor
pedo boat viii launch its missile from
the surface
Che torpedo Will be small. but the ex-
pIosive terrible. The little hydroplLne
boats. with the enormous speed they
en- attain. will be able TO rush close to
a battleship- fire the torpedo. and then
sink into the water
Gas-driven warships are almost here,
d Nixon says Then viii come the change
10 alcohol The nation which first per
feels this style OF warship. the expert
SAYS, Will be on top OF the naval heap.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
RAW FROM FEET
TO SHOULDERS
With Eczema-When Indoors, Itch
ing Mas Fearful - Prescription
Did No Good-Fo Followed Friends
Advice and Found Speedy Relief.
A PERFECT CURE BY USE
OF CUTICURA REMEDIES

az was raw from nv shoulders down
70 my feet. AS soon as ] went into a
warm room I could not stand the itch
ing sensation. / tried several remedies
with no relief, and 1 consulted a doctor
who told me that I had eczema and
gave me G box Of ointment. used it
about two weeks and got no benefit
then tried another ointment with the
same result. Then / was advised 10
try the CUticura Remedies. l got q
cake Of CUtiCUra Soap, q box Of Cuti-
Cura Ointment and a bottle Of Cuticura
ResOlvent and commenced to use them.
By the time I had used about half Of
each Of them I could see an improve
ment. After that 1 continued TO use
them until I had used four cakes Of
Soap, three large boxes Of Ointment,
and two large bottles Of Resolvent in
four or five weeks time. At the end
Of this period, my skin was as clear as
IL could be. 1t IS now three or four
years since ] used them and I wish TO
state that the CuticUra Remedies are
the greatest in the world not only for
eczema but for female trouble, from
which my wife has been a sUffe- ct for
years. CUticura Remedies, used in
connection with one Of the Cuticura
svringes have done wonders for her.
Fred T. Baker, IA Grotto St., Water
vliet, \. Y Nov. 80, 'O6, and Jan. 20, o."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
MINERS WAGE SCALE
BEFORE CONFERENCE

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 1s.-Tweuty or
thirty mine operators Of the central com
petitve coal field. composed OF Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, and hi
nois. failed IN a preliminary conference
held last night 10 agree on any special
line Of argument 70 place before the
United Mine Workers in e meeting hello
IN indianapolis today.
The conference IS TO determine the
arranging or an interstate convention
20 fix a wage scale for miners IN the
central competitive district
John Mitchell. president Of the United
Mine Workers O. America, arrived IN
Indianapolis from New York yesterday,
and attended the conference today. Presi-
dents and secretaries Of the local or
ganization IN the central competitive
field with the miners executive bOard
are at the meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
WEIRD TALES TOLD
BY THE TELEGRAP
Strange Stories Come Over
the Wires Daily.
A Days Gist of What the
Morse Key Said.

There are strange stories told IN the
telegraph. A late one Is that Miss
olga Sjostedt, a Swede girl, whose
home IS in New York. and who Is a
trained nurse. answered IN advertise
ment, in a New York paper. from 4.
L. Palmer, who wished =. housekeeper
at his plantation In North Carolina
She got the place. The aristocrauc
mansion she had expected TO preside
over turned out TO be a two-room shack.
The night she arrived she found the
body OF a dead negress under some rags.
Her employer said that the dead woman
was his last hOusekeeper, and she
would be buried next day. The trained
nurse was insulted by her employer.
and preserved her honor at the point
Of a hutpin. She had 10 milk COWS,
feed stock. curry horses. etc, and was
finally rescued. after having been a
prisoner. without food, for twelve days,
by some police officers, who returned
her td friends in New York.
Put me among the girls does not
appeal TO whoever is arranging the
tableauN WANTS which VIII be given
pictures given iU the Chicago Tribune
OF women posing for the tableauN VI
wants. twelve are married women. Nc
CutcheOn, the Tribune cartOouist. Carl
CaLLIt1 lLle IALlfdAA klN1lLS DA having
4 matrOuly looking woman posing in a
picture frame on the theater stage. and
in a box near the stage is a row Of
baby smiling faces and childish. out
stretched hands, and the children are
saying: That's mamma"
The preachers may not be "picky'
in real lie. but they are very much
50 IN the telegraph. In the telegraph
they have picked" on their Congrega-
lions; picked on their elders and
deaCons; picked" on their church col
lections; picked on the Bible, and
now comes Dr. Edwin Hughes. who
addresses n Chicago Methodist union, in
Chicago, ana picks on the pictures OF
Christ The Rev- Hughes says that IN
all his pictures Christ looks sad, as
though he never smiled when really.
Dr.. Hughes says. Christ had d cheerful
disposition. Did he not ask DIT.
Hughes bless the little children with
smiles Was his face pale and sad then
NO"
Mrs Matte Gilmore. OF FInleyvilIe.
Pa. IS dying OF q fractured skull. and
the police are trying y. ngure II she
~ sOmnamnulist or q nigIWdyWOman.
She recently held up a man and got SIS.
The next day when arrested she said
she was a sOmnambulist. and didn'
know what she was doing. one night
later she was found on the streets with
A fractured skull, ana can't account for
that. either.
The telegraph IS giving great praise
TO Mrs. Nicholas LOngwOrth for BRAY
cry. saying thai she played bridge the
uignJ before tie operation, and chat
ted and laughted with callers The tele-
graph man doesn't understand that II
requires no bra very 10 undergo an oper-
alton that is the fashion.
Oliver Sacks. age twenty-five. or St.
Louis, and Hester Young. age nineteen.
or Lincoln. met on the streets OF Te-
cumseh Men. and fell In love at first
sight. and were married within fOrJy-five
minutes Watch the Sacks family.
There Is trouble every where, and there
is going 20 be "A lot there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
CHORUS GIRL FREES MAN
FROM STRAIT-JACKET

KANSAS CITY, No. Dec 1s.-Robert
Patterson who says he IS the son OF
Z. T. Patterson, a wealthy Philadelphia
merchant. has been released from a
straitjGcket in the Emergency Hos
pital and will start TO Oklahoma within
a few days. Miss Ethel Girvin. a
chorus girl. brought about the young
mans release.
Patterson made four unsuccessful at
tnnpts az suicide here He became IN
fatuated with Mss Girvin some weeks
ago and has been trailing the company
since. A dispatch from the boys f'.th-
or directed that young Patterson be cent
10 Fairview. Okla.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
MAYORS
ARE ALL HONEST

According TO a report 70 the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor by Consul
General Thackara. Il must be a fine
thing 20 be mayer OF Berlin. Mr..
Thackara says: one Of the principal
requirements OF mayor in Germany Is
unqualified honesty. Tor IN the municipal
administration OF this country graft in
any form would not be tolerated; in
fact, IL is unknown. To become the
mayor OF a city like Berlin the applicant
must have established his reputation for
efficiency in governing other German
cities. His career Is carefully scrutin-
lied by the members Of the town council
who select him, for not only must ne DO
competent. and successfully perform tho
duties OF his high position, but still so
young as likely TO remain competent for
many years. for q mayor in Prussia Is
elected for a term Of twelve years. and
II not reelected after that period Is en-
titled 20 a life pension of half the
amount OF his salary. After a service of
six years his pension IS one-fOurth Of
his salary, nd after serving twenty
years twO-thicds. He need not neces-
sariIy be a resident Of Berlin at the time
Of his appointment; in fact, the mayor
IS usually chosen from the residents OF
other cities"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
TELEGRAPH TO LASSA
MAY CAUSE FIGHTING

PEKIN. Dec. s.-Representatves OF
the British interests just authorized by
the imperial government here 10 build
& telegraph line 10 Lassa, the capital
OF Tibet, VIII lose no time, Il IS said
IN starting construction work Il IS
believed It's operation viii have 10 be
carried on under military protection, as
the Tibetisns con,'nue intensely hostile
20 a foreign iavas.0n Of the forbidden
city OF the Dalai Lama. and will prob
ably do al IN their power to prevent IT,
The NAL service the Chinese ara 10
open with Lessa VIII be established in
a few weeks. but that q newspaper is
20 be established IS regarded doubtful.
though Il IS true that application has
actually been made by a prospective
TibetiRn editor TO- permission 20 do So
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
It IS FALSE--A LIE!
SAYS J. WESLEY GAINES

To John Wesley Gaines. Democrat,
Tennessee, fell the honor today OF be-
ing the first Congressman TO pass tho
lie on the House floor IN the Sixtieth
Congress.
The House was considering a resolu-
ton for a deficiency appropriation OF
SCI, 900 20 purchase free seeds to replace
nose Of the Agricultural Department
destroyed by fire.
John Wesley, bristling with anger,
got the floor for one minute.
Il notice that a local paper says that
I yesterday led a football rush on the
Appropriations Committee for this APP
pTODriatiOn." said Gaines The man
that said that IS n Har-an unqualified
liar" shouted the Southerner. His hair
stood straight up on his head, and ne
brought HIS fists down with a bang
that almost split the lid.
Fang, bang" went the Speaker
gavel. Congressman who had last ses-
sion heard Gaines call a fellow-rren1be Der
liar. stood up. The kid members
scooted for the Hobbies. Gaines had 20
sit down. however, without doing fur
ther damage. his minute for debate hav-
ing expired.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
POLITICIANS WATCH
FOR TIN" WOODRUFF

New York politicians are anxiously
watching the front door OF tho White
House. They expect 20 see the uOrtly
form OF former Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff, as well as other lesser or
larger bulks enter the portal, and when
they see that como to pass which they
are straining their eyes TO behold, they
viii forthwith throw fits in rapid sue
cession until they know just what took
place inside.
Woodruff aud half n dozen other I'M
portant New York political powers are
in town. and IL is expected viii see
the President before many hours have
passed. When they hold the conference
Il is taken for granted that Hughes Will
be the one large exclusive subject dis
cuSsed.
Among the big New Workers in town
today besides Woodruff are Job Hedges
and Speaker Wadsworth, OF the assem-
bly,. Hedges placed Hughes in nOmlna-
ton at the Saratoga convention. but as
he did not get one OF the jobs on the
Public Utilities Commission he IS pro-
Hughes now.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
NEW CARDINALS
ARE INTRODUCED
PUBLICLY TODAY
Pope Announces SeIeC-
ton of the Rev. D. F.
Fehan as Bishop.

ROME, Dec. 1s.-The new cardinals
named earlier in the week were formal
IL introduced 10 the Sacred College at
The public consistory today. The Pope
also officially announced the appoint
ment OF the Rev. D. +. Fehan. formerly
Of St. Demands Church, Fitchburg,
bishop OF FsE River, Mass.
The cousistory was attended by thou
sands The papaI throne was at one
end Of the Saia Regia, nanked BY the
cardinals stalls with places at the right
for the bishop and tribunes opposite for
the aristocracy ana diplomatic corps
Underneath the tribunes was standing
room for those ticket holders VIII were
able TO find places in the hall
The Swiss guards led the procession
into the Sala Regia. A long line Of
church dignitaries followed, and then
the Pope. IN full pontihcal robes, en-
tered. and with hard raised n the
familiar gesture with which the usual
blessing was given. The Sistlne choir
closed the procession. singing under di-
rection OF its leader, the Able Perosi. %
The Pope mounted the throne amid
profound silence, the cardinals and Dish,
ops took their places. and the new mem.
bers Of the college lznelt. one BY one al
his holiness feet while he repeated the
formula, "accipe gaIerum rubrum." tn,
master Of ceremonies meanwhile holding
the red hat over the kneelIng figure.
The papal embrace followed, each car
dinal received a fraternaI salute from
the supreme pohum and went TO his
sraIl At the conclusion OF the cere-
mony the Pope arose. bestowed the
apostolic blessing. and slowly withdrew
the pr0cessIo on reforming as an escort.
The new cardinals returned thanks be-
fore the altar az the Sistine Chapel and
Joined the Others in the hall OF the con-
sistOry. where a short supplementary
consistory was held
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-19
DOUBLE SIBERIAN RAILROAD.

At a recent sitting the Russian eoun-
ell Of ministers resolved that Il second
line Of rails shall DO laid down along
the Siberian railway. -he grest need
OF the track referred 70 being doubled
was recognized. but n view OF the many
calls now being mace on tie imperial
eXcheQuer Il was decided that the pro
Jccted work for this year shall be car
ried out only between Achinsk and
lTkutsk- The ministry OF ways OF com
mun!cation asked for the sum OF ET95. -
600 pounds. so that the work can be be
gun, but the council OF ministers made
a grant OF only e425, 00O.-Exchange.