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COUNTRY BOARD.

DON'T RENT A HOUSE UNTIL YOU
LOOK AT THESE.
2o21 O ST. Nw-Partially furnished, er.,
b., r. h; furnace heat: So
1a21 O ST. NW.-ll r and b.; steam heat;
perfect condition; $3.50.
E. B. TOWNSEND & co..
I4Is n ST NV. Phone NJ. 1882.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR HIRE.

AND PASSENGER
automobiles for hire. Call HARVEY'S
11th and Pa. ave. NV.
200-6mo
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FOR RENT-sUBURBAN.

WOODMONT, MD. s-ROoM COTTAGE.
fine water. shade. furnace, hot and cold
water, bathroom, close to cars: 3. L.
JANNEY, 8Of3 P st NV. 2oZeod-u
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AND HOUSE CLEANING.

YOU'LL WEAR BILLIKEN'S SMILE
II you have the Acme" do your win
dow. office, and house cleaning. ACME
WINDOW CLEANING CO., 921 G St NV
Phone Main 7159. ll5-tf
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TRUNK REPAIRING.

TRUNK, SUIT CASE. and HAM HANDBAG = 5tIi
repairing; moderate prices; isrgsss Hss s5SSk SSS
iotb and II sts. NV, near Pa. ave. Phone
A. 1Ilh ,osn Snu II s'' 262 cod, ,30t
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MOVING, PACKING, & STORING.

FURNITURE, BAGGAGE, PIANOS, &C,
moved with care; packing and shipping
speciality. KRIEG'S EXPRESS, 1294
H st. NV. Phone Main 2o10. lS2-tf
GET OUR ESTIMATES ON ABSOLUTE
ly hreproof storage. UNITED STATES
STORAGE, CO, 41s-420 10th St NV.
Phone Main 4229. 1T7-tf
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FOR SALE-ACREAGE.

FOR SALE-3 to 20 ACRES AT HIGH BRIDGE,
bordering Baltimore trolley: 500 acre. Inquire
premises address BOX 2i4. Station G. 5sn
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FOR RENT-FLATS.
30 F 81. NW.-FIVE ROOMS AND
bath; steam heat; no children; $50. 26S
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WANTED-STORES.

WANTED CORNER STORE AND
dwelling combined; good location for
confectionery, tobacco, cigars. &c Pre-
NJ sS,r,+o, n e or Baltimore. Md.
P. L. HOLLAND, Greenspring' w. Va.
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FLOORS.

OLD FLOORS MADE NEW.
Old floors planed and scraped to smooth
surface and made new. c. H. ADAMS,
1854 Girard st. ne Phone North I'm.
2l9-6mo
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MALE & FEMALE HELP WANTED

MALE & FEMALE HELP WANTED
DRAUGHON'S 1877 NEW YORK AVE
NV. Its textbooks on bookkeeping have
larger sale to practical bookkeepers and
business men than the textbooks on
bookkeeping used by any other business
college. 266
LADIES AND GIRLS-RELIABLE: HOME
work steady or evening; stamping patterns; 81 80
dozen; work guaranteed Lady in attendance Cali
Room rs. KenOis Bldg. llth and G. 26St
6TENOGR APHERS- Study under practical report
ers Of long experience. SUCCESS SHORTHAND
SCHOOL. I4l5 G St Phone Main 65is
ul6m
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PAPERHANGING.

WALL PAPERING AND PAINTING-THE BEST
work: reasonable prices. E. S. RUCKER, 7l3 Eye
st. Phone Main 7422. |-tf
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
PRESERVING THE SKY LINE
skyserapsr Buildings Condemned ss
Unsiohtly and Forbidden by
Law In Belgium.

The skyscraper so far has been
condemned a. unsightly and hence
forbidden by municipal law in Bel
GUM. and the liberty OF the individual
has been sacrificed for the benefit Of
the majority. In Antwerp. for in
stance. no building may rise above s.
feet from the ground. no matter how
wide the street. and so the rental
value OF property Is limited for the
sake OF harmony
'Ostend IL another striking example
OF the same understanding In the
municipal body. From one end OF the
,lty to the other. Notwithstanding the
fact that II is summer watering
place. not a single temporary. insrtls-
tic structure will be found The city
Is as substantially built as any In tho
interior and its villas. hotels and pub.
lie buildings are as solldly construct
ID as elsewhere. No wooden summer
hotels. no wooden structures for
shows. no wooden walks along rhs
sands The parade along the water
front Is as we'll built as the main
streets OF the city OF Brussels. SO IL
liz with the smaller seaside resorts
along the coast. and 50 It Is every
where in Belgium.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
Worlds Greatest oil Well.

The scene in the Potrero del Lame
district. few miles above here. where
the biggest oil well in the world has
been active since January ;. 1911, can.
not be adequately described. Imagine
a solid column of oil shooting to a
height OF more than four hundred and
fifty feet from hole in the earth.
with a mist OF minute globules car.
ried by the wind for more than ten
miles settling down upon the vege.
tation and forming pools OF oil within
that radius; then a great lake OF tina
fluid four miles long by three miles
wide and formed by means OF an
carthen dam hastily thrown across a
natural reservoir. and at the lowest
depression of the bank OF this lake a
channel several feet wide leading inta
the Tuxpan river. through which tina
overflow of oil from the wonderful
geyser is constantly going TO waste. -
Tuxpaw (Mexicol Dispatch
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
Preserve All eIa Trees in Parks.

II a state or a nation possesses. a.
its GROWING glory. some peculiar man
Hesitation OF nature. or some noble
work OF art. its rank among civilized
communities is best measured by the
manner in which II treats such price
less possession Among philosophic
historians and men Of science. there ia
no such convincing proof OF the IN
herent weakness Of Spain as a nation.
as her destruction. centuries since. OF
the forests which In Moorish times
clothed her Sierra Nevada and Sierra
Moreno. the mother OF the rivers now
shrunken. but formerly bringing fer
'tility and plenty TO the plains below
What shall be the answer Of the IA.
ture historians 20 a similar question
as TO our forests? Possibly We are In
danger OF eyoking a similar answer
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
Even EnaIand Mlssea beauty

Nine-tsnths OF the front gardens in
this country are failures. having
neither beauty nor desirableness.
pride nor grace" as Ruskin says OF
the old church tower at Calais. says
the London Evening Standard. Din,
cult enough To lay out well at any
time. being half courtyard. half gar.
den. the difficulty of making the front
garden attractive Is doubled by the
owners inslstence on bringing carl
cature OF carriage drive up to his
front door. The rest OF the space IL
usually filled OF killed with aucubas.
bilious and blotched. and with laurels
passing into lean and lanky legginess
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
| Home Town |
r.
SCHOOL GARDENS IN CAPITAL
Washington City Has Achieved Re-
nsrksbls Results IN the Pub
lie Schools.

simple experiments are performed
suits Soils brought from school
grounds are treated with different fer
tilikers. seeds planted In them. and the
results carefully noted. The water.
holding power OF soils. the conserva-
ton OF water by soil muiching. the
essentials for termination. and the
proper depths for planting various
seeds are learned through experiments.
Before the frost touches geraniums.
coleus. scarlet sage. and heliotrope In
the park beds. cuttings are made and
placed In clean sand to root. thus fur
nishins material for school ground
decoration later. These slips are pot
ted and shifted into larger pots. rs re-
CURED. during the winter. 80 that by
spring the greenhouse Ia filled with
material for distribution. In the
spring OF 1904. 1000 plants were sent
out from the house. which covers an
area only by 30 feet
Much attention has been given To
windo~.box gardening The prepara-
ton OF the soil. the suitability of
plants. and their proper arrangement
have been carefully studied. Special
success In these window boxes has
been obtained with Boston ferns.
Tree seeds have been collected in
the parks OF the city In the autumn
and kept In sand during the winter.
In the spring the ground has been
plowed by the students with q hand
pillow. the seeds being planted in &c
cordance with the directions given in
Bulletin No 30 OF the bureau of fores-
try Wedding occasionally during tho
summer Is all the work that has been
required. The nursery nov contains
about 400 young trees
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
Insect Injuries TO Trees.

All trees. but more especially street
trees. because OF their greater value
and Importance. should be well looked
over occasionally to note any mechan
lcal injuries which need attention
Dead or decaying wood Is often at.
tackled by insect pests that gradually
extend their borings into the sound
wood and thereby endanger the heart
of the tree. All dead wood should be
chiselled away as soon as noticed. and
the wounds painted over To protect the
wood from both weather and insects
In all large eastern cities a forestry
department has been found necessary
to the preservation Of the older street
trees.
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Took the WARNING.

Charles" said a sharp-voiced wom
an to her husband in a railway car
rage. do you know that you and
once had a romance In a railway car
riage?"
Never heard OF It. replied Charles
In a subdued tone.
IL thought you hadn't: but dom
you remember II was that pair Of
slippers | presented TO yon the Christ
mas before We were married that LED
to our union7 You remember how
nicely they fitted. don't you. Well
Charles. one day when we were goin,
to a picnic you had your feet ap on
q seat and when you weren't looking
took your measure. But for thai
pair OF slippers l don't believe we'd
ever been married"
A young unmarried man. sitting By
iu.medistely took down hia feet fros
. seat
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
m,nu,. He caught b,m..,, vn,s.r.

a minute He caught himself wonder
ing, sometimes. at the perfection Of
the deliberate Indifference with which
Mr.. Grimm masked his emotions. In
his admiration OF this quality he quite
overlooked the remarkable mask OF
benevolence behind which he himself
hid.
And the name. D'Abruzzi.' he re-
marked, after a time What does IL
mean to you. Mr. Grimm"
1T means that am 20 deal with
prince Of the royal blood of italy"
was the unhesitating response Mr..
Grimm picked up the Almanac de
Gotha and glanced at the open page.
"Of course. the first thing 20 do is TO
find him; the rest will be- simple
enough" He perused the page care
lessly. II will begin work at once"
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[I||t:|| BF...I ||....|I|
Types OF Tile.

Tile with ends that are not square. as
at A. should be rotated until the contact
IL made close as shown In c. without
the kink shown In b
greater income. with half the labor
and expense OF cultivation. than two
acres of the undrained land: or that
II could be acquired at one-third to
one-half the cost OF the newly bought
acre.
The kind. size and completeness OF
the drainage works needed In a given
locality. the methods OF doing the
work and adjusting the costs. must
be determined by the local conditions
What Is good practice in one place
may not be practicable In another.
The character OF the ground. surface
slopes. crops raised. and value of land.
all have bearing on the subject In
any locality the first consideration is
an outlet or channel by which the
water may be carried away, In some
localities Nature has provided such
an outlet In others. Il may be neces-
sary for several landowners to band
together and construct a channel, OF
sufficient size and depth 10 serve as
the main outlet OF network OF
bitches which will give relief during
wet years. In many places where
such outlets naturally exist or are al.
ready completed. crops have suffered
from an excess OF water In the imme-
diate vicinity. for the reason that the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
CRY JOHN T. STEWART

The intelligence of the inhabitants
and the prosperity OF the country. In
an agricultural region. are measured
by the character of the works where
In Industrial Art has Joined hands
with Nature to beautify and make
fertile the land. and to adorn II with
structures both pleasing to the eye
and giving evidence OF their adapted
ness to the purposes for which they
were designed. II the buildings are
neat and attractive. lawns and shade
trees well cared for. the fences
straight and free from weeds. and the
fields properly cultivated. the passers-
by will speak OF the country as being
well improved; by which II Is under
stood that the people are Intelligent
and thrifty. the soil productive and
the market good But II the build
ings are small and poorly built. the
yards and vacant places grown up In
weeds. the fences unsightly. and
much Of the land not cultivated. II is
understood to mean either that the
country is comparatively new. the In
habitants lazy and thriftless. the soil
reproductive, or the market poor. As
one or the other Of these sets Of con-
ditions prevails. the market value Of
the land Is high or low. Everywhere
comfort, convenience and beauty com
mand a high price, as indicating pro
ductive value In the lands and rea-
sonable income from their cultivation.
Desirable and attractive however as
by no means the most important
There are others. prominent among
which is the drainage of wet lands.
which add more to the productiveness
Of the land.
The factors controlling drainage i'm
provements are the location, initial
cost. probable permanence. and cost
Of maintenance. II the ditch could be
located on the other mans land. and
the other man required to pay for II.
opposition to drainage would cease.
and Il would go ahead regardless OF
cost. and along the lines OF greatest
permanence.
II Is not an uncommon thing for q
landowner to fight a drainage assess
ment. on land which has a market
value of from $40 to $50 per acre. and
at almost the same time buy another
tract OF similar land. at the market
price. His desire is to acquire more
acres. under the false idea that his
prosperity will be denoted by the
amount of land in his possession. He
does not realize that one acre OF thor
oughly drained land may bring him a
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
Planting Beans.

Mention has been previously made
in this column Of a practice at Nor
folk. Va. in the planting of beans
Bush beans OF all kinds are usually
planted In drills. dropping the beans
two or three inches apart At Nor
folk the growers have found that
Yields are more satisfactory when the
beans are planted In hills about eight
inches apart. Dropping at these dis
tances may be accomplished by means
oil a bean planter or spotting ma
chine. The argument advanced is tina,
hand hoes can be used between the
hills. thus providing better cultural
conditions. especially for the young
plants.
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OF Paris. and Berlin. and St Peters.
burg. and Madrid will be honey
combed by the steady encroachment
of our methods. This alliance would
indicate that already that day has
been foreseen: that there is now a re-
sentiment which is about TO find ex-
preston in one great. desperate strug-
gle for world supremacy. A few hun
dred years ago Italy-or Rome-was
stripped OF her power: only recently
the United States iispelled the illu-
sion that Spain war anything but a
shell: and France. One can't help
but wonder II the power she boasts is
not principally on paper. But II their
forces are combined? Do you see!
IL would be an enormous power to
reckon with. with hundred bases Of
supplies right at our doors"
He rose suddenly and walked over
TO the window. where he stood for a
moment. staring out with unseeing
eyes.
Given yard OF canvas. Mr..
Grimm" he went on finally. "a Span.
ish boy will waste 1t, a French boy
will paint a picture on II. an Eng.
lish boy will build a sail-boat, and an
American boy will erect a tent. That
fully illustrates the differences In the
races"
He abandoned the didactic tone. and
returned to the material matter In
hand. Mr.. Grimm passed him the
despatch and he sat down again.
viii soon sign compact In Wash
ington.'" he read musingly Now
don't know that the signing OF that
compact can be prevented, but the
signing OF II on United States soil can
be prevented You will see to that,
Mr.. Grimm"
Very well" the young man agreed
carelessly. The magnitude OF such
a task made. apparently. not the
slightest impression on him. He
languidly drew on his gloves.
And meanwhile | shall take steps
to ascertain the attitude of Russian
and Japanese representatives In this
city"
Mr. Grimm nodded
And nov. for Prince Benedetto
d'Abruzzi." Mr.. Campbell went on
slowly. "Oficially he is not in Wash.
ington. nor the United States. for that
matter. Naturally. on such a mission.
he would not come as a publicly ac.
credited agent. therefore. l imagine.
he is 10 be sought under another
name"
"of course" Mr.. Grimm acquiesced.
"And hs would avoid the big ho-
tells"
Certainly"
Mr.. Campbell permitted his guile
less blue eyes TO linser inQuiringly
upon those Of the young man for II
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
CULTIVATION OF
POTATO FIELD
Nothing VIII Pay Larger PROFITS
Than Thorough Working OF
Field Before Plant
ing Time.
Try n. q. wEArHERsToNE1

tBy r. q. wEATHERsToNEJ
There Is no work on the farm that
will pay larger and more certain prof
It's than frequent cultivation OF the
potato field before planting time. All
OF the weed seeds that may have
terminated win be destroyed and a
better capillary attraction of moisture
Is established with the sub.soil The
frequent working OF the soil will make
considerable plant food available and
the young plants will take on a more
vigorous and rapid early growth.
We make a practice OF rolling our
potato field as soon as IL Is plowed.
and going over lengthwise OF the fur
row with a light harrow so that the
lnterspaces between the furrow may
become filled with loose soil and pre-
vent the evaporation OF moisture.
After the field has lain a few days
the sods are cut with a disk harrow
both ways and the field narrowed with
a common spring tooth harrow until
the seed-bed is established.
Much OF the subsequent labor re-
quIred to care for a crop of potatoes
may be avoided when the ground has
thorough and careful preparation be-
fore the crop Is planted.
We grow better tubers when we
plant IN check rows and cultivate both
ways. The yield is slightly smaller.
but the tubers are more uniform and
will grade better when marketed.
There il little real economy In plant.
ing small potatoes for seed. although
some years they will produce fairly
good crops OF potatoes.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22

macutate person from the desk. ssd
took chair. Hello m half an hour?
SO much"
The pages OF the Almanac de Gotha
huttered through his fingers. and final
~ he leaned forward and studied q
paragraph Of u closely. When he
raised his eyes again there was that
in them which Mr. Grimm had never
seen before-a settled, darkening
shadow. ...
The worldwar has long been q
chimera. Mr.! Grimm" he remarked at
last. but now--now! Think of Il, or
course. the Central and South Ameri-
can countries, taken separately. are
inconsequential. and that is true, too.
OF the Latin countries of Europe. ex-
cept France. but taken In combination,
under one directing mind. the allied
navies would be-would be formid-
able. at least. Backed by the moral
support Of Germany. and perhaps ia
pan Don't you see7 Don't you
see7"
lie lapsed into silence Mr.. Grimm
opened his lips to ask question.
Mr.. Campbell anticipated Il unerr-
ingly:
The purpose OF such an alliancct
n Is not too much to construe Il into
the first step toward world-war-a
war OF reprisal and conquest beside
which the other great wars OF the
world would seem trivial For the
fact has at last come home to the ma
tons OF the world that ultimately the
English-speaking peoples will domi-
nate it-dominate II because they are
the practical peoples. They have given
to the world all its great practical In.
ventions-the railroads. the steam
ship, electricity. the telegraph and
cable-ail OF them; they are the great
civilizing forces, rounding the world
up to new moral understanding, for
what England has done in Africa and
India we have done in a smaller way
In the Philippines and Cuba and Por.
to Rico: they are the great CONNER
cial peoples. slowly but surely winning
the market.places Of the earth; wher-
ever the English or the American flag
Is planted there the English tongue
Is being spoken. and there the peoples
are being taught the sanity OF right
living and square dealing
1T requires no great effort OF the
Imagination. Mr.. Grimm. to foresee
that day whom the traditional power
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
CHAPTER ~.
The Language Of the Fan


Mr.. Grimm was chatting idly with
Senorita Rodriguez. daughter OF the
minister from Venezuela. the while
he permitted his listless eyes TO wan
der aimlessly about the spacious ball.
room of the German embassy. ablaze
with festooned lights, and brilliant
with q multi-colored chaos OF unit
forms. Cleaning pearl white translu.
cent in the mans. we're the bare
shoulders of woman; and from far on
came the plaintfve whine OF an or
chestra. a pulsins sense rather than a
living sound. Of music. pointed here
and there by ths staccato cry of a
flute. A zephyr. pcrfumed with the
clean, fresh odor OF nlacs. stirred the
draperies OF the archway which led
into the conservatory and rustled the
bending branches OF palms and ferns.
For a scant instant Mr. Grimms
eyes rested on a young woman who
sat dozen feet away. talking. in play
full animation, with an undersecretary
Of the British embassy young wom-
an severely gowned in some giitterins
stun which fell away sheerly IRON her
splendid bare shoulders. She glanced
up. as IL In acknowledgment OF his
look. and her eyes met his Frank.
blue-gray eyes they we're. stirred to
their depths now by amusement She
smiled at Senorita Rodriguez. In token
OF recognition.
Aren't they WONDERFUL asked
Senorita Rodriguez with the quick.
bubbling enthusiasm OF her race
What" asked Mr. Grimm.
Her eyes," was the reply. Every
person has one dominant feature
with Miss Thorne IL is her eyes"
Miss Thorne?" Mr. Grimm repeated
Haven't you met her." the senorita
went on. Miss Isabel Thorne! She
only arrived a few days ago-the night
OF the state ball She's my guest at
the legation. When an opportunity
comes shall present you to her
She ran on, about other things. with
only an occasional remark from Mr..
Grimm. who was thoughtfully nursing
his knee. Somewhere through the
chatter and effervescent saiety. min.
Cling with the sound OF the pulsing
music, he had singular impression OF
rhythmical beat. an indistinct tattoo.
noticeable. perhaps. only because OF
its monotony. After a moment he
shot quick glance at Miss Thorne
and understood: 1t was the tapping Of
an exquisitely wrought ivory fan
against one of her tapering. gloved
fingers. She was talking and smiling.
"Dot-dash-dot' Dot -dash-dot' Dot.
dash-dot'" said the fan
Mr.. Grimm twisted around in his
seat and RECALLED his listless eyes with
a long look into the senorita's pretty
face. Behind the careless ease Of re.
pose he was mechanically isolating the
faint clatter OF the fan.
"Dot-dash-dot. Dot-dash.dot. Dot
dash-dot,"
did any one ever accuse you Of
staring. Mr.. Grimm" demanded the
senorita. banteringly.
For an instant Mr. Grimm continued
to stare. and then his llstless eyes
swept the ballroom. passing involun
tarily at the scarlet splendor OF the
minister from Turkey
Il beg your pardon" he apologized.
There was a pause The
minister from Turkey looks like a barn
on fire. doesn't he?"
ITO BE CONTINUED
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-22
VAST IMPORTANCE OF GOOD
DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR FARM
Plans be with Same CarefuIness That IL
Bestowed Any Other Permanent Improvement
Controlling Factors are Location.
Initial Cost and Coo
Maintenance

water from the cultivated fields could
not readily escape. Consequently. for
complete drainage. II Is necessary To
have. on the individual farm. a thor.
ough system for collecting the water
as II falls and carrying It to the
msin outlet.
The size OF tile to be used IL de
pendent on surface conditions. grade
or fall per 100 feet. area drained. and
the outlet
An area from which all the water
must be removed by the under-drai