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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
CONTINUED from First Pagel

Mr.. Bryan did good work with his
platform. He managed to be radical
enough to please the widest of
his followers and conservative enough
L|t to give the Eastern wing Of
tie party a good excuse for bolt
ing ALI the different factions of the
party have been somehow brought TO-
gether with no one outside except the
men that Bryan threw out. The plat
form viii be found fully discussed on
another page. 1t is worth noticing,
however. that tho anti-injunction plan
intended to catch the labor vote, is
believed to have a Joker in II 80
that it would do labor nc good and a
good many labor leaders are express
ing their dissatisfaction.
The plank of the currency blames
the Republicans for the panic of 1907
which may be good politics, but it
does not explain how the Republicans
made panics in Europe and in fact
all over the world. aud a good many
will be inclined to think that it goes
ton far.
1t was a fine thing for the Demo-
Gratis to have so much harmony On
the platform. but the radical people
are loosing sight of the fact that
the conservatives are giving Bryan
all the rope he wants in the hope
that he will hang himself good and
proper.
AIR. Bryan made a good selec-
ton Of a running mate. Mr.. Kern is
not a man of wide ability and is hard
ly Fnown outside his own state. but
there "a every probability that his
nomination will put the Indiana vote
In the Democi attic column. He Is q
fine NAH and good citizen. husband
and father anG has 4 perfect reputa-
ton. lis CHIEF weakness Is that he
was put forward by Tom Taggart. a
samblipg-housc keeper and corrupt
politician and that some people viii
say that Mr. Taggart is using Mr..
Kern TO pull his ehestnuts out Of
tie fire in Indiana.
Mr. Ollie James of Kentucky. who
wants to pu- dynamite under the
MOUNTAINS, probably so that they will
not interfere with the night riders
In his part OF the state. seems to
have thought that he had a chance
OF being nominated. and spent a lot
OF time telling people that he wouIdn'
De viee-president. 1t was like a baby
telling his pa that he would not take
the moon for gift.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16

The country school teacher comes
into the district as an object of more
or less criticism and curiosity. People
wonder how he got the school rather
than somebody else. where he VIII
board. and how soon he will lick the
first child! The teacher himself may
not be a very great person-probabiy
II he were a certified genius he would
he doing something else! Neverthe-
less while the teacher may be a
student not yet graduated himself, or
a person in other ways less than the
ideal with proper encouragement from
others and proper courage or his own
part he may be light in the district.
First of all, he should be encour-
aged to call at every home and get
acquainted with children and parents.
The bono Of confidence is great help
towards education.
And next he should be encouraged
to do the things which will wake up
the pupils. They win learn most when
they are in the atmosphere of pleasure
and enthusiasm. We like to see a
teacher read an amusing story at the
opening or close of school, who will
teach the children how to play "Pris-
rners Coal. "Pom-pom-pull-away" 4,
and engage ia other sports so that
they shall feel that he is their friend
and companion.
The teacher too. should be the
source OF general information. He
should show the pupils the connection
between their studies and things of the
great world which they wish to know
about. Let him point &c the nearest
railway or rivulet and trace it to the
city or the sea. Let him tell the
story Of the early settlement of the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK
tcsniinuei from First Page

The Urited States Steel Corporation
Is said to have inspired this attempt
at world trust.
DOOklES LOSE: -. Twenty-Five
men have been indicted by the Kings
County grand jury for bookmaking
IN New York. II the indictments are
sustained in trial these men may 20
to jail for one year II is likely. II
any OF these men are convicted. the
case VIII be carried to the highest
court to try the constitutionality Of
the law.
OIL FIELD ON FIRE:-A lake Of
OIL covering an area OF more than
one square mile Is on fire I'm the
state Of Vera Cruz. Mexico. The lake
Is Of unknown depth and contains
millions OF barrels OF oil. The oil
field was being developed by the
Pennsylvania OIL Co. and one OF the
w'rkmen accidentally set fire to one
OF the wells and the flames were car
ried to the underground lake. A
terrible explosion occurred which lift
ed the surface OF the earth off the
lake. The whole field will be burn
ed up.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16
TIL e SCHOo
KENTUcKYs RURAL SCHOOLS
., PRESIDENT FROST of ssrs. College

county in which they live; and above
all. let him take an interest in the
practical affairs OF their lives. An
old tomato can should be filled with
seeds and flowers. TO awaken an in
terest In the growth of plants. He
should call attention to every piece
of work in the district which is done
with skill and enterprise. The read
ing class should be provided with an
agricultural newspaper, and the arlth-
metic class should do sums and prob
lens" which will help the pupil meas
ure a cord of tan-bark, or compute
store account
And perhaps the greatest single
benefit which the district school can
confer upon the community is to hold
on exhibition. There ought TO be two
exhibitions: one in the middle OF the
term which Will serve as kind Oh
rehearsal ant gatherer of interest and
one at its close which shall enable
the term to expire with fireworks
and glory. What viii be worth more
to our little citizens than that they
should have the chance of spelling
down" in the presence Of their Ell
ders. and present prepared lesson
IL geography before tho appreciative
ewes OF fathers and mothers? What
will give them more Impulse in the
right direction than to declaim with
earnestness IL not with grace, the old
pieces" which have been the first
rounds of so many ladders that have
reached the stars Let us have Pat
rick Henry's Plea for Liberty, Whit
tiers Barefoot Boy" Mrs Heman's
Graves of a Household, and Long
fellows Psalm of Life" acclaimed in
every school house.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16
TUE MARKET


Potatoes. Irish. per bu.-Sl.2O
Cabbage. &c per Id.
Peas. 12hc. per gal
Honey. 15c per ID.
Beans. 12lsc per gal.
Apples. per bu.-75c.
Blaokbs rries. 7is-iOc per gal.
Strawberries per qt-i0-l3c.
Eggs. pei dozer iSc.
Butter. per lb.-l5-20c.
Bacon. per lb..-lo-lic.
Ham, rer lb.-l2iac
Lard. per lb.--iO-l2Ac.
Chickens on foot. per lb.-i5e.
Corn. 9Oc
oats. soc.
Wheat, csc. per bu.
Miilet. $3.50 pei bu.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16
POLITICAL NOTES
An Issue Of Taft-Taft to Follow Nc
Kinley Plan.


AN ISSUE OF TAFT:-The public
itv OF campaign funds will be an Is
sue in the coming campaign. MI
Taft had extended talks with Chair
man HitchcocL and George r. Shell
don Treasurer OF the National Com
mlttee at Hot Springs, Va. Il was
agreed TO comply with the New York
law as to the publicly Of campaign
funds.
TAFT TO FOLLOW MCKINLEY
PLAN Secretary Taft has been adj
ylsed by some Of his friends to con-
duct his campaign much as President
Mckinley did twelve years ago. Nc
Kinley remained continuously at home
and did not leave Home 10 make
single speech on the stump Unless
h.s plans are changed Secretary Taft
will spend the next few months ct
Hot Springs. Va. where he will re-
oeive visiting delegates.
GAvEL FROM KENTUcKY;-The
little mahogany gavel with which
chairman Taggsrt raped for order
came from Kentucky. The wood does
not grow In this State but one OF our
mountain boys brought Il from Cuba
during the Spanish war. The honor
OF making the motion FOR adjourn
ment vas given to ollie James Of
Kentucky and II seems that Kentucky
tts had her share OF tn, workings In
the convention.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16

last Democratic revision OF the tar
III.
But there is one thing worse than
all these. Many people with long
memories have gone bScl; four years
ard are looking at the old platform.
No one would believe that the two
were written by the same party.
They are very different What one
wants. the other denounces. what one
condemns. the other praises. II We
so back eight years. t. 1900. We find
something nearer like the present
platform. What does al. this mean?
What does the Democratic party want
Does il know what II wants? And
will it DO what it says. but what it
evidently is not sure about? A good
many men are answering these ques-
tions upfavorably to Bryan, and de-
clare that the Democratic party is I'M
Trustworthy, that it does not know
what it wants. or what TO do If it
should get into power, and they say
that the platform is worthless.
w. r. Hearst. who two years ago
ran for governor OF New York on the
Democratic ticket, and who in his
two former campaigns has supported
Bryan. says On the subject
I'VE are bound to aid. with regret,
that We have lost confidence also in
William ]. Bryan, who by wel-man-
ipulated boss-ship has compelled this
nomination.
mo reliance can be placed on the
Democratic platform or on Bryan's
declarations. The Democratic plat
fo'm declares for ne set of princi-
Piles at one election ana for an en-
tirely different set at the next cleo
tion, while Bryan is apparently with
out permanent principle or sincere
conviction. or even honest attitude.
"A note is L promise TO pay. II is
valuable according to who makes IL
and who endorses f.. A plat
form is promise to perform.
and a platform made by the Demo-
cratic lgrty and endorsed by Mr.
Bryan Is not worth the paper IT Is
written on.
The Democratic party has become
a weathercock of what its inferior
leaders imagine to be the expression
OF public opinion. II reflects supine-
~ the corporation instinct and serv-
il:,y OF . Parker. end It is ready at
the next moment to reflect the half
baked ill-latured opinions of some
ims ginsry radical"
All these things weaken the DEM
ocratic appeal for votes on the plat
form. The Republicans can make a
very brief claim. They simply say:
We are doing these things that
the Democrats are talking about, and
We nave been doing them for some
time. We promise to keep right on
doing them and We say just what We
are gomg to do We do not promise
what we cannot perform. and our car
RING cut of the promises in other
platforms proves that we will do what
We say"
Now good many people win not
like what the Republicans are try
ing TO do. but the same people will
MT like the Democratic party any
better, and so IL comes down TO a
question OF which side the people
can trust. with the Republicans far
ahead.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16
PRESIDENTIAL SITUATION
tcssti.ssd frs. First rsse1

giving opposition parties campaign
material in England. France. Germany
Russia and Japan. In each country
the party that is not in power blames
the parry that is for the hard times.
TINS may be good politics. and it win
probably fool part of the people part
OF the time but 1t disgusts a good
many. who know that Bryan knows
that his charges are not true. Bryan
also calls for revision OF the tariff.
which the Republicans have prom
Used. definitely. A good many peo-
Pile still remember the effect Of the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16
DEMOCRATIC PRAISE or TAFT
(Chlcago Record IIeraldl.

(Chicago Record Herald.
Thers Il stll plenty Of stiff. robust
partisanship in our politics. bat We
are certainly living In an era OF aair-
ly good feelihg. OF softer and better
political manners and greater csndor
and courage than once prevailed.
That conscious Independence is grow
ing al admit. that sts influence s.
healthy ali but the extreme parts
ans anc the spoilsmen VIII gladly rec
ognize. And there Is every reason
TO believe that this influence - large
~ responsible for the increasing sill
ingness Of moderate party men and
organs to treat opponents with some
justice and generosity.
one OF the signs Of the times Is
the reception by the Republican press
Of the appointment Of General Wright
an erstwhile Democrat, southerner
and former Confederate soldier. as
Secretary OF War. No surprise is ex-
pressed in any quarter and the COM
ments OF the press refer exclusively
to the generals qualifications. his
PHILIPPINE service. his knowledge Of
the Orient
Another symptom may be found In
the Democratic tributes to Secretary
Taft as a candidate for the presiden-
cy. II Opposition" praise OF Taft's
character and ability were confined
to the uncompromisingly anu-Bryan
Democratic press IL would not perhaps
be so significant. But papers hat
are sure to support the Denver nom
lnee, papers who do not doubt that
Bryan will be that nominee and who
are working for him sincerely. are
among those that have bestowed the
praise and tributes We have alluded
to.
The Atlanta Constitution. for exam
P'ts says AhaA ~ lions NFhNi
tions in stating that the dominant
element in the South will view
Tatt's nomination "as the wisest and
most acceptable choice that could
have been made by his party so far
as the interests OF the South and
the nation are concerned" The Bal
timore Sun says that oil that the peo-
pie know Of Taft is TO his credit and
that he has all the qualities which
inspire respect and confidence rs
between man and man" The Phila-
delphia Record thinks the Demo-
Gratis will win this year. but 1t adj
mires Taft as "a man of the highest
character and fine abilities"
Intelligent men are now aware that
II is possible to be fair tho partisan.
The next campaign should be con-
Quoted on a high plane.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16

Faith in God is best evidenced by
fellowship with men.
Too many measure their means by
their meanness.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-17
THE TARDY GUEST.
He Didn't Tell His Hostess the Truth
About the Delay.


About the Delay.
Dinner had been ready and waiting
twenty minutes. The wife OF the tardy
guest was very 'much embarrassed.
Just TO think that her husband was so
rude as TO be late ut a dinner engage
ment and keep all the guests waiting.
After awhile the belated one arrived.
red faced and perspiring.
80 sorry 70 keep you waiting" be
said. but ] was detained at the Of
fee with an out Of town customer
Just couldn't get away"
The excuse sounded all right and
was accepted by the hostess, but II
was a myth.
The truth was: PreOccupied, be haC
gone home from the Office at the usua
time and found the house locked mucl
20 his surprise. Where in the mischief
were his wife and chlldreni be won
dered Why didn't they tell him they
were going awayf He went all around
the house and tried tho doors, but the,
were locked Then he found piec.
Of iron in the back yard and broke opel
a window and crowded in. Tie crowd
ed out through the window for Oh
evening paper and crowded back III
read the paper and sill the wife am
children didn't return.
Al SOB O'Clock be remembered Oh
dinner engagement While ho dresse
aud rode twenty blocks the guest
waited Hut others base made fh
saule biuuder Kansas CITY star.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-17
cANDLEFISH.
The Oil Is Used rs a Medicine by the
Natives of Alaska.


The candlefish is about the size Of "a
smelt and so fat that when dried and
lighted 1t throws off a blaze Of suffi-
cient power to be used for illuminat-
ing purposes, says Forest and Stream.
Before the advent Of the white man
and his candles these fish were used
by the Alaskan natives for that pur-
pose.
The Indians claim that candlefish
possess valuable medicinal qualities
and candlefish oil is used by them as a
universal cure for consumption. Hun
dreds Of pounds of these fish are buried
and left in the ground until they begin
to decompose; then they are removed
and dumped into a wooden receptacle,
followed out log, or, more often. a
dugout canoe that has passed its use
fulness as O craft Water is then add
ed and the putrid mass is brought to a
boiling point and kept simmering by
plunging into 1t powders that have
been heated. The oil is thus gradual
/ ly tried out, and after 1t has gathered
on the surface, thick and clear. It is
drawn off and placed in large wooden
receptacles. A consumptive patient is
literally dosed with this oil. He drinks
It by the pint and is bathed in it sew
eral times a day. To meet one Of these
dirty, sickly. greasy Indians is one o.
the most repulsive sights imaginable
Nevertheless persons in a position t
know say that after several weeks o
this treatment a native who once seem
ed to be in the last stages Of the dis
ease becomes as robust and looks a
healthy as a perfectly strong man.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-17
Congress No. l Location.

Beginning at corner number l a pine
post set in ground with mound Of earth
and scribed 1-2311, whence the Ia sec
ton corner between Sections % and "a
T 20 N, r E B M bears S &C. co. w
378.57 fit distant, and corner number 2
Crescent lode, Survey number 2l75,
bears north So so west 1882 feet dist
ant, thence south 81 g east 1900 feet
to corner number 2 identical with
corner number Of Congress lode Sur
vey number 2l00), thence south z Al
east 600 feet to corner number 3 (identi-
cal with corner number 6 of Congress
lode); thence north 81 - west 1899. So
feet to corner number A; thence north
T. Al west 6O4 50 feet to place Of begin
ming, containing a net area Of l9. 49,
acres after excluding conflict with
Crescent and Century Lodes Survey
number 2l75.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-17
Elk City Mining News year
for 81.
Election Officers.

At a recent meeting Of the
board Of county commissioners
provisions We're made for the gen
eral election that is to be held on
November Ord. For Elk City
and surrounding precincts we
give the following:
Elk City: Shall include all
that territory in Idaho county
lying north Of Dixie precinct and
east Of Newsome precinct.
Polling Place-School house;
Mrs. Susan Ingram, registrar;
distributing clerk, George Ham
iltOn; judges: l.. A. Painter,
Stanley Litchfeld, /. A. Strong.
Dixie: Shall include all terri
tory in Idaho county east Of Buff
falo precinct.
Polling Place Cameron build
ing: i. M. Kinds, registrar, dis
tributing clerk, Chas. Booi;
Judges: S. E.McCowan, Howard
PoWelson, j. NJ. Eallin.
NeWsome. Commencing at
the 10 mile cabin on the Elk City
wagon road, from thence run
ming south 10 the south fork Of
the Clearwater river, thence up
said river TO a point opposite the
divide between Elk City and
NeWs0me creek, thence along
said divide until opposite the d.
vide between NeWsOme creek
and Che middle fork of the Clear.
water river, thence down SAID
divide 10 a point due north d
said 10 mile cabin, thence soutf
~ the SAID ~ mile cabin W th'
place III beginning
Polling Place heHaom lfeel
House. Mrs. BERTHE Shlsslef
reglstrar distributing clerk JOIN
Madison, judges, George y
Kelly Chas. Az Parsons, JON
fh.fsler
Concord, That portion o
idaho county known as l.o3pln
Mining District nefeiol9'
known a. calendar ald .a|ialI
aUl CONCORD pre'.no#
POLLING Place lla pDsiViIe
LllIllup james tIlr.lHe feH|f
lluT d.Hllll|uf r'efk NlllIai
IDp.n iDitl. IL n watson 4
IA faIlIll j Cameron
DNtlaNNf luNMlNrNN HI
DaIi |..l.I NJ lIIN IHlN fIIf
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-17

Is % 85' cast 1885, feet distant, thence
south 81 lO vest war p east a42 %
leei t0 corner number p, thence ~ tn
l9 ~ west (Yar ~ aO eaail a. aN
feef f0 corner number 3 tlenee so+NI
l0 81 east lyaf ~ BOZ CASH 1907 fetl
i0 corner number thence north ~ ~
oafl Nar ~ lsU ill .al leei ~ corner
numlr f lNence north Fl lu' easy
lpm ~ aO' elstl 1890 feei a. corner
number 6 NIenf'cp' 500 CORNER ll1-
hfr NJ key Nef lodel theme nlfii
N al' vest Nnr ~ au easD lpN i.eI
M place of peRlNnlnf. containing 4.p0l
neI0f
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-17

Beginning at corner number l, a pine
post scribed 1-Z31l identical with
corner number 2 Century lode Survey
number 2175), whence the Ia section
corner between sections % and "A, I
% MRS E, 2 NJ bears north AZ 35'
vest 1884 feet distant, thence south
81 10 east 1143 feet along southeriy
line Of Congress number ] location TO
corner number 2; thence south 7 Al
east 605.4 feet TO corner number 8;
thence north 81 49, west 1143 feet to
corner number identical with corner
number Of Century lcGe); thence
north z A. west SOS. 20 feet to place Of
beginning, containing 1851 acres.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-17

Beginning at corner number l, q pine
post set in the ground with mound Of
earth and scribed 1-2-231l identical
with corner number 2 Of Congress num-
Der 3 locatiOn), whence the Ia section
corner between Secs % and "a, ] % n
r 81 = B NJ, bears north ~ AZ west
l77l.8 feet distant; thence south 81 49,
east 239. 70 feet to corner number z
identical with corner number 3 Of
Congress number ] location and corner
number 6 Of Congress lode survey num-
Der 2l00); thence north So 43 east
s35. 30 feet to corner number 3 (identi-
cal with corner number 3 81 Congress-
lode): thence north So 40 cast zbe.o0
foof 70 corner nuuber 4 trenee south
z Al east 605.4 feet TO corr er number
s; thence south 81 40 west 1880 fee.
TO corner number 6; thence south q "a
west l072.S9 feet to corner number
identical with corner number 3 OF Con-
gresa number location); thence north
p ~ west Cgl.4 feet to place Of begin.
ing, con aiming lE.zZ3 acres.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-17
United States Lard Office, Lewiston,
Idaho, October IL, 1903.

Notice is hereby given that Samuel
w. Smith, a citizen of the United
States, whose postoffice address is Elk
City, Idaho, is making application for
patent for the Congress No. group of
lode mining claims. comprising the Con-
gress No. l, Congress No. 3, Congress
No. A, and Congress No. 5 lode loca-
tons, situated in Elk City Mining Dis
trict, Idaho county, state of Idaho, in
Section "a, Township 20 North Range s
East, B. M, and designated as Mineral
Survey No. 2311, Serial No. 0798, anC
described as follows: variation 81 20
E)
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-25

chIeaao Loses 10 New York.

New York. Sept 25.-After an ex.
ceptionally nerye-tingling two days Of
the baseball enthusiasts, the New
lork-Chicago series In the National
league ended in . to | victory for
The home team The game kept the
immense crowd at a high pitch of ex.
element and there were demonstra.
lions notable even for such an excep
tional string OF contests as New York
has been witnessing the past fort
night There was no doubt of earnest
ness on both sides AT the opening
New York put Wiltse and Bresnahan
in the points, and Chicago Brown and
King New York scored promptly
in the first Tenney on a double by
Donlin and Herwog on a hot infieid
single to Seymour In the fifth they
took their other three, Tenney and
Bresnahan on a tnree.baser by Don
lin and Devlin on a sacrifice.
Chicago punched its four in the sew.
enth. A single by Tinker scored Stein.
ieldt and a three-bagger by King
brought in Holman and Howard, bat
ting for Coakley who had replaced
Brown, brought in King.
Score r. H. ~.
New York ..... 300 03O 00@--5 7 3
Chicago ..... 900 000 100
Batteries: Brown, Coakley Overall
and King; Wiltsc, Mathewson aud
BresnahaH
summary: Two.basc bit. Donlin.
Thrcc-basc hit, king, Donlin, Base
on balls Brown. 8; wltso, / Struck
out by overall, =: Wiltse. 8; Mathew
son, 8