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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
A NEAT ILLUSION.
What Can Be Done with Pin, BIZ Of
Rubber and a Sunbeam.

With a bright pin and BIT Of elias.
tic cord. aided by the focusing Of a
few rays OF light. you may produce
very pretty illusion. Stick the pin
through the elastic and twirl the lat.
ter vertically between the thumb aud
the foreflnger OF each hand. separating
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

II two Moorish armies fight five or
six days with total death list Of 80,
both sides included. how long could
all the real and make believe soldiers
in Morocco stand up In front of a few
French regiments?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
Shot and killed HIs pauoh,er.

Armstrong. MINI, Sept. 23.-During
a fl OF insanity. Simon Ellison. station
agent at Armstrong. shot and killed his
S-year-old daughter Arts, and shortly
afterward turned his revolver upon
himself. infilcting a wound which Is
exDected 10 prove fatal.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
coNUNDRUMs.

When is tapestry like fowls?
When II is Gobelin.
When are wines like guns?
When barreled.
Why are the clouds like sponges?
They both hold water.
When are a man and a crab alike?
When "deviled."
What part Of a mans attire is like 9
WORKOUT hoe? A darned sock.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

Nine. Emma EameS says she doesn't
believe she will ever marry again.
However. she has just started for Eu-
rope and there are many hard-up gen
tlemen with titles over there.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

No human being is
perfect, and they who
marry expecting perfec-
ton inevitably must be
disappointed. Somebody
has said that marriage,
like government, is a
series of compromises. -
Not only marriage, but
life together between any
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
Coal Pockets Destroyed BY Fire.

Elmii-a. n. Y. Sept. 23.-The big
coal pockets of the Erie railroad at
the headquarters OF the Erie division.
were destroyed by fire Sunday night.
The loss is estimated at 100000
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

One way to get rid Of a mosquito.
explains the Baltimore Sun, Is to firm
ly slap him in the face. and at the
time exclaiming haughtily: That for
you. sir" or madam. as the case may
he
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

That dinosaur is variously reported
as having been found in Oregon. Wy
oming and Montana. But remember
his immense size, which probably &C
counts for IT,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

As result of this administers
crusade, an Iowa man shaved on his
spinnakers and was thrown out Of the
house by his wife, who mistook him
for a tramp.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

The flea on the tail of the dog Of the
wife Of the wild man of Borneo will
doubtless be surprised to find that
motor cars have invaded the island.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

The world is growin.,
better because more peo-
pie in the world are get-
ting eyes. Growing bet
ter is seeing better. Civ
ilization is sight. Not
saintship. Not puerile
moral dissatisfaction.
Not superiority. Civil
zation is democracy. IL
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
Details Of Buxzer Kite.

string. A slim, fat piece Of wood IL
sharpened at both ends. the latter
being inserted in Sits made Ga the two
upright sticks. to paste the paper on.
The wings can be cut the length OF
the sides and pasted on their edges.
The wings can be 1h or two inches
wide; these may be left whole or cut
into fringes after being pasted on.
II properly made, says The PhilA.
delphia Ledger, this kite when raised.
will make a loud buzzing noise, which
can be heard at a great distance
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

Let the perpetual knocker be sent
10 the rock pile where his hammer
may be aptly employed making little
ones out of big ones
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

Are the people apathetic?" asks the
Kansas City Times. We don't know
as to that, but we can say that most OF
them are perspiring.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

A Buffalo preacher says that hell Is
full of peek-a-boo waists, so man can't
dodge the job of buttoning them even
after death.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
MEMBER OF
KENTUCKY PRESS ASSOCIATION.

The overproduction of French wine.
genuine and bogus, is almost as
fraught with peril as overindulgence
of IT,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

A Georgia man shot the postmaster
because his mail was late. His de-
Tense will probably be the unwritteD
letter"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
Naturally.

Ethel (recitIng)-"oh. tou no
where is fancy bred?"
Tommy-At the bakery. suppose
-Ilarpers Weekly.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

''f-sck-Lacki Lack-I.ackl tack-Lackl
That's all. my chicks-iack lack
And Molhc has gone with the empty pan.
But at bedtime she'll come back"
Augusta kortrecht. In Youths Com
panion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
Tl1r l1lnrlh 5s Erarrittp
Nnm tn Krfp lit Nraltll
By DIR. Ii. w. WILEY,
Chief OF Bureau of Chemistry. Director
of Pure Food investigations.

The health of the people of this world is growing
better all the time. Fifty years ago the average length
of human life only SO years. Now it is between
95 and 40 and nearly 40 In couple Of hundred years
W ought to have increased it to so years
Disease is being suppressed more and more. II is
still the fashion to bring children up the bottle.
When mothers come to understand that their own milk
is free from germs and that the milk used out of bot
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
BIG LAKE STEAMER WRECKED.
CAPTAIN AND FOUR OF HIS GREW
DROWNED.

Disaster Occurs on Desolate Coast
Details Difficult to obtain and List
Of Victims May Be Large.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26

ties cultures dphera and cholera nntum the children viii
have two chances of living where they only have
The education of the people going forward every day. that they
constantly increasing their against disease In the end
tenarans will be commoner than backbirds.
For instance what has been done in eliminating typhoid which
with tuberculosis off people than other disease Vienna
having separate system of water supply for drinking purposes ha
brought the typhoid death down 100000 Vienna gets h
drinking water direct from the Alpine
While the education of the people, particularly the mothers is to
the principal factor in bringing favorable conditions for the health
Of the people, the fight for legislation should be continued
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-09-26
WHAT MOTHER HEN SAYS.

Look Look Look
l.ooki l. q X
Look 2"
Saws old mother
hen In glee.
A. Mollie comes
with the good
ground corn,
To feed to the
chickens wee.
Luck L.uckt Luck
Luck Luck 81
Luckr'
Is mother hens
CHEEKY call
And the funny ba-
bies nuttcr
about
Where the little
maids corn
grains fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
READr Tor THE RWEk Tug

sanctuaries. The Star man decided to keep
ing shelter arrived.
1t not long in coming. The wires
were led from the battery to the explosive
caps at the head of each load and all was
ready for the explosion.
''Ha-a-ay." called the foreman, the signal
for all hands to get to cover. The drill
men shut off power and ran with the others
to the shelters. Mr.. Hager The Star man
in tow, betook himself to the north end
of the quarry. where, he explained. there
would be no danger. The Star man thought
of the interior of the shelters and took the
foreman's word for it.
IN shoot the upper row first" said the
foreman.
He busted himself with the battery box
and then looked to see if all was clear.
Darn it." he exclaimed, look at those
canoeists."
Sure enough. there appeared around the
bend party of four, two young men grace
fully welding paddles, while two daintly
gowned girls leaned back upon cushions
and gave them the moonlight eye
''Ha-a-a there!' called Mr.. Hager" Keep
Off m going to shoot"
They evidently understood, and the
sturdy bare arms shot the canoe rapidly
out and across the river. A gaze around
the horizon convinced the foreman that all
was clear for the blast, and he let 1t go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Mr. Haser. the foreman. pointed out the
arrangement of the holes for this particular
fall. They were IN two horizontal rows.
/ have figured he said. TO bring down
that whole shoulder up there. 1t ought TO
fan about here. broken into hundred or
more large pieces.
All the holes but one had been charged
half fun with 30 per cent dynamite. The
last of the series was at that moment being
completed. When it was ready Mr.. Hager
brought over his box of explosive and pro-
ceeded to slide in the dynamite sticks. really
with great care. but apparently with such
unnecessary violence to call the attention
Of The Star man TO the desirability of in
vestigating the interior of the nearest shell
ter house
These shelters are built of framework
of lumber and covered with rotten" stone
which is stone too soft for commercial
purposes. There were two shelters at this
quarry-one in the center and the other at
the north end of the gaping bite in the
hill The Interiors are not ventilated, and
have peculiarly noticeable odor. The
workmen shelter themselves during blasts
and also change their garments within these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

at the fresh broken faces of the huge
masses of rock The men returned to their
drills, and soon the steel points were biting
into the big Jumps of stone The sledge
gang got to work upon the smaller frag-
ments and the wheelbarrows were shortly
trundling heavy loads of stone to the wait
ing barges.
Mr. Hager took breathing spell and
explained a few things about dynamite to
The Star man. He has been in the bust
ness forty years. and Is on such famlnar
terms with dynamite that it is rumored he
carries lump around with him out of the
pure sentiment Of the thing.
Do YOU know the difference between 40.
80 and GO per cent dynamite? The Star
man didn't, and even now hasn't any idea
about 1t except what the foreman told
him.
Take q piece of 40 per cent" said the
foreman-as you say take piece of pep
sin chewing gum"-'and drop 1t thirty feet
upon rock.
rs this an explanation or advice?" asked
The Star man.
"It wouldn't explode" continued Mr..
Hager, ignoring the interruption. do the
same with 80 per cent and the chances
are that it wouldn't explode, but it might.
Sixty per cent will.
What would 40 per cent do if you hit a
piece of it with a hammer" innocently
asked The Star man.
You would get your name in the papers"
Mr.. Hager told about a negro sledSe man
in his employ some years ago who in
moment of abstraction lightly smote
small section of a dynamite stick with his
sledge There was a large explosion and the
sledge was hurled some hundred feet or so
in the air, while the negro assumed a sit
ting posture some yards distant from the
point of contact. He lost two front teeth
in trying to catch a flying bit of stone in
his mouth, but otherwise was uninjured
Dynamite is mighty queer stuff and
needs a lot of care said Mr.. Hager.
Throw a piece in the fire and 1t will burn
up like paper. Let a piece freeze and it
will crush under. compact. but won't ex-
plode In winter We have to thaw 1t out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

by boiling 1t in kettle of water. 1t Is
ticklish work, because If 1t gets too hot 1t
will explode. No, 1 never had an accident
handling dynamite, and I've done forty
year or more; but I'm just as careful
today as 1 was when I began. OF course,
my familiarity with dynamite let's me do
things with it that other people wouldn't
think of doing, but I never take chances.
Only the other day 1 was carrying several
sticks of 40 per cent over to load hole.
Some people near the shore in boat yelled
to me not to let 1t drop, and as a joke
called to them, Want a piece? and make
as though to throw stick to them. Then
just for fun tossed the stick about twenty
feet against a rock, easy like, and, Of
course, 1t didn't explode. Don't see why
1t didn't go Off 1 called, and walking over
l picked up the stick. The men in the boat
padded away as though they thought L
was a maniac"
Does any of that hill fall sometimes
without blasting?" asked The Star man.
''Oh, yes, we have andslides but they
always give warning. Only thing is you're
sometimes to busy to notice the warning
nature provides. Before any of the big
stuff comes down there is always a ripple
OF little stones and dirt. l have had some
narrow escapes myself from not noticing
the warning.
Talk about premonitions. Some time
ago there was a party of canoeists lying
off the quarry watching work. Just over
them there was a bad projection Of hill
that 1 had been watching pretty closely
and expected to come down very soon of
its own accord unless 1 shot 1t out first
Just as Joke called to the canoeists at
the river bank to move away because the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

and allowed the Star photographer to -.se
his camera at will while The Star reporter
piled question upon question.
The Star man learned that this quarry
has been in operation six years. 1t has now
bitten fifty feet more into the hillside
and extends along the river front about
100 yards. The face of the hill is reddish
brown, mingled with blue. Blue gneiss is
the name given the best stone taken.
They We're just finishing preparations to
blow out huge section of the overhang g
bluf. The Star man was shown the steam
drill burying its long nose into the rock
and grinding away for all the world like a
huge dental drill. They had made fifteen
holes. Each penetrated the rock twelve
feet There was nothing haphazard about
their arrangement. II was explained that
the science of blasting lay in the ability to
judge the effect of the shots and TO arrange
the charges TO get the fall in best posi-
BILE shape for breaking up by the lighter
blasts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Jy5T AFTER The DAJT

cliff was going to fall on them. They took
my warning seriously and padded quickly
out in the river. 1 turned back to work,
when a crackle from up on the hill made
me look around, and there trickling down
from the projection was a stream of dirt
and stones. l yelled to the workmen, and
they got out CT the way just In time. The
whole face Of the hill fell out, and the
greater part of it struck in the river and
along the bank at the very spot where the
canoeists had been resting.
Just then little black and white short
haired dog Of puzzling lineage frisked to
Mr.. Hager's feet.
That's mne" he said He comes to
work with me every day. When he hears
the whoop for shelter he's the first one TO
run. and he's the last to come out. Got
more sense than lots of people that come
up this way in boats. Why, sometimes it's
just impossible to get them to realize their
danger and move away. The other day
there were a lot of boats out in the river
here-fishing parties. l ready to set
off series of small fuse blasts. They are
more dangerous than the big ones because
the stone scatters every which way and
there is no telling just where most of it's
going to fall. l called to the boatmen to
get out of the way and they all scooted
except one fellow. He stuck right there off
shore and refused to move. l explained to
him that lot of stone going to per-
form aerial acts and would probably come
his way II he didn't vamoose. He allowed
that the river was public and that he would
stay right there. l tried every argument,
but he wouldn't move. Finally ! ordered
the men to light up. When the shots went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

First he switched the current through
the wires that led to the upper row of
holes, and before the shock of the explosion
could be fully realized he sent the spark
into the remaining charges The conclusion
was terrific and a great cloud of dust
arose from the demolished hillside. A few
stones beat the river surface. With
thunderous roar the whole great section of
the cliff bumped itself upward and outward
and tumbled to the plain beneath. breaking
into huge fragments of hundreds of tons
each. There was a moments pause. Then
the men came from the shelters.
"All over" sang Mr.. Hager, as he started
over to look at the havoc.
Good buestone," he said, as he looked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

- TEAM drills. air drills. dynamite and
sledges have torn away the beauty
Of the Potomac palisades Year by
year these ugly erosions in the
crceu-clad Virginia bluffs have
eaten more deeply into the hills. Boating
Tart.cs on the upper river and passengers
on the trolley lines have grown accustomed
each summer to the thunder Of the blasts
They have marked the gradual spread of
each active quarry and sighed for the lost
glory of the wooded southern sky line.
But over the river. under the jagged
shoulders of the quarry walls. the de-
spoilers of natures beauty sweat for their
livelihood clear Of conscience. They know
nothing of lost gIortes of Landscape and
care less Each terrific blast and resultant
avalanche Of cliff is to them but so many
days more of work. so much more stone TO
load on the barges and be towed to the
g-roaning crushers down the river. The
bigger the gap torn in the hillside by
scientifically arranged battery the better
for al, hands Dynamite is expensive, and
the best quarryman is he who shoots out
mountain with 200 pounds when one less
skllful would bring down but a few tons
of mangled rock.
There are three big quarries running at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

off lot of stone tore the water up all
around him and several pieces MT the poat.
He wasn't hurt which showed he was born
lucky but he was plumb scared all right.
However, he kept his nerve. for he called
out that he had the law on his side, and
If he had been hurt would have sued the
company. What would you have done IL
you'd been killed" | yelled to him by way
of repartee
The Star man asked FOR some hGures on
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
RESUME OF THAW TRIAL.

The insanity of adolescence, para
noia and the characteristics Of brain
storms" occupied another day OF the
Thaw trial and when adjournment
was ordered DR.. Britton D. Evans, one
of the alienists for the defense was
still under cross-examination. MT.
Jerome was still laying the basis for
asking for a commission in lunacy.
Harry K. Thaw enlivened an ex'
tremely dull session Of his trial in the
supreme court by giving out to news
paper men a brief statement in which
he accused District Attorney Jerome
Of having made unprofessional re-
marks in court, asserted that his
wife's testimony was absolute TRUTH
and In conclusion declared that Mrs.
Thaw's natural real goodness" was
above the comprehension of the prose
cutting officer.
District Attorney Jerome cross-ex
amined DR.. B. D. Evans in the ThaW
trial, his questions indicating that he
would ask for a commission in lunacy
20 pass on Thaw's present mental
state. 1t was believed Howard Mes
bit would be called to prove his sis
te- liar.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was final
~ excused as a witness In the trial OF
her husband. Mr.. Jerome ended MS
long crossexamination and her re-dt
rect and re-cross-examination were
brief. Attempts to have Abraham
,Hummel tell of the affidavit Mrs.
Thaw is said to have signed accusing
her husband of abusing her were
blocked by Attorney Delmas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

The ship subsidy bill was passed by
the house after the most exciting
struggle between the two great parties
that has been seen for years Once
the measure even was defeated, the
vote being 154 to 161. The final vote
was 1856 to 144, Al Republicans voting
with the Democrats.
The senate agreed to the confer
ence report on the river and harbor
bill, in which the appropriation for
the Improvement of the Mississippi be.
low Cairo was cut from $650,OOO to
$250,O00.
The senate passed the repatriation
bill establishing the status of Amer
ican women who marry foreigners.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

Alleging that Mrs. Mary Baker Clio
yer Eddy, head of the Christian Sci.
ence church, Is too feeble in mind and
body to attend to her vast affairs and
that her property and prerogatives
have been usurped by others, George
w. Glover of Deadwood, S. D., her
son, filed suit in the superior court of
Merrimac county, New Hampshire,
asking that an accounting of her prop
erty and that Of the First Church Of
Christ, Scientist, of Boston be made
and that a receiver be appointed.
The steamer Corona, Of the Pacific
Coast line, went ashore near Eureka,
Cal. The 140 persons aboard were
rescued with difficulty by life savers
and the steamer Roanoke. One sailor
was drowned.
Forces Of the Nicaraguan govern
ment captured without resistance the
Honduran towns of Conception and
Maria They took possession of the
town OF Corpus Christi after hard
fighting.
A special bearing Gov. Woodruff
and company Of the Connecticut
National Guard collided with another
passenger train near Waterbury, Conn
Three or more persons were killed.
The governor was not hurt.
Strike sympathizers at Portsmouth,
O.. stoned street cars and nearly killed
one man.
A passenger train on the Seaboard
Air line collided with a freight near
Powder Springs, Ca, and was burned
One trainman was KILLED.
President Newman and other Off.
GERS of the New York Central an.
peared at the coroner's inquiry into
o the fatal Harlem wreck. They had
made safely fast test trip over the
track where the accident occurred.
Leroy, Ill, a town Of 5000 inhabi
tants. was partly destroyed by fire.
An engineer and six railway labor
ers were killed in a collision at Pedro
Wyo.
T. M. Taylor. professor of chemis
try In the Carnegie schools of Pitts
burg, committed suicide while unde,
nervous collapse.
The body Of Deputy Game Warder
Earl Eldridge of McHenry county
Illinois. was found In the woods will
bullet wound through the heart.
Mrs. Alexander Henderson of Paw
tucket. r. l., was killed In her cand,
store by a robbsr.
The senate of Kansas passed a bill
providing for two-cent fares, carryin,
the proviso that railroads must sci
b00-mile books. The house passed ,
two-cent fat rate bill.
Out of 215 American candidates TO
the Rhodes scholarships at the Uni
versity OF Oxford 13s passed.
J. Henley Smith, veteran newspa
per man. died at his home In Atlanta
Ga. aged rs. In 1869, with Alexande
ii. Stephens. he established the Al
lanta Sun.
II IL feared that the schooner Hilda
coal laden, is lost between Philade
phia and Savannah, Ga She Carrie
Q crew OF eight, including the captain
King Menelik of Abyssinia Is sent
ing to President Roosevelt an autt
graph letter comforting royal orde
upon him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
A WEEKS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST INTERESTING
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS

Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers Of the Civilized World and Pre-
} pared for the Perusal of the Busy
Man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
To Cut Express Rates.

TO Cut EXPRESS Rates.
A committee headed by otts Green,
prominent shoe manufacturer, IN
busy en6eavoring to secure a law al
this session cutting the express rates
in Iowa. The committee has been In.
terviewing members of the house and
senate for several days and It is DOS,
sihle that bill may be introduced
following the action Of the Mime
sofa legislature. which cut rates IN
that state fully onehalf. II IA
claimed that rate on small packages
is abnormal and should be cut m two.