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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24
Not Very Useful.

A man who suffered badly went to
a specialist and after ten diiiicnlt les.
sons learned to say quite distinctly:
Peter Piper picked a peck OF picked
peppers" His friends congratulated
him upon this splendid achievement.
YES" said the man doub,fully. but
It's s-s-such d.d-deucedly d-d-difiicult
rem.mark to w-w-work into an ordi.
nary recommendation, y know
Evarybody's MagaEine.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24

of the essentials 10 be considered IN
constructing place for keeping
calves
/. A calf should always be kept dry
In order to DO this a good fioor should
rs par ia the barn and thickly GOV.
cred With fresh. dry bedding II Is I'm.
possible 10 raise a strong. healthy calf
unless u Is kept dry and clean.
?, A warm. pure atmosphere IL re
qulred Tor growing calves. a warm sta
BILE i made BY constructing wall Of
nj less; cine dead air space sheet on
she outside % the 2xf's with drop sid.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24
woaid Mo-, GRASP Il ReaalIy.

'Mr. Plume" said the German
friend, into whose section the under
taker had lately moved his business
do you think you will grasp the Ger
man language readilyg"
Hardly" responded the ioyial IN
dertaler. slapping his friend on the
back You see. your language Is not
ID dead one.'-Bohemian Magazine.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24
1T DOESN'T PAY.
Why John Concluded He Would Vote
the Dry Ticket.

The following conversation is re.
ported by the American Issue as hav-
ing taken place recently In a saloon
located in one OF the counties Of Ohio.
The saloon keeper and John were
discussing the issue. until finally John,
who was an freshman, said:
Yes. Bennie. I'm going TO vote dry
next fall"
Ben-Now. John. think you are
joking. You are too good friend of
mine TO Want me put out OF business.
Just think--I have been here 20
years. and ali the money have made
! have put into this business; how am
| going TO get my money out?
John-Well. Ben, have been hero
20 years, and all the money l have
made have put into this business:
how am ! going to get my money
out OF e.?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24

rhe lady bad looked at about twenty
trunks without finding one to her sat
lsfactlon. ~ lcngth the salesman surg
gested that II she could give h.m an
idea Of what she had In mind he might
be able TO suit her.
Il want" said the lady. ;npre ssive
Iy, "a smaller truak ther thly. hn' enc
that holds moro.
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In his report on the administration
OF the police OF the Puniab in 1907
the lieutenant governor states that
the more serious the crime the greater
the chance Of escape from law. Con.
victlans were obtained iu only Al per
cent. OF the murder cases. whereas
they we're obtained In "a per cent. OF
the attempts to murder and In "a per
cent. OF the cases of culpable homi-
eide. The district magistrate at Jul
lundur states that It is getting harder
every year TO obtain conviction In
the sessions court. the plea of enmity
raised against the prosecution being
generally held 10 suffice TO throw
doubt on the statements OF their Wit
nesses.-Calcutta Statesman.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24

Feed for Egos.--A, noon give some
cut-up vegetables. and twice a week
give some cut green bone. The grain
food at night should be an equal part
each OF wheat and corn (cracked corn
Is preferred).
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24
BUILD A CALF BARN
AND BUILD 1T RIGHT
Some OF the Essential construetion-By
ID.

We have recently received several
Inquiries asking for the plan OF the
calf stable on Hoard's Dairyman farm.
We herewith present floor plan OF
our calf barn. and state briefly some
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24

Are They Laying7 - The early
Matched ruilets should have settled in
for steady laying.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24

special teacher for each grade and for each subject
so classes that each student placed with others like
himself, where he make most rapid progress
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-12-24

ing. paper on the inside. and cover
with matched flooring. Pure air r.
provided by the King system Of
ventilation. This viii remove the air,
which the animals have breathed;. but
to keep the stable sweet. Il must be
cleaned often and kept well supplied
With bedding
g. The calf barn should have plenty
OF windows. There is nothing more
beneficial 90 the calf and more In
furious to disease producing bacteria
than an abundance OF light. There Is
nothing any cheaper than light; why
not use Il?
4. The calf barn should be made
handy.
As Is indicated In the plan on this
page. feeding alley four feet wide
extends ON three sides OF the calf pen.
When the calves are fed with milk
they are fastened In stanchions and
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

travel in many parts OF these little
known waters by night.
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Queer Features Of Life and TraUel on
ne Greatest Of tie african Loxo
Cockroaches as Big as Mice ara
Waterspouts Of Flies The liz
ger and His Eggs-The Island,
of the Lake-A Look at Shora,
OF Uganda and Mounds Of Ant

curry with rice, ending up With a dcs-
sert OF California canned apricots ana
native fruits. We shall have dinner ut s
o'clock tonight and our table will be
lighted by electricity. The meat Will
be about the same as the lunch, and we
shall probably drink with IL a glass
or SO OF ginger ale, while our English
friends will wash their threats with
whisky and soda or wine or beer, a.
they Greer. The cost of such meals is
81 90 day with extra charges for
drinks. | have before me the wine list
and give n few of the prices, A full peg
of whisky and soda costs annas,
or about 20 cents. while a half-pes
casts Is cents. Brandy may be had
at the same prices. The word pegs"
for drinks ls used here OIL all bills
of fare. This is common throughout
India, and 1t arises from an old say
ing that every drink OF Intoxicating
li1uorspne takes Is apeg In his coffin.
If you want man to take n drink with
YOU YOU ask him to come and have ~
peg, and there are certain hours of the
day which are known as peg times"
or simply pegs"
AS for me, | am drinking the water
of the lake. our missionary on board
tells me that IT is perfectly safe, and I
know it tastes as sweet as the waters
OF Lake Eric.
THE ISLANDS OF lake VICTORIA.
AS ] write we are coming near land.
During a great part of today we have
been out of sight of anything but is
lands. Victoria Nyanza is 225 miles
wide and 27S miles long and there are
places where one can travel for a hun
dred miles or so and not see land. Here
in the north the shores are bordered
with beautiful islands. some of which
are wooded Others have grassy hills
along the shores, with high lands be-
hind them. Some regions make one
think of the Thousand islands of the St
Lawrence. and many of the sites would
not be out of place IL they We're off the
shores of Ireland or in the English
channel. These places have settled
look. and at a distance the country
appears Just like ours, save that It
lacks houses and barns and has thatch-
ed villages instead.
THE SHORES OF UGANDA.
We are now nearing the shores OF
Uganda. The scenes from the ship are
more like those of a settled civilized
territory than the heart of the black
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THE SHORES OF UGANDA.
We are now nearing the shores of
Uganda. The scenes from the ship arc
more like those Of a settled civilized
territory than the heart of the black
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ON VICTORIA NY ANA
How Lake Victoria Outranks
1.ahe Superior-It is the Biggest
Fresh Water Body Of the World
Where 1t Is and What 1t Is
Now Navigated by Steamers.

travel in many parts OF these little
known waters by night
VICTORIA NYANzA.
hut before I go farther, let me tell
you something about this mighty Afii-
can lake. sitting at home, IN far-on
America with the snow In the air and
all the surroundings Of modern civili2a-
ton about you, II is hard to realize just
where and just what it IL. The nat
maps give one but little idea of the
actual conditions. Lake Victoria lies
In the heart of east-central Africa.
Along the line Of the equator, on which
we now are, 1t il 100 miles. or about
nH far ns from New York to Toledo.
to the Indian ocean. Going westward
along the same line 1t Is over twice as
far to the Atlantic. 1t Is only a few
miles to- the north of us that the Nue
flows ont on its way down to The Medi-
terranean sea. and by It's windings the
distance is almost 1000 miles 1t ~
over .. 500 miles in a straight line SOUTH
cast to The Cape OF Good Hope and just
5SI miles by the Uganda railway 10
Moinbasa, where | entered this part OF
Africa am only u few hundred miles
from the hcadWaters OF the kongo ana
from tho southern shores of Lake Vic
toria could reach Lake Tauganyika
al
midway on that lake get into q branch
Of the Kungu and float down to the sea
BIGGER THAN LAKE SUPERIOR.
have Travelled over most of the
great lakes of the world. know those
of our own country well and likewise
those of Europe and South America |
have crossed Lake Titicaca, which lies
two and one half miles above the sea
on the top of the Andes, and have seen
the Dead sea, which is a quarter of
mile below the level of the ocean, on
the edge of the Holy Land, Omitting
the Caspian sea, Victoria NyanZa Is the
biggest lake of the world. 1t is the
largest body of fresh water on earth
Lake Superior by about l.
600 square miles. If you could pick
it uu and spread it over the United
States 1t would cover the whole oil
South Carolina, or dropping it into New
it would drown the states of
Massachusetts, New Hampshire Yer
mont. Rhode Island ANA Connecticut.
1t is three-fourths the size OF either
Kentucky, Virginia or Ohio and is more
than half as large as all of our great
lakes combined. 1t is three times as
big as Lake Erie, and If one could
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the man who can pay the bills can
live on these boats almost Us COM
fortably as at home. | mean as far
as eating and drinking are concerned,
and as respects the climate. There IS
much to be desired i'm the matter of
freedom from cockroaches, rats and
other pests. | have never seen so
many and such wild animals of tho
roach kind before. My cabin has some
as large as mice and It seems to me
that they come out in the daytime and
look at one while they sharpen their
teeth In order TO trouble him the better
at night. The reaches run through the
dining rooms, and when | put my foot
on one. as | do whenever ii Is posi-
bic, ii leaves a grease spot as large as
my hand ON the floor.
Another Internal insect is the jig
ger. / don't know where | got mine
whether on shore or on ship. but my
native boy has extracted the eggs of
three of these pests from under by toes
during the voyage. The jigger is a lit
tie insect which bores a hole in ones
flesh. choosing the foot. and usually
places under the toenails. 1t lays it's
eggs there In the form of a little cask
about as big as II pearl shirt button,
and this sack must be cut out at once.
If not and the eggs hatch, they turn
into worms which eat about through
TIE nSSIl anu plltu cause lnC loss OF
the toe. The insect is supposed to have
originally come from South America,
but ii has already travelled over this
half OF Africa and 1t is especially bad
about Lake Victoria.
WATEESPoUTs OF FLIES.
As to mosquitoes, we have none here
ON the lake and practically 10 flies
except the common house fly. The
ealNT fs.fA
whose bite causes the sleeping sick
ness; but this lives only in the swaInps
and cannot stand the light of the sun,
There are plenty of mosquitoes of all
kinds on land. and there are swarns
of nidges in many parts of the lake
l saw such a swarm this morning. II
looked like waterspout rising from
the surface, | thought 1t was one, and
was surprised when the captain told
me that 1t was composed of myriads
OF these midges, which are born in the
water and fly up at one time into
the air. They sweep over the lake I'm
great numbers. raining down upon the
boats as though they were so much
black pepper. They come in such guam
titles that the men sweep them up with
brooms and throw them overheard.
They even get into the cabins and coy
er the dining tables This is so when
the ports are covered with netting
and when every open space is apparent
ly protected. These flies are perfectly
harmless. and they do not live more
than day.
WHAT ONE EATS ON LAKE VIC
TORIA.
As to the other matters, as / have
said, the accommodations on the boats
are good. We have four or five meals
a day and the HindOos cook we'll This
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outside and hold on to the rim of the
boat to keep from sinking until tho
storm is over.
Stanley made a big rowboat, which
he called the Lady Alice He started
at Spoke gulf and by using sail
gradually made his way around. coy
Cring many of the points at which 4
shall call farther on in these journeys.
At present there are four little steam
ers, belonging to the British on Lake
Victoria. one of these is the Sir VIII
liam McKinuon, which was brought up
from the ocean IN pieces before the
Uganda railway was built and hero
put together. 1t is still in commits
sion and Is used by the British Of
fcials as a sort of a dispatch boat.
The next two steamers are the Sybil
and Winnifred. each of about 600 tons,
and the other is the Sir Clement HILL
which has 500 tons and which was
launched last year. The Sybil and Win
nifred are sister ships. They make
regular trips around the lake, in con-
nection with the Uganda railway, the
voyage from port to port requiring
about 10 days. 1t is upon the Sybil
that ! am writing this letter.
\ MID-AFRICAN STEAMER.
wish could show you this little
African steamer If 1T could be taken
up and transported to one of our AM
erican rivers, or dropped down upon
Lake Huron or Erie it would not seem
much out of place; for the ship is just
about the same as some used on our
lakes. The differences lie in the people
ana the management. This Sybil moves
by a screw. 1t has smoke stack in
the center and two masts before and
behind with a lifeboat on deck. 1t has
about q dozen cabins with a dark little
dining saloon in the rear. The cabins
are lighted by electricity. and each has
| an electric fan. Back of the dining
! saloon is ledge up under the port
! holes where the second class pa.ssen-
| gers sleep. The top deck has d. dou-
| bic awning OF canvas to protect us
| from the tropical sun and at midday
we are advised to keep our hats on
while sitting under 1t. The suns rays
are strong in this altitude and one
must protect his head even when in
doors If the roof is not thick.
AS II first class passengers we have
only about half u dozen on the Sybil
and they and the English officers are
the only Europeans. The sailors are
half-naked natives, who get wages of
about 10 cents a day. and the steward
ana cooks are Hindoos who are paid "a
little more. The passengers are two
British officials on their way to serve in
Interior Uganda German surgeon
who is bound for Mwan2a in the kali
sers territories on the south of tho
lake, a kongo trader who has about q
carload of beads and brass wire with
him to buy ivory and rubber. and
missionary who is going to Kampala,
and who win get of at Entebbe. In
addition to these are myself and son
who VIII leave the boat at Entebbe for
Uganda.
We have also on board a half dozen
native soldiers and one of these is al
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THE CAME IN YIN cAy

At a recent dinner the couye,.,.
turned to card sharps. and Eben D i
dan OF Boston said,
"A one-eyed man was s,lsrce,,l,
cheating in a poker game in Ina y,
of Tin Can. He played ON and on !
the chips We're stacked So high n
table before him as nearly 10 nd, \
from view. Finally he won a hug' i
pot. His one eye CLEANED as he e,s,
in three bushels of blue chps aMi
the sullen silence tail. lean ps5
rose.
THE tall, lean player took NJ,
volver from its holster, and iugglib,
carelessly, he said;
Gents, there's cheatin' coin' on h,
ant the kind of gent to name nam.
nor to make no personal alluslons +
If this cheatin' amt stopped IN 81,
his other eye out, an then he'll
blind. "-tWashington Star.
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The prospect is that Lake Victoria
will some day be as well known to the
globe-trolter as the great lakes of AM
erica, The expense of coming here is
too high for the ordinary traveller. but
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Sszsaszz1SSssSlSsssla

put Lake Erie and Lake Huron into one
body they would cover about the same
surface, This lake is twice us big as
Tanganyika, although it ia only half as
long. and II has three times the area
of Lake Chad which lies away off to
the northwest, above the French Kon-
go on the southern edge of the sahara
Lake Victoria Is almost quadrilateral in
shape. Tanganyika is a long. narrow
trough between high hills. Nyassa is
long and narrow, and so are Lake
Rudolf and Albert Nyanza at the north
Victoria NYanza is more like our own
Lake Superior than any of the other
great bodies OF fresh water. 1t lies in
the highlands. and might be said to be
on the roof of the African continent
as superior is on the eastern roof OF
the North American continent. Lake
Victoria Is, however, more than six
times as high up In the air as Lake
superior and more than seven times rs
high as Huron or Michigan. II is about
1900 feet above the sea, and is with
in 500 feet of the altitude of the Great
Salt Lake,
As to the depth Of the lake It's bot
tom has not been carefully surveyed
but their are places which measure
over 500 feet. This is about three times
the depth of Lake Erie, but not nearly
so deep as Lakes Superior. Huron and
Michigan. This lake has a mighty vol
ume of water, and las surface rises 40
or 30 inches during some years. The
volume Is so great that dam might
he placed at the source of the Nile
and give water for irrigation for vast
territories along the course of that liv-
er, which are now undreamed of. AS
10 this matter. however, l VIII write in
the future.
IN pT.Af,E- AE'pIDh
Until within the past few years this
region was one of the blacklist parts
of the African continent Slavery was
common everywhere and cannibalism
rife. No one knew there was u lake
here az all until 1858. when Spoke dis
covered the southern shores: and we
had no idea OF its extent until our
own Henry NJ. Stanley went around
the lake in 1875. As II is now. about
the only Inhabitants ARE these queer
tribes of African natives, who i'm Ger,
tain regions are still warning with one
another. | have described the naked
Kavirondo and some of their queer Gus
toms. North of Victoria Nyanza are
natives who are as far different from
them as we Americans are different
from the japanese or Chinese. on the
south are other tribes with other
strange customs, and the whole lake
is surrounded by a dozen or more dill
ferent peoples, each differing from all
the others in appearance and in then
various grades of civilization.
NAVIGATING LAKE VICTORIA.
No European boat had eyer been
seen OH this lake until Stanley came.
and he was told that the lake was 80
large that 1t would take several years
TO go around it. Before that the boats
We're such as we now see used bv the
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LEGAL BLANKS

or every character and desc,,,,.
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want to know something about ~.
Of shoe polish they axe huylr, ~. 3
date shoe dealers recommend oni,, n
Shoe Polish. because II prcveuts ~ ~
or from cracking. That's "A pojp..
the dealer to Price 10 cents 'V
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10

al bugler, which position he held at
the time of his death. While stationed
at Fort Dcs Moines he met and mar
ried Miss Anna Fink, who had just
completed two years work in the
state university and was spending the
summer vacation with two aunts at
Des Moincs. Less than q month after
their marriage the soldier husband was
ordered to Fort Riley, Kas., later be-
ing ordered with his regiment to Ha-
vana. A few days were allowed him
with his bride before the trip to the
island, and then the young wife came
to this city to make her home with
her husbands parents. Months passed
and a little daughter came to cheer
her in her loneliness.
The incident is an especially tragic
one, in that Mrs. Nelson, the young
wife, is a comparative stranger in Fort
Dodge and even a stranger to the par
ents Of her husband previously to a
few months ago, and the blow falls
with terrible severity on her. A broth
err Of the young soldier left Saturday
evening for Des Moines in the hopes
OF ascertainlng more OF the particulars
surrounding the death of the young
man, and to arrange for the bringing
Of the remains to this city for bur-
ial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
CHAMBERLAlNpS
COUGH REMEDY

This we'll known remedy has been
on the market for one-third of CEN
fury. Starting from small beginning
it has grown in favor and popularity
until the demand for it often requires
shipments in carload lots. 1t is now
on sale at almost every drug store
and most country cross road stores in
the United States. There is no ques-
ton as to its merits; in fact, the enor-
nous sale on it has been brought a
bout to a large extent by the perso-
nal recommendations of people who
have been cured by it. When you
use remedy for cough or cold and
find it far superior to any other that
you have ever tried, it is natural that
you should tell your friends of your
good fortune. 1t has become the moth
ers' favorite for coughs, colds and
Group, as they found that it can al
ways be depended upon and that II
contains no opium or other harmful
drugs. During these years in which
we have been making. selling and US
ing this preparation we have never
known of single case of cold re-
sulting in pneumonia when Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy was used, which
leads us to believe that it is a certain
preventive of that disease. The fact
that it can be depended upon in every
case has crowned it with the success
it enjoys.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
BARTON M'cuLLY ARRESTED.
Recently Suspended From Princeton
Bank on Account of Shortages.

Special to TimeS-Repubhcan.
Jefferson, Feb. 10.-Word was re-
ceived today by Mrs X. M. Wood, the
mother Of Barton McCully, formerly
cashier Of the Princeton bank, which
recently suspended Mr.. McCully on ac-
count OF alleged shortages. to the eff
feet that State Auditor Carroll, who
has charge OF the banks business,
swore out a warrant for the arrest Of
Mr.. McCully.
This comes as a shock to many JEFF
ferson people, as Mr.. McCully was for
several years before his departure into
the banking business at Princeton, en-
gagged in the mercantile business, and
also was at one time bookkeeper for
the Jefferson Savings bank, and a
young man held in the highest esteem
in this community. 1t was stated a
few days ago that his mother had been
trying to raise money. in the hopes
that she could help her son out Of
the financial difficulty. The store
building in which Mr.. McCully was one
time part owner with j. r. Smith,
was sold. and other property was dis
posed Of 1t was reported that Mrs.
Wood will leave as soon as possible
for Princeton, where she will endeavor
release her son Of the charge which
now stands against him. The report
this morning is to the effect that the