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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06
STATE REDISTRICTING BILL

The Republican Legislative Reds
tricting Bill, dividing the state into
100 districts. was offered by Senator
Burnam. The apportionment district
and counties) is as follows:
First-Fulton and Hickman.
Second-Carlisle and Ballard.
Third-Graves.
Fourth-McCracken
Fifth-Livingston and Marshall.
Sixth-Calloway.
Seventh-Crittendon and Lyon.
Eighth-Caldwell
Ninth-Trigg.
Tenth-Union.
Eleventh-Henderson
Twelfth-Webster.
Thirteenth-Hopkins.
Fourteenth and Fifteenth-Chris-
tian county.
Sixteenth-Todd.
Seventh-Logan.
Observation-Disclosures.
NinteenthNMcLean
Twentieth--Ohio.
Twenty-first and Twenty-second,--
Daviess.
Observation-Disclosures and Brock
enridge.
Twenty-fourth-Meade.
ty-fiftn--Hardln.
Twenty sixth-Grayson
Observation-Disclosures and Ed
monson.
-eighth-Warren.
Twenty-ninth-Simpson and Allen
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Monroe
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Thirty-second--Hart.
DISQUALIFICATION and Wayne.
Thirty fourth-Russell and Casey.
NATURALIZATION and Motcalfe.
Observation-Disclosures and Larue.
Thirty-seventh-Adalr
Thirty eighth-Marion.
DISQUALIFICATION.
Observation-Disclosures and Ander-
son.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and pullitt. /.
Extraordinarily.
Forty third-Jefferson county out
side city limits of Louisville.
Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty
sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth,
Forty-ninth, Fiftieth. Fifty-first and
Fifty-sccond-city of Louisville.
Fifty-third-Oldham and Henry.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Carroll.
Fifty-fifth-Gallatin and Owen.
ty-sixth-Grant and Boone.
Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth and Fiji
ty-ninth-Kenton county.
Sixtieth and Sixty flrst-Campbell
county.
decentralization
Sixty-third-Scott.
y-fourth-Franklin.
Sixty-fifth--Bourbon.
Sixty-sixth-Clark.
Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth -
Fayette county.
sixty-ninth Woodsord and Jesa-
mine.
observation-disclosures.
Tcontinued ON Third Page,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06
GROUNDING DAY

The second day of February is
known as Grounding Day. and is
supposed to show whether the wealth
err for the next six weeks will be
good or bad. The Citizen does not
pretend to know whether the Ground
hog has any strange powers of
prophecy or not, but it is a fact
that the day has been the center
OF superstitjons for hundreds Of
years, and that people of many ma
lions have thought that It gave in
dications as to coming storms.
One of the old proverbs about the
day is Scotch. and so Of great interest
to many of the people here. whose
folks came from Scotland. II runs
thus:-
Gin Candlemas Day be bright and
fair,
Half o. the winters to come. and
mair,
uin Candlemas Day be dark and foul,
Half O. the winter was game at Yuie.
In those days. you see. it was not
Ground-hog Day, but CandIemas. but
it was the same day.
IL there is anything in the super
sutton, we are in for lot of bad
weather for the next six weeks. for
there was hardly a minute on that
day this year when any grounding
tnat looked out could not see his
shadow. 1t certainly looks like it
from the weather we have had since
No road to cny good knowledge is
wholly among lilies and the grass.
There is rough climbing to be done
always.-Ruskin.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

All will be glad to learn of the
provision which is almost certain to
be made In Congress for the pension
ing of all widows of soldiers who
have served their country and been
honorably discharged. The bill has
passed the House almost unanimous
ly. and will almost certainly go thru
the Senate. 1t viii cost the country
about si2,741 900 a year.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06
POINTERS FOR SALVATION
Some Of the Best Of the many Good
Things Mr.. Lyon Has Said at the
ReviNal Here.

A human soul is the most valuable
treasure on this earth, and just In
proportion as "A man grasps that
fact will be his effort in saving
souls.
Gold is the God Of more people
than is Jesus Christ.
Many people are more interested
in making a living than they are In
making lIfe
The angels rejoice so greatly over
the saving Of soul because they
know what IL means for a soul to
be lost-and what It means to be
saved.
Surely. II Christ thought that 70
save you and me from sin. from eter-
nal doom, was worth His while to
come down from all the joys Of
heaven and die Tor US. IL is worth
our while 10 live for Him.
Don't let the things you don't
believe keep you from believing the
things you do believe.
have great sympathy for an hon
est doubtcr-I have been one myself
but have nothing but contempt
for the man that tries 90 hide his
sins under the cloak Of agnosticism.
Ninety nine per cent OF our know
ledge we take on faith, and isn't it
strange that we won't take any
knowledge OF God on faith.
There was one hypocrite among
the disciples. The church has Alright
to one hypocrite IN twelve,
rs a good deal better to spend
a little while with a few hypocrites
here than to spend eternity with
them there
Some folks say they'll take their
chances Of condemnation. There
isn't any chance about H.
don't know anywhere in the BIZ
BILE that man was saved by his feel
ings-do you?
II ever a man ought to be sane
and sober and leave his feelings out
it's when he's considering the claims
OF Jesus Christ.
Waiting for feeling is like taking
an ak and going out in the woods
and sitting down on log and walt
ing for sweat.
II the religion Of Christ appeals to
your reason, accept It, and then when
you know that Christ is your Savior.
the feeling win come. And then
Christian service will give feeling
Il will get better and better all the
way.
When you become "a Christian you
don't have TO "hold out" You hold
on and God will hold out. God just
gives you enough grace every day
and He always gives it,
You have to live either with Christ
or without him. You've got your bur
dens any how and the question is
whether you can carry them easiest
with Christ or without Him.
God created your life and He can
keep II.
The only thing you have to give
up in becoming Christian is sin
sin. that will be curse to you any
how.
My friend, the salvation OF your
sui is worth moro than all the rest
of the world to you.
The farther you go from Christ
the harder 1t is to turn.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

BRITISH PARLIAMENT MEETS;
The British parliament, which met
January 20. will have several hard
problems TO solve, and the first vote
taken shows that the government
has only majority OF 40. less than
half what there was a year ago. The
business troubles. which people here
are trying to blame on Roosevelt, are
blamed on the government there by
its opponents. and there win be sew
eral hard attacks made. There is
great deal OF disorder in Ireland,
where the poor people are really sur
fering and are stealing cattle and at
lacking the few men who own land
and get rent from the rest. There
Will also be another fight over the at
tempt to get the schools out from the
power of the state church.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

BoYCoTTs ILLEGAL:--A decls-
ION OF the L. 5. Supreme Court has
again told against the labor unions.
this time by showing that tho law
against trusts prevents labor unions
from doing anything TO restrain
trade. There Is no doubt that boy
colt restraints trade. and so II has
been held Illegal. and damages are
given against the union.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Thaw In Asylum-Big Chicago Fire
Much Disorder in Ireland-Report
of Attempt 10 Blow up Battleship.

THAW FOUND INSANE;-The
Jury which has been trying Harry
X. Thaw for the murder OF Stanford
White returned verdict Of mot
guilty because OF insanity Justice
Bowling. who has presided AZ the
trial. declared that he believed that
Thaw was dangerous lunatic and
sent him TO an insane asylum.
Thaw's lawyers will now try TO
prove that he has recovered from
his insanity since he committed the
murder, and so get him released
from the asylum.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

BIG BANKS FAiL;-An echo OF
the business troubles. which are not
yet cured. by the way. comes in the
failure OF two banks which were con
troiled BY the Morse-Thomas combi-
nation. whose speculation started
the panic. Both banks say they
will be able TO pay in full.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

BUYS OLD FLAG:-W. X. Van
derbilt has bought and viii send
back 10 this country the flag Of
the man-of-war Chesapeake. This was
the only important vessel captured
from the Americans by the British
In the War OF 1912. and the flag
was the one flying over Capt. Law
renee when he gave his famous dy-
ing command: Don't give up the
ship"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

MAY RELEASE MAcLEANi-Rai-
suli. the Moorish bandit who stole
Caid Sir Harry MacLean, an English
general employed by the Sultan Of
Morocco seven months ago. now says
that he will release him IN few
days.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

FIVE BURN To DEATH.-Five
persons were burned TO death and
twelve injured IN a fire IN a lodg-
ing house in Kansas City Saturday.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

BIG CHICAGO FIRE;-A fire
which burned over several big stores
In Chicago last Friday did damage
estimated at Sl.70O.0Oo.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

CYCLONE KILLS TwENrY;--A
cyclone which swept across northern
Mississippi resulted In the death Of
twenty people and did considerable
damage on Saturday.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-06

DYNAMITE IN CoAL:-The great
fleet of American battleshlps has
passed around the Southern end OF
South America and Is at Punta Are
mas. There they are taking on coal
and viii soon start on their north
ward voyage There is another re-
port OF plot against the battleships.
One OF the officers on the Ohio Is
quoted as saying that stick of dy-
Mantle was found In the coal II
this had got into the furnace IL would
have destroyed the boilers and Grip
pied the ship, probably scalding a
number OF men to death. but it
could hardly have sunk the vessel.
Anyhow. stories OF that kind. coming
40 far. have TO be taken with a good
deal OF salt
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there had never been a red diamond rat
tier at that institution.
Some authorities do not consider the
red diaIGond rattlesnake a separate fea-
ture of the rattlasnake family, while
others do. Prof. Cope, the foremost au-
thority on American. snakes. considers The
red RATHER ii distinct species. The dla-
mond rattlesnakes are the biggest of the
family Of rattlers and is probably the
largest Of all poisonous snakes in point
of bulk.
The king cobra of India is longer, but
much more slender than the rattlesnake.
The cobra is far more poisonous than any
known snake. including the rattlesnake.
\ person bitten by cobra will die in
COUPLE of minutes. the authorities say.
The body of the red diamond tattler
is "A light red. with spots along its body
of q darker and deeper red.
The rattlesnakeS found about Washing
ton, one of which DIT young man several
weeks ago on the banks of the Potomac
above the AQueduct bridge, are known
as the banded or mountain rattlesnakes.
The diamond rattlerS do not range north
any farther than the CarolinaS. They
are unusually numerous in Florida and
Texas and are found in greater or less
numbers in other southern states where
conditions are favorable. lin some parts
OF Florida they are particularly numerous.
The red diamond rattleSnakes are very
quick in the springs and movements and
the daring photographer has taken pic
lures of them as they are springing upon
their prey, such as rabbits, birds etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

corner of 18th and streets had been
utilized for government purposes in 1S49,
rented for the newly created Interior De-
partment and the Attorney General and
first auditor also moved here from the
Treasury, did the commissioner of Gus
toms a newly created Treasury officer.
In 1851 a building erected by c. II. Won
der on the northwest corner of nth and
r streets became an office building. and
the second and fourth auditors We're as
signed rooms therein. the former being
still an occupant. After the government
had paid over $4,000 as rent to 1855 it
bought il for 100000 and it has since
been occupied by a bureau of the War
Department well as the Treasury.
The wisdom of the purchase is apparent.
On March g. 1850. an act was approved
by President Pierce for the continuation
of the Treasury on the plans of T. L.
Walter. architect of the Capitol extern
SionS, the first appropriation being 500.
600 In 1856 $4,000 of this was expended
in commencing the work. The south wing
was first constructed. followed by the
other portions The north wing. in which
was the State Department, was left for
the last In 1866 the old building. having
served its purpose, was demolished and
the State Department joined the army of
house renters.
In all near fifteen years passed before
the completion of the Treasury. during
which hundreds of hands were employed
and about S6OOO,OO0 expended. In the
meantime the bureaus in the old build
| ing spread out from cramped quarters as
the rooms were prepared. But with the
enlarged accommodations there were
quarters outside for some of the offices.
| Under the roof. however. the most of the
| Treasury offices found Judgment. but two
of the auditors are located in leased
quarters, as is the lfe-saving bureau.
| JAMES CROGGON.
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AROUND THE CITY

way up town there is d neglected triangle
gay with blossomy weeds. In the weeds
there are rusty green grashoppers that
could make the Olympian score for long
jumping look foolish. and futtering above
them are butterflies of palest yellow. And
there are 4tustling black ants and fussy
old brown belted bees and if you come
along at a lucky time, a dainty ladybug
or Two in spsckled red gowns with wings
of black chiffon 1t is such d way off.
quiet place fhat a woman had the triangle
all to Herself the other morning until a
boy came along. And the boy started a
conveFsat ion
Whats ybu starin through that glass
forp" T)I"taErp-
The .&pmaH, must have considered that a
direct question called for direct answer.
for she looked up from her magnifying
| lens:
topacco.r
Honest asee for YOURSELF
She. aocused the glass on a grasshopper
| and the boy cursed with excited delight.
| BLANK, but it makes him big, don't it.
Lemale See some more
Ali right. Let's try to get near enough
to that Butterfly-''
The butterfly had different views on the
| matter, and was flying off when the boy
struck at it with his cap and downed il.
He seemed to think he had done the cor
rect thing. The woman adjusted the glass
and the boy expressed his delight with an
entirely new output of profanity.
Well I'll be blanked. Banked if it
don't look most as big as a canary bird,
and it's got feathers on its wings
It's a pity they are broken" put in
the woman. THE poor little thing can
never fly again. and it was having such a
happy time without hurting either of us.
You will have to kill it now to put it out
| of it's misery"
The boy gave 1t a pinch that showed
| him to be an expert, but the skin between
his freckles took on a deeper red.
BLANK 1t, l didn't know they was that
pretty-and big"
bIossomy weeds and black ant that was
scuttling along as if something wonder
| full had happened and he had to carry the
news.
well, blank it all. I never knowed
| things was like this before-Td like to see
every blanked thing livin' under this
glass. / know where there's a frog
The woman said frog would show up
| splendidly, but it wasn't likely that the
| boy could find it where he saw it last.
"Yes. 1 can, blank him! He was hop
pin along in frontier me an / smashed
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his BANKED head with a stone. He's just
over there.
You wouldn't like to look at him
through the glass" said the woman. He
would make you feel sorry you killed
him when he wasn't doing you any harm
Let's look at live. happy things.
Maybe she didn't mean to reproach the
little chap, but even his freckles turn ID
pin,,ish.
BLANK it, they amt got no sense
They have feelings. laddie. Let's try
and get glimpse at that ladybug. Be
careful
Il amt going to hurt her. Gee! she
looks like a red automObile-Gee-e-
Then the woman said she would have to
| be going, and the boy got down to bust
ness.
I've gotter a paper route an I'm goin'
to save up an buy me one of them
things. Write it down for me sos III
know what | gotter ask for an how much
| | gotter pay-why. blank it. | didn't know
bugs an things was this away. It's great.
| amt it? And. say. you amt as big liar
as | thought you was. GIMME one more
| look. won't you?'
And the woman went her way with a
| feeling that she had planted a seed.
On a shabby street there is corner
| house with a high brick wall. The wall
| is coated with purple whitewaash, and on
its top. next to the house. is a terra Gotta
grouping of Priscilla and John Alden.
The figures gay as a paint box
could make them. and there is nothing to
| mar the blissful attitude of the lovers
except that poor John has no head. 1t
was this calamity. doubtless. that trans
ferred the statuette from some parlor
table to an ash barrel. and thence to an
| alien wall, whose height made ii high art,
in at least one meaning of the term.
Cars run at spasmodic intervals along
the shabby street. and as want-tO-be pas
sengers wait at the corner they sooner
or later make acquaintance with Pris-
ella and John. Yesterday, for instance:
well. for goodness sake, George! Look
at that statcher' on that wall. Wonder
what they put it there for, huh?'
George was a man of profound know
ledge-and he knew it.
why. Eyetalians must live there. They
| always have fXin's like that outside their
houses"
what makes 'em?"
Because they are Eyetalians."
1t seemed an excellent reason, but it
failed to satisfy.
Il know, but what makes 'em do it,
huh?"
"Oh. because it's their religion. They
call it shrine or something like that
why, pops a Shriner and he amt no
Eyetalian.''
George accepted the interruption with
good-natured tolerance,
You don't understand what I'm get
ting at. I mean an altar. with figures of
the Lord and His mother. like that one
there. They says their prayers before it.
Here comes one now.
AS they made for the car the womans
round. snub-nosed little face was beauti-
full. with its pride in Georges learning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Ii would have been a real pity to have
told her about John and Priscilla. or to
have called her attention to the sign on
the door that stated that withdrawing
and grass cutting was done inside.
Or to have SHOWN her the ancient ard
honorable Colored person who was taking
comfort inside the door
She had come from Baltimore with a
grievance. And she didn't care who knew
it.
They run awful funny cars over. there.
lhey don't have push buttons. and You
have to crane your neck till YOU get
cricks in il trying to catch the conduc-
tors eye. so that he'll let you off. Well.
!, | was riding up Charles street, watching
passengers crick their necks. when RAJ &
baggy old woman got aboard and took
the seat next to mine She was broken
out all over in a rash of bags. bundles
and boxes SO that when she asked me IL
| would open the Satchel on her arm and
take out her fare. | did it. What else
| could I do. loaded down as she was? The
conductor waited while | fiddled at the
crazy old catch. and when l saw just one
solitary nickel inside | gave IT to him
and he passed on. Then | shut the
satchel and supposed the incident closed,
along with it. but il wasn't.
where's my change demanded the
old rae-bagSy person.
nickel ana had given that to the con-
ductor
mo such thing. 1t was a quarter and
| want my 20 cents change
| called the conductor and he told her
that I had given him the exact fare.
You two needn't think you are going
to cheat me just because I'm old and
helpless. l want my money. Gimme my
20 cents
Well. I got so mortified. with all the
passengers looking on. that | opened my
purse. took out two dimes and handed
them to the old fraud
"Tll give you the money to keep you
quiet but | want you to distinctly under
stand that it belongs to me-
She made grab for. my dimes and
pretty soon she got off. In stumbling
out one of her dozen parcels fell to the
floor. and after the started | picked
it I'D and called the conductor.
Here is where ! get even. She took
my two dimes, and it's only fair that
keep what's in her paper bag"
The conductor smiled. as if he agreed
with me- and the passengers took a fam
lily interest i'm me as / united the string
1t wasn't that | minded the money you
know: I've given that much away many
time and forgotten it the next minute
but nobody likes TO be imposed on.
but what was in the bundle?''
cit wasn't a bundle. it was a bag. And
there wasn't a thing in it but a lemon
The woman who was listening chuckled
and the woman who was writing smiled.
1t really made rather good story, you
know. but
Both the chuckle and smile were sea-
soned with the traditional grain of salt.
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Moses 18th annual Sept. sale.-Advt.
Pittsburg Hotel Burned.

PITTSBURG. September 5.-The East
End Hotel building. abandoned some time
ago, was destroyed by fire today, resulting
in the injury of three firemen and loss
of $4,000. dozen tramps. who had
spent the night in the building were res
cued by the firemen and search of the
ruins is being made for several more who
are said to have been in it. 1t is be-
lieved that the fire was started by one OF
the trampS.
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Oldest Mason Celebrates.

MOUNT SUNAPEE. N. H.. September
5.-James Bellows McGregor. the Oldest
Mason in the country, believed to be the
oldest white man in the United States
today celebrated his forth birthday. Mr.
McGregor can read ordinary print with
the aid of u reading glass and is hale
and hearty.
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THE RED DIAMOND RATHER
PHOTOGRAPHS OF REPTILE
SENT THE PRESIDENT.

President Roosevelt recently received a
number of photographs which We're taken
by a nervy photographer in California.
They show the dangerous reptile known
as the red diamond rattlesnake in various
attitudes. In order to get the pictures the
photographer had to approach near the
snake, snap his camera shot at the proper
time and get away quick
One of the most remarkable OF the
photographs shows a red diamond RATHER
of large size taken just after the snake
had sounded its fourteen rattles and was
in the attitude of springing upon the
operator.
1t is said just as he snapped the photo
graphic trigger the RATHER shot forward
while the man sprang aside. just missing
it's poisonous fangs by a few inches.
The Red Diamonds Home
The red diamond RATHER is found in the
southern half of California from San
Francisco southwark. Inquiries made at
the National Zoo developed the fact that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
More Room Needed.

Though the act directed that the build
ing should be "of such dimensions as
may be required for the present and fu-
ture accommodations of the treasury" in
a few years there was more room need
ed The Mexican war had created work
and the force augmented made outside
accommodations necessary especially for
first. second third and fifth auditors Of
fees, and by 1870 nearly $4,000 was paid
for rents. The houses at the southeast
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Fine $500
China Closet

Constructed of fine quartered oak; have
heavy colonial pillars bent glass doors
and ends adjustable shelves. French
shaped legs claw feet and highly pol =.
ished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Large CHARTERED Oak China Closet. with
heavy roll top. large pillar supports bent
glass door ard ends adjustable shelves
French shaped legs, claw feet and fine
hand-rubbed polish.