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The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24
POLE FOR A ROLLER SKATER
Amusement Found by Small Boy In
Riding Astraddle OF Broomstiek
10 Improved On.

When the very small boy Who iik~s
TO play horse astraddle n brounssick
becomes old enough TO use roner
skates. he may carry out the fdra fn
more practical way with a roller
pole OF the kind shown In the nius-
tration. The device comprises . pole
provided with a roller NJ ono -sd.
a seat near the center. n erossvi~ce
for the hands nj the other end. aod
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24

the summer season anywhere. The
one below that In for winter and the
lowest Of all In for the north Atlantic
In winter, as that is considered the
most dangerous OF all the oceans
travelled by cargo carrying ships.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24
Not AFRAID Of orandrna-

Grandma" queried small RKls.
do you like candy?"
NO. dear" replied the DSa lsdy. Z
never eat IT,"
Then" continued Enie. = Hlss yoa
would hold mine until ! ESD dolly
dressed"
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24

more progressive farmers. The up-to
date farmer Is very much aware OF
the fact that the regular grooming OF
cows Increases the supply OF milk
and counts strongly for cleanliness
He now has an electrical device Tor
doing this.
One OF the most interesting cleo
trical devices on the modern farm Is
the telephone In the old days the
men and women were called from the
fields for dinner by the blowing OF q
horn or by sending the small boy
trudging across the field with the
good news. The modern farmers men
take to the fields with them tele-
phone which can be rugged up near
where they are working and receive
messages from the house by that
means.
With the installation OF these cleo
trical devices much OF the romantic
side OF life on the farm passes away
Even a modern poet would have a
hard time getting anything lyrical Out
OF an electrical mixer. and the beauty
of load of hay somehow fades when
a motor truck goes chugging across
the fields with II. But the American
farmer ceased to be romantic when
the graphophone took the place OF the
wheezy old organ and when his wife
that front parlor that always used to
sombre place. He is out to make
and electrical machinery opens up a
N to do It. When he feels like It now
cts into his automobile and goes else
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24
Agents Wanted.

mr. Gowit-l am going to Join the Society for
the Prevention OF Crime
Reggy Riverside-Great Caesarl What for!
Mr.. Gowit-so that ] can paint the town and
have my expenses paid-Puck.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24
LITTLE TRICK OF INTEREST
One May See Through His Hand by
Using Piece Of Paper Rolled Up
IN Form OF Tube.

Here Is something that is very easy
to try and that Is bound to interest
everyone you show II to. Take q
piece OF paper and roll II up into a
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24
Pole for Roller Skaters.

a second crosspiecc between the srst
mentioned crosspiece and the seat.
This second crosspiece Is TO bv&es his
knees sgainst when he sits d0sl ON
the seat after getting a good start.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24
On the Farm,

do you have any trouble In keeping your boys
on the farm"
NO" replied Farmer CorntosseI They're
willin' to stay The only difficulty Is that tfsy
all want to act like summer boarders"
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24
Had n Tender Hart

Mr.. Calley--I thought both your girls played
the piano7
Pa Hyley-Mamie does. but Carrie never could
stand TO make others unhappy
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24

l. e T RIG.
ITY for light
ing and pow.
er is rapidly
advancing In
the favor OF
the American
I a r m e r.
Whether he
be one OF
those adven-
turous in d 1.
viduals who
stake their
all on the
prospect Of
developing a
paying farm
In the arid
districts OF
the west and
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1912-08-24

southwest. or in the
swamp lands of the
south. or whether he be
of the class that is turn.
Ing Its attention to the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
MAKING PRESS ARRANGEMENTS

Letters are being received daily by
Charles S. Albert. chairman OF the
standing committee OF correspondents
in charge OF the Press Galleries OF tho
Senate and House OF Representatives
at Washington asking for reserva-
tons IN the press sections at the Re
publican and Democratic National
conventions. the latter OF which will
be held IN baltimore June 25. The
committee OF which Mr. Albert Is the
chairman has been designated by tho
national committees or the two par
ties TO receive all requests and assist
IN the assignment OF seats In the press
sections OF the two conventions.
Mr.. Albert has been IN the Wash
ington newspaper feld for "a years.
new afpToximatlng tho deanship OF
the corps In point OF service He was
manager OF the Press News Associa-
ton. night editor OF the United Press
and In charge OF the New York World
Bureau before. during and after the
Spanish-American war. aud has since
He has been With tho World t6 years.
horses ia the famous Pulitzer organi-
orn In Union county. Mr. Albert Is SO
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12

After glancing over 1t in a mastery
way, he leaned back In his chair and
bestowed upon me an explosion of sar
donic. superior. collegiate laughter.
We'll, you are a fool. Jim," he said,
when he could speak.
why am fool?" asked. Buried
treasure has been found before In
many places"
Because" said he. ''in calculating
the point on the river where your line
would strike, you neglected to allow
for the variation. The variation there
would be nine degrees west Let me
have your pencil"
Goodloe Banks figured rapidly on
the back of an envelope.
THE distance. from north TO south,
OF the line run from the Spanish
mission" said he, rs exactly % miles
1t was run by pocket compass, &C
cording to yorf story. Allowing for
the variation, the point on the Atlantic
for your treasure is exactly six miles
and nine hundred and forty-five varas
farther west than the place you hit
upon. oh, what fool you are. JIM"
He smiled In his superior way; and
then saw come out In his face the
singular. eager, consuming cupidity of
the seeker after buried treasure.
Sometimes" be said with the air
of the oracls, 'these old traditions of
hidden money are not without foun-
dalton. Suppose you let me look over
that paper describing the location.
Perhaps together we might"
The result was that Goodloe Banks
and l. rivals in love, became compan-
ions In adventure. We went to Chico
by stage from Huntersburg. the near
est railroad town. In Chico we hired
a team drawing covered spring wag-
on and camping paraphernalia We
had the same surveyor run out our
distance as revised by Goodloe and his
variations. and then dismissed him |
and sent him on his homeward road. |
1t was night when we arrived | fed |
the horses and made a fire near the
bank Of the river and cooked supper.
Goodloe would have helped; but his
education had not fitted him for prac-
tical things.
But. while | worked he cheered me
With the expression OF great thoughts
handed down from the dead ones OF old
He quoted some translations from the
Greek at much length.
The next morning was bright June
one. We were up early and had break.
asst Goodloe was charmed He re-
slted-Keats, think II was, and Kelly
,r Shelley, while l 5roiled the bacon.
Goodloe was looking at old Rundle's
document when he ripped out most
lncollegiate swearword.
Come here" he said. holding the
laper up against the sunlight Look
It that" he said. laying his finger
gainst 1t.
On the blue paper-a thing | had
ever noticed before-I saw stand out
n white letters the words and fig
res: Malvern. 1895"
what about it?' asked.
"Irs the water mark" said Good
De. THE paper was manufactured in .
ssS. The writing on the paper is ia
ed 1868. This Is palpable fraud"
"Oh. | don't knew" said l. THE |
.undles are pretty reliable. plain. un- |
ducated country people. Maybe the {
aper manufacturers tried TO perpe- 1
ate swindle."
And then Goodloe Banks went as '
lid as his education permitted He b
ropped the glasses OF his nose and v
Jared at me. S
I've often told you you were Q
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
EURoPE'S ROYAL HOUSEWIFE

II would be hard 10 find more capa-
bio houaekespsr than the empress OF
Germany
Her IDEAL IL service. she has de-
voted her ilse 20 serving her country.
her husband and hcr children She
believes that this is woman's highest
and oniy mission. and that women are
happy as long as they keep To this
IDEAL. The smpreas has never Inter
Tered In affairs Of stsse. and the tinz-
ale OF court life has meant little to
her, But she has always found Joy
tsring FOR the comforts OF the empef.
or. hooking after her children. and
managing her household
When the Kaiser calls for hts wife
DO finds her engfosscd In the many
departments OF her housekeeping lore
in which abe is so proficient. Though
she does not so into the kitchen and
order her groceries and meats as do
her subjects. the chief steward comes
80 her study every morning and they
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
LEADER IN INDIAN AFFAIRS
remained With that papers local stan
snd nov constitutes enc Of the wheo

The Dew mzkaraiah. Ripu Singh, Is
IRE son % the deeeassd faIAh, Sir
Italia Singh Malvinda nahadur. O. G.
Z. l.. q. G. ]. E. OF Nahha. whose
death WAS announced December ~
1871. The state Of shabha Is one OF
the three phuiklsn states Of The Pun.
tsb. but ~ The Maharalah og Nsbha IL
fe@ direct descendant Of Bab4 rhul.
TIC grsal common ancestor o. the
fhnikiAn ckiefs. therefore the rajahs
* NebhA afV regarded with special
reverence b. the two other chiefs OF
Fstiala aad Jhind. and have great N.
ansnce among the sikh ccmmunity
Moreover, The original place OF their
fossfsthers. village nsmed Phul. att.
~ tise nAus Of the,r common ances.
TOR, Is in tho territory Of Nabha state.
Nabha state 10 about i.0o0 square
tniiep Ia extent with q population OF
800, 600 4nd annual revenue OF about
fNerfT lskhs OF rupees This state a
Ia alliance With the nritisk throne
and under the treaty the Ralah OF
~ -"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12

fool" he said. You have let yourself
be imposed upon by clodhopper.
And you have imposed upon me-"
rose and pointed large pewter
spoon at him, fresh from the dish wa
ter.
"Goodloe Banks said, 81 care not
one parboiled navy bean for your edu-
cation. always barely tolerated 1t In
any one. and l despised 1t In you.
What has your learning done for your
1t is curse to yourself and bore to
your friends. Away" l said, away
with your water marks and varia-
tons! They are nothing to me. They
shall not defect me from my quest"
l pointed with my spoon across the
river to d small mountain shaped like
a pack saddle.
| Il am going to search that noun
TAIN" | went on, for the treasure.
Decide now whether you are In 1t or
not. If you wish to let a water mark
or variation shake your soul, you are
no true adventurer. Decide"
A white cloud of dust began to rise
far down the river road. 1t was the
mail wagon from Hesperus to Chico.
Goodloe tagged 1t.
Il am done with the swindle," said
he sourly. mo one but a fool would
pay any attention to that paper now.
Well, you always were fool. Jim.
leave you to your fate"
He gathered his personal traps,
climbed into the mail-wagon. adjust
ed his glasses nervously. and few
away in a cloud of dust.
l investigated the hill shaped like a
pack saddle from base to summit I
found an absolute absence of signs re-
lating to buried treasure There was
no pile of stones, no ancient blazes on
the trees, none of the evidences Of the
three hundred thousand dollars. as set
forth in the document OF old man
Rumble.
| came down the hill In the cool of
the afternoon. Suddenly, out OF the
cedar-brake l stepped into a beautiful
green valley, where tributary small
stream ran into the Atlantic river
And there / was startled to see what
l took to be wild man. with unkempt
beard and ragged hair. pursuing a
giant butterfly with brilliant wings.
Perhaps he is an escaped mad
man." I thought: and wondered how
he had strayed so far from seats OF
education and learning
And then I took a few more steps
and saw a vine-covered cottage near
the small stream. And, in a little
grassy glade. l saw May Martha Man
yr1rr D1uckinp WILD f7ouaro
She Strengthened up and looked at
me. For the first time since | knew
her l saw her face-which was the
color of the white keys OF a new pi.
ano-turn pink. / walked toward her
without a word. She let the gathered
lowers trickle slowly from her hand
% the grass.
Il knew you would come. Jim," she
'aid clearly. Father wouldn't let me
write. but / know you would come"
What followed you may guess
here was my wagon and team Just
Ioross the river.
I've often wondered what good too
much education is to a man If he can't
Use 1t for himself. II all the benefits
L 1t are to go to others where does
/ come in?
For. May Martha Mansum abides
nth me. There is an eight-room
ouse In live oak grove. and a piano
nth an automatic player, and a good
tart toward the three thousand head
cattle is under fence.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Ai||9llqIlVIlWPfT00f|'1llIl
BEST LOVED MAN IN AUSTRIA

Undoubtedly tho bestowed man IN
broad Austria is not cross old Kaiser
Franz Josef. but his still older cousin
and councillor. Archduke Rainier Rain
er Is very, very old. and he f. known
as the Rainier" When clerks and
lawyers on their way 10 the Innenstadt
pass bis little place IN F'ayoritin-
strasse. and see pressed TO the win
dow white face. white hair. short
white beard and long white mustache.
they do not say. THAT is the Arch
duke" They say. Look at the Rain.
err and they repeat some ancient
Ia from the Neue Freie Presse about
tho RaiHer's immemorial antiquity.
The Rainier ia indeed terribly old.
lie was born and grew up In the days
when Austria owned Venetia. and
there hts papa. another Archduke
Eainer, ruled; and this papa was born
away back IN 1888. almost In the ro-
coco age OF Vatican shepherdesses.
and George Washing
80 If..4 a. a L.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12


To
unbroken
aad
nsiasr round hat band ozened
a and OF the
has
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12


dishes
recipes
than conducting
modelling Ass and those
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12

HERE are many kinds o!
fools. Now. win every
body please sit still until
they are called upon gpe-
cihcally to riser
| had been every kind
OF fool except one. / had
expended my patrimony
pretended my matrimony,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-18

Till e5 d4lQ lAICll II WASH lIO u IN
to throw to the third baseman,
and he threw to second, forcing
two more guys, and maxim a
triple play on a natural home run
with the bases full and none out.
That ended the game.
The other manager comes
riInnin' over to our bench lookin'
real mad. l was smilin kind of
guilty, and he starts to cuss me
somethin' awful.
Coin to take out them bat
teries?' l asked, soothingly.
Then he used real langwidge.
Better take themrbatteries out of
your sacks, cause you amt never
goin' to make no runs here till
you do l argued. Coin to do
it?
He looked at me moment
sorrowfully, cause that electric
ity trick was a good one. He saw
he was beat. Yes, I'll quit, he
said. But what made that run
ner stick on third? y -
81 didn't tell him, cause
thought l might want to pull off
the same trick again"
Everybody remained silent for
a moment after Dan finished his
yarn. The old player bit a wedge
out of his plug of tobacco and
chewed reflectively.
well" asked one of the in
quisitive auditors, after the 81
lence had become oppressive,
what in thunder did make the
runner stick on the bag?"
what made him stick?" quer-
iad Tlop HNHTbu net n h;rr mar
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-18
FREIGHT HANDLERS WILL
CALL GENERAL STRIKE


Today's developments point to
an immediate general strike of
freight, handlers on every one of
the twenty-four railroads involv-
ed in the local walkout.
1t was announced at the unions
headquarters last night that un-
less the strike was settled by 8 p.
m. Monday all union freight
handlers would be called out in
Dubuque, St. Paul, Minneapolis,
Milwaukee, Buffalo, Boston and
other eastern cities. Southern
and western points will also be
drawn into the controversy.
That the roads will refuse to
recognize the union, and that the
strike will be declared at the ter
nination of the armistice Mon
day was clear from the attitude of
w. A. Garrett, chairman of the
General Managers association,
who is handling the situation for
the roads.
He rejected the overtures of
the state board of arbitration for
mediation, declaring it was con-
trary to the policy Of the rail
roads to arbitrate with men who
had left the service. He again ;
said that the roads were not being
hampered in handling of freight.
Fred Sterling of Rockford, and
H. M. Powell of Peoria, members
of the state board, and E. R.
Wright, president of the Illinois
Federation of Labor, conferred
with Mr.. Garrett.
Uncle Thaddeus asks us why
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-18

Uncle Thaddeus asks us why
they have orchestras in restaur-
ants. They drown out the soup
brigade, uncle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-24
Part Played by Chance in Mans Destiny;
is Evil Star Sometimes to Be Blamed

the right and II is the path that leads
you straight to fortune. or an equally
meaningless turning TO the left takes you
right to destruction. You seek in vain
for publisher for your book. or a
manager TO produce your play, or cap
italist 10 back your scheme or exploit
your invention, and by chance you bump
into a strange man on the street car. or
sit next to him at dinner. or smoke a
cigar with him on the train. and you find
In him the good angel that opens the door
to success to you.
We can not depend on luck alone for
success. We must also work and strive.
but beyond industry. beyond intelligence,
beyond Judgment, there Is also the ele-
ment Of chance and fate. the something
In human life that lies on the knees OF
the gods and is given to us, or withheld,
In accordance with the within or the
pleasuse of the power that rules our
destiny And against this decree our
tears and our prayers avail not. #
The idea OF this omnipotent power Of
fate that holds US in the hollow Of its
its hand has been most beautifully and
graphically portrayed in the picture at
the top Of this page. Look at II. Study
1t. observe the great muscular band
rising out OF the void OF darkness-the
unknown that surrounds life. See the
diverging lines OF fate that meet in the
great life line. Take heed Of the tiny
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-24

On the morning OF April 1. Ida Kaiser.
living in ST. Louis. and 10 years old. ran
gally down the steps to meet the post
man.
He handed her an envelope addressed
In the writing that was dearsrt to her.
Il was from the man she was to marry
next month.
She ran back TO her room. or. rather.
she flew, for love gives wings 20 those
who carry what she carried in her hand
and who want 20 be alone while they
read.
Reaching her room, shs broke the seal.
and. with heart beating high with ex-
pectation, read the opening sentence:
II have married another"
Then she went down the steps. but not
az she had come up, Crossing the street
TO a drug store she bought a quantity
Of mercury tablets. returned to her m.
swallowed them. and was soon beyone
human aid.
1T was an April fool Joke" a yHung
man sobbed to her mother a few hours
later. 81 did II as a Joke. I nev"r
thought Of marrying any one but Ida. l
Just wanted to tease her"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-24
A Sweetheart's Wit
by BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

All his lamentations and reproachts
can't bring her hack. lie 10 like the ma .
who rocks the boat. and who Is left IN
the boat alone. his only memory that Of
an asonized face.
The girl who was the victim Of this
little April fool Joke" was foolish. It g
true. Only a foolish girl will decl'. that
any one mans love is all there Is TO life.
Had she been older, wiser and known
men at their right values. her first
thought would have been gratitude that
she found out his falthlessness before II
was too late.
Discovering later that he wasn't mar
ried. but was torturing her because he
thought II funny. she would have been
glad to know tho manner Of a man he
was before she gave him the right to
torture her all through life.
She gave up her life. a needless and
awful sacrifice. but l claim that any
woman is better off dead tan m1rried
to the asinine sort Of 4 man who thinks
humor lies in torture.
The kind OF men who think q laugh
must be based on pain; that a cry Of
anguish without real cause Is the most
delicious inspiration for mirth: Who
worry and fret and brighten. that they
may laugh. are the kind Of men for all
the world 10 avoid.
They should be penned up together that
they may play practical Jokes on each
other. and decrease their number by
tormenting. worrying and soaring each
other to death.
They should be given lImItless cppor-
tunities for rocking the boat for pointing
at each other with revolvefs that are
not loaded, for a scheme Of extennina-
tlon that will result In the wiping from
the face Of the earth every man whose
idea Of Wit Is so degraded. --
A man demands that the girl he loves
have faith In him. This girl had H. re
says she must trust In him. This girls
trust was implicit.
II any one else had told her he was
false, she would have flown to his de-
Tense with tigerish rage that he had been
so maligned
But he said II himself. He said rs was
TO marry another. and. having the trust
and confidence in his word which ne had
demanded. she believed him. Her 1ssrt
was broken and she acted harshly, and
without thinking.
There Is a lesson In the tragedy. AMI
the lesson Is for girls to learn A man
who plays jokes like this Ia beyond re-
demption-
The girls must learn, and know, he
manner Of men to whom they give their
hearts. Finding there has been a mis-
take, they must not think. As this girl
thought that there Is nothing else left
Ia life.
They must know that there Is eS p
thing leff, that there Is more TO live for
than before. for nov there Is the k1OEi-
edge Of 4 fortunate escape
The kp0wie6Ee that q lower n Tot
xurSh ovf1s Is painful ons. but OH Of
n gror u.sd1xn- n ciearrr v1sE Of nfA
ard r hAprfze~s that has a more stahls
fOupez1re