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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
MANS LIFE SAVED
BY DRIPPING WATER
John Robertson. an Escaped In
sane Patient, Has a Hair
Raising Experience.
TORTURED FORTY DAYS
Hourly Dripping OF Rusty Pipe Pre-
vents Death Of chiessoan Who
rlees Ksnkskee ousrds-He Lost
seventy-Hvs Pounds During Time.

ksnkakee. Ill-Drip-drip-d
A drop OF water every hour tor ~
days, the biblical limit OF fasting. fell
into the eager mouth Of John Robert
son. " no was cent IRON Chicago 70 the
kankAkee State Hospital for the In.
sane. For 40 days that drop an hour
was all be had to sustain him. His
story Was told as he lay In the hospital
and watched with gaunt eyes his
nurses as they endesvored to coa1 life
into his emscisted body. In the 40
days Robertson had fallen in weight
from las pounds to IS.
In a mad endeayor to escape from
the asylum Robertson slipped from q
squad OF men marching back from
work in the fields. lie had never been
a violent patient But the idea OF
freedom had worn on him Unnoticed
by the guards he slipped throu.n the
asylum grounds and dashed for lib.
erty.
tie forced his way into the window
OF the first building that he ran across
II was an abandoned building. desert.
~ 'Naost VI bu- IASdnliaEg SOuulNlou
Into the dark cellar OF this structure
Robertson slipped He had no food
and no drink. Hour after hour be
watched by the window for a chance
TO escape. But the guards were alert
Everywhere he saw them searching
with their rides
He watched and waited. In the deep
silence one day. when his tongue Was
swollen from lack Of water. he heard:
''Drip-drip-drip"
From a rusty water pipe. green with
the crust OF slime a drop OF water was
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06

dig his own grave while being beaten
on the back BY a saber In the hands OF
a Mexican captain.
After escaping from his predica.
ment he walked TO the nearest rail-
road station and came TO FL Paso,
never TO return
The Mexican major was arrested
IN Juarez on a trumped up charge Of
sedition. was taken to Chihuahua and
imprisoned In the dark cells with
other condemned military prisoners
and had nothing TO eat but a few
beans. thirty-slx to be exact. for he
counted them. daily. and dry bread
After being left alone in his cell.
without anyone 10 speak to and with
the yermin crawling over him. he was
taken from his cell at night by a de
tail OF soldiers In command OF a
federal first captain. marched to the
graveyard and there given pick and
shovel and made to dig his own grave
While this was being done. the fed.
eral captain beat him over the back
with the fat side Of his saber swear
ing at him In vile Spanish all the time
Finally Major Echagaray says he
could stand Il no longer and de
manded that he be shot rather than
hear his mothers name insulted Just
as the firing squad was lining up in
front OF him to fire the midnight bells
on the cathedral in Chihuahua rang
and were followed by a trumpet call
TO cease firing A reprieye had been
granted him and a detail OF officers
had been sent in an automobile TO
notify the federal commander. who
was about TO execute him. lie was
liberated the next days as It was
found that he Vas not a spy and he
slept In the hills until he could
board a train and reach the border
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
LIQUOR SELLER IS GREEDY
Industry 10 Not only Non Productive
OF Good. but Produces Dangerous
Class OF Non.Prodveers.

Tho liquor seller knows full we'll
that were II not for tho nickels and
dimes Of the worklngmeD-Vhich az
grcgate IN a year many more dollars
than 'he spenders are apt TO think
many a saloonkeeper might shut up
shop. many q GROCERY be turned
into grocery u In tho hard-earned
money OF the day laborcr. the me
chanic and the clerk which pouring
steadily into the I'LL OF the liquor
seller. makes whisky trusts and beer
syndicates possible
And what does the liquor dealer
give in exchange for the working
mans earnings OF which. with other
merchants. he greedlly claims . share'
Food. clothing shelter, happiness. i'm
proycment' No lilo gives In eI.
change that which robs him OF all
these He gives his customer that
which makes him poor indeed In that
II reduces the capacity OF hand and
brain las employers are finding out
TO their cost and PRODUCES a mental
and moral deeeneracy which renders
labor" less competent 10 protect "
self against the Autoeney q "capi
tai"
We claim that no industry has .
right TO exist which docs no, con
tribute in some measure to the gen
eral welfare and prosperity OF the
nation at large As In . perfect
physical organism every oegan and
every atom contribute 10 the health
and happiness OF the body as q whole.
so true economic science would de
clare that every human befng should
be not only a consumer. but In some
degree. at least produo-sr. q con
tributor to the well being Of society
as a whole
Now the liquor industry 10 net
only non-productive OF good but II 10
an actual and an active producer OF
an enormous and dangerous class Of
n-producers The saloon. the gam
bling den. the brothel. the Jail. the
poorhouse. the insane asylum all fur
nish their quota 10 the social discord.
all add 10 the sum Of human misery.
and all are TO more or less extent the
products OF the liquor trafic And
still the trade" bids unblushin ely fU
Its share OF the earnings OF labor!
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
CIRCUMSTANCES.

She was only a small girl. but even
little people can be naughty some
times. and this was one OF the coca
sions when Mabel had kicked over the
traces
Naturally. mamma was terribly an.
cry and Mabel was dispatched TO the
regions aloft where. in her mothers
bedroom. she was hidden to sit upon q
certain chair. pending further instruc.
tons from headquarters.
The particular instructions we're
long delayed. from Mabers point OF
view, and after half an hour she ven.
tured TO query 10 childish treble:
Mamma. may come down now! |
promise I'll be good
Headquarters was still huny and
waited up the stairs the reply:
No. you sit just where you are till
I call you"
All right came in sing cong tone
from the bedroom. all right. mamma.
only I'm sitting on your best hat!"-
Gulf States Presbyterian.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
BEST WAY IS TO PROHIBIT
People Never Co RoM Until Thsy
Rave Tried All the Ways OF Going
Wrong. Says Spencer.

Herbert Spencer once said. People
never 10 right until they have tried
all the ways OF going wrong" ! think
this truism Is more perceptibly shown
In the various methods men have tried
in dealing with the liquor problem
than In any other way They have
tried the unrestricted sale. and the
regulated sale They have tried low
license. and high license. They have
tried the segregation Of the sale to
restricted areas They have tried the
dispensary They have tried every.
thing In the hope OF making the So
loon acceptable To the better class OF
people And now. they are trying to
reform f.
We Of the southland, along with
thousands OF the best people north and
west and east. decided long ago thai
the best method OF dealing with the
liquor trafic Is to prohibit n, Just AZ
We believe that the best method OF
dealing with theft aud arson and mur-
der Is TO prohibit these eviis.-Silena
NJ. Holman. president Tennessee w
&. T L.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
RODENTS CUT OUT CIRCUIT
Rat and Mouse In Electric Switch
Shut or Circuit for Forty
Five Minutes

Memphis. Tenn.--A mouse and a rat
climbed into a switch OF the Memphis
Consolidated Gas and Electric com
pany lines. created a short circuit and
shut OF all power for as minutes the
other night
More than 500 Offices OF a telegraph
company, between Nashville. Memphis
and TeKarkana. Ark, and Cairo and
New Orleans. were out OF commission.
Elevators in hotels and office build
ings were dead" and the other sorts
OF business were still while men were
switching power onto other supply ca.
bles.
Twenty-Five men worked from mid.
night until four O'Clock before the
cause OF the trouble was found. and In
order TO be certain OF II. the men had
TO inspect IL miles OF power cables.
lifting lids 70 manholes and testing
connections
About four o'clock. one OF the ex.
perts found troubles that caused him
TO climb the pole where the circvit box
was attached TO an oil box. Taking on
the lid. he discovered the charred re.
mains OF a mouse and In a hole in the
oil box he found half the body OF a
rat
The new wires we're connected and
in a minute every power cable went TO
working as usual
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Origin Of Duels.

Dueiing took its rise from the judi,
dal combats OF the Celtic nations.
The first formal duel In England. be
tween william. Count D'Eu. and God
frey Maynard took place in l06 Du-
eiiug In civil matters Was forbidden IN
frunce Ia l:aE. irIncis I challenged
the Emperor Charlie, y IN vain in
t52s THE H-hi with snail sword-
was introduced ut" England In 1857
A rr'lanutI"u Nas uadc In lG7n that
40 person Slrnuid 20 lur,ioued whn had
Killed nu"t'er iu 70 iurl. The custom
was rhc''ksd iu The British army Ia
i7i2 nud WIS tn,ai-ifrd iu England IN
the aid Ol ruh.r "'iu'pn. knu>as
CITY Star.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
WILL BE A NOTABLE MEETING
Ninth Trlennisi Convention OF WORLDS
w. c. 7. v. to Be Held In Brook.
iyn In October.

notable meeting win be- that Of
the ninth triennial convention OF the
Worlds Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union In the city OF BROOKLYN,
New York. October 2S2s. inclusive.
The Worlds w. G. 7. U. was organ
med by Frances T. Willard In 1854.
Mrs. Margaret Bright Lucas tsister OF
John Bright. the famous British
statesmanl was It's nSst president
Then Miss Willard became Ms leader,
afterwards Lady Henry Somerset. ana
the present president 10 the countess
OF Carlisle. Mrs. l.. NJ. N. Stevens OF
Portland. Me. president OF the Unit.
ed States w. c. T. u. 10 vice presi-
dent Conventions have been held In
Boston ttwo). Chicago. London. To
ronto. Geneva. Edinburgh. Glasgow.
The Worlds w. G. T. u. has sent out
" roundthe-world missionaries, who
have carried the gospel OF Christian
temperance into nifty different coun,
tries. These countries have national
organizations and most OF them will
send delegates to the Brooklyn Coz.
vention.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06

falling. Once every hour. with the reg.
ularity OF a clock II dripped into the
fungus-smelling earth.
With a glad cry Robertson. weak
from hunger and thirst. cast himself
upon the leak He was too III TO stand
He sank Imply to the ground and
tainted. He was aroused when a drop
OF water struck him In the face. II
was cold. He twisted about until he
had Appropriated the fall OF water.
The next drop OF water struck his
cheek. by this time he had reckoned
where the leak would send its saving
drop. He screwed his body into that
position. With his mouth open and his
dry and coated tongue forced between
his lips he waited
An hour passed. The drop came. Il
had "brassy" taste. But II was va
ter.
Once the drip OF the water vas
gagged. Robertson rested In the dark
ness OF the foul Observation-Disclosures th9
only possible means OF escape was
small window-Robertson almost
smiled. All thought OF escape was
gone now. Robertson had passed the
stage OF thinking all except one
tbought-water. Hour after hour he
waited. Once every hour that drop
Of salvation slipped down the cor
roded pipe and fell into his mouth.
Then one day some workmen. look
ing through the old building TO see
from what point they might begin TO
tear II down. slid through the base
ment window. With difficulty they en-.
tered the place. The FIRST OF them had
an electric pocket lamp. He flashed
IL
"Old Clothes" he remarked to his
companion. Il didn't think they let
that kind OF stun lay around
His light had fallen on the spot IN.
der the leak In the pipe.
Must have been here for a couple
OF weeks. too" replied his fellow
worker. Look at the mold on EN-"
A BIT later their work took them 70
that side OF the basement Passing
the spot under the leaking pipe the
lrst worker kicked at the rags.
Good God" he exclaimed ITS o
mani"
Robertson opened his white eyslids
Let me gol" he shouted. You can't
take me away from the water It's all
the water there L."
His voice died away In harsh
eroak. Then he became unconscious
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Fssorite Fiction.

TITS So Good to Get Back to Work
Again"
Yes, Indeed: the Rougher the Lake
Is. the Better | Like It"
1T Thundered and Lightened Inces-
sanity, but I'm Not Afraid OF Light
ming"
Il Dropped Business Entirely; Didn't
Do a Thing While | Was Away but
Just Rest"
Did Catch Amy Fish. Only a
Few-Perhaps a Dozen or Two Black
Bass"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE;
LIVES TO TELL OF IT
Mexican Army officer Arrested
as Spy-Reprieve Granted
in Nick OF Time.

II Paso. Tex-A California born
Mexican. q major under General
oroEco and q follower OF Madero. 10
the only man who ever dug his own
grave. faced a firing squad In Mexico
and lived to tell his experience.
He 10 MAJ. C. II. Echagsry. who
was held incomunicado for three
months In chihuahua City prison. as
a Villa spy. taken at midnight TO a
lonely burying ground and forced to
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Willy Old Sea Serpent.

First Sea Serpent-What's the use
Of fooling around away out here
Why. we're at least FIVE miles from
shore. Let's swim In. scare the bunch
and get our names in the papers.
Second Sea Serpent-Aw, what's
the use? You know yourself last year
we weren't within 1000 miles OF this
coast. and yet all up and down it they
ran our pictures and gave US the best
writeups we've had since we've been
In this business.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
HFNBEE OF
No Whisky Advertisements
No Immodest News Itemsl
HINTS TO TEACHERS. No. 3.
Precepts For Class Work.

First, always take time enough in
giving out an advance lesson. Do
not simply say take so many pages
or the next chapter"
II is your business to keep up the
interest OF the pupil. That is what
the teacher is for. A student might
go through the book so many pages
day without any teacher!
When the lesson is over say.
Next time we are going to learn
about such aud such things" and
then give them with your own lips
a little account Of the next subject
which is TO be studied. Have you
not noticed that people remember
what is told them better than they
remember what is read TO them?
And in giving out a lesson, you
have chance TO do three or four
things which will save time and
assist the pupil in learning how
10 study.
tal You will give him the correct
pronunciation OF any hard words in
The advance lesson.
d. You will connect the next les
son with the things the pupil al
ready knows. And this is the great
secret OF both memory and thinking
COVER
(c) You will put him in the pro-
per spirit Of study with an awak-
cned curiosity and interest.
Second, in beginning a class ex-
ercise, start with some part of the
review. This should be easy, call
ing upon the pupil to report or.
things which they have already gone
over in class and on which they
can answer promptly. And it will
show the connection between what
goes before and what comes after.
II is the knitting of things together
that helps the memory and i'm
proves the power Of thinking. The
trained mind that you are trying to
produce in/yOur pupil is one which
thinks Of things in their connections
and in their proper proportions-a
mind that knows which comes first
and which comes second, and can
distinguish between big things and
little things.
la the third place, make the work
Of the class period move on briskly. /
Ask questions that are easy to be-
gin with 80 that the pupil will get |
INTO the habit OF responding prompt |
~. IL any are not ready TO res
pOnd promptly don't let them limp I
along, but Just drop them until /
aext day. II there are some who .
never recite promptly, keep them
after school and give them some
friendly drill until they can recite
Never let the class ex-
ercises drag and drOne along.
10 the next place, never scold a
dull pupil before the class. The on
~ occasion for scolding or sarcasm
IN class is where student is OF the
upstart kind or has been re-
neglectful. Even then a
teacher is not justified in humilat-
ing a pupil before the class, unless
he has already tried talking TO that
pupil in a friendly way by himself.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
unnt Physicians

Dr. " A. MacNichols. vios- president
OF the American Medical association
says In his address. delivered before
that body at Atlantic City: "A can
was recently made for young ply
sicians to enter the United States
army Eighty per cent OF those en-
smined we're rejected as physically
unnt lie then asks this thought,
producing question: "When four.
nf'hs OF the most representative men
In America are pronounced unft for
war, what shall We say 20 their a.,
ness TO fasher the next ssusratioa ?"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Elastic Currency.

"of course you favor an elastic cur.
rency."
Yes" replied Grandpa Mintlicker:
but Id like to see some o. that good
old-fashioned elasticity that 'ud enable
81 bill to reach all the way around
family market Misunderstanding.
ton Evening Star.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Ideal Summer Resdino-

The fond husband was seeing his
wife on with the children for their
vacation in the country. As she got
into the train he said: But, my dear,
won't you take some fiction to read?"
"Oh. no." she responded sweetly.
Il shall depend upon your letters from
home Taller.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
A Wine Parnon.

Mrs. Wesley Crosscut-You're sure
ly not going TO be away Wednesday
night! Don't you remember that is
the date Deacon Bunce has set for
our pound party!
Rev Wesley Crosscut (irmly)-I do
my dear: but ! prefer the ounce OF
preventions.-Puc
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
New system,

Il don't believe | can ever learn
those Latin coniugations." said the
young man.
"That1l be all right" replied the
professor. Il am at work on a new
system. I'm going to set 'em TO rag
time music and let you sing EN- as the
choruses Of popular songs"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Box Once Art.

Jones-Well. smithy how did you
like the show last night
Smith-Oh. fair.
Jones-What was the ploty
Smith-Don't know. Think IL was
between the author and the manager
to get 81 out OF the audience.-Life.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
No WAITING for Him

Yes" exclaimed the young man.
with deep drawn sigh. I've finished
my legal education at last"
And now" said the friend, you'll
sit down and wait for clients"
Not on your life. I WON'T" replied
the new attorney. i've got a Job
promised me In q dry goods store"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Rich In That.

And what" he angrily demanded.
am 10 have In return for all the
money I have spent on your"
Well. you've got the experience. {"
she calmly replied.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06

Il see that some fat mans friend
has invented a shirt with the lower
part a pair OF trousers"
"Yes. | have some OF them"
THAT kind OF a shirt cannot crawl
up a mans back"
NO. but mine try so hard that they
keep my feet pulled away up OF the
ground q good part OF the time"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Met His Match

Paris.--A Parts Apache" terror OF
tourists. met his match In an Amer!.
can woman. when Mrs. Ford Thomp.
son OF 81 Louis. whose pocketbook he
snatched. pursued and caught him.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Tolerated.

Does the missus interfere In th
kitchen work. inquired the investiga
tor.
Does she'" replied the stout cook
Don't think it,
And she doesn't do any OF the cook
ing"
Il won't say It as strong as that
There's a few palate ticklers tn miss
US is good at maxim When I'm hun
cry for one Of EN- let her come In
an cook me some. But that's tn one
EXCEPTION"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
The Trouble,

What was the trouble with the
poor woman"
We thought she Was In a catamose
condition. but the doctor said she Was
under the influence OF aniline"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Very Much So

Did you ever come In touch with
society eirclesg''
"oh, yes I've been knocked down
once or twice by their autos."
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
His Business.

They say that surgeon is q very
rude sort OF man"
"He Is. know for a fact that he
would cut up the best paying patient
no has"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Forbidden Subject.

Pa used 10 run "a printing shop.
That's how he got his stake,
Hut no one brags about the "a
That father used 10 make.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Then She Woke Up.

Greenville. Pa.-Mw. Mary Ever
hart. an aged resident. swoke from a
trance to find the family tearfulty al.
ranging With an undertaken for her
funeral
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Accounting for IL

In days OF old there we're many
dark deeds done"
Possibly because In those days
there Was so much knight work"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06

Mr. Holdtite-I wonder where the
moneys coming from for that new hat
OF yours,
Mrs. Holdtite-From the mint, sup
pose. I'd hate to think you were a
counterfeiter.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06

The Boarder-You advertised this
place as being a summer resort. Why.
the Thermometer hasn't been any low.
er than 80 degrees ever since I've
been here.
Mrs. De Wiser-Weli. amt 80 de
gre"s summer?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
No, Never.

The mermaid IL a favored soul.
She's clever and she's sweet:
But II she cannot have her way
She never stamps her feet.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06

Miss Gosslp-What's this hear
about the doctors being no gentle
man!
Miss MatterotFsct-Yes. that's
true.
Miss G-"Tell me about t. What
did he
MISS Motifs a lady Doctor
Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
Sure.

What's better than
A holiday
For the working mani
A raise in pay.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06

Henderson-Wouldn't you like to be
rich enough to do what you pleased?
Henpeck-No. I'd rather be rich
enough TO do what my wife pleased.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-08-16

That W
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-04
MUST BUILD A new DEPOT
Rock Island Must Build New Ter
minal station at Okla
homa City.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Sept g..
Especial. b--Thc corporation COM
mission today issued an order requr-
ing the Rock Island railroad To build
a new depot > oklahoma CITY The
plans must be Submitted tostho conf
mission ly November l II this year.
and the depot must hs completed and
ready for Use hy August Z of next
year. The order docs not specify tho
cost O, the depot or It's location. but
the commission h1 1sIthurity to t--
NuirC TIE railroads 90 conform 30 It's
lcos 0u these mattcrs. md Chairman
Love stated tod. 4 that tho icuot
would lo in accordance with Okla
homa Ciy's needs an1 in keeping
with the character Of other public
buildinss In this city.